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Paul Agnew here makes a stunningly successful recording debut as conductor...this disc's unusual blend of authority and intimacy sets Agnew apart from Christie...this performance's bravura makes... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2011, Editor's Choice
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[Jaroussky and Scheen] are well-matched, and the results are wonderfully rich and unexpectedly sensual…Instrumental numbers have all the group’s signature lightness of touch and depth of colour,... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Bach - Harpsichord Concertos BWV1052-1059
RecommendedBob Van Asperen (harpsichord)
Melante Amsterdam
The great Bob van Asperen's single string band works wonders in the enchanting E and A major concertos but sounds a shade underwhelming in the mighty D minor. — More…
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Building a Library, October 2018, Also recommended
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Coming soon. Joyce DiDonato: Drama Queens
Royal Arias from the 17th and 18th Centuries
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano)
Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis
DiDonato and Alan Curtis...have unearthed some Baroque rarities. Instead of Handel's Berenice, we have Orlandini's Berenice, whose 'Da torbida procella' is an ideal fit for DiDonato's spitfire... — More…
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Opera, January 2013, Recording of the Month
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Joyce DiDonato - Furore (Handel Opera Arias)
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo)
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
DiDonato tackles this catalogue of emotional meltdowns with customary gusto. Sampled track-by-track, it's a thrilling operatic show case… — More…
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Opera, February 2009, Recording of the Month
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Handel: Organ Concertos, Op. 7 Nos. 1-6, HWV306-311
Bob van Asperen (organ)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
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Handel: Messiah
RecommendedLucy Crowe (soprano), Tim Mead (counter-tenor), Andrew Staples (tenor), Christopher Purves (baritone)
Le Concert d’Astrée Orchestre et Chœur, Emmanuelle Haïm
Haïm herself proves broadly sensitive to tempo...and balance has been excellently managed in what is a resonant acoustic. Le Concert d’Astrée's chorus numbers 20...they also keep light on their... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th December 2014
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Véronique Gens, Nathan Berg, Sophie Marin-Degor, Claire Brua, Sophie Daneman, Gaëlle Mechaly
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
William Christie's reading of Dido is very much in terms of the reputed French influence on Purcell. Overdotting, reverse dotting and inégalité are used throughout; the lines are often heavily... — More…
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