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This exciting recording of the Monteverdi Vespers is probably the fastest ever. The double-choir effects in 'Laudate Jerusalem', for example, flicker back and forth like lightening. Even when... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2011, Editor's Choice
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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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Monteverdi - Vespro della Beata Vergine
Sophie Marin-Degor (soprano), Maryseult Wieczorek (mezzo), Artur Stefanowicz (countertenor), Paul Agnew, Joseph Cornwell (tenors), Thierry Félix, Clive Bayley (basses)
Les Arts Florissants Orchestra & Chorus, Les Sacqueboutiers de Toulouse, William Christie
This is in some ways an oddly old-fashioned approach to the 1610 Vespers. With a substantial choir and sometimes highly varying orchestration, William Christie creates a warm and glowing sound.... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Collection
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Gramophone Awards, 1984, Winner - Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance)
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Ian Bostridge, Natalie Dessay, Patrizia Ciofi, Alice Coote, Sonia Prina, Mario Luperi, Véronique Gens, Lorenzo Regazzo, Christopher Maltman, Paul Agnew, Pascal Bertin, Richard Burkhard, Carolyn Sampson
Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
Haïm's terrific dramatic pace enables normally rather static moments to sparkle with purpose and intensity. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2004, Editor's Choice
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The Art of Courtly Love
RecommendedEarly Music Consort of London/David Munrow, David Munrow (director), Paul Elliott (tenor vocals), Sally Dunkley (soprano vocals), Rosemary Hardy (soprano vocals)
Early Music Consort Of London
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Chamber Music Recording
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Monteverdi: Il ottavo libro de madrigali, 1638 'Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi'
RecommendedMusicke Instrumental Consort Ensemble, Anthony Rooley
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Building a Library, October 2000, First Choice
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Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Rolando Villazón (Ulysse), Magdalena Kožená (Pénélope), Katherine Watson (Junon), Kresimir Spicer (Eumée), Anne-Catherine Gillet (L’Amour/Minerve), Maarten Engeltjes (La Fragilité humaine/ Pisandre), Callum Thorpe (Le Temps/Antinoüs)
Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
Clément’s ‘pop vision’ of the opera muddles historical periods and genres in an attempt to convey the work’s timeless universality…Among the chaos, Magdalena Kožená retains her dignity, pouring... — More…
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La Storia di Orfeo
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Emőke Baráth (soprano)
I Barocchisti, Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera, Diego Fasolis
Jaroussky’s expressiveness is irresistible. He squeezes maximum nuance from each word, sighing, languishing, and lamenting with utter conviction. As he does so, he also generously shares the... — More…
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