Naive - up to 30% off
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Naive - up to 30% off, Sara Mingardo (contralto)
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Special offer. Sara Mingardo: Monteverdi, Vivaldi & Handel
Sara Mingardo (contralto)
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
A genuine contralto with accompaniments of vivid spontaneity by Rinaldo Alessandrini — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2005, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2004, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Vespri solenni per la festa dell’Assunzione di Maria Vergine
RecommendedGemma Bertagnolli (soprano), Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Anna Simboli (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Gianluca Ferrarini (tenor), Matteo Bellotto (baritone), Antonio De Secondi (violin)
Concerto Italiano ensemble vocale e strumentale, Rinaldo Alessandrini
This isn't the 'Vivaldi Vespers', or even a reconstruction of a specific event, but a kind of 'sacred concert' in Vespers form, of the sort that Venetian churches in Vivaldi's time would mount... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Baroque Voices 11 - Pergolesi & Scarlatti: Stabat Mater
RecommendedGemma Bertagnolli & Sara Mingardo
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
This is a totally Italianate performance of both high drama and moving pathos...Alessandrini's instrumental support could not be more telling, and the recording is made in an ideal acoustic. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Monteverdi: Vespers
Roberta Invernizzi, Monica Piccinini, Anna Simboli (sopranos), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Francesco Ghelardini (countertenor), Vincenzo di Donato, Luca Dordolo, Gianluca Ferrarini (tenors), Pietro Spagnoli, Furio Zanasi (baritones), Antonio Abete, Daniele Carnovich (basses)
Concerto Italiano,...
Rinaldo Alessandrini has waited long before committing to disc his thoughts on Monteverdi's most famous sacred publication. On the issues that have divided modern performers he's unflappably... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Collection
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2005, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Vivaldi: L'Olimpiade RV725
RecommendedMarianna Kulikova (mezzo-soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Laura Giordano (soprano), Riccardo Novaro (baritone), Sergio Foresti (bass)
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
there's some beautiful music here, and fine performances...Alessandrini only relaxes his grip on the score to allow the most beautiful passages breathing space, and the playing is brilliant. — More…
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Building a Library, April 2012, First Choice
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, RV621, etc.
Sara Mingardo (contralto)
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
Mingardo's singing instantly grabs the heart of the listener; it is not so much a narrative description of Mary's lament but more like a first-person tragic soliloquy that might brings an atheist... — More…
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Special offer. Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Werner Gura (tenor), Christopher Purves (bass-baritone)
Accentus Chamber Choir, Insula Orchestra, Laurence Equilbey
Balance generally...is superbly managed by the experienced conductor, Laurence Equilbey...Her soloists, too, match well as a quartet...for all Equilbey's avoidance of theatricality it's the... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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Special offer. Bononcini: Stabat Mater & Messa
World premiere recording live from the Wiener Konzerthaus
Silvia Frigato, Raffaella Milanesi (sopranos), Andrea Arrivabene (countertenor), Elena Biscuola, Sara Mingardo (contraltos), Valerio Contaldo, Raffaele Giordani (tenors) & Salvo Vitale (bass)
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
This disc is a tour de force, a world premiere recording of stunning music splendidly performed...Alessandrini engages deeply with the composer's imagination, opening up his dense counterpoint...Mingardo... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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Special offer. Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Monica Piccinini, Anna Simboli (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Furio Zanasi, Luca Dordoli (tenor) & Sergio Foresti, Antonio Abete (bass)
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
…this is unquestionably the most subtle rendering of the Orfeo text that's available on compact disc. Furio Zanasi (Orfeo) is exceptionally good. Simboli (Euridice) is pure-voiced and clear,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2007, Opera Choice
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Special offer. Handel - Opera Duets and Arias
Sandrine Piau (soprano) & Sara Mingardo (contralto)
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
The duets are exquisitely interpreted and show an excellent feeling for musico-dramatic character: the two singers combine to rapturous effect in "Carol" Dolce! Amico amplesso" (Poro), one of... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2009, Disc of the Month
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