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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea
RecommendedPhilippe Jaroussky (Nerone), Danielle de Niese (Poppea), Anna Bonitatibus (Ottavia), Max Emanuel Cencic (Ottone)
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
Danielle de Niese brings this production to life…camerawork and sound are very good indeed - the former is not too ‘busy’ and the latter is especially effective when heard on a decent audio system. — More…
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Building a Library, January 2014, DVD Choice
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Suzi Digby’s ORA Singers performance [of Spem], at a touch over nine minutes, is one of the f leetest on record, and boasts an expert choir whose tuning is immaculate and who munch the technical... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st August 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Emilio De' Cavalieri: Rappresentatione Di Anima Et Di Corpo
Anett Fritsch, Carlo Vistoli, Cyril Auvity, Daniel Schmutzhard, Georg Nigl, Florian Boesch, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini, Robert Carsen
This Rappresentatione is as entertaining a sermon as you’re ever likely to see. Does it belong in the opera house? Carsen certainly makes a persuasive case. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Opera
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Sacred Music: A Christmas History & A Choral Christmas RecommendedPresented by Simon Russell Beale
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Together [Beale and Christophers] form a fascinating insight into the way Christmas music has developed over the millennia from a fragment of papyrus preserving the earliest known piece of Christian... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th December 2011
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo RecommendedFurio Zanasi (Orfeo), Arianna Savall (Euridice), Montserrat Figueras (La Musica), Sara Mingardo (Messaggiera)
La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall
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Building a Library, May 2017, DVD Choice
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Monteverdi: Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria Hana Blažíková (Minerva/Fortuna), Furio Zanasi (Ulisse), Lucile Richardot (Penelope), Michał Czerniawski (Pisandro), Gareth Treseder (Anfinomo), Gianluca Buratto (Tempo/Nettuno/Antinoo), English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
Gardiner and Rooke’s conception for Ulisse is simple, direct and subtle. Richardot captures Penelope’s loneliness and constrained emotions...Furio Zanasi is a world-weary yet dignified Ulisse. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2022, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea Elsa Benoit (Poppea), Jake Arditti (Nerone), Ambroisine Bré (Ottavia), Iestyn Davies (Ottone), Alex Rosen (Seneca), Stuart Jackson (Arnalta), Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón
Alarcón and Cappella Mediterranea are experts at this repertoire and play with skill, commitment, energy and some innovative continuo devices to reflect, emphasise and punctuate the singers...I... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2024, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Towards a Modernist Organ
David Butterworth (Albert Hall Nottingham, St Mary’s Parish Church Nottingham, Wollaton Hall, German Lutheran Church Nottingham, Halam Court organs)
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In War & Peace - Harmony Through Music
Live from Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, June 2017
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano)
Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
DiDonato sings with poise and elegance, a few pitchy notes above the stave notwithstanding; her sorrow and passion are clear to see and appreciate – it is an incredibly giving performance. Conductor... — More…
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Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Ulisse), Graciela Araya (Penelope), Toby Spence (Telemaco), Jaco Huijpen (Antinoo), Christopher Gillett (Pisandro), Diana Montague (Minerva), Brian Asawa (Anfinomo)
Baroque Ensemble Orchestra, Glen Wilson, stage direction by Pierre Audi
a masterpiece of controlled timing and patience — More…
