Hi Res Download, Albinoni (composer)
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The Italian Job
RecommendedBaroque Instrumental Music from the Italian States
Gail Hennessy, Rachel Chaplin (oboes) & Peter Whelan (bassoon)
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler
The highlight of the disc for me is Chandler’s performance of a seldom-played E major Violin Concerto by Tartini: he explores fully the rich poetic content of its slow movement while projecting... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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Purists may of course object, but I think the decision to go hunting for concertos from the violin and oboe repertoire is amply justified. Baroque Concertos is a wide-ranging collection that... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th October 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Arias from each role might as well have been tailor-made for Hallenberg’s pinpoint virtuosity and lyricism, communicative use of language, idiomatic embellishment, intelligently sculpted phrasing... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2017, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017, Editor's Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Opera
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Record Review, 8th July 2017, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Recital
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Cecilia & Sol: Dolce Duello
RecommendedDeluxe Hardcover 1CD (Limited Edition)
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Sol Gabetta (cello)
Cappella Gabetta, Andres Gabetta
Bartoli and cellist Sol Gabetta make for valiant duelling partners who converse, parry and riposte in spirited combat. Bartoli is velvet-toned, vivacious and voluptuous as ever. Her diction... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th November 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2018, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, Opera Choice
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The concertos are beautifully played here, with plenty of energy. This is the obvious choice for period-instrument fans who want them. The sound is very good, both crisp and warm — More…
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The playing is fresh and lively — More…
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Albrecht Mayer & The King's Singers: Let It Snow
RecommendedAlbrecht Mayer (oboe)
The King’s Singers
More cheese than a Wensleydale-and-cranberry sandwich, then, but it’s all done with bags of panache and good humour – the perfect tree-dressing or present-wrapping soundtrack. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th December 2013
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year
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