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LUCA MARENZIO
Quinto Libro di Madrigali a sei voci Elena Biscuola (mezzo-soprano) / La Compagnia del Madrigale [ Glossa / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] La Compagnia del Madrigale's subtle, yet powerful advocacy of great Italian madrigals continues with Marenzio's 'Quinto Libro di Madrigali a sei voci' from 1591. |
HANDEL
Italian Cantatas Volume 2 - Cantatas for Marchese Ruspoli Emanuela Galli & Roberta Invernizzi (sopranos) / La Risonanza / Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & direction) [ Glossa Handel Italian Cantatas / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice October 2007 - "…the Italian ensemble… deliver delectable performances at an unmatched level of thoughtful preparation, penetrating programming and artistic interpretation." |
VIVALDI
Le Passioni dell'Uomo: Violin concertos Enrico Casazza (violin) / La Magnifica Comunita [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Includes world premiere recordings |
GUERRERO
The Angel's Voice Ensemble la Sestina [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] "[The Missa is] a work particularly suited to the fresh clarity of the sound of Ensemble La Sestina, comprising only eight voices. The singers respond with simplicity and wonder to Guerrero's combination of intricate melodic writing and tightly woven... |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (complete opera) Emanuela Galli, Mirko Guadagnini, Marina De Liso, Cristina Calzolari / La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina [ Glossa / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2017 ] "Cavina's wonderful account goes straight to the top of the list of recommended recordings. Do not miss it." Editor's Choice, Gramophone, November 2007 |
WILLIAM HAYES
The Passions: An Ode for Music (Oxford 1750) Evelyn Tubb, Ulrike Hofbauer, Sumihito Uesugi / La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Anthony Rooley [ Glossa / CD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] "...the qualities of Hayes's composition emerge impressively in this excellent performance...Rooley's direction conveys the narrative of the ode astutely and demonstrates that Hayes's imaginative music is long overdue such tender loving cares."... |
FRANCESCO CAVALLI
Cavalli: Sospiri d'amore - Opera duets and arias. Venice, 1644-1666 Giulia Semenzato (soprano), Raffaele Pe (alto) / La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina [ Glossa / CD - released 26/Sep/2016 ] "The young Italian countertenor [Raffaele Pe] is indeed outstanding throughout, with a fine voice that shines not only in a compelling performance of the scena infernale from Scipione Affricano. La Venexiana's accompaniments are stylish in that they |
MANUEL MARIA PONCE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ponce: Violin Concerto (with works by Galindo & Revueltas) Henryk Szeryng (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfonica de la Ciudad de Mexico, Enrique Batiz [ EMI / CD - released 1/Feb/1989 ] "A life-enhancing record. For within it two distinct fields are explored; both of them, in different ways, very rewarding. Try it." (Gramophone) |
PIZZETTI
La Pisanella - Suite / Concerto de l'estate (with works by Respighi and Rota) I Musici / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Lamberto Gardelli / Argo Chamber Orchestra / Laszlo Heltay [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 24/Aug/2006 ] Appearing on CD for the first time, Lamberto Gardelli's Pizzetti recording has been one of the most venerated in the Decca catalogue, not only because the music is comparatively rare, but because the recording is true state-of-the-art. |
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I See Hawks In LA
Hallowed Ground [ CD - released 31/Mar/2009 ] |
HANDEL
Rinaldo (Complete Opera recorded in 1977) Ileana Cotrubas, Carolyn Watkinson & Paul Esswood / La Grande Ecurie et La Chambre du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "The vigour of Malgoire's direction of an opera which plainly for him is very much alive, makes this a very attractive set. The finest singing comes from Ilena Cotrubas, but the whole team is convincing. The bright but spacious recording adds to the... |
HANDEL
Italian Cantatas Volume 5 - Rome (1707) Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Yetzabel Arias Fernández (soprano) & Romina Basso (alto) / La Risonanza / Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & direction) [ Glossa Handel Italian Cantatas / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 - Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice June 2009 - "Bonizzoni has the admirable knack of conveying the strong rhetorical elements in Handel's vivacious music, and the entire performance is beautifully... |
Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo
Strange But True [ Matador Records / CD - released 20/Oct/1998 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Overtures - Prometheus, Fidelio, Leonore 2 & 3 / Grosse Fuge Joan Sutherland, Norma Procter, Arnold Van Mill / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "…the depth and concentration of the Ansermet shines decisively out… Ansermet's reading is taut and imposing" Gramophone |
FIORENZA / PERGOLESI / SCARLATTI / PORPORA / MANCINI
Neapolitan Concertos for Various Instruments Josetxu Obregón (cello), Tamar Lalo (recorder), Daniel Oyarzabal (harpsichord), Ignacio Prego (harpsichord), Hiro Kurosaki (violin) La ritirata [ Glossa / CD - released 10/Mar/2018 ] The Neapolitan Baroque, especially in the first half of the eighteenth century, was a vibrant and vital time for instrumental music, as Josetxu Obregón and La Ritirata now demonstrate with their new recording of six concertos from that era. |
W. A. MOZART
Juan Diego Florez: Mozart Juan Diego Florez (tenor) / Orchestra La Scintilla, Riccardo Minasi [ Sony Classical / CD - released 3/Dec/2017 ] "Alexander the Great's aria from Il Re Pastore sounds unassailably heroic; two arias for the titular emperor of La Clemenza di Tito find Flórez shaping smooth, firm lines, sounding imperial yet not imperious...Minasi's orchestra is full of bounce, te |
Kyla La Grange
Cut Your Teeth [ Sony / CD - released 30/May/2014 ] Kyla La Grange is an English singer songwriter. 'Cut Your Teeth' is her second release following her debut album 'Ashes' from 2012. Cut Your Teeth marks Kyla's return with a bright and bold new sound. Produced by Jakwob and Kyla, the album is the... |
La Bouche
Greatest Hits (2LP) [ Music On Vinyl / 2 LP - released 8/Jul/2022 ] Producer Frank Farian, the man behind Boney M and Milli Vanilli, rolled out his '90s equivalent, La Bouche, in 1995. The German based Eurodance duo La Bouche featured vocalist Melanie Thornton and rapper Lane McCray. They gained international success... |
GIUSEPPE ANTONIO BRESCIANELLO
Brescianello: Concerti, Sinfonias & Overture La Cetra Barockorchester Basel [ Glossa Cabinet / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] This recording, drawn from the series made in conjunction with the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and released first on harmonia mundi (2002) and then on Glossa (2011), places the spotlight on another unfairly neglected figure from the late Baroque,... |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI & OTHERS
Monteverdi: Vespro Di Natale / Christmas Vespers La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, La Cetra Vocalensemble Basel, Andrea Marcon [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 18/Nov/2022 ] On 29 December 1616 Claudio Monteverdi wrote to the poet Alessandro Striggio - who was also the secretary to the Duke of Mantua - to apologize for his late reply, which he attributed to "the hard work that had to be done on the Mass for Christmas... |
