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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
17th-Century Violin Music in Spain La Real Camara / Emilio Morena [ Glossa Cabinet / CD - released 13/Sep/2010 ] Works by Falconiero, Bruna, Anon, Victoria, Botelero, Lorente & Sola |
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FRANCISCO JOSE de CASTRO
Castro: Trio sonatas Op 1 [1695] La Real Cámara [ Glossa / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] The 17th century violinist-composer, Francisco José de Castro, who travelled from his birthplace in Seville to the Northern Italian city of Brescia where he composed chamber music, provides the focus for Emilio Moreno's latest exploration of the... |
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LUIGI BOCCHERINI
La Bona Notte La Real Cámara [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] La Real Cámara |
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LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Sei Terzettini, Op. 47: Trios Nos 1-6, G107-112 La Real Cámara [ Glossa / CD - released 31/Mar/2015 ] Few musicians today possess so much awareness and experience with the music of Luigi Boccherini as Emilio Moreno, or can invest their performances with so much insight. With his ensemble La Real Cámara and for his seventh recording of Boccherini's... |
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LULLY
Ballets & recits italiens La Risonanza / Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & direction) [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Nowadays, little introduction on record is needed for the dramatic output of Jean-Baptiste Lully: his style has become unquestionably associated with French music of the 17th century. |
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ANDRE CAMPRA
Gli strali d’Amore Divertimento immaginario La Risonanza / Roberta Invernizzi, Cyril Auvity, Salvo Vitale & Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & direction) [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] "The instrumental contribution is superb. Roberta Invernizzi is dramatically effective and often delightful in the more extended lyrical moments, if not always comfortable in terms of pitch. The tenor, Cyril Auvity, is a delight: heroic and fragile,... |
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ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
Serenate a Filli Roma, 1706 La Risonanza, Fabio Bonizzoni [ Glossa / CD - released 25/Apr/2011 ] "[Scarlatti] always makes a speciality of intertwining high voices. Svegliati, o bella (Awake, my beauty) is ravishingly sung by Emanuela Galli, Yetzabel Arias Fernandez and Martin Oro. Like La Risonanza's award-winning Handel series, this is irresi |
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BOCCHERINI / PAGANELLI / DORRETTI / VIDAL / SUPRIANO / etc
The Cello in Spain - Boccherini and other 18th-century virtuosi La Ritirata, Josetxu Obregón (cello & director) [ Glossa / CD - released 28/Jan/2016 ] Josetxu Obregón and La Ritirata bring us an update on 18th-century cello music and performance in Spain with their latest Glossa CD. The selection made by this exciting cellist provides a sample of pieces which would have been heard in Spain during... |
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CABANILLES / CASTELLO / FALCONIERI / ORTIZ / VITALI / etc
Andrea Falconieri: Il Spiritillo Brando: Dance music in the courts of Italy and Spain, c.1650 La Ritirata, Josetxu Obregón [ Glossa / CD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] "This selection of toe-tapping instrumental music alternating with songs featuring the character voice of Raquel Andueza captures perfectly the essence of Spain… it is a stunning and utterly convincing triumph." (Early Music Review) |
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La Roux
La Roux [ Polydor Records / CD - released 9/Jul/2009 ] La Roux present their eponymous debut album, which entered the UK album chart at #2. The band are quickly notching up very big hit singles here & in the UK with their debut track, and current NZ single "In for the Kill", ranking as the highest... |
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La Roux
Sidetracked [ Renassance / CD - released 26/Jul/2010 ] |
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La Roux
Trouble In Paradise [ Polydor UK / CD - released 18/Jul/2014 ] Grammy winning artist La Roux returns with the new album Trouble In Paradise which features nine tracks, each written and played by multi-instrumentalist Elly Jackson with Ian Sherwin on co-production. When it came to making the new album, she... |
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La Sera
Sees the Light [ Hardly Art / CD - released 16/Apr/2012 ] Katy Goodman's second long-player under the La Sera moniker is moored heavily in the melodies and sugary-vocals of 60s girl groups and the gentle sway of early country music |
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La Sonora Dinamita
A Mover La Colita [ Riverboat / CD - released 25/Feb/2008 ] |
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ALLESSANDRO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti: Responsories For Holy Week - Holy Saturday La Stagione Armonica, Carlo Steno Rossi (organ), Sergio Balestracci [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Aug/2018 ] "The 16-strong La Stagione Armonica are not, it must be said, as smooth as many of the comparable mixed choirs in the field today, nor even as in tune, but the sound they make is appealing in its firm-throated expressiveness and in the way Balestracc |
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MONTEVERDI
Primo libro & nono libro dei madrigali La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina [ Glossa La Venexiana Monteverdi Madrigals / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "There is some terrific bass solo singing by Matteo Bellotto in 'Alcun non mi consigli' a nice theatrical delivery in 'Bel pastor', and some engaging bravura in 'Zefiro torna'." BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008 **** |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Il ottavo libro de madrigali, 1638 'Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi' La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina [ Glossa La Venexiana Monteverdi Madrigals / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "In their Monteverdi Editions, La Venexiana bring a dramatic delivery of the words and a uniquely Italian blend of solo voices to this glorious music, unrivalled on disc." Sunday Times |
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MONTEVERDI
Il quarto libro de madrigali, 1603 La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina [ Glossa La Venexiana Monteverdi Madrigals / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "In their Monteverdi Editions, La Venexiana bring a dramatic delivery of the words and a uniquely Italian blend of solo voices to this glorious music, unrivalled on disc." The Sunday Times |
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MONTEVERDI
Il quinto libro de madrigali, 1605 La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina [ Glossa La Venexiana Monteverdi Madrigals / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "This recording is one of the best in La Venxiana's Monteverdi series - musically sustained with a convincing sense of ensemble and pace, and crisply recorded." BBC Music Magazine, March 2008 **** |
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MONTEVERDI
Il secondo libro de madrigali, 1590 La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina [ Glossa La Venexiana Monteverdi Madrigals / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "their quietly cohesive mood of tenderness in 'Dolcemente dormiva' is ravishing." BBC Music |