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MONTEVERDI
Il terzo libro de madrigali, 1592 La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina [ Glossa La Venexiana Monteverdi Madrigals / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "I find La Venexiana's darker hues and dramatic but not histrionic approach to be unbeatable." Gramophone |
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MARENZIO
Nono Libro de Madrigali (9th Book of Madrigals) La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] |
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GESUALDO
Quarto Libro di Madrigali (Fourth Book of Madrigals) La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "This exquisitely modulated Italian ensemble is wonderfully discriminating, extracting the eloquence of the mercurial lines and unobstrusively seeking architectural sense behind the text... Book 4 is heady stuff, indeed" Winner Early Music, The... |
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LUCA MARENZIO
Sesto Libro de Madrigali [Sixth Book of Madrigals] La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina [ Glossa Cabinet / CD - released 13/Sep/2010 ] Recorded in Roletto (Chiesa della BV al Colletto), Italy, Feb 2001 |
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SIGISMONDO D'INDIA
Terzo Libro de Madrigali (3rd Book of Madrigals) La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina (direction) |
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GESUALDO
5th Book of Madrigals La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina (director) [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] La Venexiana continue their acclaimed series of recordings of the complete Madrigals of Gesualdo da Venosa with this stunning recording of Book 5. |
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MONTEVERDI
Scherzi Musicali (1632) La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina (director) [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] "It is a strange album of "musical jokes" that ends with one of the most heart-rending outpourings of grief ever written for the theatre: the Lamento d'Arianna...Here, in a discreet "orchestration" by Cavina, it is the climax of a programme by the... |
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LUZZASCO LUZZASCHI
Luzzaschi: Concerto delle Dame Roberta Mameli, Emanuela Galli, Francesca Cassinari (sopranos) La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina (direction) [ Glossa / CD - released 24/Oct/2011 ] Claudio Cavina and La Venexiana now return to the end of the 16th century, following the 'Poppea' of Monteverdi with the 'Artemisia' by Cavalli. They put their distinctively Italian mark on what was, for a long time, 'secret' music: that composed... |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea Emanuela Galli, Roberta Mameli, Josè Maria Lo Monaco, Xenia Meijer, Ian Honeyman / La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina (direction) [ Glossa / 3 CD - released 29/Mar/2010 ] "Galli's sensuous Poppea and Roberta Mameli's psychotic Nero climax in an almost bluesily languid duet. Not everyone will like it, but for the dramatic verve of Cavina's direction and the vividness of the text this Nerone/Poppea has to be heard." |
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ETHEL SMYTH
Smyth: Concerto for Violin, Horn,and Orchestra / Serenade in D Sophie Langdon (violin) Richard Watkins (horn) / BBC Philharmonic, Odaline de la Martinez [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Apr/1996 ] This is easily the most impressive Smyth offering yet to have appeared on CD, and it is conducted with understanding and commitment. The Penguin Guide - 1000 Greatest Classical Recordings |
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La Vent Du Nord
Tromper Le Temps [ Borealis / CD - released 8/Dec/2017 ] Their sixth Borealis release, "Tromper le temps" blazes new trails through traditional ground as the group pushes their own boundaries harmonically and dynamically. Like all great artists Le Vent du Nord aren't afraid to take chances and... |
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LIDHOLM
Orchestra Music 1944-1958 Lena Nordin (soprano) / Norrkaping Symphony Orchestra conducted by La Jia [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/2003 ] "Lidholm's early output brought into focus, culminating in the magisterial Ritornell..a sonic spectacular." (Gramophone) |
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Les Tuers De La Lune De Miel (The Honeymoon Killers)
Special Manubre [ Crammed Discs / CD ] |
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Lianne La Havas
Blood [ Warner Music / CD - released 31/Jul/2015 ] Lianne La Havas made a huge breakthrough with her Top 5 debut album IS YOUR LOVE BIG ENOUGH? Now the 25-year-old London-based singer-songwriter releases her eagerly anticipated new album BLOOD Sonically, BLOOD is a collection that shakes, shimmies... |
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Lianne La Havas
Blood (LP) [ Warner Music / LP - released 31/Jul/2015 ] Lianne La Havas made a huge breakthrough with her Top 5 debut album IS YOUR LOVE BIG ENOUGH? Now the 25-year-old London-based singer-songwriter releases her eagerly anticipated new album BLOOD Sonically, BLOOD is a collection that shakes, shimmies... |
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Lianne La Havas
Lianne La Havas [ Warner UK / CD - released 17/Jul/2020 ] Lianne's third album and her first in five years is an album of startling beauty and insight. Working on writing and exploring her own identity, La Havas spent a lot of time moving back and forth between the UK and the States. As a result, 'Lianne... |
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ANTONIO CALDARA
Caldara: The Cervantes Operas: Arias & instrumental pieces María Espada (soprano), Emiliano González Toro (tenor) & João Fernandes (bass) La Ritirata, Josetxu Obregón (artistic direction) [ Glossa / CD - released 25/Sep/2016 ] Arias from the operas Don Chisciotte in Corte della duchessa (Vienna, 1727) and Sancio Panza Governatore dell'isola Barattaria (Vienna, 1733) with instrumental interludes included in the original operas, composed by Nicola Matteis... |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi Heroines Maria Callas (soprano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, Nicola Rescigno [ EMI Classics / CD - released 5/Mar/2007 ] "Classic Callas recordings, which should be in every opera lover's collection" Penguin Guide |
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Monte La Rue
Interludia [ Cinq Etoiles / CD - released 13/Aug/2002 ] Surreal soundtrack to your lounge, seriously laidback grooves |
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MARIANNA MARTINES
Martines: Il Primo Amore Nuria Rial (Soprano) / La Floridiana, Nicoleta Paraschivescu [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 5/Mar/2012 ] "Nicoleta Paraschivescu and her little band of woodwind, horns and single strings are powerful advocates and Nuria Rial is splendidly passionate in the scena. Buy the disc: you won't regret it." Gramophone |