DVD Video, Erato (label)
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Handel: Messiah
RecommendedLucy Crowe (soprano), Alex Potter (countertenor), Michael Spyres (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), The English Concert & Choir, John Nelson
The theatrical instincts that have served Nelson so well in Berlioz ensure some detailed characterisation such as the semiquaver flurry of beating wings as the angels prepare to impart their... — More…
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd December 2023
2 CDs + DVD Video
$30.50Downloads
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Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, Rv 621
Jakub Józef Orliński (counter-tenor), Capella Cracoviensis, Jan Tomasz Adamus
You’re likely either to love or to loathe Sebastian Pańczyk’s short film which provides a contemporary visual accompaniment to Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater – rather in the manner of a pop or rock... — More…
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Winner - Audiovisual Music Production
CD + DVD Video
$16.25Downloads
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No stranger to Baroque music, Tharaud has made eloquent recordings of Couperin, Rameau and Scarlatti, many of the strengths of which are present here, too. He is at his best in the more intimate,... — More…
CD + DVD Video
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JS Bach & Telemann: Sacred Cantatas (CD+DVD Deluxe)
RecommendedLimited Edition
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
Freiburger Barockorchester
[Jaroussky’s] manner is distinctive, not so much the honeyed, godlike flow of Andreas Scholl…as the vulnerable and reactive human soul declaiming recitatives with urgent detail…[he is] compelling…the... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th October 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Classical Solo Vocal Album
CD + DVD Video
$18.00Downloads
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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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Vinci, Leonardo: Artaserse
Philippe Jaroussky (Artaserse), Max Emanuel Cencic (Mandane), Franco Fagioli (Arbace), Valer Barna-Sabadus (Semira), Yuriy Mynenko (Megabise), Juan Sancho (Artabano)
Concerto Köln & Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Diego Fasolis
The production takes itself none too seriously, the Baroque absurdities of the plot enhanced by absurd costumes...Fagioli rises to the challenge, as he offsets vocal pyrotehcnics with poignancy...[Cencic... — More…
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Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV46a
Sabine Devieilhe (Bellezza), Franco Fagioli (Piacere), Sara Mingardo (Disinganno), Michael Spyres (Tempo) with the participation of Christine Angot
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor) & Krzysztof Warlikowski (stage director)
Deveilhe..singing exquisitely throughout…Spyres staggers the ear with unfailingly firm tone over an extraordinary wide range. Leading her superbly stylish, technically adroit Concert d’Astrée,... — More…
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Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie
Topi Lehtipuu (Hippolyte), Anne-Catherine Gillet (Aricie), Stéphane Degout (Thésée), Sarah Connolly (Phèdre), Jaël Azzaretti (L'Amour), Salomé Haller (Oenone), Marc Mauillon (Tisiphone / La Grande Prêtresse de Diane)
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm, Ivan Alexandre
As a whole, Ivan Alexandre's production is appropriately stately and Antoine Fontaine's set seems superbly authentic...The drama in the first act coalesces around Sarah Connolly's powerful Phèdre,... — More…
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Handel: Alcina
Patricia Petibon (Alcina), Philippe Jaroussky (Ruggiero), Anna Prohaska (Morgana), Katarina Bradic (Bradamante), Anthony Gregory (Oronte), Krzysztof Baczyk (Melisso), Elias Mädler, Lionel Wunsch (Oberto)
Freiburger Barockorchester, MusicAeterna, Andrea Marcon, Katie Mitchell
Gregory sings with lean elegance. Bradic displays brilliant technique…[Jaroussky’s] intricately decorated ‘Verdi prati’ is irresistible. Prohaska spins exquisite lines…Petibon is sensational... — More…
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33 CDs + 19 DVD Videos
$210.75
