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Handel: Rinaldo

Antonio Giovannini Rinaldo, Gesche Geier Armida, Marie Friederike Schöder Almirena, Florian Götz Argante, Yosemeh Adjei Goffredo, Owen Willetts Eustazio, Cornelius Uhle Mago cristiano, Compagnia Marionettistica Carlo Colla & Figli, Lautten Compagney Berlin, Wolfgang Katschner DVD of the puppet action (137’+10′) Audio recording (2 CDs) Arthaus Musik 102207 [dropcap]A[/dropcap] charming and, as far as I am […]

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Vivaldi: Il Farnace

Mary-Ellen Nesi Farnace, Sonia Prina Tamiri, Roberta Mameli Gilade, Delphine Galou Berenice, Loriana Castellano Selinda, Magnus Staveland Aquilio, Emanuele D’Aguanno Pompeo, Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Federico Maria Sardelli 151′ (2 DVDs) Dynamic 37670 [dropcap]F[/dropcap]arnace was first performed at the Teatro S Angelo in Venice in February 1727 and frequently thereafter in other cities. […]

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Hacquart Suites for Viol (opus 3, 1686)

This is a re-release of a recording originally made in 2003, of six of the suites, re-released with nice timing to go with the publication of the 12 Suites, originally published by Hacquart in 1686 under the title of Chelys, in a modern edition, published by Güntersberg in 2013.

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Gombert: Motets

The quirkily named Beauty Farm draws its membership from a number of top continental ensembles and sounds beautifully blended with accurate intonation. If the recorded sound gave an initial impression of claustrophobia, by no means inappropriate for Gombert, I soon warmed to it.

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Berliner Gambenbuch

This is an exceptionally interesting recording of a ‘new’ repertoire, still to be made generally available, of the highest quality. The manuscript, currently held in France, possibly originated in north Germany.

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Gasparini: Missa a quattro voci…

“arranged by Johann Sebastian Bach…” Edited by Peter Wollny. Full Score. Carus (35.503), 2015. 24pp, €18,00. [dropcap]F[/dropcap]rancesco Gasparini (1668-1727) was born near Lucca and studied probably with Corelli and Pasquini, along with a wide range of formal or informal teachers. He was maestro di coro (the German term is repeated in the English text) at […]

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Mozart: Keyboard Music Vol. 7

Kristian Bezuidenhout has already garnered many plaudits for his Mozart keyboard series and this latest volume continues the same exceptional level of engagement with the music.

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The Cello in Spain: Boccherini and other 18th-century virtuosi

As the booklet aptly puts it: “The Court of Madrid … acted as deep pit in which the fame of some very good Italian musicians ended up being buried.” For few, I suspect, will have heard names such as Paganelli, Porretti, Supriano, Vidal and Zayas represented on this disc.

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Steffani: Niobe, Regina di Tebe

This is a recording of the recent Covent Garden production, directed by Lukas Hemleb. With an excellent team of soloists and the fine Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble, under Thomas Hengelbrock’s reliable baton, this ought to have been a winner.

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Agrippina

Ann Hallenberg S, Il Pomo d’Oro, Riccardo Minasi 74:34 deutsche harmonia mundi 88875053982 Arias by K. H. Graun, Handel, Legrenzi, Magni, Mattheson, Orlandini, Perti, Porpora, G. B. Sammartini & Telemann This is a delectable disc. Ann Hallenberg has a tremendous technique and a fine eye for unusual repertoire (her 2012 Hidden Handel disc with Alan […]