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This recording was originally issued in 1998 on the Opus 111 label to international critical acclaim. After Opus 111 was acquired by the enterprising French
Just when you think there is nothing new to say
Handel’s opera arias have been very well treated on disc; the duets not so generously. This collection should adjust the balance for a couple of
This selection of Bach keyboard concertos may not constitute “Bach-lite”, but the performances bear no evidence of body fat. The Concerto Italiano constitutes 10 string
Having just accidentally happened upon a 1949 recording of this opera led by Helmut Koch that presented it as a dirge beyond compare, I was
There is always much talk that the circumstances of Carlo Gesualdo’s life dictated the intensity of his music: dubbed the “principe assassino”, the high-born, well-connected
This 2-disc set is a reconstruction of a “let’s pretend” event, described in the booklet as “a service of Solemn Vespers for the Assumption of
Alto Sara Mingardo makes a fine impression in music that demands a singer of exceptional interpretive skills and a voice that’s versatile yet maintains a
In keeping with its name, Concerto Italiano performs a program of, well, Italian concertos, including one influenced by Italian style, J.S. Bach’s (ahem) Italian Concerto,
As Concerto Italiano and its harpsichordist/director Rinaldo Alessandrini are gradually becoming the most recruited ensemble in Opus 111’s ambitious ongoing Vivaldi cycle, it apparently was
