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08.04.22 – The Times – La Resurrezione ****
‘An exemplary recording of Handel’s vibrant Easter surprise’ ‘The orchestra’s lively precision, rhythmic bounce and variegated colours: ideal tools for proper display of the endless…
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Rodelinda recording nominated for BBC Music Magazine Award
We are delighted to be nominated for a 2022 BBC Music Magazine Award in the Opera category! BBC Music Magazine announces nominees for its 2022…
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Guardian – Bath Bachfest
English Concert/ Cummings review — all outstanding soloists “The English Concert, all outstanding soloists, played Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos Nos 4 and 5: a dazzling finale..”…
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The Times – Purcell, Odes for a Queen Review
English Concert/ Bezuidenhout Review — A Stirring Performance That Melted Hearts “The arrows of the Almighty are within me/ And the terrors of God do…
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Observer – Britain’s Orpheus Review
“The standouts were violinists Nadja Zwiener and Tuomo Suni who shone with soulful bravura in three trio sonatas and the hypnotic ‘Chacony in G Minor.'”—…
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The Times – Britain’s Orpheus Review
“Connolly, after forays into Wagner, Mahler and a brush with cancer, remains optimal casting for the charismatic title role, written for a woman, even though…
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Everything you could wish for in style and attack
Iestyn Davies 40th Birthday Concert, Wigmore Hall …up-tempo Handelian swagger in three of the Opus 6 Concertos and the heavenly ‘Chaconne’ from Il pastor…
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I initially thought it was a human voice
Orfeo ed Euridice, Edinburgh International Festival “The 18th century-style oboe, bursting into song in the pastoral scene, was like an ecstatic sunburst – I initially…
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Astonishing intensity
Orfeo ed Euridice, Usher Hall, Edinburgh International Festival “Much of the most intense music-making came not from the singers but from the players of the…
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Sweet enchanting harmony
Orfeo ed Euridice, Edinburgh International Festival “There was indeed – as per part of the aria’s translation -‘sweet, enchanting harmony’ displayed in the orchestra, with…
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a Vespers which wrung every grain of dramatic force…
Monteverdi Vespers (1610) “Cummings’s jumping exuberance (while managing to play the harpsichord and organ continuo as well) set the tone for a Vespers which wrung every grain…
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