The group I Fagiolini ("The Green Beans") is British, not Italian, dating back to a student ensemble formed at Oxford University in the 1980s. The booklet notes ask straightforwardly why, with the profusion of spectacular Italian (and, they might have added, French) takes on Monteverdi's music over the last few years, an English contribution is ...
This disc was recorded in memory of Princess Diana of Britain, shortly after her death. It was funded by another ill-fated icon of the 1990s, the Arthur Andersen accounting firm. The connections between the two works on the album are just about that tenuous; both date from the 1790s, and they have connections with icons of that era (British ...
The Dunedin Consort, led by John Butt, has moved into the niche of recording original or obscure versions of Baroque choral masterworks using forces as close as possible to those of the original performances. Its 2006 performance of the Dublin version of Messiah is one of the liveliest and refreshingly intimate recordings of the work, and won a ...
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