There is little in the way of a clear theme tying together this collection of Baroque works -- which includes music by English and Italian composers, instrumental and vocal, secular and sacred -- performed by the French group Ensemble Amarillis, with soprano Patricia Petibon and tenor Jean-François Novelli. For the listener looking for a general assortment of pieces from the Baroque era, performed with lively energy, this could be just the thing. Outstanding are the vocal tracks featuring Petibon and Novelli. Petibon, whose ...
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There is little in the way of a clear theme tying together this collection of Baroque works -- which includes music by English and Italian composers, instrumental and vocal, secular and sacred -- performed by the French group Ensemble Amarillis, with soprano Patricia Petibon and tenor Jean-François Novelli. For the listener looking for a general assortment of pieces from the Baroque era, performed with lively energy, this could be just the thing. Outstanding are the vocal tracks featuring Petibon and Novelli. Petibon, whose jewel-like high soprano shines in the music of Purcell and Francesco Mancini, is a pure pleasure. Her tone is absolutely pure and completely secure. The Purcell works, in particular, give her an opportunity to put on display a remarkable array of tonal colors and subtly differentiated dramatic shadings; her performance of the lament "The plaint" is a marvel of musical and dramatic expressiveness. She is equally at home in the perky, irrepressibly sexy "Sound the trumpet," in which...
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Anonymous; Anonymous, English; Francesco Mancini; Girolamo Frescobaldi; Henry Purcell. New. New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA. US orders only please.
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