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[The Venice Collection] - An Excess of Pleasure & The Winged Lion / Palladian Ensemble

2 CD / Linn Records / 2009-06-30

Works: Marco Uccellini: Sonate, arie et correnti, Op 3; Sonate, arie et correnti, Op. 3; Sonate, correnti et arie, Op 4; Nicola Matteis: Ayres for the Violin; Ayres for the Violin, Book 4; Matthew Locke: Br...
Performers: Carter, William; Levine, Joanna; Podger, Rachel; Thorby, Pamela
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Ensemble: Palladian Ensemble

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Sparkling playing with the sense of uninhibited joy which only technical mastery and unbridled imagination can generate.
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Blow: Anthems / David Hill, Winchester Cathedral Choir

2 CD / Hyperion / 2006-06-13

Works: John Blow: God Spake Sometime in Visions for soloists, chorus & orchestra; How Doth the City Sit Solitary; The Lord is My Shepherd; God is our Hope and Strength; I Beheld, and Lo! A Great Multitude; ...
Performers: Alder, Stephen; Bealby-Wright, Sarah; Blaze, Robin; Butterfield, Peter; Campbell, Richard; Chateauneuf, Paula; Childress, Richard; Cochrane, Lisa; Cornwell, Joseph; Denley, Paul; Dunnett, David; Fend...
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: Parley of Instruments; Winchester Cathedral Choir

"Performances that are not likely to be bettered soon. The sound is marvellous." -Fanfare...continue...