Enchantresses
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Reviews (4)
The independent
d. 10. Nov. 2012
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Andy Gill
d. 10. Nov. 2012
"Particularly impressive are Handel's ebullient sorceress Alcina, a self-determining spirit willing to wield power in "Ma quando tornerai", and the Empress Octavia of Monteverdi's "Disprezzata regina", in which the dramatic fury of the recitative militates against its resolution into melody".
The times
d. 3. Nov. 2012
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Richard Morrison
d. 3. Nov. 2012
"I don't like DiDonato when she gets too shouty or adds "expressive" pitch-bends. But it'a all compellingly theatrical. Great choice, too, with familiar Handel mingled with rare jewels by Porter, Orlandini and Keiser".
BBC music magazine
2012 Christmas
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Anna Picard
2012 Christmas
"Stepping cautiously on to Cecilia Bartoli's turf, DiDonato and Alan Curtis ... have unearthed some Baroque rarities. Instead of Handel's Berenice, we have Orlandini's Berenice, whose 'Da torbida procella' is an ideal fit for DiDonato's spitfire fioritura ... The switch from Hasse ... to the blush of woodwind in Handel ... is the most striking juxtaposition on a disc that elsewhere fails to capture the full warmth and expressivity of DiDonato's voice".
The gramophone
2013 January
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David Vickers
2013 January
"DiDonato produces her most emotionally moving and sensitively embellished singing in 'Madre diletta' ... Il Complesso Barocco and Alan Curtis are on particularly good form ... Wonderfully sung, passionately played and programmed intelligently - an exemplary recital".