"superb control...considerable artistry...breathtaking ensemble" Read More...— David Shengold,
Time Out New York
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"a sumptuous account of the world's first great opera" Read More...— Stephen Pettitt,
The Sunday Times
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"the most beguiling Monteverdi opera recording for years." ***** Read More...— Richard Morrison,
The Times
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"The latest release from Augustin Hadelich and Pablo Sainz Villegas is hot!" Read More...— John Clare,
Texas Public Radio
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— Sarah Bryan Miller,
St. Louis Post Dispatch
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"the conducting of Harry Bicket, who knows better than anyone how to make a modern orchestra understand baroque music ... made for 4½ hours (including intermissions) of musical and theatrical bliss ... The evening was paced with superb sensitivity by Mr. Bicket" Read More...— Heidi Waleson,
The Wall Street Journal
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"under the baton of Harry Bicket the musical realization, all four-and-a-half hours of it, is superb" Read More...— Judith Malafronte,
The Classical Review
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"members of the opening-night audience rose to their feet after midnight to give an exuberant ovation to the excellent cast, headed by the countertenor David Daniels in the title role and the coloratura soprano Natalie Dessay as Cleopatra, and the excellent conductor Harry Bicket" Read More...— Anthony Tommasini,
The New York Times
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"Nicholas Phan, singing with a mix of sweet sound and impetuous temperament, was excellent in the dramatic recitatives" Read More...— Anthony Tommasini,
The New York Times
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"The splendid 25-member ensemble, with Mr. Bicket leading from the harpsichord, brought pungent clarity and rhythmic swing to this 1720 score, a classic Handel cornucopia of varying moods and characters." Read More...— Heidi Waleson,
The Wall Street Journal
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"the fine period-instrument band English Concert deftly conducted from the harpsichord by Harry Bicket ... magnificently rendered ... nothing but gorgeous." Read More...— James R. Oestreich,
The New York Times
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"supremely approachable, engaging music, and sweetly played ... buy this disc and experience them for yourself. Eloquent performances in glowing sound." Read More...— Graham Rickson,
TheArtsDesk.com
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"a performance to keep up with – a dynamic, rip-roaring dash through the score, but with shape and nuance too" Read More...— Erica Jeal,
The Guardian
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"the scale of this performance manages a robust energy of the concert hall fused to the musing interiority of the salon, quite a sophisticated achievement" * * * * Read More...— Gary Lemco,
AudiophileAudition.com
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— James R. Oestreich, Anthony Tommasini,
The New York Times
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Jeannette Sorrell leads the acclaimed Baroque ensemble Apollo's Fire. Their new holiday disc imagines a vesper service combining chant, dance, and Celtic carols. Read More...— Julie Amacher,
Minnesota Public Radio - New Classical Tracks
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"an artist to watch out for ... sensitivity that maintained an acutely tasteful sense of tone and scale ... Alexandra Silocea proved her Mozartian credentials with phrasing of supreme elegance" * * * * * Read More...— Evan Dickerson,
bachtrack.com
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"Inon Barnatan’s most recent album, 'Darknesse Visible,' is intelligent and moving ... Mr. Barnatan’s recital on Thursday evening brought the 'Darknesse Visible' program to thrilling life." Read More...— Zachary Woolfe,
The New York Times
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— Craig Zeichner,
Ariama.com
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"An unqualified great night at the Met ... Harry Bicket elicited an excellent performance from orchestra and chorus." Read More...— David Shengold,
Gay City News
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"Bicket is a rarity among Baroque specialists, able to endow even ordinary orchestras with that elusive early-music snap and swing" Read More...— Zachary Woolfe,
The New York Times
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— Daniel Felsenfeld,
Listen
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— Sarah Bryan Miller,
St. Louis Post Dispatch
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"a poignant and exhilarating performance ... an engaging display from such a meticulous performer" Read More...— Ronni Reich,
Star-Ledger
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"This 'Tito' was more than the sum of its excellent parts, thanks to the imaginative and vigorous conducting of Harry Bicket" Read More...— James Jorden,
New York Post
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“elegance and efficacy” that Bicket “elicited from the Met cast, chorus and orchestra” Read More...— Steve Smith,
The New York Times
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"one of the great solo-vocal albums of the year" Read More...— John Terauds,
Musical Toronto
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"Harry Bicket conducts the orchestra in a propulsive, shapely performance" Read More...— Associated Press
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"profundity ... reverent care and finesse ... extraordinary delicacy ... incisive ... revelation" * * * * * Read More...— Ivan Hewett,
The Daily Telegraph
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