Since you are interested in MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Virtuoso Cantatas, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
CALDARA
Caldara in Vienna Philippe Jaroussky (conter-tenor) / Concerto Köln, Emmanuelle Haïm [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 29/Nov/2010 ] "Jaroussky, a male soprano rather than a a countertenor, brings this obscure repertoire to life: seamless legato, fluent runs and - unlike some of his confrères - no cause for alarm above the stave." Gramophone Editor's Choice January 2011) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Heroes - Vivaldi Opera Arias Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor) / Ensemble Matheus / Jean-Christophe Spinosi [ Virgin Records / CD - released 10/Feb/2007 ] "With a top-notch recording and unequivocally first-rate playing from Ensemble Matheus, Jaroussky and Spinosi have come up with a really outstanding disc of Vivaldi dramatic arias." (International Record Review March 2007) |
JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasía para un gentilhombre (with de Falla - 'Three Cornered Hat' excerpts) Carlos Bonell (guitar), Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 27/Oct/2011 ] "Carlos Bonell plays the cadenza of the Adagio of the Concierto de Aranjuez most sensitively, and the weight of the orchestral contribution is judged to a nicety throughout." (Gramophone) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Via Crucis: Rappresentazione della gloriosa Passione di Cristo Philippe Jaroussky (counter tenor) & Nuria Rial (soprano) / L'Arpeggiata & Ensemble Barbara Fortuna (Corsican Choir), Christina Pluhar [ Virgin / Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] "Concept discs uniting early music with folk music can be suspect, but this one is very classy...Pluhar's arrangements are stylishly varied." The Observer, 28th March 2010 |