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Monteverdi to Italian contemporary music by way of Cage, Berio & Glass: Highlands and Sea from Laura Catrani and Claudio Astronio
Highlands & Sea - Monteverdi, Jean-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer, Massimo Botter, Henry Purcell, John Cage, Antonio Vivaldi, Philip Glass, Alessandro Solbiati, Alessandro Stradella, Olli Mustonen, Emanuele Casale, Handel, Arvo Pärt; Laura Catrani, Claudio Astronio; Ulysses Arts Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 4 February 2019 Star rating: 3.5 (★★★½) Contemporary meets Baroque in this recital from Italian duo soprano Laura Catrani and harpsichordist/organist Claudio AstronioSingers moving between the worlds of Baroque and contemporary music is surprisingly common, one thinks of a singer like Cathy Berberian performing music by John Cage, Luciano Berio (her ex-husband) and herself alongside music by Monteverdi. This new disc from Ulysses Arts, Highlands & Sea, is an encounter between contemporary and Baroque created by soprano Laura Catrani (best known for her performances of contemporary music) and harpsichordist Claudio Astronio (best known for his performances of Baroque repertoire). They have assembled a sequence of music by Monteverdi, Jean-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer, […]
2018-12-06 07:27:01
French collection
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Antoine Forqueray, Christophe Moyreaus, Pierre-Claude Fouquet, Francois Couperin, and Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer; Katarzyna Kowalik Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 3 December 2018 Star rating: 3.5 (★★★½) 18th century harpsichord pieces in a recital full of vivid colourOn this disc, the London-based harpsichordist of Polish origin Katarzyna Kowalik presents a selection of French 18th century music for harpsichord starting with Rameau's Premiere Livre de Pieces de Clavecin and then moving through pieces by Antoine Forqueray, Christophe Moyreaus, Pierre-Claude Fouquet, Francois Couperin, and Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer. Amongst other Katarzyna Kowalik studied with Christophe Rousset and Skip Sempe, and I first came across her when she was a member of the 2015 Handel House Talent Scheme. On this disc she plays a 2012 harpsichord by Andrew Garlick after an instrument by Jean-Claude Goyon from 1749. The first thing I noticed was the wonderfully resonant and sonorous sound of the instrument, […]
2018-08-25 22:57:38
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The Independant - Reviews
2018-07-24 09:57:00
Proms at... Cadogan Hall: Jean Rondeau, London, review: A noxious conclusion to a refined recital
Eve Risser's five-minute composition marred an otherwise impressive evening of Rameau, Couperin, and the rarely-performed Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer
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