Discography

Concertos by Kohaut, Fasch and Kleinknecht (world premiere), and a trio by Hagen

Harpsichord concerto featuring works by W.F. Bach, G. Benda and C.P.E. Bach

Works by Giovanni Sollima, Vivaldi, Tartini, Kartsilamades

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

Symphony no. 1 in E-flat major K. 16
Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major K. 488
Symphony no. 41 in C major K. 551 ‘Jupiter’Maxim

Lisette Oropesa, Theodora
Joyce DiDonato, Irene
Michael Spyres, Septimius
John Chest, Valens
Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Didymu

Works and arias by Domenico Scarlatti, Leonardo Vinci, Antonio Vivaldi, Niccolò Piccinni, Rinaldo Di Capua, Giuseppe Arena, Baldassare Galuppi, Gioacchino Cocchi, Nicola Conforto, Francisco Javier Garcìa Fajer

Violin concertos by Franz Benda, Johann Gottlieb Graun (in a world premiere recording), Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen and Georges Bologne de Saint-Georges (also in a world premiere recording)

Mandolin concertos by Paisiello, Vivaldi, Lecce, Hummel, and works by Galuppi and Haydn.

Awards

• Presto Editor’s Choice, April 2022

Reviews
“Listen to the savoury brilliance of Lecce’s Concerto in G major (and its magnificent central Largo, so archaic in spirit), the ironic skullduggery of the E flat major arbitrarily attributed to Paisiello, or Hummel’s mischevious dimension (how can one resist his Andante with variations?).”

Diapason (5 Stars review)

Works by Ives, Mahler, Copland, Cavalli, Gluck, Händel, Wagner, Portman, Marini, Mysliveček, and Valentini.

Awards

• Presto Recording of the Week, February 2022
• Editor’s Choice Gramophone Magazine, March 2022
• CHOC Classica, April 2022

Francesco Corti, Andrés Locatelli, Alessandro Nasello, Evgenii Sviridov, Marcello Gatti.

Bach Harpsichord Concertos BWV 1044, 1054, 1056 and 1057

Reviews

“Corti brings out a wealth of felicitous detail in the a wealth of felicitous detail in the solo keyboard writing, generously solo keyboard writing, generously adding tasteful ornaments if too adding tasteful ornaments if too enthusiastically at times.”
BBC Music Magazine, April 2021

“These are performances of exuberance, intelligence and personality – a likeable way to refresh these familiar works.”
Gramophone, April 2021

Watch: Interview with Francesco Corti

Arias by Cavalli, Boretti, Bononcini, Händel, Orlandi, Mattheson, Predieri, Matteis, Conti, Hasse

Awards

• The Times, Records of the Year 2019
• Presto, Recording of the Week, 20th December 2019
• International Opera Awards 2020, Solo Recital Recording
• Opus Klassik Awards 2020, Nominated – Male Singer of the Year
• Opus Klassik Awards 2020, Nominated – Conductor of the Year
• Gramophone Awards 2020, Finalist – Recital

Awards

• Presto, Editor’s Choice, June 2020
• Scherzo, Album Excepcional, May 2020

Reviews

“Fagioli is best in bravura displays…His voice is also capable of touching tenderness…The orchestral playing is supportive, and sometimes delicately and effectively alert.”
BBC Music Magazine, August 2020

“Il Pomo d’Oro’s crisp playing, directed by violinist Zefira Valova, is a vivacious foil to Fagioli’s powerful coloratura…More complete Vinci opera recordings of this high calibre are needed.”
Gramophone Magazine, August 2020

“What a treat it is to have an entire album dedicated to this inventive, prolific Neapolitan. The album’s unusually light on bravura for a Fagioli project, showcasing instead Vinci’s gift for long-lined melody and pastoral word-painting, with Medo’s Sento due fiamme a particular highlight, and some ravishing obbligatos from Il Pomo d’Oro’s winds.”
Katherine Cooper, Presto Classical, June 2020

Bach Harpsichord Concertos BWV 1052, 1053, 1055 & 1058

Reviews

“His playing is a powerhouse of unbridled vivacity, exciting and excitable in equal measure…BWV 1052 is the bullish bruiser of the set, and Corti isn’t the only one spraying testosterone in all directions/ His colleagues wield a dashing cut and thrust all of their own…Bach’s harpsichord concertos boast a distinguished discography, but Corti finds fresh things to say. Roll on Vol. 2.”
BBC Music Magazine, July 2020

“…the fast tempi, rhythmic drive and explosive accents result in performances that are exhilarating. But Corti finds the time for expressive cadenzas, and the middle movements are beautifully controlled.”
Choir & Organ, July 2020

“Orchestral sound and balance are perennial problems with these pieces, however, and it has to be said that Pentatone’s recording has got it pretty much right…The performances, too, are fleet, crisp and buoyant; Corti brings the right mix of spontaneity and control to his playing, and his ornamentation, plentiful if not always beautiful, adds much to the music’s high spirits. Meanwhile Il Pomo d’Oro shape their accompaniments with pleasing detail and sensitivity.”
Gramophone Magazine, July 2020

“Hay un buen punado de registros de estas obras (conciertos para clave de Bach) que pueden considerarse referencias. Desde este momento Il Pomo d’Oro y Francesco Corti ocupan por derecho propio un sitio de honor en él.”
Mariano Acero Ruilópez, Scherzo, May 2020

Joyce DiDonato (Agrippina), Elsa Benoit (Poppea), Luca Pisaroni (Claudio), Franco Fagioli (Nerone), Jakub Józef Orliński (Ottone), Andrea Mastroni (Pallante), Carlo Vistoli (Narciso), Biagio Pizzuti (Lesbo), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Giunone)

Awards

• Grammy Awards 2021, Nominee – Best Opera Recording Category
• Gramophone Awards 2020, Winner ‘Opera’ Category
• BBC Radio 3, Record of the Week, January 2020
• Presto, Recording of the Week, January 2020
• Gramophone Magazine, Editor’s Choice, March 2020
• BBC Music Magazine, Opera Choice, April 2020
• Opus Klassik Awards 2020, Nominee – Female Singer of the Year
• Opus Klassik Awards 2020, Nominee – Conductor of the Year

Selection of 18th century violin concertos by Locatelli, Tartini, Leclair and Telemann.

Awards

• Diapason d’or, November 2019
• BBC Music Magazine, Concerto Choice, February 2020

Reviews

“He breezes through the salvo of technical challenges…Yet he also brings a refined musicality and a sense of period style to these concertos, so alongside the fireworks there’s playing of exquisite delicacy and tenderness…Il Pomo d’Oro is proving to be one of the most brilliant ensembles on the early music stage today, and the players respond to Sinkovsky’s direction with blazing energy. It’s only February, but this could well end up being my disc of the year.”
BBC Music Magazine, February 2020

Works by Barbara Strozzi, Cavalli, Cesti, Marini, Merula, et al.

Awards

• Opus Klassik Awards 2019, Winner – Newcomer (singer)
• International Opera Awards 2020, Nominated – Solo Recital Recording
• Opernwelt, Album of the Month, April 2019

Emöke Barath, Giuseppina Bridelli, Xavier Sabata, Luca Cervoni, Gabriella Martellacci, Riccardo Novaro

Arcana, 2018

Awards

• Classic Voice, Album of the Month, May 2019
• Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik 2018/19

Reviews

“Emőke Baráth is a feisty Doriclea and nowhere more so than in her encounter with Xavier Sabata’s Fidalbo in Act II. But it’s Gabriella Martellaci’s rich contralto as the worldly-wise Delfina that lingers on the ear, and the magnificent music-making from Il Pomo d’Oro.”
BBC Music Magazine, March 2019

“A multitude of little short arias and duets are performed with zesty vibrancy by Il Pomo d’Oro…Emke Baráth’s Doriclea and Giuseppina Bridelli’s Lucinda are both crystalline and sensual. The steadfast Celindo’s laments in response to Lucinda’s unwarranted scorn are sung dulcetly by Luca Cervoni.”
Gramophone Magazine, March 2019

“The standouts are unquestionably Emőke Barath’s beautifully sung and articulated Doriclea, a superbly rounded assumption of the part, and the bass Riccardo Novaro’s magnificent and richly comic portrayal of the servant Giraldo…Andre De Carlo’s direction of the small ensemble drawn from Il Pomo d’Oro is exemplary.”
Opera, May 2019

Franco Fagioli (Serse), Vivica Genaux (Arsamenes), Delphine Galou (Amastre), Andrea Mastroni (Ariodate), Inga Kalna (Romilda), Francesca Aspromonte (Atalanta), Biagio Pizzuti (Elviro).

Awards

• International Classical Music Awards 2020, Winner – Baroque Vocal
• Premio della Critica Discografica Franco Abbiati 2019
• Presto, Editor’s Choice, November 2018
• BBC Radio 3, Disc of the Week, 29th December 2018
• Gramophone Magazine, Editor’s Choice, February 2019
• Presto, Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
  

A vibrant new approach to Bach’s masterpieces with highly acclaimed violinist Shunske Sato: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major, Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, and Violin Concerto No. 5 in G Minor.

Awards

• Gramophone Magazine, Editor’s Choice, January 2019
• BBC Radio 3, Disc of the Week, 5th January 2019

Reviews

All the speeds here just feel right: unhurried, but equally brimming with energy and flow. What really makes this recording one to treasure, though, is the degree of uncontrived personality and artistry on display…Another point I can’t shout loudly enough about is the exceptional blending…Have I sold it enough? I hope so. Because really, this is properly heavenly.
Gramophone Magazine, January 2019

Selection of early 18th century masterpieces of sacred music sung by the Polish countertenor rising-star and Maxim Emelyanychev.

Awards

• CHOC Classica, November 2018
• Opus Klassik Awards 2019, Winner – Solo Vocal Recital (Opera)
• Presto Editor’s Choicem, October 2018
• The Times Records of the Year, 2018

Prolgue presents the most beautiful prologues from early-baroque operas, chosen by soprano Francesca Aspromonte and conductor Enrico Onofri.

Awards

• Opera News Critics’ Choice, October 2018

Franco Fagioli performs twelve arias that explore the wide range of affetti musicali that are typical of Baroque operas in general and of Handel’s vocal music in particular.

Awards

• Presto Editor’s Choice, January 2018
• Gramophone Magazine, Editor’s Choice, March 2018
• Opera, Recording of the Month, May 2018
• Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018

Ann Hallenberg brings rediscovered works from February 1729 back to our times, most of them recorded for the first time. Arias by Porpora, Orlandini, Giacomelli, and Leo.

Awards

• The Times Records of the Year, 2017
• BBC Music Magazine, Recording of the Month, September 2017
• Gramophone, Editor’s ChoiceSeptember 2017
• BBC Music Magazine Awards, Finalist – Opera, 2018
• Gramophone Magazine, Editor’s Choice, Awards Issue 2017

Reviews

“Arias from each role might as well have been tailor-made for Hallenberg’s pinpoint virtuosity and lyricism, communicative use of language, idiomatic embellishment, intelligently sculpted phrasing (limpid, gentle or turbulent as the music demands) and astute theatrical characterisation.”
Gramophone, Awards Issue 2017

“[Hallenberg] yes, the evenly produced control across the whole range is there; yes, the the technique to sing demanding passaggi is present and so is the mastery and intelligent application of ornamentation, including trills.”
Opera, October 2017

“Her range, with astonishing evenness of tone and voluptuous colouring, extends from contralto to soprano, and her sublime artistry keeps the attention…Her technical bravura leaves one almost breathless…Hallenberg’s alchemy turns this accomplished music to 24-carat gold.”
Sunday Times, 2nd July 2017

“Hallenberg dazzles with sensational virtuosity and warm tone that is straight as a die, and Il pomo d’oro supports brilliantly.”
The Observer, 9th July 2017

Max Emanuel Cencic (Ottone), Lauren Snouffer (Teofane), Pavel Kudinov (Emireno), Ann Hallenberg (Gismonda), Xavier Sabata (Adalberto), Anna Starushkevych (Matilda).

Awards

• 60th annual GRAMMY Award Nomination: Best Opera Recording 2017
• Opera Magazine, Opera of the Month, August 2017
• 5 Diapasons, September 2017
• Oper, Opera of the Month, Magazine Oper, September 2017
• Bestenliste (4), Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, November 2017
• Gramophone Magazine, Editor’s Choice, September 2017

In War and Peace: Harmony through Music was recorded with Il Pomo d’Oro under its principal conductor Maxim Emelyanychev. The programme comprises 15 arias divided into two sections: ‘War’ and ‘Peace’. The album also contains three world premiere recordings: a ‘War’ aria from Andromaca by the Neapolitan composer Leonardo Leo (1694-1744), and two ‘Peace’ arias, from the operas Attila and Attilio Regolo, by another Neapolitan, Niccolò Jommelli (1714-1774).

Awards

• 60th annual GRAMMY Award Nomination: Best Classical Solo Vocal Album (2017)
• CHOC Classica 2016
• 5 Diapasons 2016
• Gramophone Magazine, Editor’s Choice, November 2016
• Gramophone Awards, Winner – Recital 2017
• ECHO Klassik Awards 2017, Winner
• Opera, Recording of the Month, January 2017

Awards

Though the title Giovincello seems to make a specific musical reference, it is simply an affectionate Italian term meaning ‘young man’. Edgar Moreau brings his youthful energy and virtuosic thrills to 18th-century cello concertos by Haydn, Vivaldi, Boccherini, Platti, and the world-premiere recording of a Baroque concerto by Carlo Graziani.

Awards

• CHOC Classica 2016
• Echo Klassik 2016

Karina Gauvin, Partenope
Philippe Jaroussky, Arsace
Emöke Barath, Armindo
John Mark Ainsley, Emilio
Luca Tittoto, Ormonte
Teresa Iervolino, Rosmira

Juan Sancho, Catone
Franco Fagioli, Cesare
Max Emanuel Cencic, Arbace
Valer Sabadus, Marzia
Martin Mitterrutzner, Fulvio
Vince Yi, Emilia

This album is a world premiere recording.

Awards

• CHOC Classica July 2015
• Echo Klassik 2016
• Disco of the Month (Opera Magazine) 2016
• La Clef du mois (Resmusica) 2016
• 5 Diapasons (Diapason Magazine) 2016

The Agrippinas, two sisters and one daugther: a family history. Arias by Graun, Händel, Legrenzi, Magni, Mattheson, Petri, Porpora, Orlandini, Sammartini and Telemann. Including 12 world première recordings.

Without the generous support and hospitality of May and Axel Vervoordt and INSPIRATUM this recording would not have been possible.

Awards

• ICMA 2016, Best Baroque Vocal
• International Opera Awards 2016, Best Opera Recital

This new album, set for international release in October 2015, comprises ten world premiere recordings of virtuoso arias by Porpora, Leo, Vinci and Alessandro Scarlatti, as well as the Concerto in D major for harpsichord, two violins and continuo of Domenico Auletta.

Awards