Il P'omo d'Oro reviews
JS Bach: Harpsichord Concertos (Corti)
Il Pomo d’Oro/Francesco Corti (harpsichord) (Pentatone)
Veni, Vidi, Vinci
Franco Fagioli (countertenor); Il P'omo d'Oro (DG)
JS Bach: Harpsichord Concertos
Francesco Corti (harpsichord); Il Pomo d'Oro (Pentatone)
Handel: Agrippina
Joyce DiDonato, Franco Fagioli, Elsa Benoit, Luca Pisaroni, Jakub Józef Orlinski, Andrea Mastroni, Carlo Vistoli, Biagio Pizzuti, Marie-Nicole Lemieux; Il P'omo d'Oro/Maxim Emelyanychev (Erato)
Joyce DiDonato's heart-breaking performance of Handel's Agrippina
‘Maxim Emelyanychev hits the sweet spot in his tempos, dynamics and realisations, the score aiming to mirror Handel’s lost original'
JS Bach: Violin Concertos; Concerto for Two Violins in D minor
Shunske Sato; Il Pomo d’Oro/Zefira Valova (Erato)
Stradella: La Doriclea
Emőke Baráth, Giuseppina Bridelli, Xavier Sabata, Gabriella Martellacci, Luca Cervoni, Riccardo Novaro; Il Pomo d’Oro/Andrea De Carlo (Outhere)
Voglio Cantar: Songs by Barbara Strozzi, Cavalli, Cesti, Marini & Merula
Emőke Baráth; Il Pomo d’Oro/Francesco Corti (Erato)
Virtuosissimo
Il Pomo d’Oro/Dmitry Sinkovsky (violin) (Naïve)
A showcase of blazing Baroque energy and haunting lyricism
'Dmitri Sinkosky is a latter-day Paganini who brings to this programme of Baroque pyrotechnics the perfect balance of fire and art’
Facce d'amore
Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor); Il Pomo d’oro/Maxim Emelyanychev (Erato)
Emerging countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński wows in Baroque arias
‘The disc is a masterpiece of sleuthing and programming’