An attempted musical peace treaty: excerpts of André Campra’s L’Europe Galante with Skip Sempé and Capriccio Stravagante

Por Aksel Tollåli, 09 marzo 2015

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Crítica hecha desde Oslo Cathedral, Oslo el 6 marzo 2015

Campra, L'Europe galante

Capriccio Stravagante

Emmanuelle de Negri, Soprano

Maartje Rammeloo, Soprano

Reinoud Van Mechelen, Tenor

Lisandro Abadie, Barítono

Skip Sempé, Clave

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Aksel Tollåli

Aksel is currently studying towards a degree in musicology at the University of Oslo. At the moment he is an exchange student at Goldsmiths College in London. He is also a choral singer and a trombonist. His musical interests include 20th-cenury French music, Baroque opera and the music of Richard Strauss.