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Instrument: Period Instrumental Ensemble

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MadridHandel - Giulio Cesare in Egitto

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Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto, (Julius Caesar in Egypt) HWV 17
Francesco Corti; Jakub Józef Orliński; Sabine Devieilhe; Rebecca Leggett; Beth Taylor

BudapestNorthern Light – Ensemble Correspondances

Wavemaker Hungary - MUPA
Pohle, Peranda, Bach J.C., Albrici, Ritter, Tunder, Knüpfer, Krieger, Fischer
Sébastien Daucé; Lucile Richardot; Ensemble Correspondances

LyonBach on the beat

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Walker-Viry, Clément: Fragments
Franck-Emmanuel Comte; Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu; Aude Walker-Viry; Reynier Guerrero; Unknown

StockholmOrpheus Baroque – Carnival in Venice

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Vivaldi
Orpheus Baroque Stockholm; Amandine Beyer

AmsterdamLa sfera Armoniosa & Mike Fentross: Pergolesi’s Stabat mater

Het Concertgebouw
Wassenaer, Pergolesi
Mike Fentross; La Sfera Armoniosa; Erika Baikoff; Helena Rasker

DortmundTango Seasons - Gabetta Consort

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Purcell, Vivaldi, Piazzolla, Molinelli
Andrés Gabetta; Gabetta Consort; Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi

AmsterdamBarbara Strozzi: A portrait in five acts

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Strozzi
Hathor Consort; Hana Blažíková; Dorothee Mields
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The Dunedin Consort Messiah remains a welcome seasonal speciality

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The Dunedin Messiah, a speciality with Baroque instruments, is given with soloists Nardus Williams, Lotte Betts-Dean, Joshua Ellicott and Dingle Yandell in Perth, directed by John Butt.

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Ensemble Masques opens “Cembalomania” at the Elbphilharmonie

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Ensemble Masques brings French Baroque to life at the Elbphilharmonie, with Olivier Fortin’s radiant harpsichord, spirited strings and vivid interplay revealing the expressive richness of Couperin, Rameau, Forqueray and Corrette.

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Breaking bonds: a staged Messiah from Wild Arts

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It's not Christmas without Handel's Messiah, and in the delightful Smith Square Hall, the oratorio is given a staging by Wild Arts which may not completely convince, but moves nonetheless.
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Ensemble Jupiter end European tour of Handel’s Theodora in Brussels

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Projection proves a problem for the singers, but this Theodora at BOZAR is nevertheless full of musical and spiritual beauty.
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I Fagiolini make their Lammermuir Festival debut

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In their Lammermuir Festival debut, I Fagiolini strike spiritual and musical gold with the Monteverdi Vespers... at least in the first half.
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Dramas of imagination: Ensemble Micrologus and Per-Sonat in Antwerp

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Adam de la Halle’s Le Jeu de Robin et Marion, one of the earliest extant music dramas, is given riotous performance by Ensemble Micrologus.
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Le Concert Spirituel’s Striggio marred by flawed staging choices

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Le Concert Sprituel’s otherwise strong performance of Striggio and other Renaissance works is let down by their staging and the Royal Albert Hall’s acoustics.
***11
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