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Monteverdi meets Stravinsky: Old and new at the Wigmore Hall

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Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 7 July 2012
Marini, Passacaglia, Op.22
Monteverdi, Tempro la cetra
Monteverdi, Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
Gesualdo, Madrigali a cinque voci, libro quinto: Dolcissima mia vita
Gesualdo, Madrigali a cinque voci, libro sesto: Beltà, poi che t'assenti
Gesualdo, Asciugate i begli occhi
Stravinsky, Cantata
Angelika Kirchschlager, Mezzo-soprano
Ian Bostridge, Tenor
The English Concert
Harry Bicket, Director, Harpsichord
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