ACCLAIM FOR THE ARADIA ENSEMBLE’S
NEW HANDEL RECORDINGS ON NAXOS
Toronto music magazine WholeNote
recently featured Aradia
Ensemble leader Kevin Mallon on the cover of its March issue. Here’s
what critics have been saying about the recent Handel performances on Naxos
by Mallon and his group:
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G. F. HANDEL: Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks
Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon
8.557764
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GRAMOPHONE EDITOR’S CHOICE MARCH 2006
"Joyful, witty performances."
--James Inverne, Gramophone
"Mallon’s performance is exemplary . . . Brightness and subtlety
co-exist with a charismatic swagger."
--David Vickers, Gramophone
"Mallon and his Toronto-based ensemble . . . combine a New World sort
of jaunty ambling spirit with, when needed, a very convincing Handelian mixture
of pomp, real dignity and depth. Mallon . . . seems to be a rising star in Naxos’
Handel firmament."
--Laurence Vittes, Audiophile Audition (www.audaud.com)
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G. F. HANDEL: Rinaldo
Marion Newman, Laura Whalen, Kimberly Barber, Jennifer
Enns Modolo, Sean Watson, Barbara Hannigan; The Aradia Ensemble,
Opera in Concert, Kevin Mallon
8.660165-67
(UPC 730099616522)
Release date: February 21st, 2006
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"It has plenty to recommend it . . . The cast is uniformly good."
--Robert Levine, ClassicsToday.com
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