Nicolas Courjal
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[Degout] possesses the rare facility to mix raw muscle with the subtlest caresses…In the infernal symphonies that pepper Enfers, the band attacks the score with an almost fiendish ferocity…Don’t... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2018, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 24th February 2018, Recording of the Week
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Vocal
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International Opera Awards, 2019, Winner - Recital Album
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Gounod: Cantates et Musique Sacrée
Collection Prix de Rome Vol. 6
Brussels Philharmonic, Flemish Radio Choir, Hervé Niquet
The choral singing has wonderful richness, clarity and fervour, above all in the Messe vocale, which is breathtaking. A tremendous set, it adds immeasurably to our understanding of Gounod’s... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2018
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Choral
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Debussy: L'Enfant Prodigue & Ravel: L'Enfant et les sortilèges
RecommendedRoberto Alagna (Azaël), Karina Gauvin (Lia), Jean-François Lapointe (Siméon), Chloé Briot (L’Enfant), Nathalie Stutzmann (Maman/Tasse chinois/Libellule), Sabine Devieilhe (Le Feu/Rossignol))
Chœur et Orchestre de Radio France, Mikko Franck
Briot is well contrasted with the excellent Nathalie Stutzmann as Maman and two other characters, while Sabine Devielhe as The Fire and François Piolino as Mr Arithmetic are first class. In... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2018, Recommended Recording
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Hector Berlioz – The Complete Works
Artists include Sir Roger Norrington, Sir Adrian Boult, André Previn, Louis Frémaux, Jean Martinon, Leonard Bernstein, Michel Plasson, Louis Langrée, John Eliot Gardiner, Sir John Barbirolli, Charles Dutoit, John Nelson, André Cluytens
Yes, all of Berlioz, including classic and historical recordings, rarities and rediscoveries, from a huge range of performers. The opening track is a breath of fresh air, the Francs-Juges overture... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, March 2019, Réédition
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019, Historical
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Lancino: Requiem
Heidi Grant Murphy (soprano), Nora Gubisch (alto), Stuart Skelton (tenor) & Nicolas Courjal (bass)
Choeur de Radio France & Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Eliahu Inbal
The recording is very fine, comfortably accommodating the vast forces whilst at the same time allowing for the intimacy required when those forces are sparingly employed...the performance of... — More…
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Saint-Saëns: Music for the Prix de Rome
Recorded in Antwerp (Koningin Elisabethzaal), Heverlee (Jezuïetenkerk) and Brussels (Flagey) in Feb, March and Oct 2010
Julie Fuchs (soprano), Marina De Liso (mezzo-soprano), Solenn’ Lavanant Linke (mezzo-soprano), Bernard Richter (tenor), Pierre-Yves Pruvot (baritone), Nicolas Courjal (bass), Bart Cypers (French horn) & François Saint-Yves (organ)
Brussels Philharmonic & Flemish Radio Choir, Hervé Niquet
[Le retour de Virginie is] a silly enough story but it allows for romantic solos, sea-music, storm-music and quasi-religious prayers; Saint-Saëns's score has little individuality, but all this... — More…
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Lancino: Requiem
Heidi Grant Murphy (soprano), Nora Gubisch (alto), Stuart Skelton (tenor) & Nicolas Courjal (bass)
Choeur de Radio France & Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Eliahu Inbal
In surround, the experience is exhilarating when the chorus and sizeable orchestra are given full rein, but there is also the frisson that comes from hearing so many people singing and playing... — More…
