Château de Versailles Spectacles

With the same three singers taking part in both operas, these performances are attractive, though the musical pace is a bit too deliberate under conductor Gaétan Jarry, while the spoken dialogue... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2023, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The performance by Le Poème Harmonique orchestra is very much in keeping with the ambience of the court. They are in tune, have good phrasing, and the sound is clear. Conductor Vincent Dumestre... — Fanfare, May/June 2022 More…

The clear and brilliant voices of both Florie Valiquette and Sophie Junker are evenly matched in terms of tonal quality. Their attention to the often tricky ornamentation is evident, as they... — Fanfare, Nov/Dec 2021 More…

‘sparkling’ is certainly an apt word for the whole disc. — Gramophone Magazine, May 2022 More…

Rignol has given us a truly masterful set of suites. She makes her viola de gamba sing—whether during the beautiful introspective sarabandes or the boisterous dancing gigues. The aspect of dance... — Fanfare, March/April 2022 More…

Early 18th-century Dandrieu’s organ music springs to life on the contemporaneous Clicquot in the chapel at Versailles, with its sumptuous reeds, velvety corner and mighty plein jeu. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…