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Fauré: Requiem - Poulenc: Figure Humaine - Debussy: 3 Chansons
Ensemble Aedes, Les Siècles, Mathieu Romano, Mathieu Dubroca, Sébastien Richaud, Roxane Chalard
Anyone who sees [the Fauré] as primarily consolatory is likely to be brought up sharp by the opening, where Les Siècles’ brass and strings sound severe to the point of austerity, and the first... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Choral
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Rousset’s directorship, while suitably regal, is metrically fluid and pushes soloists and choir to rhetorical and dramatic extremes. Among the solo singers, soprano Deborah Cachet stands out... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, Orchestral Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Frescobaldi: Toccate e partite d’intavolatura di cimbalo, libro primo
Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)
As Christophe Rousset observes, writing for the harpsichord requires an understanding of the instrument’s limitations to turn them to advantage – admirably exemplified here. Rousset’s firm touch... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, Instrumental Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Instrumental
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Farinelli - A Portrait
Live in Bergen
Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano)
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
Hallenberg is a force of nature, in stark contrast to the synthetic singing of the film, for which sound engineers fuse a mezzo with a male alto voice. Hallenberg’s voice is unmistakably her... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2017, Opera Choice
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Opera, February 2017, Recording of the Month
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Corelli: Concerti Grossi & Sinfonia to Santa Beatrice d’Este
Gottfried von der Goltz (violin and director)
Freiburger Barockorchester
Great fun, this: inspired by evidence that Corelli himself was partial to upscaling his concerti grossi (originally scored for strings-only) when resources and circumstances permitted, Gottfried... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2018
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Stravinsky: Les Noces (1919) - Ravel: Bolero
RecommendedEnsemble Aedes, Les Siècles, Mathieu Romano
Hearing Stravinsky’s long-desired but originally unfulfilled version of Les Noces – so compellingly realised between Verbey and these fine musicians – is worth the price of entry alone. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Mozart: The Symphonies
The Beginning & The End
Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev (fortepiano/director)
Il Pomo d’Oro’s period style and approach suits a work which, like this one [Symphony No. 1], perches on the cusp between the Baroque and Classical eras...Given the underlying premise, the orchestral... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year & Young Talent
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Schubert (Un)finished
Symphony No. 7 in B flat major (D 759), Lieder with orchestra
Florian Boesch (bass-baritone)
Concentus Musicus Wien, Stefan Gottfried
I’m still in two minds as to how well this completion of Schubert’s score (fleshed out with a reupholstered scherzo and an en’tracte from Rosamunde) hangs together, but the poise and lyricism... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2019
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Diapason d’Or, March 2019, Nouveauté
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New,
Offer, Beethoven: Violin Concerto / Andante Cantabile (orch. Liszt) Orchester Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselböck, Benjamin Schmid
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Salieri: Tarare
Cyrille Dubois (Tarare), Jean-Sebastian Bou (Sultan Altar), Karine Deshayes (Astasie)
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
The title-role is given a strong identity by Cyrille Dubois’s bright little tenor. His wife Astasie is vibrantly delineated by soprano Karine Deshayes. Atar’s endless villainy is vividly presented... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Opera
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