Cyril Auvity
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Under harpsichordist-director Christophe Rousset, brisk instrumental movements are electrifying, laments wrenching and comic numbers hilarious. —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, Opera Choice
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Complete Opera)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, Shortlisted - Opera
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Special offer. Monteverdi - Teatro d'Amore
RecommendedNuria Rial (soprano), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Cyril Auvity (tenor), Jan van Elsacker (tenor) & Joaõ Fernandes (bass)
L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar
The gorgeous singing of the soloists and stylish instrumental performances, though dazzling and gimlet-eyed, are also elegant and respectful without being obsequiously slavish to convention. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th January 2009
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Lully: Acis et Galatée
Cyril Auvity (Acis/Apollon), Ambroisine Bré (Galatée/Diane), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Polyphème), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
Rousset’s mesmerising conducting binds chorus to band in Lully’s most striking passages...The principals are equally arresting...The palm, however, goes to the band and chorus of the Les Talens... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Record Review, 5th November 2022, Record of the Week
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Special offer. Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria
Filippo Mineccia (soloist), Alex Rosen (soloist), Ambroisine Bré (soloist), Marie Perbost (soloist), Lucile Richardot (soloist), Pierre-Antoine Chaumien (soloist), Cyril Auvity (soloist), Juan Sancho (soloist), Valerio Contaldo (soloist), Marielou Jacquard (soloist), Jörg Schneider (soloist), Fabien...
Such is the power of Richardot’s magnificent performance that it might have swamped all else. That it does not is tribute to a splendidly accomplished cast...truly a unique performance, one... —
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Opera, September 2022, Disc of the Month
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Special offer. Monteverdi: Testamento. Vespro della Madonna 1643
Le Poème Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre
the quality of the composer’s late Venetian-period sacred works shines throughout this opulent recording made in the chapel at Versailles. —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2025, Musique Baroque Vocale
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Lully: Isis
Eve-Maud Hubeaux, Cyril Auvity
Chamber Choir of Namur, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
Isis is classic Lully…Asked to focus on words, the soloists sound deliberately ugly at times, which highlights their flawless execution elsewhere. Standout cast members are Eve-Maud Hubeaux,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2020, Opera Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Opera
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Lully: Bellérophon
RecommendedCyril Auvity (Bellérophon), Céline Scheen (Philonoé), Ingrid Perruche (Sténobeé), Jennifer Borghi (Argie/Pallas), Evgeniy Alexiev (Pan/Jobate-Le Roy), Jean Teitgen (Apollon/Amisodar) & Robert Getchell (Bacchis/La Pythie)
Chamber Choir of Namur & Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset...
this is a handsomely shaped performance with alert choral singing and expressive orchestral playing. In the title role, Cyril Auvity is convincingly heroic but also capable of fragility when... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th April 2011
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2011, Opera Choice
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Lully: Armide
Antonio Figueroa, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Marc Mauillon, Douglas Williams, Cyril Auvity, Etienne Bazola, Marie-Adeline Henry, Judith van Wanroij, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro & Marie-Claude He
Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
It is no accident that the most-recorded sections of Armide are the anti-heroine’s monologues. In Christophe Rousset’s exquisitely produced live recording, these are delivered with appropriate... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2017, Editor's Choice
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International Opera Awards, 2018, Nominated - Complete Opera Recording
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Opera, July 2017, Recording of the Month
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Marc-Antoine Charpentier Te Deum and In Natitvitatem canticum
Jordi Savall, La Capalla Nacional Dd Catalunya, Le Concert Des Nations
Jordi Savall, his hand-picked pan-European orchestra and Catalan choir pursue a kaleidoscopic aesthetic...There is no pretence at subtlety in big choruses of fulsome resonance and impactful... —
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Special offer. Lully: Alceste
Cécile Achille (soloist), Claire Lefilliâtre (soloist), Camille Poul , Juliette Mey (soloist), Nathan Berg (baritone, soloist), Léo Vermot-Desroches (soloist), Léo Vermot-Desroches , Geoffroy Buffière (soloist), Geoffroy Buffière , Camille Poul (soloist), Guilhem Worms (soloist), Cyril Auvity (soloist),...
This rigorously researched, exquisitely performed and beautifully packaged recording brings out all of its attractive qualities. An experienced cast is led by the stately and expressive Véronique... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Opera
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