Nicolas Courjal
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Special offer. Meyerbeer: Robert Le Diable
RecommendedJohn Osborn (Robert), Nicolas Courjal (Bertram), Amina Edris (Alice), Erin Morley (Isabelle), Nico Darmanin (Raimbaut)
Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Chœur de l'Opera National de Bordeaux, Marc Minkowski
It all adds up to a formidable re-evaluation of a seminal if neglected work, as well as being a remarkable achievement in its own right. —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2022, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd December 2022
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Limelight Magazine, January 2023, Recording of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Opera
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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... —
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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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Special offer. Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
RecommendedMichael Spyres (Faust), Joyce DiDonato (Marguerite), Nicolas Courjal (Méphistophélès), Alexandre Duhamel (Brander)
Coro Gulbenkian, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, John Nelson
Nelson has a great feel for the weird structure of the piece, with its sudden lurches of pace and location...Nelson’s pacing is uncannily ‘right’; he’s not one to force Berlioz, period-style,... —
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd November 2019
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year (DiDonato)
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Special offer. Spontini: La vestale
RecommendedMarina Rebeka (Julia), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Licinius), Tassis Christoyannis (Cinna), Aude Extrémo (La Grande Vestale), David Witczak (Un Consul / Chef des Aruspices), Nicolas Courjal (Le Grand Pontife)
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
this new studio recording offers not only musicologically scrupulous foundations but benefits from the period-instrument forces of Les Talens Lyriques, who are intent upon the drama contained... —
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Opera, June 2023, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th May 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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Special offer. 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... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2018
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Choral
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Special offer. Édouard Lalo: Le Roi d’Ys
Judith van Wanroij (Rozenn), Kate Aldrich (Margared), Cyrille Dubois (Mylio), Jérôme Boutillier (Karnak), Nicolas Courjal (Le Roi d’Ys), Christian Helmer (Saint Corentin/Jahel)
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian National Choir, György Vashegyi
Overall, the result is a decent enough account of a worthwhile, well-composed piece that maintains musical and dramatic interest throughout – though some of the principal vocal performances... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Opera
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Special offer. Bizet: Carmen
Deepa Johnny (Carmen), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Don José), Nicolas Courjal (Escamillo), Iulia Maria Dan (Micaëla)
Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie, Chœur Accentus, Chœur d’enfants de la Maîtrise du Conservatoire de Rouen, Ben Glassberg, Romain Gilbert
If nothing else, this video reminds us that opera in the 19th century was a visual spectacle, and that spectacle wasn’t some sort of vulgar concession to the demands of idle entertainment. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2025, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Opera Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Complete Recording
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Special offer. David, Félicien: Herculanum
Véronique Gens (Lilia), Karine Deshayes (Olympia), Edgaras Montvidas (Hélios), Nicolas Courjal (Nicanor / Satan), Julien Véronèse (Magnus)
Flemish Radio Choir & Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, Hervé Niquet
we would listen in vain for anything approaching Berlioz's or Verdi's individuality, but the music is competently written and the soloists, especially Nicolas Coujal doubling as two baddie baritones,... —
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Sébastian d’Hérin directs with optimal attention to effervescent small details, occasionally at the expense of broader brush-strokes…The vividness of the orchestral playing guarantees manifold... —
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New. In the Heat of Classics
Thomas Adès (piano), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Terry Wey (countertenor), Paul O'Dette (lute), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Viktoria Postnikova (piano), Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Marcel Reyans (tenor), Nicolas Courjal (bass), Samuel...
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