Le Consort
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Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons)
Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin), Julie Roset (soprano), Le Consort
Above all, it’s Swarte’s solo playing (on a 1733 fiddle by Carlo Bergonzi) that steals the show: pliant, expressive, wild and virtuosic. Particularly admirable is his elastic, almost jazzy flexibility... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2025, Recording of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Vivaldi: Concerti Per Una Vita
RecommendedThéotime Langlois de Swarte (violin/director), Le Consort
There is no doubt about the exceptional playing of both soloist and orchestra, directed by Langlois de Swarte himself – alternately exuberant , wayward, introspective and melancholic, they move... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th February 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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From her gut-punch climactic notes to the buttery evenness of her register, Zaïcik’s command is exhilarating. I love especially how she applies vibrato...Stillness is the ensemble’s collective... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Dandrieu/Corelli: Opus 1
Le Consort: Theotime Langlois de Swarte, Sophie de Bardonneche, Louise Pierrard, Hanna Salzenstein, Justin Taylor
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Nouveauté
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2019, Winner - Baroque instrumental
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Salzenstein’s sound is compact and clear, and she has a delicate touch with phrasing. There is much to recommend here. Placing Reali’s music among Vivaldi’s provides a point of reference and... —
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Diapason d’Or, November 2021, Nouveauté
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2021
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It’s all beautifully performed, with pinsharp ornamentation, gloriously held suspensions and warm, well-placed vibrato. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Above all, it’s Swarte’s solo playing (on a 1733 fiddle by Carlo Bergonzi) that steals the show: pliant, expressive, wild and virtuosic. Particularly admirable is his elastic, almost jazzy flexibility... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2025, Recording of the Month
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Charvet despatches the showpieces with agility and bravura, but her velvety voice is particularly well suited to the pathos arias which are eloquently articulated; just occasionally her vibrato... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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There’s a lovely vernal bloom to this Jardin des Voix alumna’s high-lying mezzo, and she’s fully alive to the taut drama of these concise French baroque cantatas, the majority of which receive... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2019
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Concerti per violoncello
Hanna Salzenstein (cello), Le Consort (early music ensemble), Thibaut Roussel, Justin Taylor, Albéric Boullenois
