Jupiter
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We very quickly learn just how characterful Desandre can be with her amused, laughing reactions to women in battle in ‘Non posso far’, and the dark glitter of her voice in the melancholic ‘Lasciatemi... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Female Singer of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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Special offer. Songs of Passion
RecommendedLea Desandre (mezzo), Thomas Dunford (lute, theorbo), with Alex Rosen (bass-baritone), Jess Dandy (contralto), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Huw Montague Rendall (baritone)
Jupiter
Across two discs, the performers shed any hint of 'whitewashed' English restraint, fathoming Dowland's twilight world and Purcell's exuberant theatricality. —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2025, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 2025
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Special offer. Handel: Eternal Heaven
Lea Desandre (mezzo), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Thomas Dunford, Jupiter
Desandre’s pure, warm core and skilled application of vocal colours make her lyricism seductive, while her warp-speed passagi are simply astonishing. Countertenor Iestyn Davies delivers the... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2023, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female & Male Singer of the Year, Conductor of the Year, Solo Vocal
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All four soloists dig into the virtuosic writing with glee – Peter Whelan’s pyrotechnics in the Bassoon Concerto are little short of astonishing, and Franco-Italian mezzo Lea Desandre rivals... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Assorted Program
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Éric Heidsieck (piano), Dezső Ránki (piano), Elsa Dreisig (vocals), Jonathan Ware (piano), Michel Legrand (piano), Aldo Ciccolini (piano), Mady Mesplé (soprano), Gerald Moore (piano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Vilde Frang (violin), Solveig Kringelborn (soprano), Susanne Klare (soprano), Victoria...
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Renaud Capuçon (violin), Luca Pianca (archlute), André Saint-Clivier (mandolin), Paul Tortelier (cello), Robert Veyron-Lacroix (harpsichord), Walter Vestidello (cello), Nane Calabrese (viola d'amore), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Bepi De Marzi, Edoardo Farina, Gianni Chiampan, Jürgen Hübscher,...
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Vivaldi: Masterpieces
Christopher Warren-Green (violin), Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Luca Pianca (lute), Fabio Biondi (violin), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Enrico Onofri (violin), Andrew Manze (violin), Giovanni Scaramuzzino (mandolin), Sonia Maurer (mandolin), Angela East (cello), Adrian Butterfield (violin), Jonathan...
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