Jennifer France
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New. Arthur Sullivan: Songs For Tenor
David Webb, Jennifer France, Charles Rice, Academy of Ancient Music, John Andrews
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Brett Dean - Rooms of Elsinore
RecommendedJennifer France; Lotte Betts-Dean; Juho Pohjonen; James Crabb; Volker Hemken; Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Brett Dean
This compelling album presents five works prompted by writing an opera on Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy. Each stands on its own, yet they obliquely inhabit its world….Adroitly partnered by pianist... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2024, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage
RecommendedRobert Murray (Mark), Rachel Nicholls (Jenifer), Ashley Riches (King Fisher), Jennifer France (Bella), Toby Spence (Jack), Claire Barnett-Jones (Sosostris), Susan Bickley (She-Ancient), Joshua Bloom (He-Ancient), London Philharmonic Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Unexpectedly, it’s the second pair of lovers, Bella and Jack, admirably sung by Jennifer France and Toby Spence, who capture your ear...It’s the villain who almost steals the show. Ashley Riches... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2022, Editor's Choice
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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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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Winners, Winner - Opera
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Special offer. Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins
Wallis Giunta (mezzo-soprano), Jennifer France (soprano), Katarina Andreasson (violin), Benjamin Herzl, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Hk Gruber
[Giunta] does amazingly well to make the translation (WH Auden and Chester Kallman) both audible and engaging. —
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Special offer. For the fallen: Elgar & Bax
Rachel Nicholls (soprano), Joshua Ellicott (narrator), Jennifer France (soprano), Madeleine Shaw (mezzo)
Hallé Orchestra, Hallé Choir, Sir Mark Elder
Elgar’s beautifully imagined score [of A Voice in the Wilderness] is graced with two very fine performances, from Joshua Ellicott’s narrator (his delivery and accent are pitched exactly right),... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Choral
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Special offer. Jommelli: Il Vologeso
Stuart Jackson (tenor), Gemma Summerfield (soprano), Tom Verney (countertenor), Rachel Kelly (mezzo-soprano), Jennifer France (soprano), Angela Simkin (mezzo-soprano), Richard Kelly (mezzo-soprano), The Mozartists, Ian Page
What commends this one-off concert version of Il Vologeso is its raw energy...In Jommelli’s multisection finale, Page springs loads of surprises and paces his dynamics superbly. Although unpolished,... —
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Debussy Songs Volume 3
Jennifer France (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Jonathan McGovern (baritone)
France negotiates the upper-altitude territory both with accuracy and with sensitivity to the songs' moods, with smoothness of line matching her subtlety of vocal inflection...McGovern shows... —
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Special offer. Homelands
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Aron Goldin (piano), Jennifer France (soprano), Wonsick Oh (bass), James Atkinson (baritone)
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7-9 & Barry: The Eternal Recurrence
Jennifer France (soprano), Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Ed Lyon (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass), Britten Sinfonia, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Royal Holloway Choir, Thomas Adès
The Britten Sinfonia rises brilliantly to the challenges of the cruelly exposed wind and brass writing of Barry’s work. And Jennifer France gives a spectacular account of the relentlessly high-flying... —
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Beethoven: Complete Symphonies & Barry: Selected Works
Mark Stone (baritone), Nicolas Hodges (piano), Lawrence Power (viola), Joshua Bloom, Jennifer France (soprano), Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Ed Lyon (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass), Britten Sinfonia, Royal Holloway Choir, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Thomas Adès
The performances are dynamic, the juxtapositions of works illuminating in a sidelong way: this is the kind of rewarding work this ensemble’s East Anglian and London audiences have come to expect. —
