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New. Lully: Proserpine
Marie Lys (Proserpine), Ambroisine Bré (Arethusa), Jean-Sébastien Bou (Crinise), Véronique Gens (Ceres), Nick Pritchard (Mercury), Laurence Kilsby (Alphée); Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
Marie Lys makes much of the few opportunities she is given...this penultimate instalment in Christophe Rousset's magnificent survey of Lully's operas should not be missed. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 27th June 2026, Record of the Week
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Special offer. Cavalli: l'Egisto
Marc Mauillon (Egisto), Ambroisine Bré (Climene), Zachary Wilder (Lidio), Sophie Junker (Clori), Romain Bockler (Hipparco)
Le Poème Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre
This beguiling early opera by Francesco Cavalli is given an equally beguiling performance in this premiere recording made in the opera theatre at the Palace of Versailles...Dumestre provides... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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Special offer. Lully: Atys
Reinoud Van Mechelen (Atys), Marie Lys (Sangaride/Flore), Ambroisine Bré (Cybèle), Philippe Estèphe (Célénus)
Les Talens Lyriques, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Christophe Rousset
The instrumentalists of Les Talens Lyriques brilliantly tease out the drama...but the ultimate glory is Rousset ’s playing of the harpsichord, to which he gives its own affective voice – rejoicing... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Opera
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International Opera Awards, 2025, Winner - Complete Recording
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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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Lully: Alceste
RecommendedJudith Van Wanroij, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques
Outstanding among the stylish cast are Judith Van Wanroij as the eponymous heroine, her delivery pliant and lucid, her satin tones persuasively seductive…Rousset draws alert and vital playing... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2018, DVD of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2018, Opera Choice
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Record Review, 20th January 2018, Recording of the Week
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Opera, March 2018, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Opera
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Opera Recording
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Special offer. Delibes: Lakmé
Sabine Devieilhe (Lakmé), Frederic Antoun (Gérald), Stephane Degout (Frédéric), Ambroisine Bré (Mallika), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon, Laurent Pelly
Laurent Pelly transforms Delibes's opera into an exploration of colonialism and cultural appropriation...Raphaël Pichon, conducting Pygmalion on original instruments, relishes Delibes’s lush... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2024, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2024, Opera Choice
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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. Bizet: Carmen
Adèle Charvet (Carmen), Julien Behr (Don José), Florie Valiquette (Micaëla), Alexandre Duhamel (Escamillo), Gwendoline Blondeel (Frasquita), Ambroisine Bré (Mercédès), Matthieu Walendzik (Le Dancaïre), Attila Varga-Toth (Le Remendado), Orchestre et Chœur de l'Opéra Royal, Hervé Niquet
it's good to hear this score played on 'original instruments'. And if Hervé Niquet's tempi are sometimes a little wayward after an overture that never really stops for breath, there's some... —
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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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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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