Edwin Crossley-Mercer
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Special offer. Meyerbeer: Le Prophète
RecommendedJohn Osborn (Jean de Leyde), Elizabeth DeShong (Fidès), Mané Galoyan (Berthe), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Count Oberthal)
London Symphony Orchestra, Mediterranean Youth Orchestra, Maîtrise des Bouches-du-Rhône, Lyon Opera Chorus, Sir Mark Elder
Elder and the LSO bring unerring musical conviction to a performance recorded at the Aix Festival in 2023...Elizabeth De Shong's Fidès, the Prophet's abandoned mother, is something else...This... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th June 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2024, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2024, Editor's Choice
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International Opera Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Complete Recording
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winners 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Opera
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Special offer. De Hartmann: Esther
RecommendedCorinne Winters (Esther), Yuriy Yurchuk (Assuérus), Andrew Foster-Williams (Mardochée), Bernard Richter (Aman), Olga Bezsmertna (Élise), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Hydaspe /Asaph), Paul Appleby (Chantre), The Grange Festival Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits
Karabits proves a persuasive guide, shaping his forces with conviction, keeping its long spans focused and alive. The Grange Festival Chorus is a tour de force, supplying plenty of devotional... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2026, Opera Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th April 2026
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Special offer. Rameau: Les Indes Galantes
Ana Quintans (soprano), Julie Roset (soprano), Emmanuelle de Negri (soprano), Mathias Vidal (tenor), Alexandre Duhamel (baritone), Guillaume Andrieux (baritone), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (bass-baritone), La Chapelle Harmonique, Valentin Tournet
With the extra music for Amour in the Prologue, this is a welcome complement to the Budapest recording (with mostly French soloists) conducted by György Vashegyi. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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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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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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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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Special offer. Mademoiselle - Premiere Audience
RecommendedUnknown Music of Nadia Boulanger
Nicole Cabell (soprano), Alek Shrader (tenor), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (baritone), Amit Peled (cello), François-Henri Houbart (organ) & Lucy Mauro (piano)
Nicole Cabelle is exquisite in her many contributions…tenor Alek Shrader is another strong advocate…francophiles will enjoy investigating these charming works —
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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Special offer. Rameau: Platée
Marcel Beekman (Platée), Jeanine De Bique (La Folie), Cyril Auvity (Thespis/Mercure), Marc Mauillon (Momus/Cithéron), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Jupiter)
Les Arts Florissants, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, William Christie
Under Christie, overtures and dances are terse, with tense articulation and precise meter. While carefully shaping soloists’ ensembles, Christie gives tenor Marcel Beekman, cross-dressed in... —
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Charpentier: David et Jonathas, H.490
Clément Buonomo, Les Temps Présents, Dominique Serve, David Witczak, Jean-François Lombard, Edwin Crossley-Mercer (baritone), Les Pages du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Clément Debieuvre, Charles Gluchowski, Jean-François Novelli,...
The recording uses children’s and men’s voices only, replicating the sounds and the circumstances of the work’s first performance at the allmale college. This approach works best in the dramatic... —
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