Lalande
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A French Baroque Diva
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Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore
Sampson is quite remarkable. She has the capacity to soften the vocal line with carefully controlled vibrato, but also deploys tone of crystalline clarity...bright, vibrant, responsive and entirely... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Winner - Recital
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Both works are exceptionally well sung by Le Concert Spirituel's team of sopranos, who tackle the complex scores with deceptive ease and sound more like the cloistered nuns of Longchamp Abbey... —
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Special offer. Les Grandes Eaux de Versailles: Music of the Royal Festivities
Collegium 1704, Galilei Consort, Le Poème Harmonique, Les Nouveaux Caractères, Stradivaria, The King's Consort, Vaclav Luks, Robert King, Benjamin Chénier, Vincent Dumestre, Sébastien d'Hérin, Gaétan Jarry, Daniel Cuiller
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Couperin & Lalande: Leçons de Ténèbres
Paco Garcia, Etienne Bazola (baritone), Ensemble Les Surprises, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
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Lalande & Mouret: Simphonies & Fanfares
Adolf Scherbaum (trumpet), Jacques Remy (timpani), Maurice Bourgue & Emile Mayousse (oboes), Georges Barboteu & Jacky Magnardi (horns), Edith Selig (soprano)
Orchestre de Chambre Paul Kuentz, Paul Kuentz
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Special offer. Les Hautbois A La Chambre Du Roi
Syntagma Amici, Jérémie Papasergio, Elsa Frank, Brice Sailly (harpsichord), Romain Bockler
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The performance by Le Poème Harmonique orchestra is very much in keeping with the ambience of the court. They are in tune, have good phrasing, and the sound is clear. Conductor Vincent Dumestre... —
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Karthauser’s plangent singing covers a broad range of dynamic expression without ever obscuring a refined emotional essence, and tasteful embellishments always serve the meaning of the Lamentation... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2015, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Lalande: Grands Motets, Dies Irae, Miserere & Veni Creator
Ensemble Correspondances (early music ensemble), Sébastien Daucé
Barring one or two vocal moments, Ensemble Correspondances are perfect advocates for this music that at last receives the interpretation it deserves. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Choral
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Lalande: Grands Motets
Collegium Marianum, Les Pages et les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, Olivier Schneebeli
The woodwind solos and the rich, Lullian string textures are beautifully handled by Collegium Marianum, an ensemble from the Czech Republic. A little more weight from Lisandro Abadie would have... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2019, Editor's Choice
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