Stuck
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Throughout the album, her care for words is exemplary. An additional pleasure is a handful of orchestral pieces, none more charming than the Menuet from Rameau's Acanthe et Céphise. —
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Jean-Baptiste Stuck: Polydore
Cyrille Dubois (tenor), David Witczak, Chloé Briot, Judith van Wanroij (soprano), Hélène Guilmette, Thomas Dolié (baritone), Tassis Christoyannis (bass), Orfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi
Vashegyi’s excellent choir and orchestra respond to his demands with their usual idiomatic insight, making this an irresistible acquisition for all lovers of French Baroque opera. —
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Opera, July 2023, Disc of the Month
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Special offer. Gérard Lesne - Italian Secular Cantatas
Gérard Lesne (alto), Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Il Seminario Musicale
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The Concert Français (The Perfection of Music, Masterpieces of the French Baroque, Vol. II)
Ensemble Battistin, Taryn Fiebig, Sara Macliver
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French Cantatas
Jennifer Smith, Mireille Delunsch (sopranos), Thierry Félix (baritone), Cantata for solo voice & orchestra, Allegorical cantata on the recovery of the King's health, Cantata for two voices & orchestra
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
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Versailles: Music from the Palace
West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, Ensemble Battistin, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Divall, Paul Dyer, Antony Walker, Richard Tognetti
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Weeping Philosophers - Arias By Carissimi, Durante
Lawrence Zazzo, Jorge Jiménez (director), Soraya Mafi, Tercia Realidad, Victor Sordo
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Dolce Concento: Les Italiens à Paris Sous Louis XIV
La Palatine, Marie Théoleyre (soprano), Guillaume Haldenwang (harpsichord)
This is a well-executed, tantalising glimpse of unfamiliar pieces. I would certainly like to hear more of di Gatti, Lorenzani and Stuck. —
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[The arias] are particularly suited to the pellucid, languid sensitivity and affecting charm of Watson’s voice, which always displays an ability to colour text with an understanding of the nuances... —
