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Charlston's mezzo is as dark and full-bodied as a good claret, and she offers highly expressive readings of the texts, plumbing their depths with cut-glass diction and a glorious range of colours... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Winner - Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Winners, Concept Album of the Year
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This selection of suites allows Lindberg majestically and authoritatively to traverse a range of affects and styles. Among such treasures it is impossible to assign a hierarchy to these lithe,... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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Special offer. Versailles - Alexandre Tharaud
RecommendedAlexandre Tharaud (piano), Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Justin Taylor (piano)
He doesn’t let the fact that some of this music is inherently unpianistic get in his way…It’s a beautifully programmed disc – so much so that it begs to be heard complete. And the sense that... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Editor's Choice
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Chance’s tone is pellucid; notes fall round and clear as water drops...a recording in which Chance stakes serious claim to the title of his generation’s most exciting British countertenor. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2023, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Young Talent of the Year
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This bright and driven Concierto de Aranjuez [is] played with a clarity that manages to achieve the shock of the new despite being the world’s best known concerto for his instrument. Garcia’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2020
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Special offer. Barricades
RecommendedJean Rondeau (harpsichord), Thomas Dunford (lute), Lea Desandre (mezzo-soprano), Marc Mauillon (baritone), Myriam Rignol (viola da gamba)
Though still both around 30, Dunford and Rondeau are already steeped in this rich and subtle repertoire, and play it like they own it …Both also like to indulge in some slowish tempos, but Dunford’s... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th June 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Kenny lacks neither extensive playing experience in chamber, orchestral or operatic contexts nor a brilliant musical imagination. She brings both to bear on these performances of ‘old and new... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Instrumental
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Marais: Tombeau Pour Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe
La Rêveuse, Florence Bolton, Emily Audouin, Carsten Lohff, Benjamin Perrot
The smaller ensemble captur[es] the enduringly mysterious qualities of Marais’s music with intimacy, warmth and style. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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This is a coherent program that balances repetition and contrast to avoid monotony without it coming across as forced. The performances are consistently polished and a sophisticated, and pleasant,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2022, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Spanning four centuries, this gorgeous recital from a couple who were brought together through a mutual love of French Baroque is absolutely hypnotic stuff...Desandre's limpid, flexible mezzo... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2023
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