Royer, P
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[His] supple sensitivity underpins a formidable yet remarkably unshowy expressive power...Feuillâtre’s acute musical intelligence allies with frequent ornamentation...It ’s an exquisite, joyfully... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st March 2023
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Newcomer
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[Rondeau's] performance of Le vertigo is a thing of pugilistic wonder, flouncing around like an operatic diva succumbing to a hissy fit…he cuts a virtuosic swathe through Royer’s Marche des... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Solo Recording - harpsichord (music up to and including 18th century)
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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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Special offer. Véronique Gens: Tragediennes 1 (French Operatic Tragedies)
Véronique Gens (soprano)
Ensemble les Talens Lyrique, Christophe Rousset
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BBC Music Magazine, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2006, Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2006, Editor's Choice
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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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Surprising Royer
Pancrace Royer: Orchestral Suites
Les Talens Lyriques (early music ensemble), Christophe Rousset (early keyboard instruments)
Christophe Rousset is probably one of the best interpreters of this sort of style, and Les Talens Lyriques is a top-class ensemble. The rhythms are all geared towards display of the works, from... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2023
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Brillez, astres nouveaux! (Airs d'opéra baroque français)
Chantal Santon Jeffery (soprano)
Orfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir, Gyorgy Vashegyi
The performance by the Orfeo Orchestra is solid, and quite beautifully done. Conductor Vashegyi has a good feel for the ever-changing textures, harmonies, and moods that characterize French... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Editor's Choice
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Jouissons de Nos Beaux Ans !
Cyrille Dubois (tenor), Orfeo Orchestra (early music ensemble), Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi
a fascinating conspectus of works that open a wdnow onto the refined, pastoral, love-anguished sensibilities of the French operatic repertoire of the 18th century. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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