Laurence Equilbey
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post-Beethovenian works that show Farrenc at her distinctive best. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th July 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Special offer. Schubert: Nacht & Träume
RecommendedLieder with orchestra
Wiebke Lehmkuhl (contralto), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (tenor)
Insula orchestra & accentus, Laurence Equilbey
A surprisingly coherent musical experience. The revelation is the French composer Franck Krawczyk (b.1969) whose bubbling arrangement of An Sylvia had me smiling for days…Wiebke Lehmkuhl and... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th December 2017
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As a complete experience the assembled work s prove both illuminating and rewarding. While tremendously fresh and vigorous, the Symphony No. 2 ’s performance feels somewhat mellower, arguably... —
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Special offer. Fauré - Requiem
Sandrine Piau (soprano) & Stéphane Degout (baritone)
Accentus & Members of Orchestre National de France, Laurence Equilbey
Can there may be a more profoundly beautiful recording of Fauré's Requiem out there? We defy any sensitive soul not to be transported into a state of near rapture by the unspeakably delicious... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Choral
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Special offer. Beethoven: Choral Fantasy & Triple Concerto
Alexandra Conunova (violin), Natalie Clein (cello) & David Kadouch (piano), Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Sandrine Piau (soprano), Anaïck Morel (mezzo), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (tenor) & Florian Sempey (bass)
Insula orchestra, Accentus, Laurence Equilbey
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year (Chamayou)
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New. Opéra Comique Collection, Vol. 2
Carmen - Hamlet - Fortunio - La nonne sanglante -Lakmé
Opéra Comique, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Louis Langrée, Laurence Equilbey, Raphaël Pichon
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Special offer. Gounod: Saint François d'Assise
Florian Sempey & Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestre de Chambre de Paris & Accentus, Laurence Equilbey
What a find it is – the melodic material is superbly memorable and opulent (almost disconcertingly so for a work depicting an ascetic!), the orchestration rich and autumnal. I’ve waxed lyrical... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2018
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Special offer. Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore & Coronation Mass
RecommendedSandrine Piau (soprano), Renata Pokupić (alto), Benjamin Bruns (tenor) & Andreas Wolf (bass)
Accentus & Insula Orchestra, Laurence Equilbey
The Insula Orchestra show themselves to be fleet and colourful (with superb oboe from Jean-Marc Philippe). The Accentus choir demonstrate once more their unity and dynamism but suffer a little... —
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Building A Library, May 2025, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Werner Gura (tenor), Christopher Purves (bass-baritone)
Accentus Chamber Choir, Insula Orchestra, Laurence Equilbey
Balance generally...is superbly managed by the experienced conductor, Laurence Equilbey...Her soloists, too, match well as a quartet...for all Equilbey's avoidance of theatricality it's the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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Gade, N: Comala
Marie-Adeline Henry (soprano), Markus Eiche (baritone), Rachel Kelly (mezzo)
Elenor Wiman (alto)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra & Choir, Laurence Equilbey
Stylistically it owes much to Mendelssohn…Marie-Adeline Henry and Markus Eiche, taking on the roles of Comala and Fingal respectively, deliver committed and expressive singing, and conductor... —
