György Vashegyi
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Special offer. Charles Silver: La Belle Au Bois Dormant
Thomas Dolié (Le Roi), Guylaine Girard (Aurore/La Reine), Kate Aldrich (La Fée Urgèle/Dame Gudule), Adrien Fournaison, Julien Dran (Le Prince/Le Chevalier errant), Matthieu Lécroart (Barnabé); Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian National Choir, György Vashegyi
There are some pretty Wagnerian heroics in the orchestra as the prince defeats fire-breathing monsters blocking his path to the princess, the Hungarian National Philharmonic and György Vashegyi... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2026, Recording of the Month
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Special offer. Rameau: Les Boréades
Sabine Devieilhe (Alphise), Reinoud Van Mechelen (Abaris), Benedikt Kristjánsson (Calisis), Thomas Dolié (Borée), Philippe Estèphe (Borilée), Tassis Christoyannis (Adamus/Apollon), Gwendoline Blondeel (Sémire/Nymphe/L'Amour/Polymnie); Orfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi
In all respects, Vashegyi’s marvellous take on Les Boréades confirms how far Rameau’s art and ideas developed across his 30-year operatic career. —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2024, Editor's Choice
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Sunday Times, 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024
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Special offer. Massenet: Werther
Tassis Christoyannis (Werther), Véronique Gens (Charlotte), Thomas Dolié (Albert), Matthieu Lécroart (Le Bailli), Hélène Carpentier (Sophie)
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Children's Choir of the Zoltán Kodály Hungarian Choir School, György Vashegyi
With his relatively lightweight baritone, Tassis Christoyannis nevertheless proves a sensitive exponent of the lovelorn poet, while Véronique Gens’s Charlotte works well, even if she cannot... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Opera
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Shortlist, Opera
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Special offer. Édouard Lalo: Le Roi d’Ys
Judith van Wanroij (Rozenn), Kate Aldrich (Margared), Cyrille Dubois (Mylio), Jérôme Boutillier (Karnak), Nicolas Courjal (Le Roi d’Ys), Christian Helmer (Saint Corentin/Jahel)
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian National Choir, György Vashegyi
Overall, the result is a decent enough account of a worthwhile, well-composed piece that maintains musical and dramatic interest throughout – though some of the principal vocal performances... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Opera
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Special offer. Luigi Cherubini: Les Abencérages
Anaïs Constans (Noraïme), Edgaras Montvidas (Almanzor), Thomas Dolié (Le Vizir), Tomislav Lavoie (Alamir), Artavazd Sargsyan (Gozalve), Douglas Williams (Abderam)
Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra and György Vashegyi
Cherubini’s vocal line is free of Italian decorative thrills. Anaïs Constans handles Norïme’s high tessitura with grace, and Edgaras Montvidas’s Almanzor is a worthy heir to Louis Nourrit, the... —
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Opera, February 2023, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Opera
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Rameau: Dardanus - Tragedie Lyrique. Paris, 1744
Judith van Wanroij (Iphise), Chantal Santon Jeffery (Venus), Cyrille Dubois (Dardanus), Thomas Dolié (Teucer/Magician), Tassis Christoyannis (Antenor)
Orfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi
This exciting and full-blooded account has more historic coherence than any so far of this great opera. György Vashegyi, who already has three Rameau opera recordings to his name, has mustered... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Vashegyi gets wonderful singing and playing from his Hungarian forces…The earthquake is vivid in the extreme, and so is the tempest…The singers, some of whom have appeared with Vashegyi before,... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Ambroise Thomas: Psyché
Hélène Guilmette (Psyché), Antoinette Dennefeld (Éros), Tassis Christoyannis (Mercure), Philippe Estèphe (Gorgias), Artavazd Sargsyan (Antinoüs), Christian Helmer (Le Roi)
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian National Choir, György Vashegyi
Given that [Guilmette's] character spends much of the time in a state of bafflement, she is strikingly successful in expressing her various feelings...Vashegyi conducts with élan. Another triumph... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2026, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne: Phèdre
Judith van Wanroij (Phèdre), Julien Behr (Hippolyte), Tassis Christoyannis (Thésée), Melody Louledjian (Œnone), Jérôme Boutillier (Un Grand de l’État/Un Chasseur), Ludivine Gombert (La Grande Prêtresse), Orfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi
Lemoyne demonstrates impressive integrity as a musical dramatist…The central performances all stand up to scrutiny. Judith van Wanroij’s Phèdre hones in on the text, its meaning carefully embedded... —
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Special offer. Haydn, M: Der Kampf der Buße und Bekehrung
Sylvia Hamvasi, Elisabeth Scholl, Tünde Szabóki, Zita Váradi & Mária Zádori
Orfeo Orchestra & Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi
