Alexis Kossenko
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Special offer. Rameau: Achante et Céphise
Sabine Devieilhe, Cyrille Dubois, David Witczak, Judith Van Wanroij, Les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, Les Ambassadeurs
La Grande Écurie, Alexis Kossenko
Sabine Devieilhe and Cyrille Dubois enliven the title roles with fervent exchanges and evenly balanced dialogue; and David Witczak is splendidly menacing as the evil genie, Oroès. In short,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, Opera Choice
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Opera, February 2022, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2022, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Opera
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Premiere
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Special offer. Lully: Atys
Mathias Vidal (Atys), Véronique Gens (Cybèle), Sandrine Piau (Sangaride), Tassis Christoyannis (Célénus) et al, Les Ambassadeurs ~ La Grande Écurie, Alexis Kossenko
Solo singers are handpicked for their likely vocal similarities to performers at the 1676 premiere. Véronique Gens (who was a deity on Christie's recording) is outstanding as Cybéle...If you... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2026, Opera Choice
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Special offer. Rameau: Le Grand Theatre de l'Amour
Opera Arias
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano)
Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko
Devieilhe has a clear, flexible voice with easy high notes. She's an agile, expressive and stylish singer, and a generous team-player...The star performance here, however, comes from Kossenko... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2014, Winner - Musique baroque vocale
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Special offer. Colin de Blamont: Le Retour des Dieux sur la Terre & Le Caprice d'Érato
Chantal Santon Jeffery (soloist), Hasnaa Bennani (soloist), Jehanne Amzal (soloist), Clément Debieuvre, Marine Lafdal-Franc (soloist), David Witczak (soloist), Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Alexis Kossenko
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Premiere Recordings
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Special offer. Telemann: Ouverture & Concerti
Holland Baroque Society meets Alexis Kossenka
Holland Baroque Society, Alexis Kossenka
When played with the expertise and natural good taste demonstrated by these young players, only pleasure can ensue. The orchestral sound strikes a perfect balance between weight and clarity,... —
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Special offer. Rameau: Zoroastre 1749
Jodie Devos (Amélite), Véronique Gens (Erinice), Reinoud Van Mechelen (Zoroastre), Tassis Christoyannis (Abramane)
Les Ambassadeurs, La Grande Écurie, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Alexis Kossenko
The chorus and line-up of soloists is first-rate, with a suitably menacing Abramane (Tassis Christoyannis) and a witchy Érinice (Véronique Gens)...The instrumental numbers (notably the sarabands)... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Opera
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 'scottish', the Hebrides
Les Ambassadeurs ~ La Grande Écurie, Alexis Kossenko
Kossenko is persuasive in his own way, and the colours he evokes from his orchestra are appropriately painterly. —
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Travel Concertos
Ensemble Diderot, Johannes Pramsohler (violin), Philippe Grisvard, Jon Olaberria, Jadran Duncumb
Alexis Kossenko
The concept is imaginative and the chosen concertos, in all but one instance, well off the beaten track...The two concertos by the Dresden Konzertmeister and violin virtuoso, Pisendel are appealing,... —
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Small-scale period-instrument forces create a sense of intimate chamber music. There's crisp orchestral articulation and bold-toned flute in allegro passages if rather retiring in middle movements.... —
