CD, Lully (composer)
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His technical strengths emerge clearly in the way in which he negotiates the switchback turns of Vivaldi’s ‘Cada pur sul capo’ (from Artabano), the cascading melodies of Porpora’s ‘Nocchier,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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New. Lully: Proserpine
Marie Lys (Proserpine), Ambroisine Bré (Arethusa), Jean-Sébastien Bou (Crinise), Véronique Gens (Ceres), Nick Pritchard (Mercury), Laurence Kilsby (Alphée); Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
Marie Lys makes much of the few opportunities she is given...this penultimate instalment in Christophe Rousset's magnificent survey of Lully's operas should not be missed. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 27th June 2026, Record of the Week
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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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Under harpsichordist-director Christophe Rousset, brisk instrumental movements are electrifying, laments wrenching and comic numbers hilarious. —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, Opera Choice
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Complete Opera)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, Shortlisted - Opera
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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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Lully, Charpentier & Desmarets: Passion
RecommendedVéronique Gens (soprano)
Ensemble Les Surprises, Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
Words are Gens’s secret weapon. She brings out their meanings and sonic qualities like no other singer: spiked rhythms register her vitriol, towering anger splits open her vowels on top notes... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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Special offer. Lully: Atys
Reinoud Van Mechelen (Atys), Marie Lys (Sangaride/Flore), Ambroisine Bré (Cybèle), Philippe Estèphe (Célénus)
Les Talens Lyriques, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Christophe Rousset
The instrumentalists of Les Talens Lyriques brilliantly tease out the drama...but the ultimate glory is Rousset ’s playing of the harpsichord, to which he gives its own affective voice – rejoicing... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Opera
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International Opera Awards, 2025, Winner - Complete Recording
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Lully: Thésée
Mathias Vidal (Thésée). Karine Deshayes (Médée), Deborah Cachet (Aeglé), Marie Lys (Cléone/Cérès), Bénédicte Tauran, (La Grande Prêtresse de Minerve), Thaïs Raï-Westphal (Dorine/Venus), Les Talens Lyriques, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Christophe Rousset
Rousset and his performers are lithe and imaginative. A well-chosen cast make much of Lully's expressive recitative. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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International Opera Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Complete Recording
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