Download, Cherubini (composer)
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Lise Davidsen: Beethoven - Wagner - Verdi
RecommendedLise Davidsen (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder
Her voice reminds me now of Birgit Nilsson’s at the same stage, an Elsa and Sieglinde who is a Brünnhilde in waiting, with the same thrilling edge to her top register, though she isn’t lacking... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd April 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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Cherubini & Plantade: Requiems pour Louis XVI et Marie-Antoinette
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
Niquet brings fresh artistry and specifically French authority honed over decades with Le Concert Spirituel to both works. For me, this is a prize-winning disc —
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Choral
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Rivales
RecommendedSandrine Piau (soprano), Véronique Gens (soprano), Le Concert de la Loge, Julien Chauvin
I don’t know about any rivalry here, but Gens and Piau, both of whom have complete mastery over this repertoire, function extremely well individually (as one might expect) and in duo. They are... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2022
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Opera, June 2022, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Winners, Winner - Voice & Ensemble
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Boulevard des Italiens
RecommendedBenjamin Bernheim (tenor), Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Frédéric Chaslin
There’s something of the young Roberto Alagna about Bernheim’s tenor, a bright, open sound, unforced and with a sunny smile in his voice. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th April 2022
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Opera, August 2022, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year, Conductor of the Year & Solo Vocal
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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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3 CDs + Book
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Rossini: String Sonatas
and works by Bellini, Donizetti and Cherubini
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
We have a very soft spot for the sparkle, elegance and wit of these ASMF performances of the Rossini String Sonatas, amazingly accomplished products for a 12-year-old. Marriner offers them on... —
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The two best pieces on this disc are the first and the last, so if the procession of mediocre funeral marches starts to get you down jumpy to track 15 – it’s yet another funeral march, but is... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th February 2020
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Special offer. Véronique Gens : Tragediennes 2 (from Gluck to Berlioz)
Véronique Gens (soprano)
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
…a wonderful odyssey through late Baroque to early Romantic French opera. Gens's agile voice is the perfect vehicle to cope with these emotional extremes, from the enchanting to the chilling.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2009, Editor's Choice
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Opera, October 2009, Recording of the Month
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Special offer. Ne me refuse pas: French Opera Arias
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto)
Orchestre National de France, Fabien Gabel
This procession of femmes fatales, schemers and innocents has a point to make, and it's not just the singer's ability to get under their skin...it shows them as part of a larger movement: the... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Recital
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Opera, June 2011, Recording of the Month
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