Hi Res Download, Couperin, L (composer)
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We very quickly learn just how characterful Desandre can be with her amused, laughing reactions to women in battle in ‘Non posso far’, and the dark glitter of her voice in the melancholic ‘Lasciatemi... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Female Singer of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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Both connoisseurs and newcomers will find a great deal to savour in this exquisitely conceived album. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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He’s commandeered a Yamaha concert grand and had it regulated in two ways: one nurturing darker and even more rounded sounds to enhance what he perceives to be the music’s singing qualities;... —
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Diapason d’Or, April 2018, Nouveauté
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Special offer. Monsieur Couperin. Louis, Charles, Francois I ? Pieces de Clavecin
Brice Sailly (harpsichord)
What strikes me most about this recording is the judicious use of registrations and stops by harpsichordist Brice Sailly. This not only gives the necessary timbral variety to the various movements,... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Clavecin
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Special offer. Charles Dieupart: Les Suites
Corina Marti (recorder), Yizhar Karshon (harpsichord), Tore Eketorp (treble viol), Soma Salat-Zakarias (viola da gamba) & Ziv Braha (theorbo)
The most fascinating element of their performance is the enchanting sound of the French quinton (a five-string fretted instrument with sloping shoulders...The quinton blends particularly well... —
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Staier avoids the potential didactic pitfall that the concept might have laid for him. But the surprise comes in the form of music by Staier himself, a suite of six pieces (or ‘meditations’)... —
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The performance by the Syntagma Amici and Giourdina is true to the style of the time and its purpose of providing outdoors music. —
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Les Plaisirs du Louvre - Airs pour la Chambre de Louis XIII
Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
The predominant mood is one of delicate wistfulness: this is not a musical world of aching suspensions and chromaticism. The singers of Ensemble Correspondances, led by the sopranos Caroline... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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