Chamber, Marais, M (composer)
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Special offer. Barricades
RecommendedJean Rondeau (harpsichord), Thomas Dunford (lute), Lea Desandre (mezzo-soprano), Marc Mauillon (baritone), Myriam Rignol (viola da gamba)
Though still both around 30, Dunford and Rondeau are already steeped in this rich and subtle repertoire, and play it like they own it …Both also like to indulge in some slowish tempos, but Dunford’s... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th June 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Taken at face value, the order and selection of works seems entirely random…However, the eccentric programme is carefully considered; repeated listening reveals new parallels between the pieces.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, Instrumental Choice
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Nouveauté
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Solo Recital (flute)
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Marin Marais: Folies d'Espagne, La Rêveuse & Other Works
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexandre Tharaud are on their customary vir tuosic form, and their take on this music is full of vitality but, as Dr Charles Burney once remarked upon the music of CPE... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2023, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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There isn’t a dull or uninteresting track anywhere on this CD ... Tabea Debus is the kind of virtuoso who makes you forget how superb she is technically, by the completeness with which she puts... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2020
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the intriguingly named The Scale Knitters bring the requisite darkness and drama to La gamme, as its subtitle suggests, with greater sonority. Here, violinist Fiona-Émilie Poupard and bass... —
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Special offer. Vox Humana
Isang Enders (cello), Mischa Meyer (cello), Sun-Wook Kim (piano), Sean Shibe (guitar), Joachim Enders (organ)
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Winner - Chamber Music
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This programme features repertoire rich in musical portraits...Fantasticus have established themselves as a white-hot addition to the early music scene. Fantasticus by name; fantastic by nature! —
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BBC Music Magazine, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2014, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Marais & Forqueray: La Gamme (et autres morceaux de simphonie)
Trio Sonnerie: Monica Huggett (baroque violin), Emilia Benjamin (viola da gamba) & James Johnstone (harpsichord)
Huggett's playing is pliant and effortless, her distinctive sound very much the ensemble's hallmark. Gambist Emilia Benjamin makes light work of Marais's virtuoso passagework...while James Johnson... —
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Special offer. Visages d'Orphee: Cantates de Clerambault, Piroys & Rameau
Eugénie Lefebvre, Zachary Wilder, Étienne Bazola, Thibaut Roussel, Mathilde Vialle
Soprano Lefebvre knows the style backwards and forwards, with all of the intricate ornamentation in place, while both Wilder and Bazola do a wonderful and quite expressive job in their cantatas.... —
