Chamber, Trios, Trio Sonatas
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Blow: An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell
Recommended& other works
Emma Walshe (soprano), Zoë Brookshaw (soprano), Samuel Boden (tenor), Thomas Walker (tenor), William Gaunt (bass)
Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Duets for high tenor seem to have been something of a Blow speciality…and in Samuel Boden and Thomas Walker, director Jonathan Cohen has harnessed a quintessentially English sound whose lyricism... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2017, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2017, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Vocal
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Record Review, 21st October 2017, Recording of the Week
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Plaudits to violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte and his Le Consort colleague, harpsichordist Justin Taylor, and Alpha Classics for this truly commanding documentation of 18th-century French... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, Chamber Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Special offer. Handel: Italian cantatas
RecommendedSabine Devieilhe (soprano), Léa Desandre (mezzo)
Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm (harpsichord, organ and conductor)
This production is a delight throughout…Haïm retains control by preparing both the scores and the sopranos’ ornaments, her vision giving this carefully wrought performance a fiery intensity,... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2018, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, Choral & Song Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Vocal
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Dandrieu/Corelli: Opus 1
Le Consort: Theotime Langlois de Swarte, Sophie de Bardonneche, Louise Pierrard, Hanna Salzenstein, Justin Taylor
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Nouveauté
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2019, Winner - Baroque instrumental
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Buxtehude: Seven Sonatas, Op. 1 BuxWV 252-258
RecommendedSophie Gent (violin), Jonathan Manson (cello) & Thomas Dunford (lute)
Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
This exquisitely balanced recording instantly captures the sense of conversation between the instrumental parts, highlighting the egalitarian approach of Buxtehude's melodic writing. What's... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2017, Chamber Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2017
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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Salzenstein’s sound is compact and clear, and she has a delicate touch with phrasing. There is much to recommend here. Placing Reali’s music among Vivaldi’s provides a point of reference and... —
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Diapason d’Or, November 2021, Nouveauté
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2021
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Building A Library, November 2021, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Awards, 1981, Winner - Early Music
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River of Music
RecommendedBraimah Kanneh-Mason (violin), Konya Kanneh-Mason (violin, piano), Aminata Kanneh-Mason (violin), Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Mariatu Kanneh-Mason (cello), Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano), Jeneba Kanneh-Mason (piano), Edgar Francis (viola), Toby Hughes (doublebass), The Kanneh-Masons
[TheTrout Quintet] This receives a terrifically spirited performance, especially in the mischievous Scherzo...Whether or not the theme always quite holds up, River of Music proves an enjoyable... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th September 2025
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...deeply satisfying from its first note to its last, and I can’t imagine how anyone hearing it could fail to be impressed with the music, or with the way in which it is played. Good stuff! —
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Diapason d’Or, Summer Issue 2019
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