Choral, Oratorios & Passions, Massenet (composer)
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Gens is in fine voice – indeed, she seems to be in her prime. Her diction is as always immaculate and she produces a stream of elegant tone…and the required vocal heft to ride Massenet’s orchestra... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th June 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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International Opera Awards, 2018, Winner - Solo Recital
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Recital
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International Classical Music Awards, 2018, Winner - Vocal Recital
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Cantique de Noël
French Music For Christmas From Berlioz To Debussy
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Geoffrey Webber
An academically and stylistically fertile album. —
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Je n'aime pas le classique, mais ça j'aime bien!
Alicia de Larrocha (piano), Nelly Kokinos (piano), Vladimir Spivakov (violin), Sergei, Steven Isserlis (cello), Xavier De Maistre (piano), Julian Bream (guitar), Johns Williams (guitar), James Galway (flute), Lorenzo Ghielmi (organ), Samuel Lipman & Leo Litwin (pianos), Martin Hoherman (xylophone),...
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Tortelier's French Bonbons
Peter Dixon (cello), Yuri Torchinsky (violin)
BBC Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Yan Pascal Tortelier
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Victoria de los Angeles
RecommendedVictoria de los Angeles, soprano (Manon) - Henri Legay, ténor (Chevalier des Grieux) - Michel Dens, baryton (Lescaut) - Jean Borthayre, basse (Comte des Grieux)
Choeurs et Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique, Radcliffe Choral Society, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux,...
Recorded in mono in 1955, the set fell at a unique point in the opera's history on disc.
Previous recordings from the 78rpm era had captured the special Opéra-Comique spirit for posterity, but... —Awards:
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Building a Library, December 2000, Historic Choice
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Building a Library, March 2018, Also recommended
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Of the three more substantial items, the two most familiar [Le Cid and the Scenes pittoresques]...are played by Neeme Jarvi and his Swiss orchestra with infectious panache and finesse. —
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Je n'aime toujours pas le classique, mais ça j'aime bien!
Nigel Woodhouse (mandolin), Salvatore Accardo (violin), Orchestra da Camera Italiana, John Alldis (chorus master), Alicia de Larrocha (piano), Collegium Aureum (early music ensemble), Steven Isserlis (cello), Michael Tilson Thomas (piano), Dudley Moore (piano), Clyde Holloway (organ), Jean-Marc Luisada...
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Diapason d’Or, October 2019, Réédition
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Best Collection
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The Night Before Christmas
Narrated by Stephen Fry
BBC Singers & BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
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Great Singers & Musicians in Copenhagen 1931-1939
Historical ‘live’ recordings from the archive of Danish broadcasting
Denmarks Radio Symphony Orchestra
The sound quality throughout the set is often rather better than you might expect, given the clandestine nature of the enterprise and the age of the originals...What a wonderful privilege, being... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2010, Re-issue of the Month
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