Atma Classique
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Nuits blanches: Opera Arias at the Russian Court of the 18th Century
Karina Gauvin (soprano), Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann
Gauvin’s Gluck is particularly classy...Of the vocal music by the Russians, Berezovsky’s is the more interesting, with two well-crafted arias from Demofoonte...The Pacific Baroque Orchestra... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2020
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Juno Awards, 2021, Nominated - Classical Album of the Year (Vocal or Choral)
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Predictably, Yannick Nézet-Séguin gets the pacing and the frissons absolutely right in Sibelius’s two biggest and best-known symphonic adventures...If not the most startling of recent interpretations,... —
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Sunday Times, 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024
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This recital is worth investigating as much for the repertoire as for Thibeault’s big-boned, visceral playing: Schumann’s Romances for Violin and Piano transfer quite beautifully to the viola,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2019
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This is a rich and illuminating find. From the outset you sense Janina Fialkowska's innate, developmental grasp of drama - of the connection between phrases and their dynamic character. Then... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2012, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Instrumental Award Winner
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I would not have had Nézet-Séguin down as a natural Sibelian, and I would have been completely wrong...A Wagnerian melos imbues the conductor’s handling of Sibelius’s syntax throughout, and... —
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin favours more leisurely tempos in the slow introductions [of Salomé], drawing luscious playing from his Montreal orchestra, particularly in the Prelude...He has a firm grasp... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2011, Editor's Choice
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New. Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas For Viola de Gamba and Harpsichord Obbligato
Margaret Little, Christophe Gauthier
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Handel: Orlando
Owen Willetts (Orlando), Karina Gauvin (Angelica), Allyson McHardy (Medoro), Amanda Forsythe (Dorinda), Nathan Berg (Zoroastro)
Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann
Weimann's pacing of the action, choice of tempi and shaping of orchestral ritornellos are freshly marvellous...Berg's articulation of his coloratura and calmly authoritative characterisation... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2014, Editor's Choice
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Opera, July 2014, Recording of the Month
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DUO: Koechlin - Schmitt - Rivier - Cartan - Bozza
Jean-Guy Boisvert (clarinet), Christiane Laflamme (flute), Jean-Willy Kunz (harpsichord), Jean-Willy Kunz (piano)
