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Special offer. Meyerbeer: Robert Le Diable
RecommendedJohn Osborn (Robert), Nicolas Courjal (Bertram), Amina Edris (Alice), Erin Morley (Isabelle), Nico Darmanin (Raimbaut)
Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Chœur de l'Opera National de Bordeaux, Marc Minkowski
It all adds up to a formidable re-evaluation of a seminal if neglected work, as well as being a remarkable achievement in its own right. —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2022, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd December 2022
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Limelight Magazine, January 2023, Recording of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Opera
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Special offer. Louise Bertin: Fausto
RecommendedKarine Deshayes (Fausto), Karina Gauvin (Margarita), Ante Jerkunica (Mefistofele), Nico Darmanin (Valentino), Marie Gautrot (Catarina)
Les Talens Lyriques, Flemish Radio Choir, Christophe Rousset
Fausto may not be a masterpiece, but it is well worth encountering...There’s strong support from the Flemish Radio Choir and Les Talens Lyriques, with conductor Christophe Rousset revealing... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2024, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Opera
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International Opera Awards, 2024, Winner - Complete Recording
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winners 2024, Rediscovery
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Premiere Recordings
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Winner - Opera
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Massenet: Songs with Orchestra
RecommendedCyrille Dubois, Véronique Gens, Étienne Dupuis, Nicole Car, Jodie Devos, Chantal Santon Jeffery
Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Hervé Niquet
Véronique Gens of course is an artist to treasure and as always she responds alertly to the demands of text and melodic line. Of the others, I was especially taken by the tenor Cyrille Dubois...Call... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year (Gens/Devos)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year (Dupuis)
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Voice & Orchestra
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Special offer. Méhul: Uthal
RecommendedKarine Deshayes (Malvina), Yann Beuron (Uthal), Jean-Sébastien Bou (Larmor), Sébastien Droy (Ullin), Philippe-Nicolas Martin (Le Chef des Bardes / Le Troisième Barde)
Les Talens Lyriques & Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Christophe Rousset
Yann Beuron is the keenly engaged Uthal, while Jean-Sébastien Bou gives Larmor a wronged nobility and Karine Deshayes is consistently expressive as the anguished Malvina. There’s characterful... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th February 2017
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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International Opera Awards, 2018
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Special offer. Charles Silver: La Belle Au Bois Dormant
Thomas Dolié (Le Roi), Guylaine Girard (Aurore/La Reine), Kate Aldrich (La Fée Urgèle/Dame Gudule), Adrien Fournaison, Julien Dran (Le Prince/Le Chevalier errant), Matthieu Lécroart (Barnabé); Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian National Choir, György Vashegyi
There are some pretty Wagnerian heroics in the orchestra as the prince defeats fire-breathing monsters blocking his path to the princess, the Hungarian National Philharmonic and György Vashegyi... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2026, Recording of the Month
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Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers
RecommendedThéo Fouchenneret (piano), Tristan Raës, Cyrille Dubois (soloist), Roberto Prosseda (piano), Alessandra Ammara, Ismaël Margain, François Dumont (piano), Anna Agafia, Anaïs Constans (soloist), Marie Vermeulin, David Zobel, Yann Beuron (soloist), Étienne Manchon, Aude Extrémo (soloist), François Rougier...
Although women composers are at last getting more attention, there have been few discoveries as encyclopedic as this. Across eight discs, the legacy of 21 French Romantic composers is explored,... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Box Set of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Special offer. Halévy: La Reine de Chypre
Véronique Gens, Cyrille Dubois, Étienne Dupuis
Flemish Radio Choir & Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Hervé Niquet
Gens’s warm voice and intelligent pacing lend lustre to the only female role and the male singers, too, are generally easy on the ear. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2018, Editor's Choice
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International Opera Awards, 2019, Nominated - Complete Opera Recording
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Winner - Opera
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Special offer. Spontini: La vestale
RecommendedMarina Rebeka (Julia), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Licinius), Tassis Christoyannis (Cinna), Aude Extrémo (La Grande Vestale), David Witczak (Un Consul / Chef des Aruspices), Nicolas Courjal (Le Grand Pontife)
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
this new studio recording offers not only musicologically scrupulous foundations but benefits from the period-instrument forces of Les Talens Lyriques, who are intent upon the drama contained... —
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Opera, June 2023, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th May 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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Special offer. Gounod: Cantates et Musique Sacrée
Collection Prix de Rome Vol. 6
Brussels Philharmonic, Flemish Radio Choir, Hervé Niquet
The choral singing has wonderful richness, clarity and fervour, above all in the Messe vocale, which is breathtaking. A tremendous set, it adds immeasurably to our understanding of Gounod’s... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2018
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Choral
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Special offer. Offenbach: Le voyage dans la lune
Violette Polchi (Caprice), Sheva Tehoval (Fantasia), Matthieu Lecroart (V'Lam), Pierre Derhet (Quipasseparla), Raphael Bremard (Microscope), Thibaud Desplantes (Cosmos), Marie Lenormand (Popotte), Christophe Poncet de Solages (Cactus), Ludivine Gombert (Flamma / Adja)
Choeur et Orchestre national...
Sheva Tehoval is a magnificent Fantasia, with sweet tone and a formidable coloratura...But it’s Offenbach’s score that earns the biggest hand. Who else can push a simple melody around the orchestra... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, Opera Choice
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Schallplattenkritik Quarterly Critics Choice, Autumn 2022, Opera
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
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