Château de Versailles Spectacles
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Special offer. Gluck: Écho et Narcisse
Adriana González (Écho), Cyrille Dubois (Narcisse), Myriam Leblanc (Amour)
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
Refreshingly devoid of mercurial impulses, Niquet’s well-judged performance should go some way towards rehabilitating the reputation of Gluck’s final opera. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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Special offer. Lully: Le bourgeois gentilhomme
Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian (soloist), Eva Zaïcik (soloist), Cyril Auvity (soloist), Thibault de Damas (soloist), Zachary Wilder (soloist), Nicholas Scott (soloist), David Tricou (soloist), Geoffroy Buffière (soloist), Marc Mauillon (soloist), Claire Lefilliâtre (soloist), Serge Goubioud (soloist),...
The performance by Le Poème harmonique is exceptional. It is lively, bright, and with an excellent sense of intonation…the voices are also fine, with good diction and excellent sense of pitch. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Hervé Niquet takes things at a lick from the start, the Introitus light and zippy but atmospheric, the Dies Irae sculpted in perfectly pitched elegant rage. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Choral Music
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Special offer. Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Lucile Richardot (contralto)
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Video Performance
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Special offer. Lully & Moliere: George Dandin - La Grotte de Versailles
Ensemble Marguerite Louise; Gaétan Jarry; Cécile Achille; David Witczak; Juliette Perret; Caroline Arnaud; Virginie Thomas; David Ghilardi; François-Olivier Jean; Virgile Ancely
Musically, the piece is utterly charming, with an enchanting quartet for arguing lovers and, again, an exquisite languorous lament, this time set to a chaconne. It is sung with winsome charm... —
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This is an imaginary confection of a Mass for the Sun King…rather than reconstructing a single event, this is a mixture of the diverse sorts of music heard during both ‘low’ ordinary Sunday... —
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Jarry’s main attraction is a gently sensual interpretation of the idyll Les arts florissans…Its first recording for nearly forty years has elegant sensuality. —
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The performance by the ensemble fully captures the spirit of Mondonville’s sacred music. Conductor Gaétan Jarry knows instinctively how the tempos are to be done, and the orchestra and chorus... —
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Special offer. Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Le Devin du Village
Les Nouveaux Caractères, Sébastien d'Hérin
The production by Jean-Jacques Schaettel, filmed by Olivier Simonnet, is straightforward…The singers are hardly taxed by the music but they sing mellifluously and act with conviction; the 12-strong... —
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DVD Video + CD
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Special offer. Forqueray: Intégrale des pièces de violes
Lucile Boulanger (viola), Mathilde Vialle, Pau Marcos Vicens, Myriam Rignol, Gabriel Rignol, Julien Wolfs
