Harmonia Mundi
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Heras-Casado produces fine performances of all these pieces, with the Philharmonia’s unnamed flautist conveying just the right feeling of languor and expressive freedom in the solo passages... —
Awards:
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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Special offer. Charpentier, M-A: La Descente d'Orphée aux enfers
Robert Getchell (Orphée), Caroline Weynants (Eurydice), Caroline Dangin-Bardot (Oenone), Violaine Le Chenadec (Daphné), Caroline Arud (Aréthuse), Lucile Richardot (Proserpine), Stephen Collardelle (Ixion), Davy Cornillot (Tantale), Étienne Bazola (Apollon/Titye), Nicolas Brooymans (Pluton)
Ensemble...
In this unfailingly beautiful performance, Ensemble Correspondances reflects the relatively modest forces available to Charpentier…Robert Getchell is an appropriately sweet-voiced Orphée and... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2017, Opera Choice
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Above all, it’s Swarte’s solo playing (on a 1733 fiddle by Carlo Bergonzi) that steals the show: pliant, expressive, wild and virtuosic. Particularly admirable is his elastic, almost jazzy flexibility... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2025, Recording of the Month
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His playing has a notably singing tone and the Steinway is very naturally recorded – so much so that we hear plenty of the pianist’s breathing, but it feels like a true performance. Laloum has... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Fauré: La Bonne Chanson - l'Horizon Chimérique - Ballade - Mélodies
Stéphane Degout (baritone), Alain Planès (piano)
His voice has darkened a bit of late, with a hint of metal has crept into the sound, though his upper registers still soar easily and his colouristic range remains exceptional...Highly recommended. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Vivaldi: 'il Mondo Al Rovescio' - Concerti Con Molti Stromenti
Amandine Beyer (violin), Gli Incogniti (early music ensemble)
With gratifying plucked string continuo sonorities, sprightly allegro movements and crisp articulation, Gli Incogniti’s interpretations can easily take their place alongside the likes of Tafelmusik,... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Shostakovich: Piano Quintet & Seven Romances of Alexander Blok
Trio Wanderer, Ekatarina Semenchuk (mezzo-soprano), Catherine Montier (violin), Christophe Gaugué (viola)
A performance that is comprehensively responsive to the various different strands in the work. In a relatively unmannered interpretation, the Wanderers negotiate the Quintet’s complex narrative... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2020, Chamber Choice
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The harpsichords – one French, one Flemish – combine beautifully, their sound melding as if into a single rich and supple super-harpsichord…Altogether, a hugely enjoyable celebration of French... —
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Marie Perbost: Une jeunesse à Paris
harmonia nova #7
Marie Perbost (soprano) & Josephine Ambroselli (piano)
The debut recording from this young French soprano is full of colourful, often humorous songs. Despite occasional stumbles from slight over-enunciation, this is a fun, theatrical listen. —
