Harmonia Mundi
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With Bertrand, tiny embellishments and a kaleidoscopic range of colours make listening a particular pleasure…You get the impression that she’s recalling the music from memory rather than reading... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2019, Editor's Choice
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Handel: Organ Concertos, Op. 7 Nos. 1-6, HWV306-311
Richard Egarr (harpsichord, organs & direction)
Academy of Ancient Music
Anyone familiar with Richard Egarr's perky, exuberantly-ornamented take on Handel's Op. 4 concertos will know what to expect from this sequel. …the Academy of Ancient Music are intimate conversationalists,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2009, Editor's Choice
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…Baroque chamber-playing of the very highest order: sincerely conversational, emotive and finely nuanced. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Baroque Instrumental
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Complices
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello, piano), Alexandre Tharaud (piano, cello), Raphaël Imbert (soloist), Stéphanie-Marie Degand, La Diane française
Queyras and Tharaud clearly enjoy the process as well as the freedom of interpretation and presentation that the encore gives. But there is a niggling feeling here of something missing, and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Editor's Choice
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Lalande: Grands Motets, Dies Irae, Miserere & Veni Creator
Ensemble Correspondances (early music ensemble), Sébastien Daucé
Barring one or two vocal moments, Ensemble Correspondances are perfect advocates for this music that at last receives the interpretation it deserves. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Choral
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The vivaciously spirited performances pack a visceral punch. —
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
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Handel: Dixit Dominus, Laudate Pueri, Nisi Dominus
RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin, Justin Doyle
The vigorous opening movement [of Dixit Dominus] for the chorus, splendidly done, is followed by the continuo-only ‘Virgam virtutis’, smoothly sung by Alex Potter and with a prominent bass... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 - Franck, Fauré & Poulenc
Bruno Philippe (cello), Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach, Tanguy de Williencourt (piano)
Philippe possesses a lovely tone in lyrical items such as Fauré’s Romance and Après un rêve, and technically is well up to all the challenges. His best interpretation is of the Poulenc Cello... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2024, Recording of the Month
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Britten: Les Illuminations, Serenade, Nocturne
Andrew Staples (tenor), Christopher Parkes (horn), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Daniel Harding throws some grit into the opening fanfares [of Les Illuminations], but soon demonstrates its refinement and range of tone colour...Staples... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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There are so many difficulties for performers of Gautier de Coincy. Quite aside from the problems of all monophonic song from the 13th century (whether to use instruments or not, how literally... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2003, Editor's Choice
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