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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23, Symphony No. 40 & Don Giovanni Overture
Andreas Staier, Le Concert de La Loge, Julien Chauvin
Staier’s approach is of the interventionist type, playing in introductions and tuttis and ornamenting freely. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Special offer. Une Flûte Invisible…
An Imaginary Chamber Opera in Six Scenes. Works by Saint-Saëns, Godard, Caplet, Debussy & Roussel
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Hervé Lamy (tenor), Gilles de Talhouët (flute) & Arthur Schoonderwoerd (piano)
This is quite simply marvellous. …an exquisitely planned collection of French music from the turn of the 20th century, bringing together, on the one hand, settings by Saint-Saëns, Pierné, Godard... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2006, Chamber Choice
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Debussy: C'est l'extase - La mer
Vannina Santoni (soprano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Franck
Vannina Santori, 36, releases the odors and textures of Verlaine’s verses with her mellow, lyrical, textured voice. There’s no posturing, no phony pear-shaped stuff, but rather a natural narrative... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2023
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Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre - Le Sommeil d'Ulisse
Isabelle Desrochers (soprano)
Les Voix Humaines, Christine Payeux (viola da gambe & direction)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Weber
Martin Helmchen (piano), Anna Prohaska (soprano), Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Christoph Eschenbach
In these performances with the admirable Konzerthaus Orchestra, what emerges above all is the uniquely glowing sound of Weber’s orchestration, with its very special use of horns and winds. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Eric Montalbetti: Chamber Music
Harmonieuses Dissonances
Alexander Vorontsov, Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Pierre Génisson, Delphine Haidan, Hideki Nagano (piano), Eric-Maria Couturier, Hae Sun Kang, Quatuor Les Dissonances
Each of the works contained on this disc receives a superlative reading—every one of them requires top-flight virtuosos to bring off, and Montalbetti has attracted an amazing group of such performers... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2020
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Purcell: Tyrannic Love
Ensemble Les Surprises, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, Eugénie Lefebvre, Etienne Bazola (baritone)
The theme is love, but there’s nothing coy or sugary about either music or performances that embrace extremes of emotion and expression...Much of this is theatre music, and in the absence of... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2021, Editor's Choice
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As Bruno Cocset explains in his note, in order to do the music justice he uses a specially constructed cello by Charles Riché. The results live up to the billing. The instrument itself, with... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2006, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music
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