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Cherubini & Plantade: Requiems pour Louis XVI et Marie-Antoinette
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
Niquet brings fresh artistry and specifically French authority honed over decades with Le Concert Spirituel to both works. For me, this is a prize-winning disc —
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Choral
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An often feisty recital of operatically-influenced 17th and 18th century sacred music intercut with instrumental items by Dantone’s firebrand ensemble. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Winner - Recital
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Special offer. Lully: Atys
Mathias Vidal (Atys), Véronique Gens (Cybèle), Sandrine Piau (Sangaride), Tassis Christoyannis (Célénus) et al, Les Ambassadeurs ~ La Grande Écurie, Alexis Kossenko
Solo singers are handpicked for their likely vocal similarities to performers at the 1676 premiere. Véronique Gens (who was a deity on Christie's recording) is outstanding as Cybéle...If you... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2026, Opera Choice
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Les Divas d'Offenbach
RecommendedVéronique Gens (soprano), Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Hervé Niquet
It is music ideally suited to Véronique Gens with her sumptuous voice and relishing of linguistic nuance... Captured in warm, glowing sound, with the superb Choeur et Orchestre des Pays de la... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th October 2025
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Vocal Music
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2025, Vocal Choice
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Gens is in fine voice – indeed, she seems to be in her prime. Her diction is as always immaculate and she produces a stream of elegant tone…and the required vocal heft to ride Massenet’s orchestra... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th June 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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International Opera Awards, 2018, Winner - Solo Recital
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Recital
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International Classical Music Awards, 2018, Winner - Vocal Recital
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Plaisirs illuminés
Veress - Ginastera - Coll
Camerata Bern (chamber ensemble), Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Thomas Kaufmann, Marko Milenkovic, Sonja Starke, Suyeon Kang, Sol Gabetta (cello), Käthi Steuri
Two threads run through this adventurous disc – the spirit of Béla Bartók and the Camerata Bern’s prowess – but the force of personality at the centre of it all comes from the violinist Patricia... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2021, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Winner - Concerto
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Estonian Premieres
Máté Szücs, Indrek Leivategija, Marius Järvi, Estonian Festival Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Järvi has long championed his homeland’s orchestral composers, and the combination of his tautly expressive Estonian Festival Orchestra (EFO) and the five creatively diverse voices here is captivating. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, Orchestral Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Despite the album’s preponderance of minor keys, the programme never seems oppressive thanks to Damien Guillon’s judicious direction which cultivates an almost understated poise buttressed by... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Choral
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Forbidden, yet seldom forbidding, Appl’s exquisitely cultivated fruits are ripe for plucking, and deserve to be consumed with unalloyed relish! —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2023
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Antonini’s standing among the most vital of current Haydn conductors is as evident here in the hushed intensity he brings to the remote Adagio of the Farewell Symphony as it is in the driving... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, Orchestral Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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