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Nueva Espana
Nora Tabbush (soprano) & Andrea De Carlo (viola de gamba & direction)
Ensemble Mare Nostrum
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Fauré: Piano Trio & Works for Cello & Piano
Eric Le Sage (piano), François Salque (cello) & Paul Meyer (clarinet), François Salque (cello)
Meyer's soft-grained playing is unconvincing; Salque is eloquent; Le Sage's articulation crisp. —
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part of the delight of Spanish baroque music is hearing familiar song melodies and dance rhythms in fresh and inventive settings. The realizations and performances by La Poeme Harmonique are... —
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Mozart & Beethoven: Sonatas for pianoforte & violin
Rémy Cardinale (piano) & Hélène Schmitt (violin)
This promises much and delivers amply. Fans of Hélène Schmitt will not be in the least disappointed: her performance here is magnificent and consistently exciting. Her approach is extremely... —
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Ronsard Et La Musique. Cueillez, Cueillez Votre Jeunesse !
Philippe Vallepin, Camille Fritsch (soloist), Bor Zuljan (lute), Sébastien Wonner, Lise Viricel (soloist), Brice Claviez-Homberg (soloist), François-Olivier Jean (soloist), Anne Le Bozec, Marc Mauillon (soloist), Doulce Mémoire, Baptiste Romain, Denis Raisin Dadre
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Lalande: Majesté
Grands Motets for the Sun King
Ensemble Aedes & Le Poème Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre
These fine performances realise their majesty, variety and sheer style to the full…Indeed, in all these works one is repeatedly struck by Lalande’s confident skill and diversity at setting words…Dumestre... —
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From the off, there’s a palpable sense of concentration, which is an absolutely key aspect of this piece, and he finds a palette of many colours within the subdued dynamics of the first Regard…He... —
