A Musical Picture - up to 25% off selected titles
Until 9th September, we are offering up to 25% off selected titles from participating labels, on CD, SACD, Vinyl, Blu-Ray & DVD, & Downloads. Please note, some downloads are excluded from this offer
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Special offer. Cavalli: l'Egisto
Marc Mauillon (Egisto), Ambroisine Bré (Climene), Zachary Wilder (Lidio), Sophie Junker (Clori), Romain Bockler (Hipparco)
Le Poème Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre
This beguiling early opera by Francesco Cavalli is given an equally beguiling performance in this premiere recording made in the opera theatre at the Palace of Versailles...Dumestre provides... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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Under harpsichordist-director Christophe Rousset, brisk instrumental movements are electrifying, laments wrenching and comic numbers hilarious. —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, Opera Choice
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Complete Opera)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, Shortlisted - Opera
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Special offer. Rameau: Platée
RecommendedZachary Wilder (tenor), Marie Lys (soprano), Cyril Costanzo, Cécile Achille, David Witczak, Mathias Vidal (tenor), Alexandre Duhamel (baritone), Juliette Mey, La Chapelle Harmonique, Valentin Tournet
The satire which director Valentin Tournet draws from his artists feeds off their virtuosity. Vidal relishes Platée's self-delusion with added trills, bouncy runs and moaning slides that showcase... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2025, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Special offer. Lully: Le bourgeois gentilhomme
Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian (soloist), Eva Zaïcik (soloist), Cyril Auvity (soloist), Thibault de Damas (soloist), Zachary Wilder (soloist), Nicholas Scott (soloist), David Tricou (soloist), Geoffroy Buffière (soloist), Marc Mauillon (soloist), Claire Lefilliâtre (soloist), Serge Goubioud (soloist),...
The performance by Le Poème harmonique is exceptional. It is lively, bright, and with an excellent sense of intonation…the voices are also fine, with good diction and excellent sense of pitch. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Visages d'Orphee: Cantates de Clerambault, Piroys & Rameau
Eugénie Lefebvre, Zachary Wilder, Étienne Bazola, Thibaut Roussel, Mathilde Vialle
Soprano Lefebvre knows the style backwards and forwards, with all of the intricate ornamentation in place, while both Wilder and Bazola do a wonderful and quite expressive job in their cantatas.... —
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Clematis produce a wonderfully relaxed ensemble sound —
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Special offer. Zamponi: Ulisse all’Isola di Circe
Céline Scheen (Circé, Mariana Flores (Venere), Furio Zanasi (Ulisse), Dominique Visse (Argesta), Zachary Wilder (Mercurio, Apollo), Fabian Schofrin (Satiro), Fernando Guimaraes (Euriloco), Matteo Bellotto (Giove), Sergio Foresti (Nettuno)
Capella Mediterranea, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Clematis...
Alarcón liberally sprinkles cornetti, recorders, bassoons and trombones - and employs a kaleidoscopic continuo team - in order to recolour numerous passages in the score...Furio Zanasi's Ulysses... —
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Special offer. Un secolo cantante. The Rise of Venetian Opera
Emmanuelle de Negri (soloist), Zachary Wilder (soloist), Blandine Staskiewicz (soloist), Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian (soloist), Salvo Vitale (soloist)
Le Stagioni, Paolo Zanzu
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Special offer. O Jesulein... A German Baroque Christmas Oratorio
Julia Wischniewski (soloist), Capucine Keller (soloist), Paulin Bündgen (soloist), Zachary Wilder (soloist), Philippe Favette (soloist), Clematis
