Duparc - Phidylé
Genres:
Vocal » Chansons & Mélodies
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Gens, as one might expect, is exceptional in this repertoire. Most of the songs are about erotic anticipation and tristesse, and her dark, slightly smoky tone adds to the sensuality of it all.... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th November 2015
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Winner - Solo Vocal
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There is much here to surprise and delight in this well-recorded issue. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Winner - Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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Special offer. Ravel & Duparc: Aimer et mourir
RecommendedDanses et Mélodies
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati
The prevailing mood of the first two thirds of the disc is one of heady sensuality, rooted in careful appraisal of sonority and texture and in a fondness for, and an ability to sustain, slower... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2018, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2018, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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These performers are in their element with pieces that contains hints of a narrative…In general, the Rachmaninov performances are better than those of Duparc where there is sometimes a problem... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Newcomer of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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The Bamberg musicians are too interested in the sheer, the precise and the subtle [in the Ravel] to stumble into cheap exoticism. The colours are sharp in Britten’s Quatre chansons françaises,... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Record Review, 3rd June 2017, Recording of the Week
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The first is Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’été, to which Bernheim brings the fine clarity of enunciation one expects from a native French singer, though his singing keeps breaking into a bigger, operatic... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2025, Male Singer of the Year
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A frame of applause and ecstatic ovations greet what is one of Karita Mattila's most exciting discs yet… The repertoire takes Mattila's voice into thrilling new regions; and Martin Katz's piano... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2007, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2007, Editor's Choice
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Complete Songs of Duparc
Malcolm Martineau (piano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), Huw Montague Rendall (baritone), William Thomas (bass)
a high standard is attained by all participants...Both rising stars of the UK vocal firmament, Thomas and Montague Rendall earn their places alongside fully established performers. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Song
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Henri Duparc - The Complete Songs
RecommendedSarah Walker (mezzo soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Roger Vignoles is a most sympathetic accompanist, and virtuosic where virtuosity is called for, and the whole set is at one with Duparc's own evaluation of these magnificent songs —
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Building a Library, October 2006, First Choice
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