Bru Zane
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Offenbach: Maitre Peronilla
Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Antoinette Dennefeld, Tassis Christoyannis, Véronique Gens, Éric Huchet, Loïc Félix, Matthieu Lécroart, Anaïs Constans, Patrick Kabongo, François Piolino, Yoann Dubruque, Raphaël Brémard, Jérôme Boutillier, Antoine Philippot, Philippe-Nicolas Martin, Diana Axentii
Chœur...
Offenbach deftly plays to the 19th-century French passion for all things Iberian with Spanish accents in the orchestration…A strong cast includes Véronique Gens as the wicked sister Leona who... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2020, Opera Choice
2 CDs + Book
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The performances are fabulous. François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles mine the textures and sonorities of Christophe Colomb for all their worth...Hervé Niquet and the Brussels Philharmonic take... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2017
3 CDs + Book
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Luigi Cherubini: Les Abencérages
Anaïs Constans (Noraïme), Edgaras Montvidas (Almanzor), Thomas Dolié (Le Vizir), Tomislav Lavoie (Alamir), Artavazd Sargsyan (Gozalve), Douglas Williams (Abderam)
Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra and György Vashegyi
Cherubini’s vocal line is free of Italian decorative thrills. Anaïs Constans handles Norïme’s high tessitura with grace, and Edgaras Montvidas’s Almanzor is a worthy heir to Louis Nourrit, the... — More…
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Opera, February 2023, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Shortlisted - Opera
3 CDs + Book
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The French Romantic sensibility is clearly audible across this beautifully played selection: texture and atmosphere are everything, tension ebbs and flows. — More…
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Reynaldo Hahn: L’île du rêve
Hélène Guilmette, Artavazd Sargsyan, Chœur du Concert Spirituel, Cyrille Dubois (tenor), Anaïk Morel, Thomas Dolié, Ludivine Gombert
Munich Radio Orchestra, Hervé Niquet
Hahn is a precociously skilled orchestrator who elegantly sidesteps anything that might sound like ‘local’ colour...A successful song composer, he writes sympathetically for the voice. His cast... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Saint-Saëns: Le Timbre d’argent
Jodie Devos (Rosa), Tassis Christoyannis (Spiridion), Hélène Guilmette (Hélène), Edgaras Montvidas (Conrad), Yu Shao (Benedict),
Les Siècles, Accentus, François-Xavier Roth
The score is as elegantly upholstered as anything that Saint-Säens wrote...Fiametta is a danced role which leaves something of a vocal hole in the middle of the work – particularly since the... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Editor's Choice
2 CDs + Book
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Massenet: Ariane
Amina Edris (Ariane), Kate Aldrich (Phèdre), Jean-François Borras (Thésée), Jean-Sébastien Bou (Pirithoüs), Julie Robard-Gendre (Perséphone), Munich Radio Orchestra, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Laurent Campellone
Campellone undoubtedly believes in Massenet ’s score, coaxing f ine playing from the Munich Radio Orchestra, particularly the woodwinds. It is unmistakably Massenet, replete with rich orchestral... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Winner - Premiere Recordings
3 CDs + Book
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Hérold: Le Pré Aux Clercs
Marie-Ève Munger, Marie Lenormand, Jeanne Crousaud, Michael Spyres, Éric Huchet & Christian Helmer
Coro e Orquestra Gulbenkian, Paul McChreesh
Hérold’s effervescent music is performed with tremendous charm by Paul McCreesh and the Gulbenkian Orchestra...Munger [is] in exquisite form, coloratura cascading like champagne...Ensembles fizz... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2017, Editor's Choice
2 CDs + Book
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Salieri: Les Danaides
Judith van Wanroij (Hypermnestre), Philippe Talbot (Lyncée), Tassis Christoyannis (Danaüs), Katia Velletaz (Plancippe) & Thomas Dolié (Pélagus / Officiers)
Les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles & Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
Les Talens Lyriques reveals the baleful splendours of Salieri's writing under Christophe Rousset. Judith van Wanroij's Hymnestre is fesity but in places could do with more power. Tassis Christoyannis's... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Opera Choice
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Charles Lecocq: La fille de Madame Angot
RecommendedAnne-Catherine Gillet (soloist), Mathias Vidal (soloist), Matthieu Lécroart (soloist), Artavazd Sargsyan (soloist), David Witczak (soloist), Flannan Obé (actor), Antoine Philippot (soloist), Ingrid Perruche (soloist), Véronique Gens (soloist)
Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Chœur du Concert Spirituel,...
This is a an absolutely sparkling reading of a rarely performed operetta. Beautifully conducted and idiomatically led, this is another win for Palazzetto Bru Zane. The sound is detailed and airy.... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
2 CDs + Book
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