Alain Planès
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Debussy: Harmonie du soir
Mélodies
Sophie Karthäuser (soprano), Stéphane Degout (baritone), Eugene Asti (piano), Alain Planès (piano)
[Karthäuser] excels in the lighter, earlier songs in which Debussy is developing his own style…Dégout has the ideal weight, colour and poise to explore the later, broader canvases of setting... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2018, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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Fauré: La Bonne Chanson - l'Horizon Chimérique - Ballade - Mélodies
Stéphane Degout (baritone), Alain Planès (piano)
His voice has darkened a bit of late, with a hint of metal has crept into the sound, though his upper registers still soar easily and his colouristic range remains exceptional...Highly recommended. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Debussy: The Complete Works
Artists include Martha Argerich, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Samson François, Renaud Capuçon, Natalie Dessay, André Cluytens, François-Xavier Roth, Jean Martinon, Michel Plasson, Kent Nagano and Carlo Maria Giulini
Exhaustive, the sum of the crème de la crème of the discography...THE Debussy box set to have…No richer panorama exists for the melodies (the complete EMI recordings alongside never-before-released... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Archive
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a joy from start to finish —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2007, Editor's Choice
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Planès knows exactly how much of himself to impose and how much to leave alone. He is not averse to an occasional exaggeration, but never loses sight of the whole. Clarity, both of note and... —
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Building a Library, December 2018, Also Recommended
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…Planès himself works poetic magic, with wonderfully paced phrasing and a style of rubato replete with beautifully judged elasticity and grace; and he has explored Chopin's approach to improvised... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Instrumental Finalist
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Le Louvre des Musiciens
La Chapelle Royale (early music ensemble), Ensemble Organum (early music ensemble), Andrew Lawrence-King (harp), The Harp Consort (miscellaneous ensemble), Orlando Consort (early music ensemble), Ensemble Clément Janequin (early music ensemble), Les Arts Florissants (early music ensemble), London...
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Chopin - The Essentials
Alain Planès (piano), Brigitte Engerer (piano), Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Cédric Tiberghien (piano), Frederic Chiu (piano), Olga Kern (piano), Jon Nakamatsu (piano), Nobuyuki Tsujii (piano)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit
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