Ensemble Pygmalion
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This is an attractive addition to the vast array of recordings of Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers collection. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st September 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Winner - Choral
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JS Bach: Matthäus-Passion RecommendedJulian Prégardien (Evangelist), Stéphane Degout (Christus), Sabine Devieilhe & Hana Blažiková (sopranos), Lucile Richardot (mezzo), Tim Mead (countertenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen & Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenors), Christian Immler (bass-baritone)
Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
The choirs are razor-sharp in their ensemble, and if they seem initially soft-grained (in keeping with Pichon’s essentially intimate approach), their incisiveness eventually locates real venom... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th April 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Winner - Choral
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Building a Library, October 2022, Also Recommended
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
3 CDs
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A thoughtful assembly of music depicting affliction and repentance on the one hand and joy and desire on the other. The recording finds Sabine Devieilhe on sparkling form. Bach and Handel do... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2021, Recording of the Month
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, Choral & Song Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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This is an attractive addition to the vast array of recordings of Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers collection. — More…
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st September 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Choral
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Mein Traum
RecommendedSchubert, Weber, Schumann
Stéphane Degout (baritone), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Degout is convincing throughout, his expressive range spanning both ferocity and vulnerability...The real stars, though, are the period orchestra Pygmalion. The instrumental colours glow and... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, Choral & Song Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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[Degout] possesses the rare facility to mix raw muscle with the subtlest caresses…In the infernal symphonies that pepper Enfers, the band attacks the score with an almost fiendish ferocity…Don’t... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2018, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 24th February 2018, Recording of the Week
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Vocal
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International Opera Awards, 2019, Winner - Recital Album
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Les Grandes Eaux Le Poème Harmonique, Capriccio Stravagante Orchestra, Les Enfants d'Apollon, Les Nouveaux Caractères, Les Temps Présents, Ensemble Pygmalion, Le Concert Sprituel
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Pichon favours brisk tempos and draws lively and crisply articulated singing from his vocal ensemble. Textures are luminous and transparent, though just occasionally I found phrases a shade... — More…
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Winner - Choral
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These beautifully sculpted performances present a perspective on Bach which is committed to beauty of sound...but allied to a structural coherence which combines elegance and grip...this outstandingly... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2011, Editor's Choice
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JS Bach: Missæ Breves complete recordings BWV 232-236
RecommendedEnsemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
While several one-to-a-part readings can bring a chamber-like intimacy, you get the best of all worlds here: red-blooded warmth, intense coloration, grandeur and crackling vigour and not a scintilla... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2016, First Choice
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