Alexandre Duhamel
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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
RecommendedMichael Spyres (Faust), Joyce DiDonato (Marguerite), Nicolas Courjal (Méphistophélès), Alexandre Duhamel (Brander)
Coro Gulbenkian, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, John Nelson
Nelson has a great feel for the weird structure of the piece, with its sudden lurches of pace and location...Nelson’s pacing is uncannily ‘right’; he’s not one to force Berlioz, period-style,... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd November 2019
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year (DiDonato)
2 CDs + DVD Video
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Offenbach: La Périchole
RecommendedAude Extrémo (La Périchole), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Piquillo), Alexandre Duhamel (Don Andrès de Ribeira), Eric Huchet (Le comte de Panatellas), Marc Mauillon (Don Pedro de Hinoyosa)
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Chœur de l'Opéra National de Bordeaux, Marc Minkowski
In the pit are Les Musiciens du Louvre – part of a growing and welcome trend towards giving operetta the benefits of historically informed practice. You can hear the results from the very first... — More…
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Record Review, 22nd June 2019, Record of the Week
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th June 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
2 CDs + Book
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Special offer. Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
RecommendedJulien Behr (Pelléas), Vannina Santoni (Mélisande), Alexandre Duhamel (Golaud), Marie-Ange Todorovitch (Geneviève), Jean Teitgen (Arkel), Hadrien Joubert (Yniold)
Les Siècles, Chœur de l'Opéra de Lille François-Xavier Roth
It’s like listening in black and white rather than colour. The music’s generally soft-toned orchestral landscape is both vivid and beautifully shaded...sensitively played and paced under Roth’s... — More…
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Opera, April 2022, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th March 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Winner - Opera
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
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Special offer. Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Pelléas), Chiara Skerath (Mélisande), Alexandre Duhamel (Golaud), Janina Baechle (Geneviève), Jérôme Varnier (Arkel), Maëlig Querré (Yniold), Damian Pass (Doctor/Shepherd)
Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Chœur de l'Opéra National de Bordeaux, Pierre Dumoussaud,...
It’s very beautiful and there is some fine and idiomatic playing, notably from the brass and woodwinds. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Opera
2 CDs
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Rameau: Les Indes Galantes
Ana Quintans (soprano), Julie Roset (soprano), Emmanuelle de Negri (soprano), Mathias Vidal (tenor), Alexandre Duhamel (baritone), Guillaume Andrieux (baritone), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (bass-baritone), La Chapelle Harmonique, Valentin Tournet
With the extra music for Amour in the Prologue, this is a welcome complement to the Budapest recording (with mostly French soloists) conducted by György Vashegyi. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
2 CDs
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New. Camille Erlanger: La sorcière
Andreea Soare (soloist), Joé Bertili (soloist), Maxence Billiemaz (soloist), Jean-François Borras (soloist), Léa Fusaro (soloist), Servane Brochard (soloist), Carine Séchaye (soloist), Oscar Esmerode (soloist), Daria Novik (soloist), Eva Kubicek (soloist), Alexandre Duhamel (soloist), Raphaël Hardmeyer...
3 CDs
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Gounod: Cantates et Musique Sacrée
Collection Prix de Rome Vol. 6
Brussels Philharmonic, Flemish Radio Choir, Hervé Niquet
The choral singing has wonderful richness, clarity and fervour, above all in the Messe vocale, which is breathtaking. A tremendous set, it adds immeasurably to our understanding of Gounod’s... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2018
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Choral
2 CDs + book
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Ravel: Complete Orchestral Works Vol. 4
Stéphanie D’Oustrac (Concepcion), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Torquemada), Alexandre Duhamel (Ramiro), Paul Gay (Don Inigo Gomez) & Yann Beuron (Gonzalve), Stéphanie D’Oustrac (mezzo)
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Stéphane Denève
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Ravel: L’heure espagnole
Live recording from a recent Munich "Sonntagskonzert" on April 24, 2016, Prinzregententheater, Munich
Gaëlle Arquez (Concepcion), Julien Behr (Gonzalve), Mathias Vidal (Torquemada), Alexandre Duhamel (Ramiro) & Lionel Lhote (Don Inigo Gomez)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Asher Fisch
Fisch aims for headiness but avoids blatancy. Rhythms pulse and throb, and the Hispanic turns of melody often have a pointed suavity that hints at innuendo...The singers play it straight without... — More…
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