Mathias Vidal
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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... —
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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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Special offer. Lully: Atys
Mathias Vidal (Atys), Véronique Gens (Cybèle), Sandrine Piau (Sangaride), Tassis Christoyannis (Célénus) et al, Les Ambassadeurs ~ La Grande Écurie, Alexis Kossenko
Solo singers are handpicked for their likely vocal similarities to performers at the 1676 premiere. Véronique Gens (who was a deity on Christie's recording) is outstanding as Cybéle...If you... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2026, Opera Choice
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Special offer. 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. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Rameau: Platée
RecommendedZachary Wilder (tenor), Marie Lys (soprano), Cyril Costanzo, Cécile Achille, David Witczak, Mathias Vidal (tenor), Alexandre Duhamel (baritone), Juliette Mey, La Chapelle Harmonique, Valentin Tournet
The satire which director Valentin Tournet draws from his artists feeds off their virtuosity. Vidal relishes Platée's self-delusion with added trills, bouncy runs and moaning slides that showcase... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2025, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Lully: Thésée
Mathias Vidal (Thésée). Karine Deshayes (Médée), Deborah Cachet (Aeglé), Marie Lys (Cléone/Cérès), Bénédicte Tauran, (La Grande Prêtresse de Minerve), Thaïs Raï-Westphal (Dorine/Venus), Les Talens Lyriques, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Christophe Rousset
Rousset and his performers are lithe and imaginative. A well-chosen cast make much of Lully's expressive recitative. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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International Opera Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Complete Recording
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Special offer. Saint-Saëns: Proserpine
Véronique Gens (Proserpine), Marie-Adeline Henry (Angiola), Frédéric Antoun (Sabatino), Andrew Foster-Williams (Squarocca), Jean Teitgen (Renzo)
Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Flemish Radio Choir, Ulf Schirmer
Frédéric Antoun is a bright, not exactly nuanced Sabatino and Jean Teitgen a warm and sympathetic Renzo, but the main prize goes to Véronique Gens for her utterly superb singing of the title... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2018, Winner - Opera
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The direction of Patrick Bismuth is secure and well balanced, and the instrumental accompaniment is precise and clear. The voices all blend well, and the chorus has fine diction. This is one... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Rameau Triomphant
Mathias Vidal (haute-contre), Ensemble Marguerite Louise, Gaétan Jarry
Anyone yet to fall under Rameau’s spell would find this a splendid entrée. If there’s justice in the recording world this will be up for multiple awards. Rameau and Mathias Vidal triomphant! —
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Opera, August 2021, Disc of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Saint-Saëns: La princesse jaune
Mathias Vidal, Judith van Wanroij, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Leo Hussain
Judith van Wanroij is a forthright Lena with a gift for soft singing, though at full voice she sometimes sounds strained. Mathias Vidal as her Japaneseobsessed young man sounds every centimetre... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Premiere Recording
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Special offer. Charles Lecocq: La fille de Madame Angot
RecommendedAnne-Catherine Gillet (soloist), Mathias Vidal (soloist), Matthieu Lécroart (soloist), Artavazd Sargsyan (soloist), Antoine Philippot (soloist), Ingrid Perruche (soloist), David Witczak (soloist), Flannan Obé (actor), 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... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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