Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian
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Handel: Theodora
RecommendedLisette Oropesa (Theodora), Joyce DiDonato (Irene), Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian (Didymus), Michael Spyres (Septimius), John Chest (Valens), Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
This is now the benchmark Theodora; it is optimally cast, dramatically intense and luminously beautiful. Its world-class principals use their fine vocal qualities to deepen their characters.... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, Recording of the Month
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2022
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Winner - Choral
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year (Oropesa & DiDonato)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year (Spyres)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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New. Colonna: Missa Concertata - Handel: Dixit Dominus
Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Elizaveta Sveshnikova, Mariana Flores
Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón
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Special offer. Lully: Le bourgeois gentilhomme
Le Poème Harmonique (early music ensemble)
Vincent Dumestre
The performance by Le Poème harmonique is exceptional. It is lively, bright, and with an excellent sense of intonation…the voices are also fine, with good diction and excellent sense of pitch. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Mariana Flores sings expressively enough to persuade you, almost, that Sacrati is as good as Monteverdi. — More…
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Schallplattenkritik Quarterly Critics Choice, Autumn 2022, Opera
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto
Michael Spyres (Mitridate), Julie Fuchs (Aspasia), Sabine Devieilhe (Ismène), Elsa Dreisig (Sifare), Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian (Farnace), Adriana Bignagni Lesca (Arbate), Cyrille Dubois (Marzio), Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
Julie Fuchs is one of the excitements of this recording...and so is Michael Spyres as Mitridate with a handsome account of the king’s opening number...Yet the hero here and throughout is the... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, Opera Choice
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Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto
Pene Pati (Mitridate), Ana Maria Labin (Aspasia), Angela Brower (Sifare), Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian (Farnace), Sarah Aristidou (Ismene)
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Satoshi Miyagi, Marc Minkowski
Vocal virtuosity, which is crucial in such a piece, is best exemplified in the title-role by rising star tenor Pene Pati, who is up to every possible demand...Alert, lively playing from period-instrument... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2025, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni & La Follia
Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian (countertenor), Le Concert de La Loge, Julien Chauvin
the resultant performance [of 'Sovvente il sole'] is to die for – luminously radiant, with Chauvin’s bright sweetness on the Gagliano a delectable foil for Bénos-Djian’s bright purity and lucid... — More…
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Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto
Pene Pati (Mitridate), Ana Maria Labin (Aspasia), Angela Brower (Sifare), Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian (Farnace), Sarah Aristidou (Ismene)
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski, Satoshi Miyagi
Vocal virtuosity, which is crucial in such a piece, is best exemplified in the title-role by rising star tenor Pene Pati, who is up to every possible demand...Alert, lively playing from period-instrument... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2025, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Un secolo cantante. The Rise of Venetian Opera
Emmanuelle de Negri (soloist), Zachary Wilder (soloist), Blandine Staskiewicz (soloist), Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian (soloist), Salvo Vitale (soloist)
Le Stagioni, Paolo Zanzu
