Barbara
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New. La Solitude: The Songs of Barbara
Jessica Walker (mezzo), Joseph Atkins (piano), Megan Glover (saxophone), Solem Quartet
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Spanning four centuries, this gorgeous recital from a couple who were brought together through a mutual love of French Baroque is absolutely hypnotic stuff...Desandre's limpid, flexible mezzo... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2023
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Special offer. Douce France
RecommendedAnne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano), Antoine Tamestit (viola)
A pair of discs to warm any Francophile's heart...Disc one is devoted to an alluring collection of melodies...However, this goes beyond a usual traversal of the genre...[for the second disc]... —
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Grammy Awards, 57th Awards (2014), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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This eclectic, if not eccentric song recital by the musically promiscuous French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky should not work. That it does, and so convincingly, is down to the fastidious... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th October 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Special offer. Formidable!
Chansons
Thomas Oliemans (baritone), Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
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Special offer. Barbara
RecommendedAlexandre Tharaud (piano), with Juliette Binoche, Vanessa Paradis, Jane Birkin, Radio Elvis, Bénabar, Juliette, Dominique A, Tim Dup, Jean-Louis Aubert, Albin de la Simone, Camélia Jordana, Rokia Traoré, Hindi Zahra, Luz Casal, Guillaume Gallienne, Renaud Capuçon, Michel Porta, Modigliani string...
As usual, Tharaud confounds expectations and the two discs here, each of which is actually a self-contained album, approach Barbara’s music in very different ways…If the first disc could broadly... —
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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an adventurous, thoughtfully imaginative project, realised with atmosphere and polish. —
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Special offer. Pianosong
Alexandre Tharaud (piano, narrator), Thomas Dunford (theorbo), Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Pierre Dumoussaud
I wondered how 'Pianosong' would come across without the lyrics that are a commentary, both serious and gay (in its original meaning) of an era gone by. With Tharaud, a master of many piano... —
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