CD, Marais, M (composer)
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We very quickly learn just how characterful Desandre can be with her amused, laughing reactions to women in battle in ‘Non posso far’, and the dark glitter of her voice in the melancholic ‘Lasciatemi... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Female Singer of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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Here’s another joyously unclassifiable recording from cellist, composer and singer Abel Selaocoe, after 2022’s Hae Ke Kae (Where is Home). If anything, this time it feels as though Selaocoe... — More…
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Special offer. Barricades
RecommendedJean Rondeau (harpsichord), Thomas Dunford (lute), Lea Desandre (mezzo-soprano), Marc Mauillon (baritone), Myriam Rignol (viola da gamba)
Though still both around 30, Dunford and Rondeau are already steeped in this rich and subtle repertoire, and play it like they own it …Both also like to indulge in some slowish tempos, but Dunford’s... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th June 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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This album stands as a testament to the way 21st-century historical performance can often be a consummate synthesis of innovation and heritage. It also confirms her well-deserved reputation... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Taken at face value, the order and selection of works seems entirely random…However, the eccentric programme is carefully considered; repeated listening reveals new parallels between the pieces.... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, Instrumental Choice
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Nouveauté
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Solo Recital (flute)
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Special offer. Marais: Ariane et Bacchus
Véronique Gens, David Tricou, Philippe Estèphe, Hélène Carpentier, Marie Perbost, David Witczak, Tomislav Lavoie, Judith van Wanroij, Mathias Vidal, David Witczak, Le Concert Spirituel, Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Hervé Niquet
Niquet conducts Le Concert Spirituel with characteristic vigour in a historically informed performance shorn of instrumental ‘ trinkets’. The spacious acoustics of the Jean-Baptiste Lully Conservatoire... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year & Solo Vocal
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Special offer. Bill & Friends
William Christie (harpsichord), Justin Taylor (harpsichord), Gwendoline Blondeel (soprano), Juliette Mey (mezzo), Myriam Rignol (viol), Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin), Emmanuel Resche-Caserta (violin)
There can be few ensembles who could throw off a mixed French baroque programme like this with such flair, understanding and beauty, yet it makes for an odd release all the same. — More…
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Coming soon. Voix humaines. Marais: Pièces inédites pour flûte
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien
François Lazarevitch
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Certainly, if you are after comprehensiveness – a complete collection of Marais’s Deuxième livre – then this release from Ricercar provides a beautiful object...The recording clearly seeks variety... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, December 2019, Nouveauté
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