CD, Poulenc (composer)
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Special offer. Camino
RecommendedFederico Mompou, Maurice Ravel, Manuel de Falla, Erik Satie, Francis Poulenc
Sean Shibe (guitar)
Vivid, beguiling and intensely intimate, [Mompou's] Suite compostelana offers both blueprint and guide for the musical-emotional pilgrimage signalled by the album title...In Shibe’s hands it... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th August 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Fresh-faced charm pervades this astutely curated disc…Far from a marriage of convenience, Lewis and Osborne are long-standing duo partners, complementing each other perfectly in lightly-worn... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th March 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2021, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Piano
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
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Devieilhe has the ideal voice for the Ariettes oubliées, with a creamily dreamy opening to ‘C’est l’extase’. Her iridescent clarity is to the fore throughout...matched by Alexandre Tharaud’s... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2020, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Song
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Winner - Solo Vocal Recital (Song)
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Special offer. Poulenc: La Voix Humaine
RecommendedVéronique Gens (soprano), Orchestre National de Lille, Alexandre Bloch
More than ably supported by the Orchestre National de Lille under Alexandre Bloch, Gens spans the gamut of emotions, puzzled, hopeful, coquettish, desperately pleading, def iant and, ultimately,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th January 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2023
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Special offer. L'heure exquise: Alice Coote
A French Songbook
Alice Coote (mezzo) & Graham Johnson (piano)
The beauty of Alice Coote’s mezzo-soprano glows with radiance. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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Hearing La Voix humaine shorn of its symphonic clothing pays huge dividends, especially when the rapport between the performers is as tangible as it is here: its claustrophobic intimacy is dialled... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th June 2026
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The vocal agility, character and superb blend that has made the group such a success in those 11 years is on display throughout. —
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Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos & Piano Concerto
RecommendedEric Le Sage (piano), Frank Braley (piano)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Leige, Stéphane Denève
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Building a Library, May 2019, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, June 2023, Also Recommended (Piano Concerto in C sharp minor)
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Durufle: Requiem & Poulenc: Lenten Motets
Harrison Cole (organ), The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton
The choir is magnificent, emerging through former Trinity organ scholar Harrison Cole’s adroitly chosen organ textures in the Introit, yet producing searing radiance in the climax of the Sanctus.... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Choral
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Arvo Pärt; Francis Poulenc; Igor Stravinsky: Choral and Orchestral Works
Genia Kühmeier, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
One can hardly imagine these three pieces...put together with more coherence and authority than in this version by Mariss Jansons. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Choral Music
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