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CD, Charpentier, M-A (composer)
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Charpentier: Baroque Christmas
RecommendedSam Boden, Florian Störtz, Hilary Cronin, Edward Ross, Ruairi Bowen, Keri Fuge
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Christophe Rousset
Rousset nurtures suave sophistication throughout In nativitatem Domini canticum...A mirthful march is followed by the world-class choir and Rousset milking beauty and rhetorical intelligence... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th December 2025
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New. Les âges Du Monde
French Viol Consort Music Through the Ages
Chelys Consort of Viols, James Akers
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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... —
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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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The Sound of the Trumpet
RecommendedPeter Hurford (organ), Alan Stringer (trumpet), Gwynne Howell (bass), John Wilbraham (trumpet), Philip Jones (trumpet), Leslie Pearson (organ), The Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, London Festival Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner, Elgar...
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Lully, Charpentier & Desmarets: Passion
RecommendedVéronique Gens (soprano)
Ensemble Les Surprises, Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
Words are Gens’s secret weapon. She brings out their meanings and sonic qualities like no other singer: spiked rhythms register her vitriol, towering anger splits open her vowels on top notes... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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Charpentier: Orphée aux enfers
RecommendedReinoud Van Mechelen (tenor), A Nocte Temporis, Philippe Froeliger, Déborah Cachet, Geoffroy Buffière, Stefanie True, Clara Coutouly, Raphael Höhn, A Vocte Temporis, Victoria Cassano, Zsuzsi Tóth, Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
Van Mechelen is a seductive Orpheus – small wonder that his limpid, pliant, expressive voice and eloquent diction enchants both his nymph-bride Eurydice (brought to life here by the dewy-voiced... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th January 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Charpentier: Messe à 4 Chœurs. Cori Spezzati
Pauline Gaillard, Attila Varga-Toth, Léo Guillou-Kérédan, Halidou Nombre, Laurence Pouderoux, Evann Loger Raymond, Noé Chapolard, Marion Harache, Clémence Carry, Ariane Le Fournis, Loïc Paulin, Jordann Moreau, Emmanuelle Jakubek, Sonia Sheridan Jacquelin, Edouard Hazebrouck, Lucas Bacro, Consort...
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Nominated - Solo Recital Recording
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Charpentier: Médée
Véronique Gens, Cyrille Dubois, Judith van Wanroij, Thomas Dolié, David Witczak
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
Gens fits Médée to her vocal arts: when wounded, her pitches drip with sorrow; when threatening, her crescendos gather like storm clouds; when enraged, she lays waste to all other parts...Niquet... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Opera
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Jarry’s main attraction is a gently sensual interpretation of the idyll Les arts florissans…Its first recording for nearly forty years has elegant sensuality. —
