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Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers
RecommendedThéo Fouchenneret (piano), Tristan Raës, Cyrille Dubois (soloist), Roberto Prosseda (piano), Alessandra Ammara, Ismaël Margain, François Dumont (piano), Anna Agafia, Anaïs Constans (soloist), Marie Vermeulin, David Zobel, Yann Beuron (soloist), Étienne Manchon, Aude Extrémo (soloist), François Rougier...
Although women composers are at last getting more attention, there have been few discoveries as encyclopedic as this. Across eight discs, the legacy of 21 French Romantic composers is explored,... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Box Set of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Special offer. Casta Diva - Operatic arias transcribed for trumpet
RecommendedMatilda Lloyd (trumpet), Britten Sinfonia, Rumon Gamba
The flawless tone, purity of line and dynamic subtlety she coaxes from her instrument are shown off to particularly impressive effect in Arban's set of variations from Norma...Overall, this... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Bevan is at her most persuasive in the lesser-known songs she chooses. She and Middleton excel in Ralph Vaughan Williams' late song "Tired' and it would be impossible to imagine a more satisfying... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2025, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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This is one of those rare programmes in which the whole is far greater than the sum of its parts. —
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Record Review, 4th February 2023, Record of the Week
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This welcome album is the outcome of Sonya Yoncheva’s fascination with Sand, and feels like a labour of love...the musical highlight is Yoncheva’s singing of ‘Faible coeur!’, one of Viardot... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2025, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Shortlist, Song
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Charmes
RecommendedSongs by Viardot-García, Schumann, Mahler & Kaprálová
Olena Tokar (soprano), Igor Gryshyn (piano)
The luxuriant bloom of Tokar’s voice is perfectly matched by Gryshyn’s old-fashioned, elastic piano accompaniments. Tempo choices are generous and unhurried...Tokar and Gryshyn fully inhabit... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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I find these musical conversations exhibit an exactness of dramatic effect and a way of making the cello and piano as visual as sound can ever be. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Bonitatibus’s interpretations go to the heart of these extraordinary pieces. Collaborative pianist Adele D’Aronzo, meanwhile, presents some demanding accompaniments to impressive effect , while... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th December 2023
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2023
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For me, the lighter popular songs that conclude the disc, with Alder floating exquisitely soft high notes, take the prize. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Song
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