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Gounod: Faust
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Benjamin Bernheim (Faust), Véronique Gens (Marguerite), Andrew Foster-Williams (Méphistophélès), Jean-Sébastien Bou (Valentin), Juliette Mars (Siebel), Ingrid Perruche (Marthe), Anas Séguin (Wagner/Un mendiant)
Les Talens Lyriques, Flemish Radio Choir, Christophe Rousset
Tenor Benjamin Bernheim is a superb Faust, with a bright and lovely lyric voice that is also comfortable in the lower tessitura of act I. As Marguerite, soprano Véronique Gens is an ideal romantic... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Opera
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Nominated - Complete Opera Recording
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year (Gens)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Opera (19th-century)
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Opera
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Special offer. Benjamin Bernheim
Benjamin Bernheim (tenor)
PKF Prague Philharmonia, Emmanuel Villaume
The first thing to say is that Bernheim has an immaculate natural voice – rich, flexible, mellifluous and nuanced. He is at his very best in French items from the later 19th century…Moreover,... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Nouveauté
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2019
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Nominated - Solo Recital Recording
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Opera, April 2020, Disc of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Newcomer of the Year
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Contemplation
RecommendedHuw Montague Rendall (baritone), Opéra Orchestre Normandie Rouen, Ben Glassberg
The first thing one notices in this wide-ranging recital from rising baritone Huw Montague Rendall is his seriousness of purpose...There’s also top-rank work from the orchestra and conductor;... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2024, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2024, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - Debut Solo Album
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Voice & Ensemble
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International Opera Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Solo Recording
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Arranged loosely as a landscape, the repertoire is often impressive and imaginative, avoiding monotonous chunks and flowing between topics and textures, including France’s recurring fascination... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2024, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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This is a highly considered collection of performances, with close attention paid to phrasing, articulation and voicing. Lapwood has successfully delivered an album that cements her status as... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Solo Instrumental Recording of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Young Talent of the Year
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Les Siècles combine elegance and joie de vivre to keep the feet tapping. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2023, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Gounod: Cantates et Musique Sacrée
Collection Prix de Rome Vol. 6
Brussels Philharmonic, Flemish Radio Choir, Hervé Niquet
The choral singing has wonderful richness, clarity and fervour, above all in the Messe vocale, which is breathtaking. A tremendous set, it adds immeasurably to our understanding of Gounod’s... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2018
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Choral
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Special offer. Pene Pati
RecommendedPene Pati (tenor), Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Choeur de l'Opéra national de Bordeaux, Emmanuel Villaume
A generosity of spirit not always to be taken for granted with tenors is in constant evidence on Pene Pati’s debut album…His voice certainly has the colour for both the French and Italian repertoire... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th April 2022
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Opera, May 2022, Disc of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2022
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Young Artist of the Year
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New. B.A.C.H.
Martin Fröst (clarinet), Sebastien Dube (double bass), Anastasia Kobekina (cello), Jonas Nordberg (lute), Göran Fröst (viola), Benny Andersson
Fröst's album testifies to the versatility of the clarinet, reminding us of the appeal of a single-reed timbre. The arrangements often showcase the clarinet's bright middle-register, facilitating... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2025, Instrumental Choice
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Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1, Symphony & Gounod: Petite Symphonie
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, François Leleux
The SCO have a thrilling way with Bizet…[The Symphony] bubbles along with infectious delight in the SCO’s hands – I could listen to them playing this all day — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, Orchestral Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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