Hi Res Download, Bizet (composer)
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El Nour
Fatma Said (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Burcu Karadag (flute), Rafael Aguirre (guitar), vision string quartet (string quartet)
Clever arrangements allow us to encounter shared visions across France, Spain and North Africa...There’s no tacky Orientalism here...The breathy, soft-voiced ney (a Middle Eastern flute) brings... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, Choral & Song Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Winner - Vocal
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Winner - Newcomer Award
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Winner - Song
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Newcomer of the Year
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Gens is in fine voice – indeed, she seems to be in her prime. Her diction is as always immaculate and she produces a stream of elegant tone…and the required vocal heft to ride Massenet’s orchestra... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th June 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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International Opera Awards, 2018, Winner - Solo Recital
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Recital
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International Classical Music Awards, 2018, Winner - Vocal Recital
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AIGUL
RecommendedAigul Akhmetshina (mezzo), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniele Rustioni; with Freddie De Tommaso (tenor), Elisabeth Boudreault (soprano), Kezia Bienek (mezzo)
She is surely vocally ideal for [Carmen], offering both character and taste in numbers that can sound overblown, or even clichéd. Instead, Akhmetshina supplies delicacy and grace, though she... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th July 2024
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2024, Editor's Choice
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International Opera Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Recording (Solo Recital)
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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New. Georges Bizet: Djamileh, Vasco de Gama, Cantates, Musique chorale, Mélodies & Musique pour piano
Sahy Ratia (soloist), Philippe-Nicolas Martin (soloist), Isabelle Druet (soloist), Maxime Le Gall (soloist), Mélissa Petit, Thomas Dolié (soloist), Cyrille Dubois (soloist), Célia Oneto Bensaid, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Patrick Bolleire (soloist), Nathanäel Gouin, Florian Caroubi, Adèle Charvet...
As always with Bru Zane, the production values are high, both in terms of the immaculate recorded sound and the beautifully illustrated accompanying book with its scholarly articles. It all... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2025, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. 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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Special offer. L'Opéra
Recommendeddeluxe version
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Ludovic Tézier (baritone)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Bertrand de Billy
Kaufmann is a consummate artist who rethinks everything that he sings…You can almost forgive the hooded, crooner-like tone that [he] favours when his characters are interrogating their souls.... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th September 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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International Opera Awards, 2018, Nominated - Solo Recital
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Special offer. Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles
Julie Fuchs (Leïla), Cyrille Dubois (Nadir), Florian Sempey (Zurga), Luc Bertin-Hugault (Nourabad); Les Cris de Paris & Orchestre National de Lille, Alexandre Bloch
Dubois is distinctly French in the timbre of his voice and his singing style, and if Fuchs tends to spread under pressure she is lyrical when required and her coloratura is formidable…the vocal... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2018, Recording of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, June 2018, Nouveauté
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Special offer. Séguedilles
RecommendedMarianne Crebassa (mezzo), Orchestre et Choeur du National du Capitole de Toulouse, Ben Glassberg; Thibaut Garcia (guitar), Alphonse Cemin (piano)
Crebassa is in tremendous voice throughout, her lower registers dark and burnished, her top notes warm, clear and effortless...Outstanding, every single second of it. — More…
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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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Gramophone Magazine, December 2021, Editor's Choice
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this is not any tenor, but an artist who aspires to recreate the style of the fabled French ténor de grâce with top notes sung from the head and not the chest...Crisp diction and a graceful... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2023
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Solo Recital)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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One of Tharaud’s aims is to reveal repertoire which has been largely lost, and in this respect he is resoundingly successful...Everything here has charm, and radiates what should always be the... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th May 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, Instrumental Choice
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