Hi Res Download, Charpentier, M-A (composer)
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Special offer. Charpentier: Orphée aux enfers
RecommendedReinoud Van Mechelen (tenor)
Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis, 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... — More…
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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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Special offer. 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... — More…
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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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Special offer. Charpentier: Messe à quatre choeurs & Carnets de voyage d'Italie
Sebastien Dauce, Ensemble Correspondances
Daucé gives expressive shape to the music’s ebb and flow; tempos are beautifully judged, responding to the texts and their sacred context. The ensemble’s luminous vocal sound and instrumental... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, Choral & Song Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Nominated - Solo Recital Recording
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Don’t expect high drama and showy vocals: Charpentier’s idiom is subtly understated, and the Latin texts…were intended to edify rather than entertain. Sebastien Daucé judges their tone sensitively... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2019
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Diapason d’Or, June 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2019, Recording of the Month
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Vocal
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These performances by Arcangelo of the Litanies and Magnificat are unfailingly expert, with ornamentation gracefully integrated. The performances of the Leçons have a greater focus and intensity... — More…
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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... — More…
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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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I have no idea if Helseth and Nordstoga are regular recital partners but on this evidence, musically at least, they sound as though they are joined at the hip. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2021, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Charpentier, M-A: Leçons de Ténèbres
Stephan MacLeod (bass)
Arte dei Suonatori, Alexis Kossenko
Here's ample proof, if it were needed, of Charpentier's rank as the finest Baroque church music composer of his generation. — More…
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