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Hi Res Download, Jacquet de la Guerre (composer)
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The third album from the Hermes Experiment again shows what a liberating force in contemporary music this ensemble have become… The question is no longer why composers would choose to write... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025, Concept Album
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2025
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Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre: Cephale Et Procris
Lore Binon (soloist), Gwendoline Blondeel (soloist), Marc Mauillon (soloist), Lisandro Abadie (soloist), Wei-Lian Huang (soloist), Deborah Cachet (soloist), Samuel Namotte (soloist), Laurent Bourdeaux (soloist), Pauline De Lannoy (soloist), Gert-Jan Verbueken (soloist), Ema Nikolovska (soloist),...
A Nocte Temporis’s playing applies finesse to juxtaposed sensuality and energy... Reinoud van Mechelen juggles functions as conductor and flexible high tenor impressively. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Opera
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Destinées
Sophie de Bardonnèche (violin), Lucile Boulanger (viola), Justin Taylor (harpsichord), Louise Ayrton (violin), Hanna Salzenstein (cello), Batrel-Genin (viola), Marta Paramo (viola, soloist)
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Nominated - Solo Recital Recording
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Pramsohler, violinist and founder of Ensemble Diderot, has given careful thought to the construction and originality of his programmes…In The Paris Album, François Couperin and Jean-Féry Rebel... —
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Diapason d’Or, October 2019, Nouveauté
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Instrumental
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2019
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The trios make up the most interesting part of the recording – robustly made music in which Jacquet de La Guerre shows her fertile melodic imagination and harmonic depth…The London-based Bach... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Instrumental
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Special offer. Music from the Age of Louis XIV
John Kitchen (1755 double-manual harpsichord by Luigi Baillon)
Vividly alert to the widest range of styles and moods, Kitchen’s survey of music from the age of Louis XIV is a delight from start to finish. The 1755 Baillon instrument form the collection... —
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Special offer. Passing Fancy: Beauty in A Moment of Chaos
James Kennerley (tenor), Sonnambula, Elizabeth Weinfield
All are beautifully turned, and the wide chronological range is hardly a concern: the Dering comes across as slightly severe, the Rossi is more lively, while the sinfonias by Leonora Duarte... —
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Special offer. Bill & Friends
William Christie (harpsichord), Justin Taylor (harpsichord), Gwendoline Blondeel (soprano), Juliette Mey (mezzo), Myriam Rignol (viol), Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin), Emmanuel Resche-Caserta (violin)
There can be few ensembles who could throw off a mixed French baroque programme like this with such flair, understanding and beauty, yet it makes for an odd release all the same. —
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