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Instrumental, Visée (composer)
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Chance’s tone is pellucid; notes fall round and clear as water drops...a recording in which Chance stakes serious claim to the title of his generation’s most exciting British countertenor. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2023, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Young Talent of the Year
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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... —
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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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Versailles - Alexandre Tharaud
RecommendedAlexandre Tharaud (piano), Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Justin Taylor (piano)
He doesn’t let the fact that some of this music is inherently unpianistic get in his way…It’s a beautifully programmed disc – so much so that it begs to be heard complete. And the sense that... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Editor's Choice
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Spanning four centuries, this gorgeous recital from a couple who were brought together through a mutual love of French Baroque is absolutely hypnotic stuff...Desandre's limpid, flexible mezzo... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2023
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This is imaginative, thoughtful music-making, which asks a lot of the listener but repays their efforts a hundredfold. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Delicately poised playing —
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Beyer's playing identifies the variety in national styles admirably. —
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