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Lully: Acis et Galatée
Cyril Auvity (Acis/Apollon), Ambroisine Bré (Galatée/Diane), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Polyphème), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
Rousset’s mesmerising conducting binds chorus to band in Lully’s most striking passages...The principals are equally arresting...The palm, however, goes to the band and chorus of the Les Talens... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Record Review, 5th November 2022, Record of the Week
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Charpentier: David et Jonathas, H.490 Les Temps Présents, Olivier Schneebeli, Les Pages Du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Les Chantres Du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles
The recording uses children’s and men’s voices only, replicating the sounds and the circumstances of the work’s first performance at the allmale college. This approach works best in the dramatic... — More…
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Rebecca Clarke: Works For Viola
Vinciane Béranger, Dana Ciocarlie, Helene Collerette, David Louwerse
All of the works on this recording are beautifully crafted, and played in exemplary fashion by violist Vinciane Béranger and her colleagues. In recent years, Clarke’s music has received well-deserved... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2022
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The Haydn readings are period-aware, with a fantastic freshness, energy and range of colour...A strong debut, and I hope to see more from these three on Aparté in the future. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2024, Editor's Choice
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Lully: Bellérophon
RecommendedCyril Auvity (Bellérophon), Céline Scheen (Philonoé), Ingrid Perruche (Sténobeé), Jennifer Borghi (Argie/Pallas), Evgeniy Alexiev (Pan/Jobate-Le Roy), Jean Teitgen (Apollon/Amisodar) & Robert Getchell (Bacchis/La Pythie)
Chamber Choir of Namur & Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset...
this is a handsomely shaped performance with alert choral singing and expressive orchestral playing. In the title role, Cyril Auvity is convincingly heroic but also capable of fragility when... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th April 2011
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2011, Opera Choice
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Christophe Rousset is probably one of the best interpreters of this sort of style, and Les Talens Lyriques is a top-class ensemble. The rhythms are all geared towards display of the works, from... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2023
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Sabata sings this complex programme with his customary elegance and flair. His dark, warm alto has always sounded good in slower arias, where the long lines flow with ease and his breath control... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
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Christophe Rousset plays Louis Couperin
Christophe Rousset (harpsichord Louis Denis 1658 restored by Reinhard von Nagel 2004-5)
Rousset combines meticulous fingerwork and attention to the music's intricacies with rhetorical gestures, balletic energy and a dramatic flair informed by his long experience directing French... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Instrumental Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2010, Instrumental Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2010, Winner - Musique Contemporaine
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A Tribute To Pauline Viardot
RecommendedMarina Viotti (mezzo-soprano), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
Imperceptibly Viotti makes them her own, tender but tough in Rosina’s ‘Una voce poco fa’ and producing a cascade of diamondbright coloratura in ‘Bel raggio lusinghier’, as well as an astonishing... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year & Solo Vocal
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Solo Recital)
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Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3-5
Gottfried von der Goltz (violin), Freiburger Barockorchester, Kristian Bezuidenhout
Von der Goltz plays with his customary intonational purity, elegance of phrasing, lively articulation, enhanced left-hand clarity and interpretative buoyancy. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Winner - Concerto
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