Browse: Château de Versailles Spectacles (label)

entirely up to the standard of excellence that one has come to expect from the Chateau de Versailles series. The orchestra of the Poème Harmonique is powerful yet discrete when needed…the voices... — Fanfare, March/April 2022 More…

Hervé Niquet takes things at a lick from the start, the Introitus light and zippy but atmospheric, the Dies Irae sculpted in perfectly pitched elegant rage. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

a splendid performance of a splendid work, one that can be readily recommended to those interested in the composer or the French Baroque in general. For those not yet captured by the glories... — Fanfare, May/June 2021 More…

This is an imaginary confection of a Mass for the Sun King…rather than reconstructing a single event, this is a mixture of the diverse sorts of music heard during both ‘low’ ordinary Sunday Masses... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2019 More…

Such is the power of Richardot’s magnificent performance that it might have swamped all else. That it does not is tribute to a splendidly accomplished cast...truly a unique performance, one for... — Opera, September 2022 More…

‘sparkling’ is certainly an apt word for the whole disc. — Gramophone Magazine, May 2022 More…

Rignol has given us a truly masterful set of suites. She makes her viola de gamba sing—whether during the beautiful introspective sarabandes or the boisterous dancing gigues. The aspect of dance... — Fanfare, March/April 2022 More…

Sébastian d’Hérin directs with optimal attention to effervescent small details, occasionally at the expense of broader brush-strokes…The vividness of the orchestral playing guarantees manifold... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2019 More…