Erato
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The emotional palette is broad: surging intensity is balanced emotionally by tenderness, delicate sensitivity, and…even by touches of humour. But the balance is architectural too. It may be... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Chamber
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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... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2023
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Rameau: Le Grand Theatre de l'Amour
Opera Arias
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano)
Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko
Devieilhe has a clear, flexible voice with easy high notes. She's an agile, expressive and stylish singer, and a generous team-player...The star performance here, however, comes from Kossenko... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2014, Winner - Musique baroque vocale
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She provides a sonic feast: rich bottom-register timbre, brilliant yet voluptuous top notes and a pure core that energises even her longest lines...Crossing to the podium is a rare move for... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2022, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Meyerbeer: Grand Opera
Standard Edition
Diana Damrau (soprano)
Orchestre et Choeur de l'Opéra National de Lyon, Emmanuel Villaume
Diana Damrau tackles with pretty consistent success all the vocal difficulties Meyerbeer threw at his heroines - and some of his mature works were written for the leading singers of the day.... — More…
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Schallplattenkritik Awards, 2017, Winner - Jahrespreis
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Opera, June 2017, Recording of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Female Singer of the Year
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Tharaud plays Rachmaninov
RecommendedAlexandre Tharaud (piano), Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Aleksandar Madžar (piano) & Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Vedernikov
After the famous introductory bars – following the score rather than the composer’s recording – the sweeping first subject enters faster, thankfully, than Richter’s celebrated account but with... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
RecommendedJoyce DiDonato (Maria Stuarda), Elza van den Heever (Elisabetta), Matthew Rose (Talbot), Joshua Hopkins (Cecil), Matthew Polenzani (Leicester), Maria Zifchak (Anna Kennedy)
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Maurizio Benini
handsomely designed...well acted and strongly sung. Elza van der Heever delivers a statuesque Elizabeth, if with tomboyish tendencies...DiDonato offers a physically plain, emotionally determined... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Stutzmann’s deep burgundy contralto, like a freakishly rich, wide-ranging countertenor, is the perfect fit for this repertoire...[Her] characterisation and vocal colouring are always true and... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2021, Editor's Choice
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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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Handel: Rodelinda
Jeanine De Bique (Rodelinda), Tim Mead (Bertarido), Benjamin Hulett (Grimoaldo), Avery Amereau (Eduige), Jakub Józef Orliński (Unulfo), Andrea Mastroni (Garibaldo), Aminata Diouaré (Flavio, the child)
Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year (Orliński)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Opera (up to and including 18th-century)
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Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été & Harold en Italie
RecommendedMichael Spyres (baritenor), Timothy Ridout (viola), Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, John Nelson
This is special. Two extraordinary masterpieces...Two outstanding soloists thoroughly immersed in Berlioz’s music, partnered by an orchestra and conductor with an unsurpassed pedigree in the... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th November 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year, Solo Vocal & Conductor of the Year
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