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Charpentier, M-A: La Descente d'Orphée aux enfers
Cyril Auvity (Orphée), Céline Scheen (Eurydice), Etienne Bazola (Pluton), Floriane Hasler (Proserpine), Maïlys de Villoutreys (Daphné), Virgile Ancely (Apollon & Titye), Jeanne Crousaud (Œnone), Dagmar Saskova (Aréthuze), Kevin Skelton (Ixion), Guillaume Gutierrez (Tantale), François-Nicolas...
It is Orphée who carries the entire weight of the piece…Not surprisingly the experienced Cyril Auvity grasps the opportunity avidly…The remainder of the cast once again testify to the depth... — More…
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Mozart: Arias For Aloysia Weber
Cyndia Sieden (soprano), Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen
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Marais, M: Sémélé
Shannon Mercer, Benedicte Tauran, Jael Azzaretti, Hjordis Thebault, Anders J. Dahlin, Thomas Dolie, Lisandro Abadie, Marc Labonnette
Le Concert Spirituel, Herve Niquet
This may not be Marais’s masterpiece but it’s lovingly coaxed back into life by Hervé Niquet. And if there’s more drama in the music than the libretto, singers and players give it their all. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2017
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Rameau: Les Surprises de l'Amour
Virginie Pochon, Caroline Mutel, Amel Brahim-Djeloul (sopranos), Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano), Anders Dahlin (tenor), Pierre-Yves Pruvot, Jean-Sébastien Bou (baritones)
Les Nouveaux Caractères, Sébastien d’Hérin
It includes a beautiful passage where Anacreon falls asleep to a descending chromatic bass below flute and violin, followed by four pizzicato bars representing raindrops… the instrumental writing... — More…
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Il castrato del granduca - Arias for Gaetano Berenstadt
Filippo Mineccia (counter-tenor), I musici del Gran Principe, Samuele Lastrucci
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It’s finely played and for the most part beautifully sung…at the centre of it all, Marisú Pavón sings Procris’s lament with a quiet intensity that resonates down through the rest of the work.... — More…
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Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Erich Hoeprich (basset clarinet), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo)
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Frans Brüggen
Eric Hoeprich’s playing is spirited but unhurried, with graceful and unintrusive ornamentation. Bruggen supports him with a vibrant and warm string texture, perfumed with rich woodwind tones... — More…
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Gretry: Andromaque
Karine Deshayes (Andromaque), Maria Riccarda Wesseling (Hermione), Sebastien Gueze (Pyrrhus), Tassis Chritoyannis (Oreste)
Le Concert Spirituel, Les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, Hervé Niquet
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Rameau: Orchestral Suites Volume 2
live in Utrecht (Vredenburg), Sept 1998 & Nov 2000
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Frans Brüggen
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Laura Pudwell (Dido & Sorceress), Peter Harvey (Aeneas), Salomé Haller (Belinda & First Witch), Marie-Louise Duthoit (Second Woman & Second Witch), Nicolas Maire (The Sailor), Matthew White (The Spirit)
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
An elegant recording, in which Laura Pudwell comes over as a touching Dido. Notwithstanding strong vocal contributions, the performance lacks drama. — More…
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