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Haydn: Die Schöpfung
RecommendedAnna Lucia Richter (soprano), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Florian Boesch (baritone), Il Giardino Armonico, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Giovanni Antonini
Antonini has a fine line-up of soloists, and they clearly enjoy themselves: the soprano Anna Lucia Richter and the tenor Maximilian Schmidt both have attractively light-toned voices, and Richter’s... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th October 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Choral
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Charpentier & Desmarest: Te Deum
Jehanne Amzal, Eugenie Lefebvre, Clement Debieuvre, Francois-Olivier Jean, Francois Joron, Jean-Christophe Laniece, David Witczak, Ensemble Les Surprises, Louis-Noel Bestion de Camboulas
There is fluency and panache in the sequence of concise and flowing movements, and interspersed amid the grandeur accomplished soloists emerge from the choir for moments of intimacy. — More…
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Nominated - Solo Recital Recording
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The two top voices here – Sandrine Piau and Katherine Watson – are well matched, with Anthea Pichanick the even, steady contralto and Rupert Charlesworth the clean, fresh-toned tenor…While Niquet’s... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2017
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st December 2017
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Record Review, 16th December 2017, Recording of the Week
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Record Review, 14th October 2017, Recording of the Week
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Debussy: La Damoiselle élue, Le martyre de Saint Sébastien & Nocturnes
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Maîtrise de Radio France, Chœur de Radio France, Mikko Franck
Fragments of Debussy’s incidental music for Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien, arranged by Caplet, are the moody centrepiece of this orchestral survey under Mikko Franck. It’s the thrillingly atmospheric... — More…
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Record Review, 9th April 2022, Record of the Week
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A Dies Irae is an apt place for Prohaska to begin her musically wide-ranging exploration of ‘life in death’, and the gloom is leavened by lightness elsewhere. There are early musical delights,... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2022
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The singers of Vox Luminis are clear, warm and unfussy in these beautifully shaped performances of works by two Baroque masters. — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Niquet appropriately creates a liturgical framework, weaving plainchant, motets and instrumental items around the main work; these also serve to contrast with and complement the sometimes gluttonously... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2018, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Nouveauté
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Seventy minutes with Death for company may look like hard going but such is the expressive depth and profound consoling beauty of the works assembled here, and so committed and responsive the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Jodie Devos (soprano), Adèle Charvet (mezzo-soprano), Maitrise de Radio France, Le Concert De La Loge, Julien Chauvin
The two solo voices are well matched, though the mezzo’s tone is edgier than that of her soprano colleague. Violinist/director Julien Chauvin presides over a pacy account that occasionally robs... — More…
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Record Review, 19th February 2022, Record of the Week
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2022
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