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Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps, Capriccio & Octuor
Nathalia Milstein (piano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. Mikko Franck
it’s beauty rather than the beast that you get here...on this showing Franck is more of a sophisticate than he is a primitivist. —
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Record Review, 24th September 2022, Record of the Week
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Rameau Chez La Pompadour. Le Retour d'Astree. Les Sybarites
Marie Perbost (soloist), Jehanne Amzal (soloist), David Witczak (soloist), Philippe Estèphe (soloist), Clément Debieuvre, Eugénie Lefebvre (soloist), Ensemble Les Surprises, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
It’s an invigorating performance from Ensemble Les Surprises and Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas...The voices are excellent, too. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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'Les girls' have tremendous fun playing up the kinship between Poulenc and Brubeck, and the whole album breathes lightly-worn chic and joie de vivre. Watch out for the final moto perpetuo of... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2018
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Bartók & Ligeti: Ensemble Intercontemporain
Jérôme Comte (clarinet), Diego Tosi (violin) & Sébastien Vichard (piano), Gilles Durot, Samuel Favre (percussions) & Dimitri Vassilakis, Sébastien Vichard (pianos), Hidéki Nagano (piano), Pierre Strauch (cello), Jeanne-Marie Conquer (violin)
Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher
Others may have taken the opening Vivace of Ligeti's Piano Concerto at more of a lick, but the precision here packs a punch, and there's a sheer sense of fun as the final two movements develop... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2015, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2008
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Building a Library, April 2016, Also Recommended
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If I had to characterise Chouchane Siranossian [in terms of the disc’s title], I would plump for angelic for the simple beauty of her playing, which belies the toughness of the music by being... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2017, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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Listening to No. 9 on the piano is a curious experience, but if the variety of tone-colour of the orchestral (and vocal) original is inevitably diminished, the music's harmonic boldness and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2016, Editor's Choice
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The work’s intense atmosphere is beautifully caught here by pianist-conductor Reinbert de Leeuw and the perfectly balanced vocal forces of Collegium Vocale Gent. With the addition of three Latin... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2019
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The performances exquisitely capture the shifting nuances and moods of a programme with a French bias, yet decidedly international in spirit…There is no doubt here that Stéphany’s is a highly... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2018
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