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Ravel/Debussy: String Quartets & Chausson: Perpetuelle
RecommendedKate Lindsey (mezzo-soprano) & Alphonse Cemin (piano)
Quatuor Van Kuijk
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Building a Library, March 2020, Also Recommended
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There are myriad good things to say about this album...Pilsan, at only 26 years old, is already a fine communicator of Bach’s rhetoric. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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International Opera Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Solo Recording
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This is a most attractive recital by a singer who has made a name both as a countertenor and as an explorer of diverse repertory. Mobley's voice is light, pure, yet focused...The central stillness... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Rameau: Castor Et Pollux (1737 Version)
Judith van Wanroij (Télaïre), Véronique Gens (Phébé), Reinoud van Mechelen (Castor), Tassis Christoyannis (Pollux), Olivia Doray (Minerve), Hasnaa Bennani (Vénus), Jehanne Amzal (Cupid), David Witczak (Mars), Attila Varga Tóth (Athlete/High Priest)
Orfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi
There's a keen sense of 18th-century French style in the first-rate orchestral playing, while the cast includes several highly experienced exponents of the repertoire who capture the ornate... —
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Wolfgang Rihm: Jakob Lenz
Georg Nigl, Henry Waddington, John Graham-Hall
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra, Franck Ollu, Andrea Breth (director)
Jakob Lenz is a deeply absorbing music drama that is not meant as entertainment. If you are a listener who finds Wozzeck too emotionally draining, I would recommend staying away. But if you... —
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Vidéo
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Video Performance
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Charpentier: Médée
Véronique Gens, Cyrille Dubois, Judith van Wanroij, Thomas Dolié, David Witczak
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
Gens fits Médée to her vocal arts: when wounded, her pitches drip with sorrow; when threatening, her crescendos gather like storm clouds; when enraged, she lays waste to all other parts...Niquet... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Opera
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JS Bach: Missæ Breves complete recordings BWV 232-236
RecommendedEnsemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
While several one-to-a-part readings can bring a chamber-like intimacy, you get the best of all worlds here: red-blooded warmth, intense coloration, grandeur and crackling vigour and not a scintilla... —
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Building a Library, November 2016, First Choice
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he shows throughout what an expressive colourist he can be...one to watch, but work in progress. —
