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Alexei Lubimov and Olga Pashchenko make as good a case for [the Concerto for Two Pianos] as possible. It is undeniably effective and stirring, but the lack of depth compared to Mozart’s two-piano... —
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Her clear, precise voice, musical intelligence and relationship with language were made for this composer...these transcriptions by composer Jacques Gandard work so well that the album has a... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2025, Editor's Choice
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Haydn: La Création Du Monde
Paris Version, 1800
Nahuel Di Pierro (bass), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (tenor), Julie Roset (soprano), Le Concert de La Loge, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Julien Chauvin
For all its fascinating oddities, this is an eminently listenable Creation, and for most listeners only the language is likely to be a barrier. —
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Both works are exceptionally well sung by Le Concert Spirituel's team of sopranos, who tackle the complex scores with deceptive ease and sound more like the cloistered nuns of Longchamp Abbey... —
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García-Alarcón: La Passione Di Gesù
Andreas Wolf (bass), Mariana Flores, Ana Quintans, Julie Roset (soprano), Mark Milhofer, Victor Sicard, Maxence Billiemaz, Jonathan Spicher, Cappella Mediterranea (early music ensemble), Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Leonardo García Alarcón
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The best is saved till last: Wieder-Atherton's arrangement of an aria from Farnace revels in melodrama, and the contributions from the mononymously known Mahut on percussion fabulously stir... —
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Tranquilles Cœurs
Mariamielle Lamagat, Lucie Chabard, Alice Trocellier, Adèle Charvet (mezzo-soprano), Ensemble Théodora
All four members of Ensemble Théodora (who studied at the Royal Academy of Music) perform with dedication and fondness for their chosen repertoire. —
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Premières symphonies: Bizet, Gounod & Saint-Saëns
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Kazuki Yamada
Yamada and the Monte-Carlo orchestra give really fine performances of all three works, with the youthful energy of the Bizet particularly well conveyed. The delicate, rapid violin writing in... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2025, Orchestral Choice
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