Ambronay
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I can have nothing but praise for the performance here. The ensemble and soloists are all first-rate, and their sensitive and lively interpretations of Destouches music are spot on. The instrumental... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, December 2019, Découverte
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Falvetti: Il diluvio universale
Magali Arnault (Acqua), Mariana Flores (Rad), Caroline Weynants (Natura humana), Evelyn Ramirez Munoz (Giustizia Divina), Fabián Schofrin (Morte), Fernando Guimarães (Noè), Matteo Bellotto (Dio) & Keyvan Chemirani (Zarb, Oud, Darf)
Cappella Mediterranea & Namur Chamber Choir, Leonardo...
this disc is not just some worthy exhumation but the rehabilitation of an composition bursting with imagination and gripping drama...There is indeed something 'other' about this piece, a hint... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2012, Editor's Choice
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Cappella Mediterranea sing and play with assertive Mediterranean heat...The emotional tension is incredible...If your blood doesn’t race during the opener by the madrigal master Monteverdi,... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2016, First Choice
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Delalande & Destouches: Les Eléments
Ensemble les Surprises and Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, Ensemble les Surprises, Élodie Fonnard, Etienne Bazola, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas and Eugénie Lefebvre, Eugénie Lefebvre and Etienne Bazola, Eugénie Lefebvre and Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, Eugénie...
The scoring, as presented, is delightful…[and] all get a chance to shine, especially the virtuoso flute and bassoon…the music is always engaging…it only remains to add that the baritone Etienne... — More…
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Les Esprits Animaux play Telemann
Javier Lupiáñez, Tomoe Mihara (violin), David Alonso Molina (viola), Lena Franchini (recorder), Élodie Virot (flûte traversière), Roberto Alonso (cello) & Patrícia Vintém (harpsichord)
Les Esprits Animaux
The highlight is the Burlesque de Quichotte, one of the most brilliantly imaginative of all Telemann suites...For their wit, verve and flair, and for those first two pieces especially, Les Esprits... — More…
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Il Canto Delle Dame
Recorded in the abbatial church of Ambronay (France) — 23-26th May 2010
Concerto Soave: María Cristina Kiehr (soprano), Amandine Beyer, Alba Roca (violins), Sylvie Moquet (viole de gambe), Mara Galassi (harp) & Jean-Marc Aymes (harpsichord, organ, direction)
[Kiehr] has achieved in this recital an even greater sensitivity and subtlety of expression than ever before...It is not just the performances that merit an 'IRR Outstanding' rating for this... — More…
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Solenn’ Lavanant Linke (Dido), Alejandro Meerapfel (Æneas), Yeree Suh (Belinda), Fabián Schofrin (Sorceress), Mariana Flores (Second Witch, Second woman), Magali Arnault (First Witch), Christophe Carré (Spirit of the Sorceress) & Valerio Contaldo (Sailor)
La Nouvelle Ménestrandie &...
Solenn' Lavanant Linke's voluptuous, volatile voice is a thrilling find for the unhinged Dido...Fabian Schofrin's Sorceress is outrageous, his two witches sounding like they've inhaled helium. — More…
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Concert chez la Reine
Les Ombres: Margaux Blanchard (viola da gamba, direction) & Sylvain Sartre (flute, direction), Mélodie Ruvio (mezzo)
The performances match the charm and vigour of the music, Les Ombres playing with a refined intensity made all the more delicious by a melancholy burr; moreover, there's a real sense of theatre... — More…
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Rousset's scrupulous technique and sinewy fingerwork make light of this highly wrought style...He reads the unmeasured preludes with improvisatory flair and is ever responsive to the pliant... — More…
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This is a good way of exploring that world and the performances are alive to all the nuances of the style in general and these pieces in particular, having given the first modern performances... — More…
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