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Fauré - Clair de Lune, Op. 46 No. 2
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Arranged loosely as a landscape, the repertoire is often impressive and imaginative, avoiding monotonous chunks and flowing between topics and textures, including France’s recurring fascination... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2024, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Green - Melodies françaises on Verlaine’s poems
Recommended2CD Casebound Deluxe (Limited Edition)
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Jerome Ducros (piano) & Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto)
Quatuor Ebène
may be the single most appealing and important French song recital this side of the largely excellent but sometimes uneven Fauré and Debussy discs on Hyperion...Throughout, Jaroussky's singing... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Vocal Winner
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He is a stylish, cultured performer and is as fine an advocate for Fauré’s mélodies as any of the best. Recommended for those who love indulging in French song at its finest. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2022, Recording of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Winners, Winner - Song
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Green - Melodies françaises on Verlaine’s poems
RecommendedPhilippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Jerome Ducros (piano) & Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto)
Quatuor Ebène
may be the single most appealing and important French song recital this side of the largely excellent but sometimes uneven Fauré and Debussy discs on Hyperion...Throughout, Jaroussky's singing... —
Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Vocal Winner
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Visions Illuminées
RecommendedMary Bevan (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano), 12 Ensemble, Ruisi Quartet
The heart of the recital is a radiantly searching performance of Britten’s Les illuminations...Bevan’s ability to combine warmth with refreshing vigour is to the fore in Chausson’s Chanson perpétuelle... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Songs to the Moon
Myrthen Ensemble: Mary Bevan (soprano), Clara Mouriz (mezzo), Allan Claytone (tenor), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano)
An engaging programme, mixing solos by each of the starry young singers with rare ensemble works. Pianist Joseph Middleton excels throughout. —
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Special offer. Leontyne Price - A Program of Song
RecommendedLeontyne Price (soprano), David Garvey (piano)
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Grammy Awards, 3rd Awards (1960), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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The Secret Fauré: Orchestral Songs & Suites
Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Sinfonieorchester Basel, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Olga Peretyatko (soprano)
Ivor Bolton
With the Basel Symphony on fine form, Bolton teases out Faure’s textural and emotional subtleties with great care, scrupulously judging both the delicate wit of Shylock and the altogether loftier... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2018
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2004, Editor's Choice
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L'amour, la mort, la mer
Patricia Petibon (soprano), Philippe Marchand (percussion), Susan Manoff (piano), David Venitucci (accordion), Ronan Le Bars (bagpipe), Olivier Py (vocal), Le chant des lendemains
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year
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