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Under harpsichordist-director Christophe Rousset, brisk instrumental movements are electrifying, laments wrenching and comic numbers hilarious. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Laurent Pelly transforms Delibes's opera into an exploration of colonialism and cultural appropriation...Raphaël Pichon, conducting Pygmalion on original instruments, relishes Delibes’s lush... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2024, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Rousset’s mesmerising conducting binds chorus to band in Lully’s most striking passages...The principals are equally arresting...The palm, however, goes to the band and chorus of the Les Talens... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Isis is classic Lully…Asked to focus on words, the soloists sound deliberately ugly at times, which highlights their flawless execution elsewhere. Standout cast members are Eve-Maud Hubeaux,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The instrumentalists of Les Talens Lyriques brilliantly tease out the drama...but the ultimate glory is Rousset ’s playing of the harpsichord, to which he gives its own affective voice – rejoicing... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Pichon conducts the Pygmalion ensemble and choir with dash and urgency, the period instruments adding a litheness to the textures – there is no room for false sentimentality. Pelly goes for... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2024 More…

Alarcón and Cappella Mediterranea are experts at this repertoire and play with skill, commitment, energy and some innovative continuo devices to reflect, emphasise and punctuate the singers...I... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2024 More…

Such is the power of Richardot’s magnificent performance that it might have swamped all else. That it does not is tribute to a splendidly accomplished cast...truly a unique performance, one... — Opera, September 2022 More…