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Bizet - L' Arlésienne Orchestral Suites
RecommendedLes Musiciens du Louvre & Chœur de l’opéra de Lyon, Marc Minkowski
I find it hard to know what to praise most, the vivid, taut rhythms of the various marches and dances… the sensuous orchestral colours of the quieter moments, of the passion that suddenly erupts…... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2008, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2008, Disc of the Month
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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My Armenia
Dedicated to the 100th Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide
Sergey Khachatryan (violin) & Lusine Khachatryan (piano)
Komitas’s glory lay in his choral arrangements of folk songs, but is represented here by the two arrangements for violin and piano and seven for piano solo: each has a truthful simplicity and... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2016, Editor's Choice
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The sound these players make is intensely alluring without ever being slick. This is a disc to sink into and savour with the lights turned low: highest bliss … — More…
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Gounod: Saint François d'Assise
Florian Sempey & Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestre de Chambre de Paris & Accentus, Laurence Equilbey
What a find it is – the melodic material is superbly memorable and opulent (almost disconcertingly so for a work depicting an ascetic!), the orchestration rich and autumnal. I’ve waxed lyrical... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2018
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Lise de la Salle is fully in command of the technical difficulties and much of her playing is exciting — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th September 2011
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2011, Editor's Choice
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[Gastinel] and Claire Desert have a wonderfully intuitive partnership and both draw on subtle, inimitable soundworlds....Gastinel brings the right note of nonchalant simplicity to Debussy's... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2012, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2012, Editor's Choice
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there is real flair and talent here, with much of the coloratura neatly despatched, and some stylistic grace that is admirable...Minkowski and his Polish musicians are marvellous, especially... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th April 2011
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2011, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, March 2002, Period Instrument Choice
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Building a Library, November 2018, Also Recommended
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Franck: Symphonic Variations & Piano Pieces
RecommendedBertrand Chamayou (piano), Olivier Latry (harmonium)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève
This is an outstanding release in every way. In fact, I cannot recall another that included all Franck's masterpieces for the piano on a single disc and in which, moreover, every performance... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2010, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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