CD, Couperin, F (composer)
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This is a coherent program that balances repetition and contrast to avoid monotony without it coming across as forced. The performances are consistently polished and a sophisticated, and pleasant,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2022, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Works For Keyboard, Vol. 8: Köthen, 1717-1723 - For Maria Barbara
Benjamin Alard (early keyboard instruments)
It’s the sort of music-making that, its intellectual grasp notwithstanding, clearly emanates from the heart. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Instrumental
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Special offer. François Couperin: L'Apothéose de Lully & Leçons de ténèbres
Katherine Watson (soprano), Anna Dennis (soprano)
Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
The pictorial movements of L’Apothéose are introduced by a reciter and all are well characterise with unnecessary exaggeration. Indeed, at times, the performance errs slightly on the side of... — More…
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Record Review, 13th May 2017, Recording of the Week
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Barricades
RecommendedJean Rondeau (harpsichord), Thomas Dunford (lute), Lea Desandre (mezzo-soprano), Marc Mauillon (baritone), Myriam Rignol (viola da gamba)
Though still both around 30, Dunford and Rondeau are already steeped in this rich and subtle repertoire, and play it like they own it …Both also like to indulge in some slowish tempos, but Dunford’s... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th June 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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We very quickly learn just how characterful Desandre can be with her amused, laughing reactions to women in battle in ‘Non posso far’, and the dark glitter of her voice in the melancholic ‘Lasciatemi... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Female Singer of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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With instruments from different eras and countries, the pitch of the performances naturally varies, as does their individual tone quality...For once it’s the instruments that matter more than... — More…
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Versailles - Alexandre Tharaud
RecommendedAlexandre Tharaud (piano), Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Justin Taylor (piano)
He doesn’t let the fact that some of this music is inherently unpianistic get in his way…It’s a beautifully programmed disc – so much so that it begs to be heard complete. And the sense that... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Editor's Choice
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The disc opens appropriately with an unpretentious but nevertheless accomplished unmeasured Prelude...then follows it with a thoughtfully commanding performance of the first 1747 suite. Two... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2016, Editor's Choice
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at her best, she is an admirably expressive player. Savour the expansive delicacy and good taste of her interpretation of the two works by Royer, which hold up well against any recording in... — More…
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