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For much of the time Capuçon and Buniatishvili are alive to the tinest detail...Their approach may risk seeming indulgent, but is utterly convincing in the moment with so many hair-raising details...this... — More…
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these are fine, clear accounts. The Schubert may lack the dream-like quality Britten and Rostropovich find, but its Adagio is presented with long, elegantly spun phrases, due tenderness and... — More…
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Fauré: Requiem & Cantique de Jean Racine
Matthias Goerne (baritone) & Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Eric Picard (cello)
Choeur de l'Orchestre de Paris, Paavo Jarvi
On this showing, Jaroussky might more accurately be described as a countermezzo, since his fine high Fs (top line of the treble stave) are delivered with no sense of strain. Most of the time,... — More…
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Carlo Graziani’s warmly expansive 1770s concerto, with its melting Larghetto grazioso, receives its premiere recording. In style somewhere between Boccherini and Haydn, without the memorable... — More…
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Spanning four centuries, this gorgeous recital from a couple who were brought together through a mutual love of French Baroque is absolutely hypnotic stuff...Desandre's limpid, flexible mezzo... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2023
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Destination Paris
Gautier Capuçon (cello), Jérôme Ducros (piano, harpsichord)
Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Maîtrise de Radio France, Lionel Bringuier
This is a lighthearted romp through French pop culture, with fromage aplenty. Accompanied variously by pianist Jérôme Ducros and the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris under Lionel Bringuier, Capuçon... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Massenet: Cendrillon
RecommendedJoyce DiDonato (Cendrillon), Alice Coote (Prince Charming), Eglise Gutiérrez (Fairy Godmother), Ewa Podles (Madame de la Haltère), Jean-Philippe Lafont (Pandolfe), Madeleine Pierard (Noémie), Kai Rüütel (Dorothée), Jeremy White (Le Roi)
The Royal Opera House, Bertrand de Billy, Laurent Pelly
Pelly's production has a style all of its own...DiDonato is winning in Cinderella's smiles and tears, though vocally a little edgy. But she's well ballasted by...Alice Coote, who is intense... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th April 2012
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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé & La Valse
RecommendedOrchestre et Choeur de l'Opéra National de Paris, Philippe Jordan
I don't think I've heard the dances by Dorcon and Daphnis, where they compete for the affection of Chloé, so effectively characterised: Daphnis in partocular is genuinely 'légère et gracieuse'... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Delibes: Lakmé
Natalie Dessay (Lakmé), Gregory Kunde (Gérald), José van Dam (Nilakantha), Delphine Haida (Mallika), Franck Leguérinel (Frederic), Patricia Petibon (Ellen), Xenia Konsek (Rose), Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Michel Plasson
Opera audiences in 19th-century Paris may never have visited India, but they loved to dream about it. After the successes enjoyed by Lespêcheurs de perles and Le roi de Lahore Delibes knew what... — More…
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Vivaldi: L'estro armonico - 12 concerti, Op. 3
RecommendedFabio Biondi (violin & direction), Isabella Longo (violin), Enrico Casazza (violin), Raffaello Negri (violin), Maurizio Naddeo (cello)
Europa Galante
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Building a Library, March 2020, Also recommended
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