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Marvellously punchy and spontaneous... there is the thilling sense of risk in the whole performance which alerts the listener to the fun and colour of the Gershwin style... this collection is... — More…
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JS Bach: Magnificat in D and Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis
RecommendedGreta de Reyghere (soprano), René Jacobs (alto), Christoph Pregardien (tenor) & Peter Lika (bass)
Nederland Kamerkoor & La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
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Building a Library, December 2013, First Choice
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Debussy: L'Enfant Prodigue & Ravel: L'Enfant et les sortilèges
RecommendedRoberto Alagna (Azaël), Karina Gauvin (Lia), Jean-François Lapointe (Siméon), Chloé Briot (L’Enfant), Nathalie Stutzmann (Maman/Tasse chinois/Libellule), Sabine Devieilhe (Le Feu/Rossignol))
Chœur et Orchestre de Radio France, Mikko Franck
Briot is well contrasted with the excellent Nathalie Stutzmann as Maman and two other characters, while Sabine Devielhe as The Fire and François Piolino as Mr Arithmetic are first class. In... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2018, Recommended Recording
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Gluck: Ezio
RecommendedOriginal Prague version (1750)
Sonia Prina (Ezio), Max Emanuel Cencic (Valentiniano), Ann Hallenberg (Fulvia), Topi Lehtipuu (Massimo), Julian Pregardien (Varo), Mayuko Karasava (Onorio)
Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis
What it reveals may surprise listeners. Though couched in the classic opera seria mode of the time...it shows that, like Handel [Gluck] could imbue the traditional form with drama...the succession... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th September 2011
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2003, Editor's Choice
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Lalo: Le roi d'Ys
Janine Micheau (Rozenn), Rita Gorr (Margared), Henri Legay (Mylio), Jean Borthayre (Karnac), Pierre Savignol (Le Roi), Jacques Mars (Saint Corentin) & Serge Rallier (Jahel)
Chœurs et Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion française, André Cluytens
Lalo could only have dreamed of this cast. The sound may be boxy and the chorus muffled but Janine Micheau is sweet toned as the nice girl and Rita Gorr supreme as the wicked Margared. — More…
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Collectionneur
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…I enjoyed the A major, and was even more enthused by the D minor. …Capuçon and Nicholas Angelich are absolutely inside the music, completely responsive to the play of expressive light and... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2005, Editor's Choice
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Eternal Stories: Quatuor Ebène & Michel Portal
Michel Portal (clarinet - bandonéon), Xavier Tribolet (keyboard) & Richard Hery (drum)
Quatuor Ebène
With a career that's encompassed jazz, film scores and Stockhausen, the veteran saxophonist and clarinettist Michel Portal defies categorisation, and this collaboration with the similarly eclectic... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2017
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Rondeau’s responses to the music are, by-andlarge, reflective and notably free from superficial showiness. For the most part his tempos feel carefully considered and are well judged, and his... — More…
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