Bru Zane - up to 25% off
Until 1st January 2025, we are offering up to 25% off Bru Zane titles on CD.
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Saint-Saëns: Le Timbre d’argent
Jodie Devos (Rosa), Tassis Christoyannis (Spiridion), Hélène Guilmette (Hélène), Edgaras Montvidas (Conrad), Yu Shao (Benedict),
Les Siècles, Accentus, François-Xavier Roth
The score is as elegantly upholstered as anything that Saint-Säens wrote...Fiametta is a danced role which leaves something of a vocal hole in the middle of the work – particularly since the... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Editor's Choice
2 CDs + Book
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Saint-Saëns: Déjanire
Kate Aldrich (Déjanire), Anaïs Constans (Iole), Julien Dran (Hercule), Jérôme Boutillier (Philoctète), Anna Dowsley (Phénice)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Chœur de l’Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Kazuki Yamada
Here the principals are well up to its vocal and dramatic demands...Kate Aldrich's Déjanire is a great performance equalled in dramatic emphasis by Julien Dran's Hercule...The austere tragedy... — More…
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Les Siècles combine elegance and joie de vivre to keep the feet tapping. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2023, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Saint-Saëns: Phryné
Florie Valiquette (Phryné), Cyrille Dubois (Nicias), Thomas Dolié (Dicéphile), Anais Constans (Lampito), Francois Rougier (Cynalopex), Partick Bolliere (Agoragine/Un Heraut), Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Normandie, Choeur du Concert Spirituel, Herve Niquet
Florie Valiquette is a winning Phryné, and Cyrille Dubois all that you could hope for in a French tenor as her beloved Nicias – their Act II duet deserves to be much better known. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
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Saint-Saëns: La princesse jaune
Mathias Vidal, Judith van Wanroij, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Leo Hussain
Judith van Wanroij is a forthright Lena with a gift for soft singing, though at full voice she sometimes sounds strained. Mathias Vidal as her Japaneseobsessed young man sounds every centimetre... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Premiere Recording
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Saint-Saëns: Proserpine
Véronique Gens (Proserpine), Marie-Adeline Henry (Angiola), Frédéric Antoun (Sabatino), Andrew Foster-Williams (Squarocca), Jean Teitgen (Renzo)
Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Flemish Radio Choir, Ulf Schirmer
Frédéric Antoun is a bright, not exactly nuanced Sabatino and Jean Teitgen a warm and sympathetic Renzo, but the main prize goes to Véronique Gens for her utterly superb singing of the title... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2018, Winner - Opera
2 CDs + Book
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The French Romantic sensibility is clearly audible across this beautifully played selection: texture and atmosphere are everything, tension ebbs and flows. — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic Recording of the Year
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$28.75Downloads
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Saint-Saëns: Les Barbares
Catherine Hunold (Floria), Julia Gertseva (Livie), Edgaras Montvidas (Marcomir), Jean Teitgen (Le Récitant / Scaurus), Shawn Mathey (Le Veilleur), Philippe Rouillon (Hildibrath / Le Grand Sacrificateur), Tigran Guiragosyan (Premier Habitant), Laurent Pouliaude (Second Habitant), Ghezlane Hanzazi...
The orchestra plays well and soprano Catherine Hunold as Floria, the chief vestal, sings with intelligence and radiant tone. — More…
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