A Musical Picture - up to 40% off selected titles
A Musical Picture - Until 18th September 2024, we are offering up to 40% off titles on selected labels on CD, Vinyl, Blu-Ray & DVD, and download.
A Musical Picture - up to 40% off selected titles, Lully (composer)
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Under harpsichordist-director Christophe Rousset, brisk instrumental movements are electrifying, laments wrenching and comic numbers hilarious. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, Opera Choice
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Complete Opera)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, Shortlisted - Opera
2 CDs
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Special offer. Lully: Armide
Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Armide), Cyril Auvity (Renaud), Eva Zaïcik (La Gloire/Sidonie/Lucinde), Marie Perbost (La Sagesse/Phénice/Mélisse), Timothée Varon (Artémidore/La Haine), David Tricou (Le Chevalier danois/Un Amant fortuné)
Le Poème Harmonique, Chœur de l'Opéra de Dijon, Vincent Dumestre
Obvious as it may seem, it’s worth stressing that the opera belongs to Armide. She is not a wicked witch but a fallible, sensitive woman whom Quinault shows from every angle. The part is a perfect... — More…
2 CDs
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entirely up to the standard of excellence that one has come to expect from the Chateau de Versailles series. The orchestra of the Poème Harmonique is powerful yet discrete when needed…the voices... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
2 CDs
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Special offer. Lully: Le bourgeois gentilhomme
Le Poème Harmonique (early music ensemble)
Vincent Dumestre
The performance by Le Poème harmonique is exceptional. It is lively, bright, and with an excellent sense of intonation…the voices are also fine, with good diction and excellent sense of pitch. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
CD
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Special offer. Lully: Armide 1778
Katherine Watson (soprano), Véronique Gens (soprano), Chantal Santon Jeffrey (soprano), Philippe-Nicolas Martin, Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor), Zachary Wilder (tenor), Tassis Christoyannis (bass), Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
The story is a splendid vehicle for Véronique Gens…She is in glorious voice...Van Mechelen is ideal as his namesake, mellifluous and attentive to the text. The other singers, familiar specialists... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2020, Recording of the Month
2 CDs + Book
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Special offer. Lully: Atys
Reinoud Van Mechelen (Atys), Marie Lys (Sangaride/Flore), Ambroisine Bré (Cybèle), Philippe Estèphe (Célénus)
Les Talens Lyriques, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Christophe Rousset
The instrumentalists of Les Talens Lyriques brilliantly tease out the drama...but the ultimate glory is Rousset ’s playing of the harpsichord, to which he gives its own affective voice – rejoicing... — More…
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, Opera Choice
3 CDs
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Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
CD
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Special offer. Lully: Te Deum
Les Épopées, Les Pages & Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Stéphane Fuget
CD
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Awards:
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Nominated - Solo Recital Recording
CD
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Stéphane Fuget has a highly disciplined ensemble that brings out the depth and intricate layers of Lully’s music with fine diction (for the vocalists) and tempos that highlight the dramatic... — More…
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