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Charpentier: Orphée aux enfers RecommendedReinoud Van Mechelen (tenor)
Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis, Lionel Meunier
Van Mechelen is a seductive Orpheus – small wonder that his limpid, pliant, expressive voice and eloquent diction enchants both his nymph-bride Eurydice (brought to life here by the dewy-voiced... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th January 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Lully, Charpentier & Desmarets: Passion RecommendedVéronique Gens (soprano)
Ensemble Les Surprises, Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
Words are Gens’s secret weapon. She brings out their meanings and sonic qualities like no other singer: spiked rhythms register her vitriol, towering anger splits open her vowels on top notes... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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Charpentier: La couronne de fleurs & La descente d'Orphée aux enfers
RecommendedAaron Sheehan (tenor), Teresa Wakim (soprano), Amanda Forsythe (soprano), Douglas Williams (bass-baritone), Jesse Blumberg (baritone), Dorothee Mields (soprano), Mireille Lebel (mezzo-soprano), Jason McStoots (tenor), Zachary Wilder (tenor)
Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Boston Early...
Sheehan, who sings the role of Orpheus, [delivers] a finely nuanced interpretation...Amanda Forsythe is a charming Euridice and Roselie, Teresa Wakim a beautifully styled Flore, and Dorothee... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2014, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Grammy Awards, 57th Awards (2014), Best Opera Recording
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Opera, August 2014, Recording of the Month
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Charpentier: Médée Véronique Gens, Cyrille Dubois, Judith van Wanroij, Thomas Dolié, David Witczak
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
Gens fits Médée to her vocal arts: when wounded, her pitches drip with sorrow; when threatening, her crescendos gather like storm clouds; when enraged, she lays waste to all other parts...Niquet... — More…
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MA Charpentier: Les Plaisirs de Versailles & Les Arts Florissants
RecommendedBoston Early Music Festival Vocal & Chamber Ensembles, Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs
Throughout the charming performances of both divertissements, captivating interplay between superb instrumentalists, articulate solo voices and choruses of refined intimacy are de rigueur. — More…
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
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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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International Opera Awards, 2020, Nominated - Solo Recital Recording
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Offer, Charpentier: David et Jonathas, H.490 Les Temps Présents, Olivier Schneebeli, Les Pages Du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Les Chantres Du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles
The recording uses children’s and men’s voices only, replicating the sounds and the circumstances of the work’s first performance at the allmale college. This approach works best in the dramatic... — More…
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Jarry’s main attraction is a gently sensual interpretation of the idyll Les arts florissans…Its first recording for nearly forty years has elegant sensuality. — More…
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