CD, Bonis (composer)
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Beamish's arrangement of La mer provides the culmination and the album's title. Originally commissioned by the Trio Apaches, Beamish's first response was to laugh. However, her arrangement wisely... — More…
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The performances are all full of verve and tangibly sympathetic, intimate at times yet powerful when needed, caught in a beautifully balanced recording. Ensemble and intonation are first-rate.... — More…
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A charm of lullabies, or an excess? If anyone could convince you that mostly slow and soft can work as an album sequence, it would be sonic magician Bertrand Chamayou...Within the narrow compass... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th October 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers
RecommendedVictor Julien-Laferrière, Théo Fouchenneret, Tristan Raës, Cyrille Dubois (soloist), Roberto Prosseda (piano), Alessandra Ammara, Ismaël Margain, François Dumont, Anna Agafia, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Leo Hussain and Anaïs Constans, Anaïs Constans (soloist), Marie Vermeulin, David...
Although women composers are at last getting more attention, there have been few discoveries as encyclopedic as this. Across eight discs, the legacy of 21 French Romantic composers is explored,... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Box Set of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Bonitatibus’s interpretations go to the heart of these extraordinary pieces. Collaborative pianist Adele D’Aronzo, meanwhile, presents some demanding accompaniments to impressive effect , while... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th December 2023
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2023
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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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This fine duo has evidently done extensive research to assemble this innovative and attractive programme...Grimaldi’s sweet-toned voice is often hugely appealing, and she’s excellently matched... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2022
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The Trois Mélodies, originally for soprano and piano, give the flute some adventurous tonal workouts. This is atmospheric late -Romantic salon music, even if across a whole album the flute struggles... — More…
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Though the Consort brings together acclaimed international opera singers with cousins or siblings for whom singing is merely a hobby, the ensemble is consistently faultless: attention to blend... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2025, Choral & Song Choice
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Moog, as usual, uses his blazing technique – his digital dexterity, his meticulous articulation, his unerring balances – to make the most of the music’s textural ingenuity, miraculously neutralising... — More…
