Download, Couperin, F (composer)
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We very quickly learn just how characterful Desandre can be with her amused, laughing reactions to women in battle in ‘Non posso far’, and the dark glitter of her voice in the melancholic ‘Lasciatemi... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Female Singer of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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Authenticity is present in an Érard piano, date unspecified, and a Stradivarius violin, the ‘Davidoff’, which has been held in the Paris Conservatoire museum since 1887, when one of the first... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2021, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Versailles - Alexandre Tharaud
RecommendedAlexandre Tharaud (piano), Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Justin Taylor (piano)
He doesn’t let the fact that some of this music is inherently unpianistic get in his way…It’s a beautifully programmed disc – so much so that it begs to be heard complete. And the sense that... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Editor's Choice
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Barricades
RecommendedJean Rondeau (harpsichord), Thomas Dunford (lute), Lea Desandre (mezzo-soprano), Marc Mauillon (baritone), Myriam Rignol (viola da gamba)
Though still both around 30, Dunford and Rondeau are already steeped in this rich and subtle repertoire, and play it like they own it …Both also like to indulge in some slowish tempos, but Dunford’s... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th June 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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The disc opens appropriately with an unpretentious but nevertheless accomplished unmeasured Prelude...then follows it with a thoughtfully commanding performance of the first 1747 suite. Two... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2016, Editor's Choice
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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Works For Keyboard, Vol. 8: Köthen, 1717-1723 - For Maria Barbara
Benjamin Alard (early keyboard instruments)
It’s the sort of music-making that, its intellectual grasp notwithstanding, clearly emanates from the heart. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Instrumental
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New. JS Bach: The Complete Works For Keyboard, Vol. 10
Trio Sonatas, BWV 525-530 - Notebook For Anna Magdalena
Benjamin Alard (harpsichord, clavichord), Gerlinde Sämann (soprano)
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Pramsohler, violinist and founder of Ensemble Diderot, has given careful thought to the construction and originality of his programmes…In The Paris Album, François Couperin and Jean-Féry Rebel... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, October 2019, Nouveauté
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Instrumental
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2019
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Special offer. Music from the Age of Louis XIV
John Kitchen (1755 double-manual harpsichord by Luigi Baillon)
Vividly alert to the widest range of styles and moods, Kitchen’s survey of music from the age of Louis XIV is a delight from start to finish. The 1755 Baillon instrument form the collection... — More…
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Special offer. Music from the age of Louis XV
John Kitchen plays the 1769 Taskin harpsichord
John Kitchen (harpsichord)
The 1769 Taskin harpischord, from Edinburgh University's Russell Collection, is a gem, resonant and entrancing. Unequal temperament pushes some intonation to its intriguing limit. — More…
