CD, Marais, M (composer)
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The result is powerful, inventive and irresistibly enjoyable...This is an utter delight of an album, offering a potent reminder of the life-affirming power of music to bring joy, and to begin... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2025, Recording of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2025, Classical Without Borders
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Marin Marais: Folies d'Espagne, La Rêveuse & Other Works
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexandre Tharaud are on their customary vir tuosic form, and their take on this music is full of vitality but, as Dr Charles Burney once remarked upon the music of CPE... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2023, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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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 intriguingly named The Scale Knitters bring the requisite darkness and drama to La gamme, as its subtitle suggests, with greater sonority. Here, violinist Fiona-Émilie Poupard and bass... — More…
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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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a live recording of an excellent programme with the theme of musical ‘tone painting'...I enjoyed the discs very much. — More…
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New. Persia & Baroque - Classical Persian Music and European Baroque
Simone Eckert (gamba), Neoclassical Ensemble of Tehran, Hamburger Ratsmusik
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This is a coherent program that balances repetition and contrast to avoid monotony without it coming across as forced. The performances are consistently polished and a sophisticated, and pleasant,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2022, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Marais, M: Suite in a Foreign Style (Suitte d'un Goût Etranger)
Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord), Xavier Díaz-Latorre, Rolf Lislevand (theorbs, guitars), Philippe Pierlot (bass viol), Andrew Lawrence-King (harp 'di tre ordine'), Pedro Estevan (percussion), Jordi Savall (bass viol)
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Chamber Finalist
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