CD, Bonis (composer)
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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... —
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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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With his resplendent mezzo-soprano-ish tone quality and ease of vocal production, the much-awarded Hugh Cutting represents a new level in the evolution of the countertenor voice in this debut... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2025, Editor's Choice
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 2025
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Roset's light lyric voice stretches high above the stave with a rapid fire coloratura that takes no prisoners, yet when she reaches for the vocal horizon in Koechlin's 'M'a dit Amour' her diction... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2026, Editor's Choice
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These are exceptionally exciting interpretations for the most part. —
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Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers
RecommendedThéo Fouchenneret (piano), Tristan Raës, Cyrille Dubois (soloist), Roberto Prosseda (piano), Alessandra Ammara, Ismaël Margain, François Dumont (piano), Anna Agafia, Anaïs Constans (soloist), Marie Vermeulin, David Zobel, Yann Beuron (soloist), Étienne Manchon, Aude Extrémo (soloist), François Rougier...
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,... —
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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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Fortissima
RecommendedRaphaela Gromes (cello), Julian Riem (piano), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Anna Rakitina
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Truly, chapeau to de Forceville and Margain. Perhaps other Ravel and Bonis pairings will follow, but with this catalogue-expanding piece of simple yet harmonious programming, they set the bar... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2026, Editor's Choice
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Motets romantiques
Yann Dubost, Anaïs Gaudemard, Lucile Dollat, Christophe Grapperon, Judith van Wanroij (soprano), Isabelle Druet (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Dolié (baritone), Manon Galy (violin), Cyrille Dubois (tenor), Chœur de Radio France, Victor Julien-Laferrière
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Choral
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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... —
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Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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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... —
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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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