Hi Res Download, Marais, M (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... —
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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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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... —
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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 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... —
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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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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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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... —
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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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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year & Solo Vocal
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Marais: Tombeau Pour Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe
La Rêveuse, Florence Bolton, Emily Audouin, Carsten Lohff, Benjamin Perrot
The smaller ensemble captur[es] the enduringly mysterious qualities of Marais’s music with intimacy, warmth and style. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Marais: Ariane et Bacchus
Véronique Gens, David Tricou, Philippe Estèphe, Hélène Carpentier, Marie Perbost, David Witczak, Tomislav Lavoie, Judith van Wanroij, Mathias Vidal, David Witczak, Le Concert Spirituel, Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Hervé Niquet
Niquet conducts Le Concert Spirituel with characteristic vigour in a historically informed performance shorn of instrumental ‘ trinkets’. The spacious acoustics of the Jean-Baptiste Lully Conservatoire... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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Taken at face value, the order and selection of works seems entirely random…However, the eccentric programme is carefully considered; repeated listening reveals new parallels between the pieces.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, Instrumental Choice
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Nouveauté
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Solo Recital (flute)
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Awards:
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Nominated - Solo Recital Recording
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