Hi Res Download, Widor (composer)
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The songs are chosen, for the most part, with Véronique Gens’s voice in mind – no longer the bright soprano of 20 years ago, but now a warm and expressive mezzo, ideal in the more soulful melodies... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th April 2020
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Diapason d’Or, May 2020, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Special offer. Franck: Grande Pièce Symphonique & Les Éolides
Widor: La Nuit de Walpurgis
Christian Schmitt (organ), Bamberger Symphoniker, Fabien Gabel
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The former LSO principal flautist’s Chandos debut focuses on French flute works. His clear, considered sound refuses to retreat into the background. The sound spins – this would be a superb... —
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Special offer. French Cello Sonatas Volume 2
Boellmann, Widor & d’Indy
Marina Tarasova (cello), Ivan Sokolov (piano)
The Boëllmann and Widor sonatas merit the very best performances they can possibly have, and in the hands of Marina Tarasova and Ivan Sokolov, they receive them. Tarasova’s full-throated, richly... —
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Symphonic Acclamations and Gregorian Paraphrases
Matthieu de Miguel (1888 Puget Organ of Notre Dame de la Dalbade, Toulouse)
Matthieu de Miguel evokes an enormous palette of organ colour and dynamics with an unerring sense of dramatic rhetoric, which makes a tremendously effective recording. With a perfect match between... —
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Special offer. Belle époque
Annelien Van Wauwe (clarinet)
Orchestre National de Lille, Alexandre Bloch
Think of La belle époque and I’m not sure Johannes Brahms necessarily springs to mind...Wauwe plays the sonata/concerto well though, her chalumeau register suitably juicy, and she floats the... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Newcomer of the Year
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Widor: Cello Concerto / Lalo: Cello Concerto
Graham du Plessis (soloist, cello), Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle Schwerin, Māris Kupčs
Widor’s Concerto is definitely worth hearing...Graham de Plessis’s technically brilliant and persuasively eloquent reading is well characterised, and the contribution from the Mecklenburgische... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2025, Concerto Choice
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When it comes to organ colour you won't get anything more dazzling than this. Frédéric Desenclos has chosen a glorious collection of pieces...[The Widor] sounds, like everything else here,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2011, Editor's Choice
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