CD, Koechlin (composer)
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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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Mirages
RecommendedOpera Arias & Songs
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano) & Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Devieilhe’s singing lights up the good, the bad and the music of Ambroise Thomas with her vivid, pure tone and apparently limitless breath. Alexandre Tharaud pops in as a sensitive piano partner;... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2017, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Recital
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Classical Solo Vocal Album
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Vocal
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The beauty of Alice Coote’s mezzo-soprano glows with radiance. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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Special offer. Charles Koechlin: The Seven Stars' Symphony Op. 132
Sinfonieorchester Basel, Ariane Matiakh
Ariane Matiakh’s performance of the symphony is beautifully done and can be recommended alongside James Judd’s 1995 account for RCA. —
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Schallplattenkritik Quarterly Critics Choice, Autumn 2022, Orchestral Music & Concertos
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2022
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Green - Melodies françaises on Verlaine’s poems
Recommended2CD Casebound Deluxe (Limited Edition)
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Jerome Ducros (piano) & Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto)
Quatuor Ebène
may be the single most appealing and important French song recital this side of the largely excellent but sometimes uneven Fauré and Debussy discs on Hyperion...Throughout, Jaroussky's singing... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Vocal Winner
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It's all most beautifully done. Charvet's mezzo is warm and velvety...Caroubi, meanwhile, is a real revelation, a wonderful accompanist, marvellous in his understanding of colour, dynamics and... —
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Special offer. French Cello Sonatas, Vol. 1, By Lalo, Koechlin & Pierné
Lalo - Koechlin - Pierné
Marina Tarasova (cello), Ivan Sokolov (piano)
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It almost goes without saying that the performances are magnificent...Warmly supported by the Orchestre Victor Hugo under Jean-François Verdier and captured in glowing sound, Piau has created... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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