CD, Rameau (composer)
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He’s done it again…it is clear from the outset that this is no lazy selection of favourites…His playing never feels self-indulgent of inappropriate…There is never any doubt that this is Ólafsson’s... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th March 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, Recording of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, May 2020, Nouveauté
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Solo Instrumental Recital (Piano)
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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[Degout] possesses the rare facility to mix raw muscle with the subtlest caresses…In the infernal symphonies that pepper Enfers, the band attacks the score with an almost fiendish ferocity…Don’t... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2018, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 24th February 2018, Recording of the Week
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Vocal
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International Opera Awards, 2019, Winner - Recital Album
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A French Baroque Diva
RecommendedArias for Marie Fel
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore
Sampson is quite remarkable. She has the capacity to soften the vocal line with carefully controlled vibrato, but also deploys tone of crystalline clarity...bright, vibrant, responsive and entirely... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Winner - Recital
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He uses the capabilities of the modern Steinway judiciously, maintaining some of the qualities of the spinet and harpsichord of Purcell’s time whilst using but not over-using the vast tonal... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th August 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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[His] supple sensitivity underpins a formidable yet remarkably unshowy expressive power...Feuillâtre’s acute musical intelligence allies with frequent ornamentation...It ’s an exquisite, joyfully... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st March 2023
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Newcomer
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Rameau: Les Boréades
Sabine Devieilhe (Alphise), Reinoud Van Mechelen (Abaris), Benedikt Kristjánsson (Calisis), Thomas Dolié (Borée), Philippe Estèphe (Borilée), Tassis Christoyannis (Adamus/Apollon), Gwendoline Blondeel (Sémire/Nymphe/L'Amour/Polymnie); Orfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi
In all respects, Vashegyi’s marvellous take on Les Boréades confirms how far Rameau’s art and ideas developed across his 30-year operatic career. —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2024, Editor's Choice
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Sunday Times, 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024
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His technical strengths emerge clearly in the way in which he negotiates the switchback turns of Vivaldi’s ‘Cada pur sul capo’ (from Artabano), the cascading melodies of Porpora’s ‘Nocchier,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Rameau: Achante et Céphise
Sabine Devieilhe, Cyrille Dubois, David Witczak, Judith Van Wanroij, Les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, Les Ambassadeurs
La Grande Écurie, Alexis Kossenko
Sabine Devieilhe and Cyrille Dubois enliven the title roles with fervent exchanges and evenly balanced dialogue; and David Witczak is splendidly menacing as the evil genie, Oroès. In short,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, Opera Choice
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Opera, February 2022, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2022, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Opera
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Premiere
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Rameau: Pygmalion - Iso: Zémide
Ema Nikolovska, Virginie Thomas, Gwendoline Blondeel, Philippe Estèphe, A Nocte Temporis, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Reinoud Van Mechelen
Rameau's music is enchanting throughout, and the piece [Pygmalion] enjoyed success during the composer's lifetime. Tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen, who also directs the performances, is on characteristically... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2025, Opera Choice
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