Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off
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Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off, Nicolas Courjal (bass)
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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust RecommendedMichael Spyres (Faust), Joyce DiDonato (Marguerite), Nicolas Courjal (Méphistophélès), Alexandre Duhamel (Brander)
Coro Gulbenkian, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, John Nelson
Nelson has a great feel for the weird structure of the piece, with its sudden lurches of pace and location...Nelson’s pacing is uncannily ‘right’; he’s not one to force Berlioz, period-style,... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd November 2019
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year (DiDonato)
2 CDs + DVD Video
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Meyerbeer: Robert Le Diable RecommendedJohn Osborn (Robert), Nicolas Courjal (Bertram), Amina Edris (Alice), Erin Morley (Isabelle), Nico Darmanin (Raimbaut)
Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Chœur de l'Opera National de Bordeaux, Marc Minkowski
It all adds up to a formidable re-evaluation of a seminal if neglected work, as well as being a remarkable achievement in its own right. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2022, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd December 2022
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Limelight Magazine, January 2023, Recording of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Finalist - Opera
3 CDs + Book
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Spontini: La vestale RecommendedMarina Rebeka (Julia), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Licinius), Tassis Christoyannis (Cinna), Aude Extrémo (La Grande Vestale), David Witczak (Un Consul / Chef des Aruspices), Nicolas Courjal (Le Grand Pontife)
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
this new studio recording offers not only musicologically scrupulous foundations but benefits from the period-instrument forces of Les Talens Lyriques, who are intent upon the drama contained... — More…
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Opera, June 2023, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th May 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
2 CDs + Book
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Desmarest: Circe Véronique Gens (Circé), Caroline Mutel (Astérie), Cécile Achille (Eolie), Romain Bockler (Phaebetor), Mathias Vidal (Ulysse), Nicolas Courjal (Elphénor), Sébastien d'Hérin, Les Nouveaux Caractères
Gens's dark hues, femme fatale swagger and willingness to take risks all hit their mark, musically and dramatically; Cécile Achille’s charming transparency and bright execution as Éolie are... — More…
2 CDs
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Gounod: Cantates et Musique Sacrée Collection Prix de Rome Vol. 6
Brussels Philharmonic, Flemish Radio Choir, Hervé Niquet
The choral singing has wonderful richness, clarity and fervour, above all in the Messe vocale, which is breathtaking. A tremendous set, it adds immeasurably to our understanding of Gounod’s... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2018
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Choral
2 CDs + book
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Joncières: Dimitri Gabrielle Philiponet (Marina), Jennifer Borghi (Vanda), Nora Gubisch (Marpha), Philippe Talbot (Dimitri), Andrew Foster-Williams (Le Comte de Lusace), Nicolas Courjal (L’Archevêque Job), Julien Véronèse (Le Prieur), Jean Teitgen (Le Roi de Pologne), Joris Derder (Le Chef des Bohémiens / Un Officier),...
Joncières had clearly absorbed what he could from Meyerbeer, Weber, Gounod, Verdi and others...This performance manifestly believes in Dimitri, and the fusion of fine, fervent singing and vivid,... — More…
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Catel: Sémiramis Maria Riccarda Wesseling (mezzo-soprano), Gabrielle Philiponet (soprano), Mathias Vidal (tenor), Nicolas Courjal (bass), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass) & Nicolas Maire (tenor)
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
Nicquet puts the drama at the top of his agenda, but also shows a strong sense of line and a gracious way with the dances...Vidal is attractive as the troubled Arzace. This is a passionate performance,... — More…
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Ravel: L’Heure espagnole & Don Quichotte à Dulcinée Isabelle Druet (mezzo-soprano), Luca Lombardo, Frédéric Antoun (tenors), Marc Barrard (baritone), Nicolas Courjal (bass), François Le Roux (baritone)
Orchestre National de Lyon, Leonard Slatkin
the sound is exquisitely clear and the playing suave from the musky clarinets and ticking clocks of the opening to the sudden flush of hot-to-trot harps…[Druet] captures Concepcion's impatience... — More…
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Petitgirard: Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man Nathalie Stutzmann, Nicolas Rivenq, Robert Breault, Marie Devellereau, Sophie Koch, Nicolas Courjal, Celena Nelson-Shafer, Damien Grelier
Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, French Opera Chorus, Laurent Petitgirard
2 CDs
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Meyerbeer: Robert Le Diable Bryan Hymel (Robert), Patrizia Ciofi (Isabelle), John Relyea (Bertram), Marina Poplavskaya (Alice), Nicolas Courjal (Alberti), David Butt Philip (Master of Ceremonies), Pablo Bemsch (Second Chevalier/Herald), Ashley Riches (Prince of Granada), Jihoon Kim (Fourth Chevalier/Priest), Jean-Francois Borras...
Meyerbeer's vocal writing demands virtuoso singing, and receives that here. Bryan Hymel hurls himself unstintingly at the title role, impossible high notes and all. Marina Poplavskaya suggests... — More…
