Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off
We're delighted to offer a more affordable way to begin or continue your opera journey, with up to 40% off selected titles on CD, SACD, Vinyl, DVD and Blu-ray, until 14th August 2024.
Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off, Mathias Vidal (tenor)
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Rameau: Zoroastre 1749 Jodie Devos (Amélite), Véronique Gens (Erinice), Reinoud Van Mechelen (Zoroastre), Tassis Christoyannis (Abramane)
Les Ambassadeurs, La Grande Écurie, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Alexis Kossenko
The chorus and line-up of soloists is first-rate, with a suitably menacing Abramane (Tassis Christoyannis) and a witchy Érinice (Véronique Gens)...The instrumental numbers (notably the sarabands)... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Shortlisted - Opera
3 CDs
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Saint-Saëns: Proserpine Véronique Gens (Proserpine), Marie-Adeline Henry (Angiola), Frédéric Antoun (Sabatino), Andrew Foster-Williams (Squarocca), Jean Teitgen (Renzo)
Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Flemish Radio Choir, Ulf Schirmer
Frédéric Antoun is a bright, not exactly nuanced Sabatino and Jean Teitgen a warm and sympathetic Renzo, but the main prize goes to Véronique Gens for her utterly superb singing of the title... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2018, Winner - Opera
2 CDs + Book
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Rameau: Les Indes Galantes Ana Quintans (soprano), Julie Roset (soprano), Emmanuelle de Negri (soprano), Mathias Vidal (tenor), Alexandre Duhamel (baritone), Guillaume Andrieux (baritone), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (bass-baritone), La Chapelle Harmonique, Valentin Tournet
With the extra music for Amour in the Prologue, this is a welcome complement to the Budapest recording (with mostly French soloists) conducted by György Vashegyi. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
2 CDs
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Lully: Persée 1770 Mathias Vidal, Hélène Guilmette, Katherine Watson, Tassis Christoyannis, Jean Teitgen, Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Marie Lenormand, Cyrille Dubois, Marie Kalinine, Thomas Dolié, Zachary Wilder
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
Hervé Niquet’s musical direction is admirably fluent. The orchestral playing and choral singing are magnificent throughout in a suitably resonant recording…Katherine Watson as Mérope stands... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2017
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Record Review, 25th March 2017, Recording of the Week
2 CDs
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The direction of Patrick Bismuth is secure and well balanced, and the instrumental accompaniment is precise and clear. The voices all blend well, and the chorus has fine diction. This is one... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
CD
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Lully: Phaéton Eva Zaïcik, Lisandro Abadie, Mathias Vidal, Cyril Auvity, Elizaveta Sveshnikova, Victoire Bunel, Léa Trommenschlager, Viktor Shapovalov, Aleksandr Egorov
Le Poème Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre
The scenery and costumes are a mixture of old and new, with some lavishly neoBaroque headgear...The ambitious, headstrong Phaéton is not a sympathetic character. Mathias Vidal is good at showing... — More…
DVD Video + 2 CDs
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Charles Lecocq: La fille de Madame Angot RecommendedAnne-Catherine Gillet (soloist), Mathias Vidal (soloist), Matthieu Lécroart (soloist), Artavazd Sargsyan (soloist), David Witczak (soloist), Flannan Obé (actor), Antoine Philippot (soloist), Ingrid Perruche (soloist), Véronique Gens (soloist)
Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Chœur du Concert...
This is a an absolutely sparkling reading of a rarely performed operetta. Beautifully conducted and idiomatically led, this is another win for Palazzetto Bru Zane. The sound is detailed and... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
2 CDs + Book
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Lully: Thésée Mathias Vidal (Thésée). Karine Deshayes (Médée), Deborah Cachet (Aeglé), Marie Lys (Cléone/Cérès), Bénédicte Tauran, (La Grande Prêtresse de Minerve), Thaïs Raï-Westphal (Dorine/Venus), Les Talens Lyriques, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Christophe Rousset
Rousset and his performers are lithe and imaginative. A well-chosen cast make much of Lully's expressive recitative. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
3 CDs
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Saint-Saëns: La princesse jaune Mathias Vidal, Judith van Wanroij, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Leo Hussain
Judith van Wanroij is a forthright Lena with a gift for soft singing, though at full voice she sometimes sounds strained. Mathias Vidal as her Japaneseobsessed young man sounds every centimetre... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Premiere Recording
CD + 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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