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Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Ete; Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder / Marie-Nicole Lemieux

Cyprés Records

$20.99 Dec 12, 2011

As one of the cruel realities of competition, the winners switch from glory to complete oblivion after a few ephemerous mediatic sparks. When Marie-Nicole Lemieux won the Queen Elisabeth Singing Competition in 1998, nobody knew she would become the contralto of her generation, and nobody knew - even if many guessed at it - that she would become one of the most versatile singers imaginable as well as a first-class tragedian. In August 2000 the producers of Cypres were the first to offer her a recital with the pianist Daniel Blumenthal. Programmed was nothing less than Les Nuits d'été, the Wesendonck and the Rückert-lieder - three cycles of lieder counted among the most intense of the repertory. The calm trembling of the contralto in Berlioz, its poignant dignity in Mahler and its heightened expression in Wagner made this record into an undeniable commercial and artistic success. More than ten years have passed since; Marie-Nicole Lemieux today appears on the biggest stages in the world, and this "historic" record reminds us that even at the beginning of her career, the singer from Quebec was already the genius performer we know today.

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Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Ete; Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder / Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Cyprés Records Dec 2011
CD
$20.99

Joël Bons: Nomaden

BIS

SACD

$21.99 Mar 01, 2019

In the words of composer Joël Bons, ‘Nomaden is like a journey during which the protagonist – cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras – “meets” musicians from different traditions and enters into dialogue with them. It is not a cello concerto as such, but rather a concertante work for cello and soloists from other cultures.’ With a playing time of roughly an hour, Nomaden (‘Nomads’) is made up of 38 brief sections, most of which run into each other without any pause. Two types of musical material run like a thread through the work: the ‘Nomad-music’ which return eight times but always presented each time in a different light, and the so called ‘Passages’: static episodes on one or two tones (or a chord) that explore the various instrumental timbres. These lead into the various ‘main’ episodes featuring encounters between the cello and the instruments from other cultures. Bons composed the work for Queyras and the Atlas Ensemble – a group he himself founded in 2002, made up of 18 eminent musicians from China, Japan, Central Asia, the Middle East and Europe. From the Japanese shakuhachi and Chinese erhu to the Armenian duduk and the Persian setar, the scoring offers an untold number of combinations and an unheard spectrum of timbres. Nomaden was premièred by these performers in 2016, under the baton of Ed Spanjaard, and has been awarded the prestigious 2019 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.

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Joël Bons: Nomaden
BIS Mar 2019
SACD
$21.99

C’est si bon - Foreign Artists Singing in French 1931-1962

Frémeaux

$32.99 Feb 20, 2026

An irresistible invitation to a journey into the heart of the "so chic" glamour of 1950s and 1960s France! This 2-CD box set, curated by Olivier Julien, brings together tracks from major international artists like Blossom Dearie, Eartha Kitt, Marlene Dietrich, and Louis Armstrong, who ventured into French, the language of love. These unforgettable performances transport us back to an eternal Paris, with it's restaurants, it's fashion, and it's music at the forefront of global sophistication. - Patrick Frémeaux

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C’est si bon - Foreign Artists Singing in French 1931-1962
Frémeaux Feb 2026
CD
$32.99

Fauré: Barcarolles (Complete) / Ballade, Op. 19
Naxos May 1996
CD
$19.99

Charpentier; Poulenc: French Choral Works

Chandos

$13.99 Jan 01, 2008

This much-admired disc of French sacred music from the seventeen and twentieth centuries, beautifully performed by the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge under George Guest, is now available at chandos Classics price for the first time. These performances were well received on their initial release, with reviews such as 'The choir's silk-sheen sound brings Poulenc motets to perfection' (South Wales Argus) and 'This is another quality disc from Chandos which offers beautiful performances of these attractive French choral works' (Canberra Times). The recording is sure to be welcomed at the new, lower, Classics price.

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Charpentier; Poulenc: French Choral Works
Chandos Jan 2008
CD
$13.99

NADIA & LILI BOULANGER: LES HEURES CLAIRES

HARMONIA MUNDI

$28.53 Feb 24, 2023

Nadia and Lili Boulanger, each in her own way, made a lasting impact on the musical world of the twentieth century. Sometimes luminous and full of hope, sometimes more somber, all their works testify to a poignant humanity. Going beyond the melodies, Lucile Richardot, Anne de Fornel and the other artists assembled for this edition offer a multi-faceted portrait of the two composers, a form of musical narrative containing pieces that have never been published or recorded before.

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NADIA & LILI BOULANGER: LES HEURES CLAIRES
HARMONIA MUNDI Feb 2023
CD
$28.53

Handel: Chandos Anthems / Jarry, Choeur & orchestre Marguerite Louise

Château de Versailles Spectacles

$20.99 Aug 26, 2022

No noblemen in England and very few in Europe lived a life as splendid, as magnificent, as grand as that of the Duke of Chandos. At Cannons, north of London, the residence of James Brydges (1674-1744) hosted Handel from 1717 to 1719, where he worked with the Prince’s musical forces, composing eleven anthems for soloists, choir and orchestra, destined for the religious services of the court. A precious collection and a testing ground for the master’s future great oratorios, the Chandos Anthems fuse genres with impressions of Italian cantatas, Corellian sonatas, arias and choruses in the pure English tradition of Purcell. All too little-known, these gems are led with panache by Gaétan Jarry and captivate instantly with their virtuosity, their light texture and their colors, generously painted by Handel’s genius!

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Handel: Chandos Anthems / Jarry, Choeur & orchestre Marguerite Louise
Château de Versailles Spectacles Aug 2022
CD
$20.99

HAPPY DAYS

ANDRE RIEU

$15.70 Dec 13, 2019

2019 release. Happy Days celebrates Andre Rieu's amazing career on the occasion of his 70th birthday on October 1. A selection of 20 world famous tunes includes "Second Waltz," "I Could Have Danced All Night" (from My Fair Lady), "Love Unspoken" (from The Merry Widow) and "Happy Days are Here Again." This deluxe album will be accompanied by a Best of DVD from Vienna with Andre explaining the songs he picked for this album.

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HAPPY DAYS
ANDRE RIEU Dec 2019
CD
$15.70

LULLY: BALLET ROYAL DE LA NAISSANCE DE VENUS

APARTE

$20.49 Oct 22, 2021

Written at the request of Louis XIV in honor of his sister-in-law, Henrietta of England, Lully's Le Ballet royal de la naissance de Venus was performed in 1665 with Henrietta herself as the goddess of love and youth. This grandiose spectacle combining dancing, music and poetry, served the power of the king, while attesting to the magnificence of his court. Musically very inventive, it shows the culmination of the ballet genre. The recording, from Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques is completed by excerpts from Les Amours deguises, Psyche, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme and Le Carnaval.

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LULLY: BALLET ROYAL DE LA NAISSANCE DE VENUS
APARTE Oct 2021
CD
$20.49

CHANTICLEER SINGS CHRISTMAS

WARNER CLASSICS

$17.49 Oct 16, 2020

The Christmas concerts of Chanticleer are an institution in the USA, and international tours and recordings have made the brilliant male-voice ensemble, based in San Francisco, familiar to audiences all over the world. As Gramophone has written, "Chanticleer, it seems, can sing just about anything," and Chanticleer sings Christmas bears that out, embracing traditional carols and gospel numbers, plainsong, European and Mexican music of the 16th and 17th centuries, and composers and arrangers of the present day.

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CHANTICLEER SINGS CHRISTMAS
WARNER CLASSICS Oct 2020
CD
$17.49

MARTIN: Chansons

Coro

$18.99 Feb 01, 2005

Frank Martin was arguably Switzerland’s greatest composer. His shimmering Mass for Double Choir, completed in 1926 as ‘an affair between God and himself’, is one of the finest settings of the 20th century, yet it had to wait forty-one years to be shared with others in its first performance. This collection of his choral music also includes his cantata for Switzerland’s National Day and the Ode to Music, along with some charming part-songs. Eclectic and technically superb these pieces display a style that is serenely individual.

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MARTIN: Chansons
Coro Feb 2005
CD
$18.99

Secrets De Noel (Secrets Of Christmas)
Analekta Oct 2016
CD
$20.99

Jazz for Christmas (Jazz Pour Noel) -Trio Lorraine Desmarais
Analekta Oct 2008
CD
$20.99

CHRISTMAS MUSIC AND TRADITIONAL CAROLS - Sing Choirs of Ange

Gift of Music

$18.99 Aug 01, 2008

From 'The angel Gabriel' to 'In dulci jubilo' the tone of this programme is set by Christmas lullabies, medieval English carols and a cradle song. This lovely Christmas feast from a variety of choirs and instrumentalists is crowned by the sonorous tones of Johann Sebastian Bach's magnificent organ music.

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CHRISTMAS MUSIC AND TRADITIONAL CAROLS - Sing Choirs of Ange
Gift of Music Aug 2008
CD
$18.99

Johannes Ockeghem: Les Chanson / Jesse Rodin, Cut Circle [2 CDs]

Musique en Wallonie

$29.99 Sep 25, 2020

Intimacy, intensity, passion—this album explores the unfamiliar idea that fifteenth-century songs might cause us to sigh, weep, or laugh out loud. In bringing to life a world in which crying in public was not just acceptable but required, we have to take seriously the crushing despair of a line like “My only sorrow is that I am not dead,” or the undisguised sarcasm of “This is how she chopped and cooked me up.” In Johannes Ockeghem’s roughly two dozen songs we find not only unparalleled compositional prowess, but feelings that range from happiness to loss, anger to despair, and bitterness to merriment. The album’s all-vocal, fully texted, close-mic’d performances are rooted in a flexible, full-blooded vocal technique that aims to capture the music’s technical brilliance and emotional depth.

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Johannes Ockeghem: Les Chanson / Jesse Rodin, Cut Circle [2 CDs]
Musique en Wallonie Sep 2020
CD
$29.99

De l'amour fou au fol amour: Anthologie de la chanson amoure
Frémeaux May 1998
CD
$32.99

Venite, Gaudete! – Choral Music for Christmas / Ikon

Naxos

$19.99 Nov 10, 2023

Previously released on The Gift of Music label. David Hill is widely respected as a choral conductor. This album features music for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany for mixed voice choirs, blending the old (O come, o come, Emmanuel; Coventry Carol) and the new (Eric Whitacre’s Lux aurumque), in a superb celebration of the festive season.

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Venite, Gaudete! – Choral Music for Christmas / Ikon
Naxos Nov 2023
CD
$19.99

Messiaen: La Nativite Du Seigneur / Tom Winpenny

Naxos

$9.99 ~~$19.99~~ Save 50% Dec 09, 2014

Before he was thirty, Olivier Messiaen had written the work that established his worldwide reputation asa visionary composer for the organ, La Nativité du Seigneur (The Birth of the Saviour). A synthesis of hisinnovatory compositional style, it is rich in colourful harmonies and precisely noted but flexible rhythms,many derived from Hindu tâlas and from the metre of Gregorian chant. This musical commentary on theChristmas story is divided into nine movements evoking timeless grace, beauty, radiance, exhilaration,and majesty. Tom Winpenny is Assistant Master of the Music at St Albans Cathedral, the oldest site ofcontinuous Christian worship in Britain.

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Messiaen: La Nativite Du Seigneur / Tom Winpenny
Naxos Dec 2014
CD
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Chanter avec les doigts

Gramola Records

$24.99 Apr 04, 2025

You have to sing with your fingers! - Frederic Chopin is said to have often demanded of his pupils during piano lessons. On which instruments could this demand be better realized than on the pianos of his time that he preferred? For this recording, the young Austrian pianist Martin Nobauer selected five historical instruments that were built between 1829 and 1853. Although there are only 24 years in between, the development in sound aesthetics from the rather thin and transparent sound of the earlier instruments to the fuller, rounder sound of the Pleyel grand piano from 1842 and especially the erard grand piano from 1853 is clearly perceptible. The works chosen for this album were composed in close temporal proximity to the creation of the instruments: the Piano Sonata in B minor op. 58, the Impromptu in G-flat major op. 51, the Mazurkas op. 50 as well as the Ballade op. 52 and the Fantaisie op. 49, both in F minor.

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Chanter avec les doigts
Gramola Records Apr 2025
CD
$24.99

LE FOU CHANTANT 1937-50

Frémeaux

$32.99 Apr 01, 2001

(2-CD set) After the arrival of Charles Trenet, the French song was never to be the same again. Charles hid his worries behind a mask of carefree youth and enjoyed jingling words and swinging rhymes. In 1938, his identity as the “singing fool” became permanent... Includes a 32 page booklet with both French and English notes.

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LE FOU CHANTANT 1937-50
Frémeaux Apr 2001
CD
$32.99

Lulier: Cantate e sonate

Alpha

$20.99 Oct 12, 2018

In Rome between the late seventeenth century and the early eighteenth, academies and 'conversazioni' (artistic gatherings) organized by aristocrats and cardinals attracted the leading writers and musicians. The names of Arcangelo Corelli, Alessandro Scarlatti and the young G. F. Handel stand out among many others. Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier (Rome, c.1660-1700), a cellist and composer known as 'Giovanni del Violone', participated in this intensive musical activity. When he entered the entourage of Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, in 1690, Lulier already had a decade of compositional activity behind him in the genres of oratorio, opera and above all the chamber cantata. Originally consisting of a succession of strophic arias, the cantata gradually established itself as a poetic and musical genre characterized by alternating recitatives and arias. As is well known, the conversazioni of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries also included the performance of instrumental music. On this release, Lulier's cantatas are coupled with his sonatas and beautifully performed by Francesca Boncompagni, Accademia Ottoboni, and Marco Ceccato.

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Lulier: Cantate e sonate
Alpha Oct 2018
CD
$20.99

Motets romantiques

Alpha

$20.99 Oct 03, 2025

In keeping with the fascinating rediscoveries of French music made by the Palazzetto Bru Zane, this programme of sacred music presents works by well-known composers such as Saint-Saens and Faure as well as lesser-known works such as the Kyrie by Clemence de Grandval and Charlotte Sohy, the Ave Maria by Leon Boellmann and Fernand de La Tombelle, and a Cantique de Jean Racine composed by the deeply religious Mel Bonis to a different text from that chosen by Faure, in memory of her deceased son edouard. Instruments were added ad libitum for performances in the most prestigious religious buildings to encourage performances of the said works in other places as well. Faure's Tantum ergo, for example, with organ, piano or harp and double bass, could be played in church, in concert, or at home. These discoveries are what make this programme so interesting, bringing the Choeur de Radio France together with vocal and instrumental soloists of the highest calibre under the expert direction of Christophe Grapperon.

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Motets romantiques
Alpha Oct 2025
CD
$20.99

Mix & Match

RAVEL: Piano Works, Vol. 2
Naxos Nov 1994
CD
$19.99

Natus es: A Christmas Celebration
Centaur Records Jan 1994
CD
$18.99

Gebel: Christmas Cantatas, Vol. 1
CPO Jan 2011
CD
$18.99