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Atsushi Sakaï · Christophe Rousset
Johann Sebastian Bach
The three Sonatas BWV 1027–1029, paired this time with members of Rousset's long associates at Les Talens Lyriques — Sakaï's viola da gamba in dialogue with the harpsichord rather than a concertante reading.
Details ›Ensemble Correspondances · Sébastien Daucé
Francesco Cavalli
Daucé and Correspondances turn from the French sacred repertoire that defined their early catalogue to Cavalli's Venetian opera of 1651 — Faustini's mythological pastoral with its mortal heroine pulled between Jupiter and Diana.
Details ›Pygmalion · Raphaël Pichon · Julian Prégardien
Johann Sebastian Bach
Pichon's first studio recording of the John Passion after a decade performing it on tour — Prégardien as Evangelist, Montague Rendall as Christus, and a full operatic-scale solo line-up around the Pygmalion choir and orchestra.
Details ›Véronique Gens · Ensemble Les Surprises · Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
Jean-Baptiste Lully · Marc-Antoine Charpentier · André Campra
A recital programme around the queens of the French baroque stage — Armide, Médée, Phèdre, Iphigénie — drawn from Lully, Charpentier, Campra and Rameau. Bestion's third Alpha disc with Les Surprises after the 2024 Charpentier and the Versailles Te Deum.
Details ›Isabelle Faust · Alexander Melnikov
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Fourth instalment of the Faust–Melnikov complete cycle on period instruments. Faust's Stradivari paired with Melnikov's Anton Walter fortepiano — the same combination that opened the series with Vol. 1 in 2019.
Details ›Julie Roset · Susan Manoff
Roset's first dedicated French art-song recital — the baroque soprano best known for Vivaldi and Handel opera turns to Hahn, Fauré, and the Belle Époque mélodie tradition with pianist Susan Manoff.
Details ›Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian · Café Zimmermann
Antonio Vivaldi
A countertenor recital drawn from Vivaldi's operas — arias originally written for the female contralto and male alto castrato roles that populate the Venetian stage works. Café Zimmermann provides the orchestral fabric.
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