Gramophone Awards
2018
Finalist - Recital

Presto Recordings of the Year
Finalist 2017

Presto Editor's Choices
November 2017
Editor's Choice

Gramophone Magazine
December 2017
Editor's Choice

BBC Music Magazine
January 2018
Opera Choice

Sabine Devieilhe (soprano) & Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth

Messager: Madame Chrysanthème, "Le jour sous le soleil béni"
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande, "Mes longs cheveux descendent"
Delibes: Lakmé, "Où va la jeune hindoue"
Delage: 4 poèmes hindous
Debussy: La romance d'Ariel
Delibes: Lakmé, "Viens, Mallika"
Stravinsky: The Nightingale, "Ah, joie, emplis mon coeur"
Thomas, Ambroise: Hamlet, "À vos jeux, mes amis"
Berlioz: La Mort d’Ophélie
Massenet: Thaïs, "Celle qui vient est plus belle"
Koechlin: Shéhérazade Op. 84, Vol. 2: Le voyage
Delibes: Lakmé, "Tu m'as donné le plus doux rêve"

"Roth exploits the period instruments of Les Siècles to emphasise the sheer variety of orchestral colours on display (captured in excellent sound) and accompanies with sensitivity. Devieilhe, meanwhile, has a wonderfully instinctive and apparently effortless way with this music...All in all, this refreshing, fascinating and beguiling album is impossible to resist. Highly recommended." - Gramophone Magazine