Les Talens Lyriques receive critical acclaim for their recording of Gounod's Faust

Les Talens Lyriques’s album featuring Gounod’s ‘Faust‘ - a masterpiece of French opera - has been named Editor's Choice by Gramophone magazine in its list of the best new classical albums: November 2019. In addition, the disc received a nomination in the Opera category of the 2020 ICMA Awards.

Previously, the album received high praise from both the Times and Gramophone:

This is Faust as you have never heard it before: a reconstruction of the original 1859 score following the research of Gérard Condé and Paul Prévost. It emerges spring-cleaned of 150 years of Victorian accretions and cobwebs in Rousset’s hands. The French conductor makes every bar sound fresh-minted in the unfamiliar music that Gounod cut for the “grand” Paris Opéra version that we know today.

The Times -  November 2019

Christophe Rousset underpins it all with conducting that is fleet and dramatically engaged. Les Talens Lyriques bring plenty of detail and life to their playing […]

Gramophone -  November 2019

Click here to read the full review in Gramophone!