Gramophone Magazine
February 2026
Editor's Choice

Julie Roset (soprano), Susan Manoff (piano)

Koechlin: Sept chansons pour Gladys, Op. 151: No. 1, M'a dit Amour
Rosenthal, Manuel: Pêcheur de lune
Aboulker: L’Inconstante
Boulanger, L: Clairières dans le ciel: No. 1, Elle était descendue au bas de la prairie
Debussy: Fêtes galantes, L. 80: No. 1, En sourdine
Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin
Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin (Leconte de Lisle)
Beydts: Chansons pour les oiseaux (No. 1 La colombe poignardée, No. 2 Le petit pigeon bleu, No. 3 L'oiseau bleu, No. 4 Le petit serin en cage)
Aboulker: Je t'aime !
Rosenthal, Manuel: Rêverie: Pour calmer ma détresse
Hahn, R: Neuf mélodies retrouvées: No. 5, Naïs
Aboulker: La Princesse au petit pois
Debussy: Romance, L. 43 "Silence ineffable"
Debussy: Fête galante, L. 23 "Voilà Sylvandre et Lycas et Myrtil"
Enescu: Sept chansons de Clément Marot, Op. 15: No. 2, Languir me fait
Hahn, R: Le rossignol éperdu, Versailles: No. 49, Le banc songeur
Debussy: La romance d'Ariel
Poulenc: La courte paille, FP 178: No. 3, La reine de cœur
Bonis: Trois mélodies, Op. 91: No. 3, Songe

French soprano Julie Roset is one of the rising stars of the younger generation. Winner of both the Operalia First Prize in 2023 and the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in 2022, Julie Roset was nominated for the Victoires de la Musique Classique in the Révélation Lyrique category in 2025. This is her first recital and the start of a multi-project collaboration with the Alpha Classics label. With pianist Susan Manoff, she has devised a highly personal programme of French melodies that showcase her vocal qualities as a coloratura soprano and her mischievous, sparkling personality. It includes well-known melodists such as Debussy and Poulenc, as well as works by rarer composers such as Isabelle Aboulker, Mel Bonis, and Louis Beydts.

"Roset has the coloratura technique to encompass it all (and has a grand time doing so) plus exhibiting the courage to not sound pretty when the text calls for it. Her French diction is superb and meaningful even when exploring Aboulker's edges of sanity." - Gramophone Magazine, February 2026