This is a stunning disc. A soprano in the mould of Natalie Dessay or Patricia Petibon, Sabine Devieilhe is blessed with a brilliant upper extension and eye-watering flexibility. While you’d expect these virtues in a lyric-coloratura, she also takes care to invest even the showiest of showpieces with intention – see her Bell Song, which manages to be both radiantly sung and interesting, a rare combination.

Mirages comes off the back of a disc dedicated to Rameau and a recording of Mozart arias, both enjoyable and highly accomplished. Yet I daresay this recording is an even greater achievement – let’s begin with the aforementioned Bell Song, which shows off her laser precision and seemingly endless breath. Devieilhe colours both the staccati and long lines with a duskiness that never feels faked for what is a slender, bright instrument, while her French is, as you’d expect, unimpeachable. Surprisingly, her trill might not be as easy or thrilling as one would like, but it’s more than solid, while François-Xavier Roth and his period instrument orchestra, Les Siècles, provide consummate support.

The most attractive offering on the disc is a coolly...