|
VIVALDI / PURCELL / HANDEL / MONTEVERDI / etc
#LetsBaRock Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor), Aleksander Dębicz (piano), with Marcin Ułanowski & Wojciech Gumińki [ Erato / CD - released 6/Sep/2024 ] #LetsBaRock is a unique and surprising project from Jakub Józef Orliński, performing once again with pianist Aleksander Dębicz. |
|
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Stabat Mater Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) / Capella Cracoviensis, Jan Tomasz Adamus [ Erato Classics / 2 CD/DVD - released 18/Mar/2022 ] Jakub Józef Orliński in this magnificent work by Vivaldi, one of the absolute essentials of countertenor repertoire accompanied by Capella Cracoviensis. |
|
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Orfeo & Euridice Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) Elsa Dreisig (soprano) Fatma Said (soprano) / Il Giardino d'Amore. Stefan Plewniak [ Erato Classics / CD - released 26/Apr/2024 ] "...Credited as artistic director, he also sings the role of Orfeo with searing intensity, every phrase taking us on a rollercoaster ride from hope to despair and back." BBC Music Five Stars |
|
CAVALLI / BONONCINI / HANDEL / MATTEIS / SCARLATTI / HASSE / etc
Jakub Józef Orliński - Facce d'Amore Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) / Il pomo d'oro, Maxim Emelyanchev [ Erato Classics / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Gramophone Awards 2020 Shortlisted - Recital International Opera Awards 2021 - Winner (Solo recital) |
|
EDOUARD LALO
Lalo: Le roi d'Ys (Complete Opera recorded in 1957) Janine Micheau, Rita Gorr, Henri Legay, Jean Borthayre / Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion française, André Cluytens [ Erato The Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 25/Apr/2018 ] Lalo's Le Roi d'Ys draws on the same Breton myth of a submerged city as Debussy's La Cathédrale engloutie. A great success at its 1888 premiere at Paris's Opéra Comique, it even reached the Metropolitan Opera, New York, but its current rarity on the... |
|
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss (R.): Orchestral Lieder / Metamorphosen Gundula Janowitz (soprano) / Academy Of London, Richard Stamp [ Erato Classics Redline / CD - released 15/Oct/2018 ] "Janowitz's voice is inherently light...her relatively uncomplicated, 'classical' approach, brings dividends of its own in terms of clarity of expression and phrasing. And then, there is the sheer elation of that extraordinary, golden high register" |
|
SCHUMANN / BERLIOZ / DUKAS / ROUSSEL / FALLA / POULENC / etc
Icon: Jean Martinon - The Late Years Various orchestras conducted by Jean Martinon, with Lily laskine. Itzhak Perlman, Marie-Claire Alain, etc [ Erato / Warner Classics / 14 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2015 ] 2016 marked the 40th anniversary of Jean Martinon's death. This 14-CD collection focuses on Martinon's activity with the Orchestre National de l'O.R.T.F between 1968 and 1975 and on repertoire - much of it French |
|
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations Jean Rondeau (harpsichord) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] "An ode to silence" is how harpsichordist Jean Rondeau has described Bach's Goldberg Variations. "I feel they were written for silence, in the sense that they take the place of silence." |
|
J. S. BACH
Bach Imagine Jean Rondeau (harpsichord) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 26/Feb/2015 ] IMAGINE is the first Warner Classics release from the dynamic young French harpsichordist Jean Rondeau, who sees it as "an exploration of all the possibilities that lie in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and in the harpsichord". |
|
FRESCOBALDI / ROSSI / STROZZI / JOHN BULL / PICCHI / etc
Melancholy Grace Jean Rondeau (harpsichord) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 7/May/2021 ] "[A] sense of breath and space pervades the album, and coming in at over 80 minutes, it's shed the feeling that it's a recording at all: Rondeau presents something closer to meditation." Gramophone Editor's Choice July 2021 |
|
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti: Sonatas Jean Rondeau (harpsichord) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 5/Nov/2018 ] "Rondeau's readings of these sonatas give a sense of drama, particularly those marked Allegro. There is a real drive with moments of reprieve, all to great dramatic effect but in a considered manner. Highly recommended." Nicholas Butler/Marbecks |
|
THE BACH FAMILY
Dynastie: Bach Concertos Jean Rondeau (harpsichord) with Sophie Gent, Louis Creac'h (violin) Fanny Paccoud (viola) Antoine Touche (cello) Thomas de Pierrefeu (contrabass) etc [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 16/Mar/2017 ] "This spirited and eloquently ornamented playing serves the music of JS Bach and three of his sons uncommonly well" BBC Music Five Stars Concerto Choice March 2017 |
|
BEETHOVEN
Complete Piano Sonatas Jean-Bernard Pommier (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 17/Apr/2006 ] Warners Boxed Sets - collector's editions at a special price |
|
ALBENIZ / GRANADOS / FALLA / MOMPOU / TURINA
Espana: Piano Works [recorded 1989-1996] Jean-Francois Heisser (piano) [ Erato / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2019 ] In the musical world of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the interaction between Spain and France was close and fruitful. The works of such composers as Albéniz, Granados, Falla, Turina and Mompou - colourful, sensual and haunting - have long... |
|
TELEMANN / LECLAIR / LALANDE / COUPERIN / RAMEAU / etc
French Baroque Music Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra, Jean-François Paillard, with Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Pierre Pierlot (oboe), Maurice Andre (trumpet), etc [ Erato / 14 CD Box Set - released 26/Aug/2022 ] A founding member of Erato, Jean-François Paillard always placed French Baroque music at the heart of his orchestra's repertoire and maintained it in a privileged position despite the growth of musical range and number of concerts. |
|
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Cello Sonatas / Hungarian Dances Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) Alexandre Tharaud (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2018 ] Pianist Alexandre Tharaud and cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras are long-established as a duo team, but this is the first time that Queyras has joined Tharaud for an Erato recording. |
|
VIVALDI / BACH / TELEMANN / MOZART / KUHLAU / TARTINI / etc
Le Triomphes de Jean-Pierre Rampal Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) with various orchestras & performers [ Erato / 3 CD - released 12/Jun/2014 ] A brand new collection of the 20th century flute giant, featuring the best and the most popular pieces of flute repertoire |
|
MOZART / TARTINI / TELEMANN / C.P.E. & J. S. BACH / MERCADANTE / VIVALDI / etc
Jean-Pierre Rampal: Famous Flute Concertos Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) with various orchestras & soloists [ Erato / 12 CD Box Set - released 25/Aug/2023 ] Legendary flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal devoted just as much effort to establishing the masterpieces in their rightful place as to unearthing countless works from the baroque, classical and romantic eras. As far as concertos are concerned, cornerstones... |
|
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Messa Di Gloria / etc Jose Carreras (tenor) Hermann Prey (baritone) / Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra, Claudio Scimone [ Erato Apex / CD - released 7/Oct/2002 ] Apex - the reissue label at budget price |
|
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Agrippina (complete opera) Joyce DiDonato, Elsa Benoit, Biagio Pizzuti, Franco Fagioli, Andrea Mastroni, Jakub Józef Orliński / l Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Erato Classics / 3 CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "With DiDonato nonpareil in the title-role and a uniformly strong cast, this now becomes a first choice for Handel's Venetian masterpiece." Gramophone Awards 2020 WINNER - Opera |