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MONTEVERDI
Vespro della beata vergine Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2015 ] "There is a warmth and generosity here that are undeniably attractive […] everything is done at the level of skill and musicality that we have come to expect from Christie and Les Arts Florissants." (Gramophone) |
MICHEL RICHARD de LALANDE
Lalande: Grands Motets Les Pages & les Chantres de Versailles, Olivier Schneebeli / The Choir of New College, Oxford, Edward Higginbottom / The King's Consort [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2018 ] Michel-Richard de Lalande was the leading composer of sacred music at the French court during the 17th Century. His Grands Motets - he composed 77 - dominated the repertory of the Royal Chapel during his lifetime and after, until the 1770s in the... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Libera Libera [ Erato Records / CD - released 15/Feb/2000 ] American imported disc. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Lily Laskine: The Complete Erato & HMV Recordings Lily Laskine (harp) with Jean-Pierre Rampal, Maurice Andre, Yehudi Menuhin, Marie-Claire Alain & others [ Erato / Warner Classics Icon / 14 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2014 ] The harpist Lily Laskine (1893-1988) was a popular and influential figure whose name was particularly closely identified with the Erato label, although she also recorded for EMI. |
GABRIEL FAURE
New.Pavane - Best of Fauré (LP) Linda Chesis (flute), Patricia Nagle (flute), Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson (conductor) [ Erato / LP - released 25/Sep/2024 ] Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) was a seminal composer, organist, and teacher, pivotal in bridging the Romantic and modern eras in music. Born in Pamiers, France, he studied under Camille Saint-Saëns at the École Niedermeyer. Fauré's compositions are noted... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Theodora (complete oratorio) Lisette Oropesa, Joyce DiDonato, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Michael Spyres, John Chest / Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Erato / 3 CD Box Set - released 18/Nov/2022 ] BBC Music Magazine Award Nomination 2023 - Choral |
BEETHOVEN / MOZART / BRAHMS / HANDEL / HAYDN / MENDELSSOHN / ROSSINI / etc
Roger Norrington - The Complete Erato Recordings London Classical Players, The Schutz Choir of London, Sir Roger Norrington, with Melvyn Tan (piano) & Daniel Hope (violin) [ Erato Veritas / 45 CD Box Set - released 11/Nov/2022 ] Innovator, erudite, entertaining and acclaimed conductor Sir Roger Norrington founded the Schütz Choir, became founding music director of Kent Opera and established the London Classical Players, the period-instrument orchestra. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (Complete oratorio) Lucy Crowe, Andrew Staples, Tim Mead, Christopher Purves / Le Concert d'Astrae, Emmanuelle Haim [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2014 ] "..the fusion of dramatic mood, orchestral texture and an inspired soloist often pays off handsomely." Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245 Lothar Odinius, Christian Immler, Ditte Andersen, David Hansen, Valerio Contaldo / Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 22/Apr/2017 ] "Minkowski goes for minimalism, if not hardline one-voice-to-a-part "authenticity", sharing out the solos and choruses between eight singers. His Evangelist, Lothar Odinius, is outstanding, delivering the text with clarity and an emotional angst that |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (Complete oratorio) Lucy Crowe (soprano), Alex Potter (counter-tenor), Michael Spyres (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), The English Concert & Choir, John Nelson [ Erato CDs + DVD / 3 CD/DVD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] The American conductor John Nelson, especially famed for his interpretations of Berlioz, conducted Handel's most celebrated oratorio at Coventry Cathedral in the heart of England in November 2022. |
LEO DELIBES
Delibes: Lakme (Complete Opera recorded in 1971) Mady Mesple, Charles Burles, Roger Soyer / Opera-Comique , Alain Lombard [ Erato The Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 25/Apr/2018 ] "Mady Mesplé's very French, light girlish tone admirably suggests the virginal character and innocence of the heroine: her intonation is impeccable, her coloratura seemingly effortless" Gramophone |
DELIBES / MASSENET / DONIZETTI / OFFENBACH / SATIE / VIVALDI / etc
Mady Mesplé: A Portrait Mady Mesplé (soprano) with Nicolai Gedda, Michel Dens, Jose van Dam, & Charles Burles [ Erato / Warner Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/Jul/2018 ] Homage to the remarkable French soprano Mady Mesplé, these four CDs comprise opera, operetta, song and contemporary music in many of her most celebrated roles, such as Lucia di Lammermoor & Lakmé (the Flower Duet was her most famous success) |
CHABRIER / DEBUSSY / HAHN / SAINT-SAENS / SEVERAC
The French piano of Chabrier & Debussy Magda Tagliaferro (piano) [ Warner Classics The Erato Story / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] |
BIBER / MERULA / PLAYFORD / HANDEL / MONTEVERDI / BONOCINO / GASPARINI
Terra Mater Malena Ernman (mezzo-soprano) / L'arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (directior) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 14/Feb/2025 ] "This wonderful program is exposed to the four winds, in which you will hear the chirping of the nightingales, sweet birds, cuckoos, frogs and chicken, the whispers of the winds, heavy storms and the rumbling of the seas." |
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: The Keyboard Works Marcelle Meyer (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 22/Oct/2021 ] Re-issued to mark the 250th anniversary of the death of Jean-Philippe Rameau, this collection of his keyboard music - performed by the French pianist Marcelle Meyer and first released in 1954 - has achieved legendary status among connoisseurs. |
ALBENIZ / FALLA / TARREGA / RODRIGO / MANJON / PIAZZOLLA
Leyendas (Legends) Thibaut Garcia (guitar) with Edgar Moreau (cello) [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] A Frenchman with Spanish blood, 22-year-old guitarist Thibaut Garcia makes his Erato debut with Leyendas (Legends), an atmospheric recital of music by Spanish and Argentinian composers: Albéniz, Falla, Rodrigo, Tárrega (his famous, shimmering... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: 3 Piano Concertos BWV1052,1055,1056 Maria-Joao Pires (piano) / Lisbon Gulbenkian Orchestra, Michel Corboz [ Erato / The Erato Story / CD - released 10/Apr/2017 ] Following the rebirth of the Erato label in 2013, this series of reissues offers a retrospective of the label's landmark recordings made between 1953 and 2003. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos 13,14 & 23 Maria-Joao Pires (piano) / Gulbenkian Orchestra Lisbon, Theodor Guschlbauer [ Erato Inspiration / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] "Miss Pires has marvellous fingers. She characterizes the brilliance and play of sentiment in the outer movements of K415 to near perfection and makes the most of the many surprises." (Gramophone) |
J. S. BACH
Bach, (J.S.): Complete Organ Works Marie-Claire Alain (at the organs of the Martinikerk, Groningen; Grote Sint Laurenskerk, Alkmaar; Freiberger Dom; St Georgenkirche, Rötha; Église Sain [ Erato / 15 CD Box Set - released 24/Aug/2018 ] New Remastering in 24-BIT / 96KHZ from original tapes by Art & Son Studio, Annecy (2018) |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Sì, Sì, Sì, Sì!: Rossini Opera Arias & Duets Marie Nicole-Lemieux (contralto) / Orchestre national de Montpellier Occitanie, Enrique Mazzola, with Patrizia Ciofi (soprano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2017 ] "The Quebecois singer recalls the great Marilyn Horne in this repertoire, though her voice is more feminine in timbre, her persona perhaps more coquettish for Rosina's and Isabella's arias...The rarities are treats." Sunday Times |
