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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: La finta giardiniera, K196 (complete opera sung in Italian recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Le Concert d'Astrée / Carlo Allemano, Erin Morley, Enea Scala, Marie-Adeline Henry / Emmanuelle Haim (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2015 ] The French conductor Emmanuelle Haïm conducts here her music ensemble Le Concert d'Astrée during this performance of Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera at the Opéra de Lille (France) on March 22nd and 25th 2014. This production, directed by David Lescot |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Mozart: Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K87 (complete opera recorded in 2016) Le Concert d'Astrée / Michael Spyres, Patricia Petibon, Myrtò Papatanasiu, Christophe Dumaux / Emmanuelle Haim (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / DVD - released 25/Nov/2017 ] "This is a really good cast. Patricia Petibon's daunting but brilliant first aria as Aspasia, 'Al destin', is sung with panache and nonchalant control." BBC Music |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV46a (complete opera recorded in 2016) Le Concert d'Astree / Sabine Devieilhe, Franco Fagioli, Sara Mingardo, Michael Spyres / Emmanuelle Haim [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / DVD - released 10/Jun/2017 ] Festival d'Aix-en-Provence has firmly established itself as France's preeminent summer festival and is a key fixture on the international festival calendar. |
VIVALDI / CAVALI / PROVENZALE / COUPERIN / RAMEAU / etc
Lea Desandre - Amazone Lea Desandre (mezzo) / Jupiter, Thomas Dunford, with Cecilia Bartoli & Véronique Gens [ Erato / CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] "This is a stonkingly good album. It makes me wonder: what exactly are these enviously intelligent, inventive and generous musicians drinking?" Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Vocal & Ensemble |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Lea Desandre - Idylle Lea Desandre (mezzo) Thomas Dunford (lute) [ Erato / CD - released 13/Oct/2023 ] "...Idylle pips it for the range of expression, control, and purity of soprano Desandre's singing, which she uses on these French love songs spanning several centuries. It's not every day you hear Satie played on the lute, either." NZ Listener 2023 |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Sonatas 1 - 3 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) [ Erato Classics Redline / CD - released 15/Oct/2018 ] "The B-flat minor sonata stands out for Andsnes' headlong intensity in the opening movement, a flowingly measured Funeral march, and the imaginative phrase groupings he divines from the cryptic finale." ClassicsToday |
EDVARD GRIEG
Greig: Piano, Orchestral & Vocal Works, Chamber Music Leif Ove Andsnes, Cyprien Katsaris, Juhani Lagerspetz, Gerald Moore, Geoffrey Parsons, Yehudi Menuhin, Truls Mørk, Kirsten Flagstad, Paavo Jarvi, etc [ Erato / Warner Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 12/Jun/2020 ] "Jarvi junior follows in father's footsteps with a worthwhile disc of Peer Gynt" (Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine August 2005 for Peer Gynt) |
EDWARD GRIEG
Grieg: Piano Concerto / 12 Lyric Pieces Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Kitajenko [ Erato Classics Redline / CD - released 25/Oct/2018 ] An outstanding performance of the Grieg concerto that brought the brilliant young Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes to the world's attention. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (complete opera) Lella Cuberli, Cecilia Bartoli, Joan Rodgers, Kurt Streit, Ferruccio Futlanetto / Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim [ Erato Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD - released 2/Sep/2016 ] Mozart's 'School for Lovers' is peopled by a captivating cast of singers, including the bel canto pairing of Lella Cuberli and Cecilia Bartoli as the deceived sisters and John Tomlinson as a Don Alfonso of Wagnerian stature. Daniel Barenboim relishes... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 / Francesca da Rimini Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Evgeny Mravinsky [ Erato / CD - released 1/Jul/2015 ] Considered absolutely indispensable in the discography since its 1961 release on the yellow label, this set of Tchaikovsky's last three Symphonies offered a gripping synthesis of the conductor's art, his science of dynamics and inexhaustible poetic... |
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. |
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 |
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 ] |
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. |
