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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été / Harold en Italie Michael Spyres (baritenor), Timothy Ridout (viola) / Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, John Nelson [ Erato Classics / CD - released 25/Nov/2022 ] Continuing Warner Classics' multiple-award-winning Berlioz cycle (Les Troyens, La Damnation de Faust) with conductor John Nelson and the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. |
LULLY / HANDEL / VIVALDI / VINCI / PORPORA / SARRO / HASSE / etc
Michael Spyres - Contra-Tenor Michael Spyres (tenor) / Il Pomo d'Oro, Francesco Corti [ Warner / Erato / CD - released 21/Apr/2023 ] "Michael Spyres's now famous range coupled with his superb sense of drama and glorious technique singles him out - once again - as one of the finest opera singers before us today. " Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Voice & Ensemble |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust Michael Spyres, Joyce DiDonato, Nicolas Courjal, Alexandre Duhamel / Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, John Nelson [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 22/Nov/2019 ] "The most dramatic piece that Berlioz ever wrote," is how conductor John Nelson describes La Damnation de Faust. The composer designated this thrilling hybrid of oratorio and opera a 'légende dramatique'. Following in the triumphant footsteps of Les... |
MEHUL / ROSSINI / BEETHOVEN / WEBER / MEYERBEER / WAGNER / etc
Michael Spyres - In the Shadows Michael Spyres (tenor) / Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset [ Warner / Erato / CD - released 8/Mar/2024 ] "this is another fine, fascinating album from an unusually interesting and intelligent artist, handsomely recorded." Gramophone Award Finalist 2024 - Voice & Ensemble |
NANCARROW / GERSHWIN / BEACH / JOPLIN / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Four Piano Blues - American Piano Music Michel Legrand (piano) [ Erato / CD - released 24/Feb/1994 ] Legrand composed more than two hundred film and television scores. He won three Oscars and five Grammys. He studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris from age 11, working with, among others, Nadia Boulanger and graduated with top honors as both a... |
SCARLATTI / RACHMANINOV / BEETHOVEN / TCHAIKOVSKY / SCRIABIN / etc
Mikhail Pletnev - The Erato Recordings 1988 - 2001 Mikhail Pletnev (piano/conductor), with Michael Collins (clarinet) [ Erato / Warner Classics / 16 CD Box Set - released 22/Aug/2025 ] Mikhail Pletnev, a virtuoso pianist of the Russian school, rose to global fame after winning the 1978 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition. Known for his formidable technique and deep musical insight, this collection of his Erato recordings... |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: La Sonnambula (complete opera recorded in 2007) Natalie Dessay, Francesco Meli, Carlo Colombara, Sara Mingardo / Lyon Opera, Evelino Pidò [ Erato / Warner Classics Home of Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2017 ] "The sound is splendid, deriving from live concert performances as well as some mopping up - I suppose - without an audience. Presentation is first-class and all in all this must now be regarded as the recommended version." (MusicWeb March 2008) |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart Concert Arias Natalie Dessay (soprano) / Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon, Theodor Gulschbauer [ Erato Classics Premium / CD - released 20/Mar/2010 ] Recorded when she was barely 30 this is one of Natalie Dessay's greatest ever recordings, comprising 8 of Mozart's concert arias for high soprano (up to G above high C!). |
HANDEL / VIVALDI / BONONCINI / CALDARA etc
Nathalie Stutzmann - Contralto Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto & conductor) / Orfeo 55 [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2021 ] "Stutzmann's conducting of her Orfeo 55 is of a piece with her singing: full-blooded but invariably stylish and well executed." Opera |
SCARLATTI / CAVALLI / PAISIELLO / CALDARA / MARCELLO / HANDEL
Quella Fiamma - Arie Antiche Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto/musical direction), Shai Kribus (oboe), Patrick Langot (cello), Marie-Domitille Murez (harp) & Miguel Rincòn (theorbo) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 15/Nov/2017 ] "One has to admire Parisotti's taste, as well as (not for the first time) Stutzmann's rich, win-dark voice, noble emotional articulation and, when required, flashing virtuosity. Some of these arias are simply ravishing in her hands" Gramophone |
HANDEL / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / BRUCKNER / etc
Nikolaus Harnoncourt: A Portrait Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) / various orchestras [ Erato / Warner Classics Inspiration / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] He began as a revolutionary in the cause of "original sound" before turning to the great Classical and Romantic symphonies - and making his own personal mark on them: Nikolaus Harnoncourt - one of the most significant conductors of modern times. |
ETIENNE-NICOLAS MEHUL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mehul: Stratonice (complete opera recorded in 1996) Patricia Petibon, Yann Beuron, Étienne Lescroart, Karl Daymond / Capella Coloniensis & Corona Coloniensis, William Christie [ Erato / Warner Classics The Opera Collection / CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] "William Christie brings out all the nuances in Méhul's score; and the dialogue is admirably spoken and paced by all - obviously well produced and intelligently performed." Gramophone |
LANDI
Il Sant'Alessio (Complete Opera) Maryseult Wieczorek / Patricia Petibon / Mhairi Lawson / Christopher Josey / Les Arts Florissants / William Christie [ Erato / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] William Christie and Les Arts Florissants have created a new production of Landi Il Sant'Alessio which was given its premiere at the Théâtre de Caen, Normandie on 16 October, 2007 |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI / ANTONIO SARTORIO / LUIGI ROSSI
Philippe Jaroussky - La Storia di Orfeo Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Emőke Baráth (soprano) / I Barocchisti, Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera, Diego Fasolis [ Erato / CD - released 25/Mar/2017 ] With Philippe Jaroussky's new album, Storia di Orfeo, the French countertenor realises a long-held dream: to portray the mythic Orpheus in his many guises, an inspiration for the very first opera and beyond. |
De BAILLY / BATAILLE / BOESSET / GUEDRON / LAMBERT / MOULINE / etc
Passacalle de la Follie Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) / L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (theorbo, director) [ Erato / CD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] This recording shines a spotlight on chamber music composed for the French court at the turn of the 17th century: a subtle and refined art form, performed in the salons of the era and accompanying a topic that dominated courtly society at the time |
NICOLA PORPORA
Porpora: Farinelli Arias Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) / Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon, with Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 26/Aug/2014 ] "Jaroussky's rapid passagework in quick heroic arias is precise...but the outstanding moments are slow arias that could have been tailor-made for Jaroussky's sweetly graceful melodic singing." Gramophone Awards 2014 Shortlisted - Recital |
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CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (complete 1774 Naples version] Philippe Jaroussky, Iestyn Davies, Andreas Scholl, Gérard Lesne, James Bowman, David DQ Lee, Dominique Visse, Derek Lee Ragin [ Erato / CD - released 5/May/2018 ] "This brilliant recording of Gluck's famous opera has a vibrancy from start to finish. It flows along really nicely, a lively pace that is never hurried. All parts make a great whole with three superb soloists " Nicholas Butler/Marbecks |
KERN / RODGERS / ARLEN / PORTER / AZNAVOUR / SHEARING / etc
Songbook Pierre Génisson (clarinet) Bruno Fontai (piano), with Thibaut Garcia (guitar) [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] The latest album from French clarinetist Pierre Génisson includes a laid-back mix of material taken from the American Songbook and from French popular repertoire. He is accompanied by pianist Bruno Fontaine, along with several other special guests,... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / MAURICE RAVEL / BENJAMIN ATTAHIR
Debussy/Ravel/Attahir: String Quartets (CD+DVD) Quatuor Arod [ Erato / Warner Classics CD+DVD / CD - released 27/Oct/2023 ] "I find it hard to decide which I enjoyed more: the performances of the three works or the DVD providing background information about the players and their attitude to their task." BBC Music |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: String Quartets Nos 4, 12 "Quartettsatz" & 14 "Death & the Maiden" Quatuor Arod [ Erato / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] "The Arod always compel with their questing imagination, both in the two masterpieces and in the C major Quartet, tossed off by the teenage Schubert in five days flat." Gramophone |
