JEAN-BAPISTE LULLY
Lully: Armide (complete opera recorded in 2008) Theatre des Champs-Elysees / Stephanie d'Oustrac, Paul Agnew / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ FRA Musica / 2 DVD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "Christie and his ensemble...surpass themselves in revivifying this 325-year-old score with imaginative articulation and expressive flair. Gideon Davey's designs are as impressive as Jean-Claude Gallotta's choreography. The cast, too, is remarkable"... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict (complete opera recorded in 2016) Glyndebourne Opera / Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Paul Appleby, Philippe Sly, Sophie Karthäuser, Lionel Lhote / Antonello Manacorda (cond) [ Opus Arte / BBC DVD / DVD - released 15/Aug/2017 ] "This is Pellyland, a deeply satisfying comic world with its own style conjured up for Glyndebourne by one of the most assured opera directors at work today" Five Stars BBC Music Opera Choice Sept 2017 |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Paul Appleby, Philippe Sly, Sophie Karthäuser, Lionel Lhote / Antonello Manacorda (cond) [ Opus Arte / BBC Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Aug/2017 ] "This is Pellyland, a deeply satisfying comic world with its own style conjured up for Glyndebourne by one of the most assured opera directors at work today" Five Stars BBC Music Opera Choice Sept 2017 |
BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Une Soiree Chez Berlioz Stéphanie d'Oustrac (soprano), Thibaut Roussel (guitare de Berlioz), Tanguy de Williencourt (piano Pleyel) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 22/Nov/2019 ] We may find it hard to imagine that the composer of such epics as Les Troyens started out as a guitarist... and that his first compositional experience was to transcribe songs, inherited from the Ancien Regime, for voice and guitar. The particular... |
ALFRED CELLIER
Cellier: Dorothy [Operetta] Majella Cullagh, Lucy Vallis, Stephanie Maitland, Matt Mears, John Ieuan Jones / Victorian Opera, Richard Bonynge [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] Alfred Cellier was a contemporary of Arthur Sullivan as a Chapel Royal chorister, and would later conduct several Gilbert and Sullivan productions. With its rural tale of disguise and romantic scheming, its jaunty tunes, lively characters and... |
WILLIAM BOLCOM
The Complete Cabaret Songs of William Bolcom Stephanie Acraman & Liam Wooding [ Rattle Records / CD - released 18/Aug/2023 ] The musical collaboration between composer William Bolcom and lyricist Arnold Weinstein began in the 1960s, but the witty, highly-successful four-volume cycle of cabaret songs they wrote between 1977 and 1996 is regarded as the pinnacle of their... |
Stephanie Finch
Cry Tomorrow [ Belle Sound / CD - released 2/Aug/2010 ] |
MORTON GOULD
Derivations / and more Stephanie Zelnick (clarinet) / University of Kansas Wind Ensemble / Scott Weiss [ Naxos Wind Band Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "Bubbling creative energy and humour prove central to Gould's success." (MusicWeb July 2011) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Theodora (complete opera recorded in 2015) Theatre des Chams-Elysees / Katherine Watson, Philippe Jaroussky, Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Callum Thorpe / William Christie (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Feb/2017 ] Handel's Theodora, a tale of Christian martyrdom in 4th century Antioch, is a dramatic oratorio rather than an opera, but it achieved a new currency in 1996, when William Christie conducted a staging at Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Christie, who... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Arianna a Naxos, Lieder & Canzonettas Stephanie d'Oustrac (mezzo-soprano) & Aline Zylberajch (fortepiano) [ Ambronay Editions / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] "This disc was originally the idea of the Ambronay team: our strong respective temperaments, our affinities for Baroque music were among the many arguments they put forward with infectious enthusiasm to encourage Aline Zylberajch and myself to embark... |
DUPARC / JACQUES de le PRESLE / DEBUSSY / HAHN / BOULANGER
L'invitation au voyage Stéphanie d'Oustrac (mezzo) Pascal Jourdan (piano) [ Ambronay Editions / CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] "The conviction, artistry and intelligent musical sequencing of mezzo-soprano Stephanie d'Oustrac and pianist Pascal Jourdan are much in evidence in this thoroughly first-class package." (Gramophone Editor's Choice January 2015) |
RAMEAU
Les Boréades / Castor et Pollux / Les Indes Galantes / Les Paladins / Zoroastre (complete operas) Patricia Petibon, Barbara Bonney, Sandrine Piau, Laurent Naouri, Stephanie d'Oustrac / Les Arts Florissants / William Christie [ Opus Arte DVD / 11 DVD Box Set - released 23/Jun/2011 ] "the Paris production by Robert Carsen of Rameau's astonishing last opera, Les Boréades, is brilliantly sumptuous if cold, while Pierre Audi's typically sharp and forceful Castor et Pollux from Amsterdam is eloquent. Andrie Serban's Les Indes... |
Stéphanie d'Oustrac (mezzo), Les Lunaisiens, Chœur de femmes audomaria de Saint-Omer, Arnaud Marzorati, Adélaïde Stroesser
Merd'v'là l'hiver: Complaintes des gens de rue [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 11/Nov/2022 ] It was inevitable that the abundant discography of Les Lunaisiens would one day turn its attention to the Complainte des rues, a 'lament' that tells the dark and tragic story of the wretched nobodies of society who can only protest their misery and... |
Stephanie Dosen
A Lily for the Spectre [ V2 Music / CD - released 7/Aug/2007 ] American singer / songwriter Stephanie Dosen releases her debut album, which hovers between crystal clarity and haunting, dreamlike soundscapes. The songs are well-crafted, demonstrating her excellent musicianship and compositional skills. |
MARK ADAMO
Little Women (complete opera recorded in 2000) Stephanie Novacek / Joyce DiDonato / Chad Shelton / Stacey Tappan / Houston Grand Opera Orchestra / Patrick Summers [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 22/Dec/2010 ] "It's expertly staged and acted, and interesting to see the young Joyce DiDonato in repertoire far removed from her familiar one." (BBC Music) |
ROBERT LOPEZ / JEFF MARX
Lopez: Avenue Q John Tartaglia & Stephanie D'Abruzzo / Original 1993 Broadway Cast [ RCA Victor / CD - released 28/Apr/2023 ] Avenue Q is a musical comedy featuring puppets and human actors with music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx and book by Jeff Whitty. It won Best Musical, Book, and Score at the 2004 Tony Awards. The show's format is a parody of PBS's Sesame... |
JEAN-BAPISTE LULLY
Lully: Atys (complete opera recorded in 2011) Blu-ray Emmanuelle de Negri, Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Bernard Richter / Compagnie Fêtes Galantes, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 24/Sep/2021 ] "..the stage picture is consistently opulent, with even Atys and Sangaride dressed ornately, at least until the shattering final act." New York Times |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand' Christine Brewer, Camilla Nylund, Maria Espada, Stephanie Blythe, Tommi Hakala & Stefan Kocán / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons [ Rco Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] "Jansons keeps the music moving and gives himself something to pull back from in the biggest tuttis...And he has a shining Christine Brewer as his first soprano popping those top Bs and Cs above the stave...up there among the select front-runners." |
BRAHMS
Michael Volle Sings Brahms Michael Volle, Karl-Pater Kammerlander, Adrian Baianu, Stephanie Iranyi, Helmut Deutsch, Hartmut Volle [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 11/Jan/2019 ] A new compilation of Lieder recordings by the distinguished German bass-baritone, now famed for his authoritative Wagner performances. 'I'm very happy,' remarks Michael Volle in a booklet interview accompanying this reissue, which gathers together... |