JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau; Hippolyte et Aricie (complete opera recorded in 2020) BLU-RAY Opéra Comique / Reinoud van Mechelen, Elsa Benoit, Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo, Séraphine Cotrez / Raphaël Pichon (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 19/Nov/2021 ] Recorded at the Opéra Comique, Paris, France, 12 and 14 November 2020 |
JEAN CASSANEA de MONDONVILLE
Mondonville: Titon et l'Aurore (complete opera recorded in 2021) Opéra Comique / Reinoud van Mechelen, Gwendoline Blondeel, Emmanuelle de Negri, Marc Mauillon / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Naxos FRA DVD / DVD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Recorded at the Opéra Comique, Paris, France, 18-19 January 2021 |
CHARPENTIER / FRANCK / LALO / MASSENET
Fete a la Francaise [incls 'Rhapsodie Norvegienne' & Phedre - Overture] Paris Conservatoire Orchestra & Orchestre de l'Opéra-Comique Paris, Albert Wolff [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Dec/2010 ] "beautifully warm and clear orchestral sound … a most excellent recording" Gramophone Magazine (Liszt) // "played with finesse and recorded with clarity" Gramophone Magazine (Massenet) |
GIACOMO PUCCINI / GIUSEPPE VERDI / GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (complete opera recorded in 1950) Michel Dens, Martha Angelici, Germaine Chellet, Frederic Leprin / Paris Opéra-Comique Chorus & Orchestra, André Cluytens [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 3/Mar/2003 ] "The singers are first rate, the orchestral musicians spirited and wholly committed and Cluytens' direction, with its pace and sense of theatre, is second to none." MusicWeb. |
Paris Opera-Comique/Cluytens
Offenbach: Les Contes D'hoffma [ Naxos Historical / 2 CD - released 2/Sep/2002 ] |