FAURE / CHABRIER / POULENC / CHAUSSON / DUPARC
Fiançailles pour rire - French Songs Natalie Dessay (soprano), Philippe Cassard (piano), with Laurent Naouri (baritone) [ Erato / CD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] For their second Warner Classics album of French song - a follow-up to the Debussy CD they released in 2011 - soprano Natalie Dessay and pianist Philippe Cassard have adopted the title of Francis Poulenc's song cycle Fiançailles pour rire (A... |
BACH / HANDEL / DELIBES / MONTEVERDI / VERDI / MOZART / etc
Natalie Dessay: De l'Opéra à la chanson Natalie Dessay (soprano) / with Michel Legrand, Roberto Alagna, Rolando Villazon, Veronique Gens, Quatuor Ebene, Emmanuelle Haim, William Christie, et [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 16/Aug/2017 ] This new collection showcasing 20 years of recordings from this most versatile of artists including classical, opera and songs from musicals - includes previously unreleased track "Bebe". |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Le Miracle d'une voix - Greatest Moments on Stage Natalie Dessay (soprano) with various orchestras and conductors [ Virgin Classics / DVD - released 6/Dec/2006 ] G :- "She is that rare total package - a performer whose every move, every gesture, every vocal inflection, seems utterly natural." -New York Times |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Fiction Natalie Dessay (soprano), Stacey Kent (vocals), Fanny Ardant (vocals), Luz Casal (vocals) / Quatuor Ebene [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 6/May/2013 ] |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman (The Tales of Hoffman) (complete opera) Roberto Alagna, Jose van Dam, Natalie Dessay, Sumi Jo / l'Opera National de Lyon, Kent Nagano [ Erato / Warner Classics The Opera Collection / 3 CD - released 25/Jul/2011 ] "With Nagano taking a light, airy view and using the most scholarly text available, this new version certainly has its place." (Gramophone) |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman (The Tales of Hoffman) (complete opera) Roberto Alagna, Jose van Dam, Natalie Dessay, Sumi Jo / l'Opera National de Lyon, Kent Nagano [ Erato Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Kent Nagano uses Kaye's complete edition preserving the recitatives. He balances this by taking quite a brisk view of the tempi and the pacing of the piece." MusicWeb |
PUCCINI / VERDI / MASSENET / BIZET / BERLIOZ / DONIZETTI / etc
L'enchanteur Roberto Alagna (tenor) with Natalie Dessay, Angela Gheorghiu, Inva Mula, Jose van Dam & others [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2016 ] Roberto Alagna is the kind of 'opera singer' who can sing for all with such infectious pleasure that all we can do is sit back and enjoy. And so happy are we to listen to him that there's only one thing we feel we should say to him: thank you. |