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EUGENE YSAYE
Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for solo violin Op. 27 MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Philippe Graffin (violin), Pascal Devoyon (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/1997 ] Eugène Ysaÿe was the charismatic and flamboyant successor to Wieniawski in the great French tradition of violin virtuosity. Yet he was to take the genre to new and giddy heights with his Six Sonatas for solo violin of 1924. Each sonata is dedicated... |
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: Johannes-Passion, BWV 245 Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent [ PHI / 2 CD - released 14/Feb/2020 ] Gramophone Magazine March 2020 Editor's Choice / BBC Music Magazine Five Stars May 2020 Choral & Song Choice |
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Funeral Sentences Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] Camerata Obscura is harmonia mundi's first collection aimed at exploring the connection between photography and music. In collaboration with the National School of Photography in Arles, a foursome of young artists was invited to take a fresh look at... |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Requiem Op.89 Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent, Anterwerp Symphony Orchestra [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 29/Sep/2017 ] Philippe Herreweghe, principal conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, has devoted himself for over ten years to fresh and invigorating readings of the (pre-)Romantic repertoire. Together with the Collegium Vocale Gent, founded in 1970 by... |
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PORPORA / VIVALDI / HANDEL / BONONCINI / BACH / ROSSI / etc
The Voice [2 CD set] Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor) with various orchestras & conductors [ Virgin Classics / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2012 ] "THE VOICE" 2 CD Best of Philippe Jaroussky comprises 31 tracks chosen by the singer himself and six previously unreleased tracks of music by Handel and Purcell. |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI / ANTONIO SARTORIO / LUIGI ROSSI
Philippe Jaroussky - La Storia di Orfeo Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), EmÅ‘ke 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. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Pietà - Sacred Works for Alto. [Limited Edtion CD plus DVD] Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor) / Ensemble Artaserse [ Virgin Classics CD + DVD / 2 CD/DVD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] "There is much serenity in this music, perfect for a singer of unblemished tone and vocal agility, two of Jaroussky's prime virtues." (William Dart NZ Herald) |
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CAZZATTI / MONTEVERDI / FONTEI / VIADANA / ANONYMOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Philippe Jaroussky - Un Concert Pour Mazarin - talian music in 17th-century French manuscript collections Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) / Ensemble La Fenice, Jean Tubery [ Virgin Veritas / CD - released 2/Feb/2004 ] "Tubéry's virtuosity is stunning" BBC Music |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Heroes - Vivaldi Opera Arias Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor) / Ensemble Matheus / Jean-Christophe Spinosi [ Virgin Records / CD - released 10/Feb/2007 ] "With a top-notch recording and unequivocally first-rate playing from Ensemble Matheus, Jaroussky and Spinosi have come up with a really outstanding disc of Vivaldi dramatic arias." (International Record Review March 2007) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Lieder Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jerome Ducros (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] Philippe Jaroussky's new album is dedicated to Schubert, he brings all his elegance, precision, exquisite phrasing to this fabulous repertoire. Accompanist is Jérome Ducros. |
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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 |
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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 |
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YVES PRIN
Prin: Dioscures / Ephemeres / Le souffle d'Iris Pierre-Yves Artaud (flute) / Philippe Graffin (violin) / Pascal Post (clarinet) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France [ Naxos 21st Century Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] French contemporary music from Naxos |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy…et le jazz - Preludes for a quartet Jean-Philippe Collard Neven (piano), Vincent Peirani (accordion), Franck Tortiller (vibraphone), Jacky Terrasson (piano) Quatuor Debussy [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 24/Aug/2018 ] A century after his death on 25 March 1918, many harmonia mundi artists are eager to pay tribute to Claude Debussy, the magician of melody and timbre, the great 'colourist' and father of modern music. |
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BRUNO MANTOVANI / PASCAL DUSAPIN / WOLFGANG RIHM
Renaud Capuçon plays Three Modern Concertos Renaud Capucon (violin) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Myung-Whun Chung, Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris, Philippe Jordan [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 17/Nov/2016 ] "All three of these violin concertos were composed expressly for Renaud Capuçon, and all take his fiercely impassioned lyrical playing as their starting point." Guardian |
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BRUCKNER
Mass in F minor RIAS Kammerchor / Orchestre des Champs-Elysees / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] "Herreweghe paces the music with regard to the long line as well as to short term detail, and passages such as the 'Et Resurrexit' blaze with fervour, yet even more telling are the hallowed 'Benedictus' or the wonderfully-conceived 'Et Incarnatus'"... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9 (Recorded live from the Opéra Bastille and the Palais Garnier, Paris 2014-15) BLU-RAY Ricarda Merbeth, Daniela Sindram, Robert Dean Smitm, Günther Groissböck / Paris National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Philippe Jordan [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / 3 Blu-ray Box Set - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "A seasoned Beethovenian will likely conclude that a lot of care and thought went into the interpretations as well." Classical-Net |
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PURCELL
Fantazias Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot [ Mirare / CD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Tannhauser (complete opera recorded at the Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden 2008) BLU-RAY Robert Gambill, Camilla Nylund, Waltraud Meier / Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Philippe Jordan, conductor [ Arthaus Musik BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Oct/2012 ] "The solo singing is the outstanding feature of this new recording. Robert Gambill might have more of the 'mad axeman' about him than Bayreuth's Spas Wenkoff, but he has immense stamina and the presence to command the stage, especially during the big... |