CALDARA
Caldara in Vienna Philippe Jaroussky (conter-tenor) / Concerto Köln, Emmanuelle Haïm [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 29/Nov/2010 ] "Jaroussky, a male soprano rather than a a countertenor, brings this obscure repertoire to life: seamless legato, fluent runs and - unlike some of his confrères - no cause for alarm above the stave." Gramophone Editor's Choice January 2011) |
ANTONIO CALDARA
Caldara in Vienna - Un concert pour Mazarin Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) / Concerto Köln, Emmanuelle Haïm [ Erato Veritas / CD - released 29/Jan/2021 ] Philippe Jaroussky, one of the foremost countertenor opera singers today, has a passion for enlightening neglected composers. This is masterfully exemplified by his first recital, Un concert pour Mazarin, and the best-seller album Caldara Arias. |
Haim
Women In Music Pt. III (Double LP) [ Columbia / 2 LP - released 26/Jun/2020 ] Haim return with their third album "Women In Music Pt. III." The album was produced by the trio's frequent collaborators Rostam Batmanglij and Ariel Rechtshaid. Standout tracks include 'The Steps' which pushes guitar to the forefront in a way the... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: La finta giardiniera, K196 (complete opera sung in Italian recorded in 2014) Le Concert d'Astrée / Carlo Allemano, Erin Morley, Enea Scala, Marie-Adeline Henry / Emmanuelle Haim (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Jun/2015 ] The French conductor Emmanuelle Haïm conducts here her music ensemble Le Concert d'Astrée during this performance of Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera at the Opéra de Lille (France) on March 22nd and 25th 2014. This production, directed by David Lescot |
ANDRE CAMPRA
Campra: Messe de Requiem (with works by Rameau & de Mondonville) Marie Perbost, Emmanuelle Ifrah (sops), Samuel Boden (countertenor), Zachary Wilder (ten), Victor Sicard (bar) / Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haim [ Erato / 2 CD - released 25/Aug/2023 ] Emmanuelle Haïm, a Baroque expert "with an instinct for the crucial balance between energy and eloquence" (New York Times), directs the orchestra and singers of her ensemble Le Concert d'Astrée in choral works by three French composers of the 18th... |
HANDEL / CAVALLI / MONTEVERDI / STROZZI / LANDI / CARISSIMI
Handel: Arcadian Duets / Various: Lamenti Natalie Dessay, Veronique Gens, Patrizia Ciofi, Joyce DiDonato, Philippe Jaroussky / Le Concert d'Astrae, Emmanuelle Haim [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 4/Feb/2018 ] "they relish the expressive potential of the amorous texts and Handel's piercing dissonances, abetted by the varied colours and light, springing rhythms of the continuo group.Handel-singing surely doesn't come much better than that." ***** BBC Music |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Monteverdi: Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda / Arie e duetti Rolando Villazon, Topi Lehtipuu, Patrizia Ciofi / Le Concert Astree / Emmanuelle Haim [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 23/Nov/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (pre 1700) "The atmosphere is electric. Villazón is pouring out Monteverdi's beautiful lines of remorseful agony with spell-binding force." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (February 2007) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Italian cantatas Sabine Devieilhe (soprano) Léa Desandre (mezzo) / Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm (harpsichord, organ and conductor) [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Nov/2018 ] "Desandre, a superb vocal actress, delivers bold musical rhetoric…You might think you know these cantatas, but this is a performance to make you think again" BBC Music Award Finalist 2020 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
50 Best Handel Various Artists incls Arleen Auger, Max Emaanuel Cencic, Alan Curtis, Natalie Dessay, Joyce DiDonato, Emmanuelle Haim, Richard Hickox, etc [ Erato / Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 4/Apr/2011 ] This 3 CD set offers an impressive assortment of well-known and beloved works by one of the greatest Baroque composer, Georg Friedrich Handel. This collection features performances by prestigious artists of some of his best loved works including... |
Haim
Days Are Gone (10th Anniversary Edition) [ UMC / 2 CD - released 29/Sep/2023 ] 2CD reissue treatment of HAIM's chart-topping debut album Days Are Gone (2013), in celebration of the 10th anniversary. Featuring the six singles, 'Forever', 'Don't Save Me', 'Falling', 'The Wire', 'If I Could Change Your Mind' & 'My Song 5', the... |
Haim
Days Are Gone (10th Anniversary LP) [ UMC / 2 LP - released 29/Sep/2023 ] First time to vinyl reissue treatment of HAIM's chart-topping debut album Days Are Gone (2013), in celebration of the 10th anniversary. Featuring the six singles, 'Forever', 'Don't Save Me', 'Falling', 'The Wire', 'If I Could Change Your Mind' & 'My... |
Haim
Days Are Gone (Double LP) [ Columbia / 2 LP - released 27/Sep/2013 ] Finally the debut album from Haim from San Fernando Valley. The sisters Haim: Danielle, Alana and Este, have a musical pedigree - and it shows. The girls grew up making music with their parents before branching off and cultivating their own signature... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: La Resurrezione, HWV47 (Complete oratorio) Camilla Tilling, Kate Royal, Toby Spence, Sonia Prina & Luca Pisaroni / Le Concert d'Astrae / Emmanuelle Haim [ Virgin Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2010 ] "Toby Spence is elegant in St John the Evangelist's music, and Kate Royal find sumptuous beauty and emotional depth in the part of Mary Magdalene." Gramophone Magazine, February 2010 |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea (complete opera recorded in 2012) Le Concert d'Astrée / Sonya Yoncheva (Poppée), Max Emanuel Cencic (Néron), Ann Hallenberg (Octavie), Tim Mead (Othon), Paul Whelan / Emmanuelle Haim [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 14/Jun/2013 ] "[Haim leads with] a fine sensitivity towards the urgent, tensile springiness of the melodic lines; and a superb handling of the instrumental forces" (BBC Music) |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea (complete opera recorded in 2008) Glyndebourne Opera / Iestyn Davies,Alice Coote, Danielle de Niese, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke / Emmanuel Haim (cond) [ Decca DVD / 2 DVD - released 18/Sep/2015 ] "De Niese is the darkly seductive Poppea..She colours her voice gorgeously, producing a smoky, slightly 'off the note' effect to add expression...Anna Bonitatibus is in fabulous voice as Ottavia, incredibly alert to the text" International Record Rev |
Haim
Days Are Gone [ CD - released 27/Sep/2013 ] Following a series of LA based studio sessions with producers Ariel Rechtsaid (Major Lazer, Vampire Weekend, Usher) and James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Florence & The Machine, Simian Mobile Disco), HAIM have emphatically taken all the strengths of their... |
Haim
Days Are Gone (Deluxe Edition) [ 2 CD - released 27/Sep/2013 ] 'Days Are Gone' is San Fernando Valley sisters HAIM's debut album. Following a series of LA based studio sessions with producers Ariel Rechtsaid (Major Lazer, Vampire Weekend, Usher) and James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Florence & The Machine, Simian... |
Haim
Falling (10 Inch Vinyl - Single) [ Polydor uk / LP - released 11/Apr/2013 ] |
Haim
Something To Tell You [ Polydor CD / CD - released 7/Jul/2017 ] Four years on from their debut, Haim, the three sisters from LA, deliver Something To Tell You. It was recorded in their parent's lounge alongside Rostam Batmanglij (superproducer, also of Vampire Weekend) and Ariel Rechtshaid. "These songs don't... |
Haim
Something To Tell You (45RPM Double LP) [ Universal Music / 2 LP - released 1/Sep/2017 ] The LA trio's second album finds them adding a bittersweet edge to their fusion of retro pop styles. With their very first album, 2013's Days Are Gone, LA's Haim staked out an instantly identifiable sound with depth as well as surface - something... |