Latest News: Classical, Massenet (composer)
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Interview,
ATMA Classique's complete Massenet songs project 19th December 2022
The label's artistic director Michel Ferland talks to Katherine about one of the most ambitious recording-projects ever undertaken in Canada, featuring over 300 songs and a line-up of artists including Karina Gauvin, Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Julie Boulianne.
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Recording of the Week,
Massenet's Cendrillon from Glyndebourne 19th June 2020
Danielle de Niese and Kate Lindsey bring real psychological depth to Cinderella and Prince Charming's relationship in Fiona Shaw's astute and sparkling production, with John Wilson supplying fairy-dust aplenty from the pit.
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Favourites,
Jules Massenet
Katherine indulges in French Romanticism this week, with a survey of favourite Massenet recordings.
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Recording of the Week,
Jules Massenet - Werther & Don Quichotte 12th March 2012
Rolando Villazón brings apposite wildness and fragility to Goethe’s tortured poet, with Antonio Pappano presiding over a visceral, near-Italianate performance from the Covent Garden orchestra, whilst Ferruccio Furlanetto is heart-breaking as the ‘knight of the doleful countenance’ from the Mariinsky.
