Latest News: Classical, René Jacobs (conductor)
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Recording of the Week,
Weber's Der Freischütz from René Jacobs 29th April 2022The Belgian conductor's restoration of the original libretto's prologue lends a wonderful symmetry and coherence to Weber's supernatural Singspiel, whilst German actor Max Urlacher is properly spine-chilling in the expanded role of the demon Samiel.
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Recording of the Week,
Beethoven's Leonore from René Jacobs and the Freiburger Barockorchester 6th December 2019The original 1805 version of Beethoven's only opera is a high-adrenaline experience in the hands of the Belgian conductor and his period-instrument band, with Marlis Petersen in the title-role and Maximilian Schmitt as her imprisoned husband.
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Recording of the Week,
Mozart's Requiem from René Jacobs 3rd November 2017The Belgian conductor presents Mozart's late mass in a new version by Pierre-Henri Dutron, which builds on and refines material from the familiar Süssmayr completion.
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Recording of the Week,
Bach's St John Passion from René Jacobs 25th March 2016David reviews René Jacobs' first recording of Bach's St John Passion.
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Recording of the Week,
Idomeneo from René Jacobs 18th May 2009Following his landmark accounts of the three Da Ponte opera, Jacobs tackles Mozart’s early opera seria, with Richard Croft as the Cretan king, Bernarda Fink as his estranged son, and Alexandrina Pendatchanska spitting fire as Elettra.
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Recording of the Week,
Mozart - Don Giovanni from René Jacobs 1st October 2007The final instalment of the Belgian conductor’s ‘refreshing and intelligent’ Mozart-Da Ponte cycle has Chris questioning his preconceptions about the eponymous libertine, sung here by 27-year-old Johannes Weisser.