Le Concert d’Astrée
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Monteverdi: Combattimento
Rolando Villazón, Patrizia Ciofi & Topi Lehtipuu
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
The atmosphere is electric. Villazón is pouring out Monteverdi’s beautiful lines of remorseful agony with spell-binding force. It’s his first foray into early music, but he tosses off the tricky... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2007, Choral & Song Choice
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Record Review, December 2006, Critics Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2007, Editor's Choice
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Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto, K87
Michael Spyres (Mitridate), Patricia Petibon (Aspasia), Myrtò Papatanasiu (Sifare), Christophe Dumaux (Farnace), Sabine Devieilhe (Ismène), Cyrille Dubois (Marzio) & Jaël Azzaretti (Arbate)
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
This is a really good cast. Patricia Petibon’s daunting but brilliant first aria as Aspasia, ‘Al destin’, is sung with panache and nonchalant control. Michael Spyres negotiates the great vocal... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2017
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3 CDs
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
RecommendedSusan Graham (Dido), Ian Bostridge (Aeneas), Camilla Tilling (Belinda), Cécile de Boever (Second Woman), Felicity Palmer (Sorceress), David Daniels (Spirit), Paul Agnew (Sailor) & Emmanuelle Haïm (harpsichord & direction)
Le Concert d’Astrée & European Voices
Haïm's continuo group plays a vital role in the vibrancy of the performance: six of em...constantly changing colour in an organic tapestry that's continually evolving, improvised in response... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2019, Also Recommended
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Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie
Topi Lehtipuu (Hippolyte), Anne-Catherine Gillet (Aricie), Stéphane Degout (Thésée), Sarah Connolly (Phèdre), Jaël Azzaretti (L'Amour), Salomé Haller (Oenone), Marc Mauillon (Tisiphone / La Grande Prêtresse de Diane)
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm, Ivan Alexandre
As a whole, Ivan Alexandre's production is appropriately stately and Antoine Fontaine's set seems superbly authentic...The drama in the first act coalesces around Sarah Connolly's powerful Phèdre,... — More…
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Handel: Sarabande, Hallelujah and Other Masterpieces
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Natalie Dessay (soprano), Sonia Prina (contralto), Lea Desandre (mezzo-soprano), Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano), Le Concert d'Astrée (vocal ensemble), Charles Brett (counter-tenor), Felicity Palmer (soprano),...
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Opera: New Generation
Natalie Dessay, Peter Mattei, Véronique Gens, Elina Garanca, Dawn Upshaw, David Daniels, Susan Graham, Ian Bostridge, Anne-Sofie von Otter, Stephanie Blythe, Ildebranco d'Arcangelo, Patricia Ciofi, Philippe Jaroussky, Laurent Naouri, Rolando Villazón, Vivica Genaux, Katia Ricciarelli, Roberto Alagna,...
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“Villazón's singing offers a combination of intelligence and glamour not seen since the ascendancy of Domingo — More…
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Lamenti
Rolando Villazón (tenor), Natalie Dessay (soprano), Simon Wall (tenor), Topi Lehtipuu (tenor) & Christopher Purves (baritone), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Véronique Gens (soprano), Christopher Purves (baritone), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Topi Lehtipuu (tenor), Patrizia Ciofi (soprano),...
This all-star cast includes the ravishing Natalie Dessay as Monteverdi's forsaken nymph, Véronique Gens, a proud, desolate Ariadne, and Joyce DiDonato, who sings Octavia's farewell with extraordinary... — More…
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Les Fantaisies de Patricia Petibon
Patricia Petibon (soprano)
Le Concert d’Astrée, Europa Galante, Orchestre de Chambre de Grenoble, Emmanuelle Haïm, Fabio Biondi, Marc Minkowski
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