Le Concert d’Astrée
-
Handel: Italian cantatas
RecommendedSabine Devieilhe (soprano), Léa Desandre (mezzo)
Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm (harpsichord, organ and conductor)
This production is a delight throughout…Haïm retains control by preparing both the scores and the sopranos’ ornaments, her vision giving this carefully wrought performance a fiery intensity,... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
-
Presto Editor's Choice, November 2018
-
Gramophone Magazine, December 2018, Recording of the Month
-
BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, Choral & Song Choice
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Vocal
2 CDs
$15.25Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
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…
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, January 2007, Choral & Song Choice
-
Record Review, December 2006, Critics Disc of the Year
-
Gramophone Magazine, February 2007, Editor's Choice
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV46a
RecommendedNatalie Dessay (Bellezza), Ann Hallenberg (Piacere), Sonia Prina (Disinganno), Pavol Breslik (Tempo)
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
Beauty's final aria (sung by Natalie Dessay) is unconventionally slow and intensely moving, accompanied by obbligato violin possibly intended for Corelli who may have led the first performance.... — More…
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, May 2007, Disc of the month
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Opera Award Winner
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
JS Bach: Magnificat and Handel: Dixit Dominus
Natalie Dessay, Karine Deshayes, Philippe Jaroussky, Laurent Naouri & Toby Spence
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
Haïm's performances are light-footed and elegantly phrased and her mainly pleasing line-up of soloists is attentive to textural content and word-painting. — More…
CD
$15.25Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
3 CDs
$24.00Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
Handel: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Sara Mingardo (alto), Laurent Naouri (bass)
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
The cantata or serenata a 3 (for three), Aci,Galatea e Polifemo, dates from Handel's visit to Naples in 1708, and it has almost nothing in common, except for its subject matter, with his exquisite... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, July 2003, Editor's Choice
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Handel: Messiah
RecommendedLucy Crowe (soprano), Tim Mead (counter-tenor), Andrew Staples (tenor), Christopher Purves (baritone)
Le Concert d’Astrée Orchestre et Chœur, Emmanuelle Haïm
Haïm herself proves broadly sensitive to tempo...and balance has been excellently managed in what is a resonant acoustic. Le Concert d’Astrée's chorus numbers 20...they also keep light on their... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 8th December 2014
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV46a
Sabine Devieilhe (Bellezza), Franco Fagioli (Piacere), Sara Mingardo (Disinganno), Michael Spyres (Tempo) with the participation of Christine Angot
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor) & Krzysztof Warlikowski (stage director)
Deveilhe..singing exquisitely throughout…Spyres staggers the ear with unfailingly firm tone over an extraordinary wide range. Leading her superbly stylish, technically adroit Concert d’Astrée,... — More…
-
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),...
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
Handel: La Resurrezione, HWV47
Camilla Tilling, Kate Royal, Toby Spence, Sonia Prina & Luca Pisaroni
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
…a performance of breath-taking clarity. …Haïm maintains the warmth and delicacy of the chamber sensibility for which this work was conceived. — More…
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
