Blu-Ray Video, Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
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Elbphilharmonie Hamburg: Grand Opening Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, 11.01.2017
Philippe Jaroussky, Sir Bryn Terfel, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Pavol Breslik, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Ensemble Praetorius, NDR Choir, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Thomas Hengelbrock
There are plenty of musical highlights – oboist Kalev Kuljus’s exquisite ‘Pan’, from Britten’s Six Metamorphoses after Ovid; a lithe, light-textured finale from Messiaen’s Turangalila Symphony;... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2017, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Saariaho: Only the Sound Remains
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Davóne Tines (baritone)
Dutch National Opera, André De Ridder (conductor) & Peter Sellars (stage director)
The work holds some rich material, but never quite gets off the ground. — More…
