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Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
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Sophie Koch (Mère Marie), Patricia Petibon (Blanche), Véronique Gens (Madame Lidoine), Rosalind Plowright (Madame de Croissy), Topi Lehtipuu (Le Chevalier), Philippe Rouillon (Le Marquis)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chœur du Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Jérémie Rhorer, Olivier Py
taken as a whole, this is visually by far the best recent Carmelites. It also has a dream cast...Petibon masterfully conveys the complexities of her contradictory character...Piau is a wonderfully... — More…
Awards:
Offer, Silvesterkonzert 2015
New Year‘s Eve Concert 2015
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle
Summer Night Concert 2016
Katia and Marielle Labèque (pianos)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Semyon Bychkov
Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
Dagmar Schellenberger (Blanche), Anja Silja (Madame de Croissy), Barbara Dever (Mère Marie de l‘Incarnation), Laura Aikin (Soeur Constance de Saint-Denis) & Christopher Robertson (Le Marquis de la Force)
Teatro Alla Scala, Riccardo Muti (conductor) & Robert Carsen (director)
New, Offer, Poulenc: Le Voix Humaine & Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Barbara Hannigan (Elle), Ekaterina Gubanova (Judit), John Relyea (Bluebeard)
Paris Opera Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Krzysztof Warlikowski
John Relyea’s rich bass and Ekaterina Gubanova’s refulgent mezzo have no problems with the Bartók, and depict their emotional development with precision. Likewise Barbara Hannigan as Elle, whose... — More…
Offer, Classic Archive™ Collector’s Edition – Voices
Regine Crespin (soprano), Teresa Berganza (mezzo), Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Elisabeth Grummer (soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Julia Varady (soprano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Hertha Töpper (contralto), Denise Duval (soprano), Boris Christoff (bass)
it is hard to think of two finer champions of Poulenc's music, and this set finally gives us a chance to see Lott's devastating interpretation...Johnson is responsive to every psychological eddy... — More…
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Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
Alain Vernhes (Marquis de la Force), Susan Gritton (Blanche de la Force), Bernard Richter (Chevalier de la Force), Sylvie Brunet (Madame de Croissy), Soile Isokoski (Madame Lidoine), Susanne Resmark (Mère Marie)
Bayerisches Staatsorchesterr, Kent Nagano
[the production is] set in a soulless authoritarian state but filmed in a way that underlines individual dilemmas and common humanity. It is worth watching for Sylvie Brunet’s doughty Madame... — More…