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DVD Video, Marc Minkowski (conductor)
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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Benjamin Bernheim (Hoffmann), Kathryn Lewek (Stella/Olympia/Antonia/Giulietta), Christian van Horn (Lindorf/Coppélius/Dr Miracle/Dapertutto), Kate Lindsey (Muse/Nicklausse)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Marc Minkowski, Mariame Clément
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Gounod: Mireille
Inva Mula (Mireille), Charles Castronovo (Vincent), Opéra national de Paris, Marc Minkowski, Nicolas Joel
Mula attacks the testing title-role with spirit and agility, just lacking a lick of tenderness…The handsome, unhappy Castronovo is in wonderful voice as Vincent. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide & Iphigénie en Tauride
Recorded live at De Nederlandse Opera, September 2011
Véronique Gens (Iphigénie), Salomé Haller (Diane), Nicolas Testé (Agamemnon) & Anne Sofie von Otter (Clytemnestre), Mireille Delunsch (Iphigénie), Laurent Alvaro (Thoas), Jean-François Lapointe (Oreste), Yann Beuron (Pylade) & Salomé Haller (Diane)
Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble &...
in this performance every cross-hatched, baleful figure is crisp and clear...Veronique Gens's submissive, poised Iphigénie [en Aulide] becomes Mireille Delunsch's red-eyed, hysterical Iphigénie... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2013, DVD of the Month
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Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto
Pene Pati (Mitridate), Ana Maria Labin (Aspasia), Angela Brower (Sifare), Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian (Farnace), Sarah Aristidou (Ismene)
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Satoshi Miyagi, Marc Minkowski
Vocal virtuosity, which is crucial in such a piece, is best exemplified in the title-role by rising star tenor Pene Pati, who is up to every possible demand...Alert, lively playing from period-instrument... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2025, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer (1841 version)
Samuel Youn (Der Holländer), Ingela Brimberg (Senta), Lars Woldt (Donald), Bernard Richter (Georg), Ann-Beth Solvang (Mary), Manuel Günther (Der Steuermann)
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Marc Minkowski
Minkowski sounds totally at home in this ‘Romantische Oper’, pacing the drama unerringly without sacrificing spontaneity of phrasing. The orchestral playing...has all the warmth and impulsiveness... —
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JS Bach: Magnificat
Filmed in High Definition: Zurich Opera House, 02/2012
Galina Mikhaylova, Sarah-Jane Brodbeck, Juliette Brunner, Samantha Mednick, She Yun Kim, Melanie Borel, Vahe Martirosyan, Filipe Portugal, Arman Grigoryan, Olaf Kollmannsperger (solo dancers)
Zurich Ballet & Orchestra La Scintilla, Marc Minkowski
musically, things are very strong indeed...The sounds [Minkowski] gets from La Scintilla are bouncy, rhythmic and lithe, as befits the context of the performance... This disc is well worth a... —
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Marc Minkowski at Mozartwoche
Mozartwoche Salzburg, 2015
Francesco Corti (fortepiano), Thibault Noally (violin)
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
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Mozart: Davide Penitente
Christiane Karg (soprano), Marianne Crebassa (mezzo-soprano), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (tenor), Bartabas (choreographer)
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Salzburger Bachchor, Académie équestre de Versailles, Marc Minkowski
The musical performance is good, the equine ballet is graceful —
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Handel/ Mozart: Der Messias
Elena Tsallagova (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (mezzo-soprano), Richard Croft (tenor), José Coca Loza (bass), Alexis Fousekis, Philharmonia Chor Wien, Les Musiciens Du Louvre, Mark Minkowski, Robert Wilson
On the plus side, Wilson shows a definite response to the music.Yet there’s always a tendency for whatever work he stages to become an accompaniment to a fussy and (in terms of significance)... —
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Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626
Genia Kühmeier (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (mezzo-soprano), Julien Behr (tenor), Charles Dekeyse (bass)
Salzburger Bachchor, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Académie Équestre de Versailles, Bartabas, Marc Minkowski
