DVD Video, Poulenc (composer)
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Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
RecommendedSophie Koch (Mère Marie), Patricia Petibon (Blanche), Véronique Gens (Madame Lidoine), Rosalind Plowright (Madame de Croissy), Sandrine Piau (Soeur Constance), Topi Lehtipuu (Le Chevalier), Philippe Rouillon (Le Marquis)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chœur du Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Jérémie...
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:
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2015, Opera Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Video Winner
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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
A solid, uncontroversial staging of Duke Bluebeard’s Castle which works well – with two outstanding performers – bonded to a perverse one of Poulenc’s monodrama which does not. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Winner - Video Performance
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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 Staatsorchester, 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…
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The performance given by his company boasts a display of energy that appears boundless, yet it is so carefully drawn to its exact architectural dimensions. It achieves a fluid freedom of expression... — More…
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Eileen Farrell: An American Prima Donna
Eileen Farrell (soprano), John Newmark (piano)
Orchestra of Radio-Canada Opera, Jean Deslauriers
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Poulenc: Stabat Mater
Judith Howarth (soprano)
St. John’s, Clare and Gonville & Caius Choirs, BBC Philharmonic, Christopher Robinson
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The King's Singers - Live at The BBC Proms
Recorded Royal Albert Hall, London 5th August 2008
The King's Singers
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Güher & Süher Pekinel - Live in Concert
Live concerts from London, Lucerne & Zurich
Güher & Süher Pekinel (piano)
English Chamber Orchestra & Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Muhai Tang & Sir Colin Davis
Turkish identical twins who never glance at each other, yet play as though governed by a single brain. Their Mozart is serene, their Milhaud unfettered, their Brahms majestic. — More…
