Browse: Opera, Lully (composer)
This page lists all classical by Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–87), in genre: Opera.
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His technical strengths emerge clearly in the way in which he negotiates the switchback turns of Vivaldi’s ‘Cada pur sul capo’ (from Artabano), the cascading melodies of Porpora’s ‘Nocchier,... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Under harpsichordist-director Christophe Rousset, brisk instrumental movements are electrifying, laments wrenching and comic numbers hilarious. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, Opera Choice
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Complete Opera)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, Shortlisted - Opera
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Lully, Charpentier & Desmarets: Passion RecommendedVéronique Gens (soprano)
Ensemble Les Surprises, Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
Words are Gens’s secret weapon. She brings out their meanings and sonic qualities like no other singer: spiked rhythms register her vitriol, towering anger splits open her vowels on top notes... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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Lully: Alceste
RecommendedJudith Van Wanroij, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques
Outstanding among the stylish cast are Judith Van Wanroij as the eponymous heroine, her delivery pliant and lucid, her satin tones persuasively seductive…Rousset draws alert and vital playing... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2018, DVD of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2018, Opera Choice
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Record Review, 20th January 2018, Recording of the Week
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Opera, March 2018, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Opera
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Opera Recording
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Véronique Gens: Tragediennes 1 (French Operatic Tragedies)
Véronique Gens (soprano)
Ensemble les Talens Lyrique, Christophe Rousset
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BBC Music Magazine, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2006, Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2006, Editor's Choice
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Lully: Atys Reinoud Van Mechelen (Atys), Marie Lys (Sangaride/Flore), Ambroisine Bré (Cybèle), Philippe Estèphe (Célénus)
Les Talens Lyriques, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Christophe Rousset
The instrumentalists of Les Talens Lyriques brilliantly tease out the drama...but the ultimate glory is Rousset ’s playing of the harpsichord, to which he gives its own affective voice – rejoicing... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, Opera Choice
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Lully: Armide
Antonio Figueroa, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Marc Mauillon, Douglas Williams, Cyril Auvity, Etienne Bazola, Marie-Adeline Henry, Judith van Wanroij, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro & Marie-Claude He
Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
It is no accident that the most-recorded sections of Armide are the anti-heroine’s monologues. In Christophe Rousset’s exquisitely produced live recording, these are delivered with appropriate... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2017, Editor's Choice
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International Opera Awards, 2018, Nominated - Complete Opera Recording
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Opera, July 2017, Recording of the Month
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Dance! Daniel Hope (violin), Zürcher Kammerorchester (chamber orchestra), Benjamin Günst (violin), Jenö Lisztes (cimbalom), Omar Massa (bandoneon), Stephane Logerot (bass), Joscho Stephan (guitar), Jacques Ammon (piano), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp)
There are...treasures, all led by this charismatic musician with great verve and style in a hugely enjoyable and imaginative programme delivered with all of Hope’s customary panache. — More…
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Lully: Acis et Galatée
Cyril Auvity (Acis/Apollon), Ambroisine Bré (Galatée/Diane), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Polyphème), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
Rousset’s mesmerising conducting binds chorus to band in Lully’s most striking passages...The principals are equally arresting...The palm, however, goes to the band and chorus of the Les Talens... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Record Review, 5th November 2022, Record of the Week
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Mr Charles the Hungarian. Handel's Rival in Dublin
RecommendedIrish Baroque Orchestra, Peter Whelan
Here is an unusual and delightful programme from bassoonist and director Peter Whelan...Irish Baroque Orchestra with its several concertante players imbue the music with lucidity and a spirited... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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