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Rameau: Les Fêtes de Polymnie
Véronique Gens, Emöke Baráth, Aurélia Legay, Márta Stefanik, Mathias Vidal, Thomas Dolié, Domonkos Blazsó
Purcell Choir & Orfeo Orchestra, György Vashegyi
In a fine performance...many of the works' shortcomings may be forgotten. Emöke Barath is superb as Polyhymnie as she is in her other roles. Mathias Vidal is dramatic, lyrical and commanding... — More…
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Mozart: Arias for Aloysia Weber
Cyndia Sieden (soprano)
Orchestra of the 18th Century, Franz Brüggen (director)
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Lully - Ballets & récits italiens
Recorded at Chiesa di Santa Maria Annunciata, Brunello, Varese (Italy), October 2008
Emanuela Galli, Yetzabel Arias Fernández, Stefanie True (sopranos) & Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & direction)
La Risonanza
Lully didn’t compose Italian operas but he did make settings of Italian words: this enjoyable disc includes some of them, along with instrumental pieces and a couple of French airs. — More…
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Francesco Gasparini: Alto Arias
Filippo Mineccia (counter-tenor), Orchestra Nazionale Barocca Dei Conservatori Itali, Paolo Perrone
To add to the intrinsic beauty of the voice, especially in mid register, is a fine, agile technique and above all an innate response to the drama of text...Not the least impressive aspect of... — More…
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Gretry: Andromaque
Karine Deshayes (soprano), Maria Riccarda Wesseling (mezzo-soprano), Sébastien Guèze (tenor) & Tassis Christoyannis (baritone)
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
The performers face interesting challenges...the lovely exchange between Andromache and the chorus at Hector's tomb is brought to life by the mezzos...Under Hervé Niquet's guidance, the orchestral... — More…
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Molière at the Opera
Stage music by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Luanda Siqueira (soprano), Jean-François Lombard (tenor), Jérôme Billy (tenor) & Virgile Ancely (bass)
Les Paladins, Jérôme Correas
The performers throw themselves into it with engaging gusto. Correas encourages what he calls ‘parlé-chanté’ for the comic scenes, at which tenor Jérôme Billy and bass Virgile Ancely excel as... — More…
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Verdi: Macbeth
Giovanni Meoni (Macbeth), Nadja Michael (Lady Macbeth), Fabrizio Beggi (Banco), Giuseppe Valentino Buzza (Macduff), Marco Ciaponi (Malcolm), Valentina Marghinotti (Dama), Federico Benetti (Medico, Domestico)
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
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Lully: Proserpine
Salomé Haller (Proserpine), Bénédicte Tauran (La Paix), Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Cérès), Hjördis Thébault (La Victoire), Blandine Staskiewicz (Aréthuse, Cyané), Cyril Auvity (Alphée), François-Nicolas Geslot (Mercure), Benoît Arnould (Ascalaphe), Marc Labonnette (Jupiter, Crinise), Pierre-Yves Pruvot...
Hervé Niquet directs a superb ensemble performance in excellent recorded sound. — More…
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No corner of the operatic repertory offers a greater wealth of freestanding orchestral dances than the French Baroque, and no composer wrote such a rich and enjoyable array of them as Rameau,... — More…
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