Natalie Dessay: De l’Opéra à la chanson

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Release Date: 17th Nov 2014
Catalogue No: 5419636395
Label: Erato
Length: 2 hours 37 minutes

Delibes: Les filles de Cadix "Chanson espagnole"

Work length4:42

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Natalie Dessay (soprano)
Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester
Michael Schønwandt

Delibes: Lakmé, Act III: "Tu m'as donné le plus doux rêve" (Lakmé, Gerald, Nilakantha)

Work length2:18

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Michel Plasson - Natalie Dessay - José Van Dam - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Gregory Kunde, Natalie Dessay (soprano)
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson

Verdi: La Traviata, Act 1: "È strano! È strano!...Ah, fors' è lui... Follie follie... Sempre libera" (Violetta)

Work length8:48

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Concerto Köln, Natalie Dessay (soprano)
Evelino Pidò

Verdi: Rigoletto, Act I: "Gualtier Maldé" - "Caro nome" (Gilda, Borsa, Ceprano, Coro, Marullo)

Work length6:44

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Natalie Dessay (soprano), Franck Ferrari (baritone), Matthew Rose (bass), Roberto Alagna (tenor)
Europäischer Kammerchor, Concerto Köln
Evelino Pidò

Verdi: Mercè, dilette amiche 'Bolero' (from I Vespri Siciliani)

Work length3:40

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Natalie Dessay (soprano)
Concerto Köln
Evelino Pidò

Thomas, Ambroise: Hamlet, Act 4: "Et maintenant écoutez ma chanson" (acte IV) Ophélie (extract)

Work length10:45

Album only

Natalie Dessay (soprano)
Choeur Les Elements, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson

Bellini: La Sonnambula, Act II: "Ah! no credea mirarti" (Amina / Teresa / Rodolfo / Elvino / Alessio / Coro)

Work length8:22

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Evelino Pidò/Natalie Dessay/Carlo Colombara/Francesco Meli/Sara Mingardo/Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon/Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Lyon, Carlo Colombara (bass), Francesco Meli (tenor), Natalie Dessay (soprano), Paul Gay (baritone), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Alan Woodbridge (choir director)
Choeur De l'Opéra National De Lyon, Opéra National de Lyon
Evelino Pidò

Mozart: Zaide, K. 344 / 336b, Act 1 Scene 3: No. 3, Arie, "Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben" (Zaide)

Work length6:21

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Natalie Dessay (soprano)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Louis Langrée

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act 1: "O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn!" (Königin der Nacht)

Work length4:44

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Natalie Dessay (soprano)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act 2: "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" (Königin der Nacht)

Work length3:16

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Natalie Dessay (soprano)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie

Handel: Alcina, HWV 34, Act 1: Aria. "Tornami a vagheggiar" (Morgana)

Work length5:00

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Natalie Dessay (soprano)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie

Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 2: Recitativo. "Che sento" - Aria. "Se pietà" (Cleopatra)

Work length9:51

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Emmanuelle Haïm/Le Concert d`Astrée/Natalie Dessay, Natalie Dessay (soprano)
Le Concert d'Astrée
Emmanuelle Haïm

Rameau: Les Indes galantes : Les Sauvages - Danse du Calumet de la Paix et duo Forêts paisibles

Work length5:22

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Natalie Dessay (soprano), Stéphane Degout (bass-baritone)
Le Concert d'Astrée
Emmanuelle Haïm

Bach, J S: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51: No. 4, Choral. "Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren"

Work length5:17

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Natalie Dessay (soprano), Neil Brough (trumpet)
Le Concert d'Astrée
Emmanuelle Haïm

Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: VII. De torrente in via bibet

Work length3:30

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Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d’Astrée, Natalie Dessay (soprano), Véronique Gens (soprano)
Le Concert d'Astrée

Monteverdi: Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi: Lamento della ninfa, SV 163

Work length5:13

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Christopher Purves (baritone), Emmanuelle Haïm (harpsichord), Natalie Dessay (soprano), Simon Wall (tenor), Topi Lehtipuu (tenor)
Le Concert d'Astrée
Emmanuelle Haïm

Mozart: Mass in C Minor, K. 427: "Et incarnatus est" (Soprano I)

Work length7:33

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Yves Castagnet (organ), Natalie Dessay (soprano), Véronique Gens (soprano), Topi Lehtipuu (tenor), Luca Pisaroni (bass), David Comtet (master chorus)
Le Concert d'Astrée, Le Concert d’Astrée, Le Choeur d'Astrée
Louis Langrée, L Langree

Mozart: No, che non sei capace, K419

Work length4:33

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Natalie Dessay (soprano)
Opéra National de Lyon
Theodor Guschlbauer

Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45: V. Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit

Work length6:57

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Natalie Dessay (soprano)
Swedish Radio Chorus, hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt
Paavo Järvi

Strauss, R: Brentano Lieder, Op. 68: No. 5, Amor (Version with Orchestra)

Work length3:06

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Natalie Dessay (soprano)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Antonio Pappano

Orff: Carmina Burana, Pt. 3, Cour d'amours: In trutina

Work length2:08

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Michel Plasson - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Jose Antonio Sainz - Natalie Dessay - Malcolm Stewart - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees - Orfeon Donostiarra, Natalie Dessay (soprano)
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson

Debussy: Nuit d'étoiles, CD 2, L. 4

Work length3:02

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Natalie Dessay (soprano), Philippe Cassard (piano)

Stölzel: Bist du bei mir (Formerly Attributed to JS Bach as BWV 508, Arr. Rombi)

Work length4:02

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Natalie Dessay (soprano), Rolando Villazón (tenor)
Orchestre Symphonique Bel Arte
Philippe Rombi

Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, W391: Ária. Cantilena (Version for Voice and Guitar)

Work length4:53

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Liat Cohen (guitar), Natalie Dessay (vocals)

Jobim: Les eaux de Mars

Work length3:29

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Liat Cohen (guitar), Agnès Jaoui (vocals), Hélène Noguerra (vocals), Natalie Dessay (vocals)

Arlen: Over the Rainbow

Work length6:46

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Natalie Dessay (soprano), Quatuor Ebène (string quartet), Richard Héry (drums)

Legrand: The Windmills of your Mind

Work length3:06

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François Laizeau (drums), Michel Legrand (piano), Pierre Boussaguet (double bass), François Laizeau (guitar), Natalie Dessay (soprano)

Legrand: Le Cinéma

Work length3:06

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François Laizeau (guitar), Michel Legrand (piano), Pierre Boussaguet (double bass), Natalie Dessay (soprano)

Legrand: Chanson de Delphine (from the movie Les Demoiselles de Rochefort)

Work length3:23

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François Laizeau (drums), Michel Legrand (piano), Pierre Boussaguet (double bass), Natalie Dessay (soprano)

Porter, C: What Is This Thing Called Love

Work length4:12

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Shani Diluka (piano), Natalie Dessay (vocals)

Pascoal: Bebe

Work length3:48

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Natalie Dessay (soprano), Liat Cohen (guitar)

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This new collection showcasing 20 years of recordings from this most versatile of artists including classical, opera and songs from musicals – includes previously unreleased track “Bebe”.

Natalie Dessay defies categorisation. Over a 20-year career the multi-faceted soprano has risen to the most diverse challenges, brilliantly fleshing out the great Romantic coloratura roles, savouring the delights of the Baroque, and moving with equal aplomb from comic opera to bel canto and from French art song to French (and Brazilian) pop song. An uncommonly human Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte, she has sparkled lovingly in Lakmé and descended into harrowing madness as Ophélie and Lucia di Lammermoor; and just as she has brought Manon to vivid life, she has experienced all Violetta’s passion and pain in La traviata.

With her shining eyes, Dessay is a tiny slip of woman who radiates charisma. She has often taken a stand against operatic convention and diva clichés, impudently daring to talk about the trials of her profession, including stagefright and the frantic demands of juggling the roles of star, woman and mother. Then there is her recurring frustration at the essential mismatch between a dramatic temperament suited to the great tragic heroines and a voice predisposed to the roles of singing doll or willing victim. But though her voice has always been light, it has never been lacking in juice, and the purity of her top notes – cleaving like daggers – her quicksilver virtuosity, and her supreme musicianship have given her the power to cast an irresistible spell.

It took years for her to accept herself for what she had always been. In 1997, when she told an interviewer that “There is more to life than top notes”, people thought she was being precious; she was in fact expressing profound disquiet. Over the course of a career that imposed operations on her vocal cords in 2003 and 2005, Dessay has come to the conclusion that “the interplay of physiological skills and characterisation is as about as thrilling as something can get.” A perfectionist who is also prone to impulse, this great French singer has brought something new to her roles through her still unfulfilled passion for the straight theatre, an art form that remains a defining force for her: it was, after all, as a student actress that she first discovered her talent as a singer.

She has now succeeded in resolving the dichotomies within her, uniting her personality and her voice by choosing to move away from opera. Since 2013 she has reinvented herself with recitals of French art song (notably Debussy with the pianist Philippe Cassard), with popular song and musicals (above all in her collaboration with the pianist and composer Michel Legrand), and even with Brazilian music (in the company of three sisters-under-the-skin, the singers Helena Noguerra and Agnès Jaoui and the guitarist Liat Cohen). Her commitment to each genre has been characteristically unreserved. Of one thing we can be sure: Natalie Dessay, in all her infinite artistic variety, has many more delicious surprises in store.

Natalie Dessay: De l’Opéra à la chanson

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