The Freischütz Project

Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Max), Johanni Van Oostrum (Agathe), Chiara Skerath (Ännchen), Vladimir Baykov (Kaspar), Christian Immler (Eremit), Thorsten Grümbel (Kuno), Daniel Schmutzhard (Ottokar), Anas Séguin (Kilian), Insula orchestra, Accentus Choir, Laurence Equilbey

Played on original instruments by the Insula Orchestra, two centuries of varnish seem to have been dissolved away from Weber’s Romantic masterpiece, with the instrumentation coming up as bright... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 26th Feb 2021
Catalogue No: 9029510954
Label: Erato

Weber: Der Freischütz (excerpts)

Stanislas de Barbeyrac (tenor), Johanni Van Oostrum, Chiara Skerath, Vladimir Baykov, Christian Immler (baritone), Thorsten Grümbel, Daniel Schmutzhard, Anas Séguin, Insula Orchestra, Accentus Choir
Laurence Equilbey

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“Beyond being a masterpiece, Der Freischütz marks a starting point as one of the first – if not the first – great German Romantic operas,” says Laurence Equilbey. She conducts highlights from Weber’s exhilarating, ground-breaking work in both audio and video format, recorded live in Paris. The vivid period instruments of the Insula Orchestra are joined by the Accentus Choir and a cast led with poetry and radiance by tenor Stanislas de Barbeyrac and soprano Johanni van Oostrum. The stylish, suitably magical staging is by Clément Debailleul and Raphaël Navarro of Compagnie 14:20.

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May 2021

Played on original instruments by the Insula Orchestra, two centuries of varnish seem to have been dissolved away from Weber’s Romantic masterpiece, with the instrumentation coming up as bright as fresh paint…there is some fine singing here from a younger cast.

April 2021

Equilbey rightly flags up the potential advantages of period instruments, especially the raw, rustic natural horns.

May 2021

The finest vocal performance comes from Johanni van Oostrum as Agathe, her ample voice an even, high-quality instrument, her singing fluent if not ideally steady. ‘Und ob die Wolke’ is nevertheless beautifully managed.

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