Laurent Naouri
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Donizetti: L’Ange de Nisida
RecommendedRecorded live at Royal Opera House, London, on 18 and 21 July 2018
Joyce El-Khoury (Countess Sylvia de Linarès), David Junghoon Kim (Leone de Casaldi), Laurent Naouri (Don Gaspar), Vito Priante (Don Fernand d’Aragon), Evgeny Stavinsky (The Monk / Father Superior)
Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Sir Mark Elder
It’s Joyce El-Khoury as Sylvia, the King’s mistress, and David Jonghoon Kim’s Leone, the young man in love with her, who steal the singing honours. Their last act duet when all that awaits them... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd March 2019
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Record Review, 4th May 2019, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2019, Opera Choice
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Opera, August 2019, Disc of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Découverte
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
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Meyerbeer: Grand Opera
Limited edition casebound deluxe
Diana Damrau (soprano)
Orchestre et Choeur de l'Opéra National de Lyon, Emmanuel Villaume
Diana Damrau tackles with pretty consistent success all the vocal difficulties Meyerbeer threw at his heroines - and some of his mature works were written for the leading singers of the day.... — More…
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Schallplattenkritik Awards, 2017, Winner - Jahrespreis
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2017
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Opera, June 2018, Recording of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Female Singer of the Year
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Gounod: La Colombe
RecommendedErin Morley (Sylvie), Javier Camarena (Horace), Michèle Losier (Mazet), Laurent Naouri (Maître Jean)
Hallé Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder
One hero of this admirable Opera Rara release is Mark Elder, utterly committed to Gounod's score and coaxing elegant music-making from the Hallé. There's also some properly idiomatic singing,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th October 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
2 CDs
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Meyerbeer: Grand Opera
Standard Edition
Diana Damrau (soprano)
Orchestre et Choeur de l'Opéra National de Lyon, Emmanuel Villaume
Diana Damrau tackles with pretty consistent success all the vocal difficulties Meyerbeer threw at his heroines - and some of his mature works were written for the leading singers of the day.... — More…
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Schallplattenkritik Awards, 2017, Winner - Jahrespreis
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Opera, June 2017, Recording of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Female Singer of the Year
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Offenbach: La Belle Helène
Dame Felicity Lott (Hélène), Yann Beuron (Paris), Michel Sénéchal (Ménélas), Laurent Naouri (Agamemnon), François Le Roux (Calchas), Eric Huchet (Achille), Marie-Ange Todorovitch (Oreste)
Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble, Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
The wit sparkles, the one-liners are beautifully timed and delivered, and there's none of the 'big opera star does laboured comic turn' heaviness you sometimes hear in this kind of production...Beuron... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2001, Editor's Choice
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Donizetti: Le Duc d’Albe
RecommendedAngela Meade (Hélène d’Egmont), Michael Spyres (Henri de Bruges), Laurent Naouri (Le Duc d'Albe), Gianluca Buratto (Daniel Brauer), David Stout (Sandoval), Trystan Llyr Griffiths (Carlos), Robin Tritschler (Balbuena), Dawid Kimberg (Un Tavernier)
Hallé & Opera Rara Chorus, Sir Mark Elder
Imaginative casting brings together authoritative soprano Angela Meade, stylish tenor Michael Spyres and elegant French baritone Laurent Naouri.
Mark Elder conducts a cultivated performance... — More…Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th February 2016
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Opera, May 2016, Recording of the Month
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Anne Sofie von Otter sings Offenbach
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Choir and Orchestra of Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2003, Disc of the Month
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Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers
RecommendedYann Beuron (Orphée), Natalie Dessay (Euridice), Laurent Naouri (Jupiter), Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (Pluton-Aristée), Ewa Podles (L'Opinion Publique), Patricia Petibon (Cupidon), Jennifer Smith (Diane), Veronique Gens (Vénus), Steven Cole (John Styx), Virginie Pochon (Minerve), Etienne Lescroart (Mercure)
Grenoble...
Both the 'earthly' leads are superb: Natalie Dessay's secure, clear coloratura is well employed as the nagging wife...and one feels sorry for her hapless husband, Orphee, amiably characterized... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride
RecommendedMireille Delunsch, Simon Keenlyside, Yann Beuron, Laurent Naouri, Alexia Cousin
Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
Simon Keenlyside (Orestes) has a wonderful command of this high-octane recitative style… The French soprano Mireille Delunsch is an insightful Iphigenia… Marc Minkowski's performance proves... — More…
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Building a Library, October 2007, First Choice
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Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie
RecommendedMark Padmore, Anne-Marie Panzarella, Lorraine Hunt, Laurent Naouri & Eirian James
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Winner - Early Opera
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