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Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV46a
Sabine Devieilhe (Bellezza), Franco Fagioli (Piacere), Sara Mingardo (Disinganno), Michael Spyres (Tempo) with the participation of Christine Angot
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor) & Krzysztof Warlikowski (stage director)
Deveilhe..singing exquisitely throughout…Spyres staggers the ear with unfailingly firm tone over an extraordinary wide range. Leading her superbly stylish, technically adroit Concert d’Astrée,... — More…
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Rameau: In Convertendo, grand motet Nicolas Rivenq, Sophie Daneman, Jeffrey Thompson & Olga Pitarch
Orchestra and Chorus of Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
The tendency to divide top honours in the high Baroque between Bach and Handel seems most unfair when Rameau is on the menu. What an astonishing musical imagination! The performance of the... — More…
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Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 Christine Schäfer (Theodora), Bejun Mehta (Didymus), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Valens), Bernarda Fink (Irene), Joseph Kaiser (Septimius), Ryland Davies (Messenger)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & Christof Loy (stage director)
The performances are generally dramatically real...Outstanding is Bejun Mehta's sweet-toned yet dynamic Didymus. Ivor Bolton secures an efficient musical performance. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2011, DVD of the Month
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Handel: Semele Emma Pearson (Semele), Amitai Pati (Jupiter/Apollo), Sarah Castle (Juno/Ino), Paul Whelan (Cadmus/Somnus), Stephen Diaz (Athamas), Chelsea Dolman (Iris), Sashe Angelovski (Priest)
New Zealand Opera Chorus, Holy Trinity Cathedral Choir, New Zealand Opera Baroque Orchestra, Peter Walls
led by Emma Pearson’s moody Semele and Amitai Pati’s burly Jupiter (doubling as Apollo), with fine support from countertenor Stephen Diaz as Athamas and Sarah Castle’s fire-cracker Juno (doubling... — More…
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Honegger: Jeanne d'Arc au bucher
Marion Cotillard (Jeanne d’Arc), Xavier Gallais (Frère Dominique), Yann Beuron (Porcus, Héraut I, Le Clerc), Maria Hinojosa (La Vierge), Aude Extrémo (Catherine), Anna Moreno-Lasalle (La mère aux tonneaux), Eric Martin-Bonnet (Une Voix, Héraut II, Paysan), Carles Romero Vidal (Héraut, L’âne, Bedford,...
Cotillard movingly captures Jeanne's wildly contrasting moods while Xavier Gallas is consoling yet determined in supporting her...Most impressive of all, though, are the searing choral contributions... — More…
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Handel: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo Sara Mingardo (Galatea), Antonio Abete (Polifemo) & Ruth Rosique (Aci)
Orchestra Cappella della Pietà de’ Turchini, Antonio Florio (conductor) & Davide Livermore (director)
Abete sings well, and conveys that the Neapolitan Cyclops is a far more sinister threat than the clumsy English bully...Ruth Rosique sings Aci with suitably boyish naivety and Sara Mingardo... — More…
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Schumann: Szenen aus Goethe's Faust
Roman Trekel (Faust/Doctor Marianus), Elsa Dreisig (Gretchen/Una Poenitentium), René Pape (Mephistopheles/Evil Spirit/ Pater Profundus), Katharina Kammerloher (Marthe/Sorge/Mater Gloriosa)
Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
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Blow: Venus & Adonis Céline Scheen & Marc Mauillon
Les Musiciens du Paradis & La Maîtrise de Caen, Bertrand Cuiller
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Handel: Hercules Joyce DiDonato (Dejanira), William Shimell (Hercules), Ingela Bohlin (Iole), Toby Spence (Hyllus), Malena Ernman (Lichas) & Simon Kirkbride (Priest of Jupiter)
Les Arts Florissants Chorus & Orchestra, William Christie (conductor) & Luc Bondy (stage director)
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Handel Box Set Sarah Connolly (Cesare), Danielle de Niese (Cleopatra), Angelika Kirchschlager (Sesto), Christophe Dumaux (Tolomeo), Patricia Bardon (Cornelia), Christopher Maltman (Achilla) & Rachid Ben Abdeslam (Nireno), Sonia Prina (Rinaldo), Varduhi Abrahamyan (Goffredo), Tim Mead (Eustazio), Anett Fritsch...
