Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off
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Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off, Charpentier, M-A (composer)
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Charpentier: Orphée aux enfers RecommendedReinoud Van Mechelen (tenor)
Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis, Lionel Meunier
Van Mechelen is a seductive Orpheus – small wonder that his limpid, pliant, expressive voice and eloquent diction enchants both his nymph-bride Eurydice (brought to life here by the dewy-voiced... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th January 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Charpentier, M-A: La Descente d'Orphée aux enfers Robert Getchell (Orphée), Caroline Weynants (Eurydice), Caroline Dangin-Bardot (Oenone), Violaine Le Chenadec (Daphné), Caroline Arud (Aréthuse), Lucile Richardot (Proserpine), Stephen Collardelle (Ixion), Davy Cornillot (Tantale), Étienne Bazola (Apollon/Titye), Nicolas Brooymans (Pluton)
Ensemble...
In this unfailingly beautiful performance, Ensemble Correspondances reflects the relatively modest forces available to Charpentier…Robert Getchell is an appropriately sweet-voiced Orphée and... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2017, Opera Choice
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Charpentier: La couronne de fleurs & La descente d'Orphée aux enfers RecommendedAaron Sheehan (tenor), Teresa Wakim (soprano), Amanda Forsythe (soprano), Douglas Williams (bass-baritone), Jesse Blumberg (baritone), Dorothee Mields (soprano), Mireille Lebel (mezzo-soprano), Jason McStoots (tenor), Zachary Wilder (tenor)
Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Boston Early...
Sheehan, who sings the role of Orpheus, [delivers] a finely nuanced interpretation...Amanda Forsythe is a charming Euridice and Roselie, Teresa Wakim a beautifully styled Flore, and Dorothee... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2014, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Grammy Awards, 57th Awards (2014), Best Opera Recording
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Opera, August 2014, Recording of the Month
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Charpentier: David et Jonathas, H.490 Les Temps Présents, Olivier Schneebeli, Les Pages Du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Les Chantres Du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles
The recording uses children’s and men’s voices only, replicating the sounds and the circumstances of the work’s first performance at the allmale college. This approach works best in the dramatic... — More…
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Charpentier, M-A: La Descente d'Orphée aux enfers Cyril Auvity (Orphée), Céline Scheen (Eurydice), Etienne Bazola (Pluton), Floriane Hasler (Proserpine), Maïlys de Villoutreys (Daphné), Virgile Ancely (Apollon & Titye), Jeanne Crousaud (Œnone), Dagmar Saskova (Aréthuze), Kevin Skelton (Ixion), Guillaume Gutierrez (Tantale), François-Nicolas...
It is Orphée who carries the entire weight of the piece…Not surprisingly the experienced Cyril Auvity grasps the opportunity avidly…The remainder of the cast once again testify to the depth... — More…
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Charpentier, M-A: David et Jonathas Pascal Charbonneau (David), Ana Quintans (Jonathas), Neal Davies (Saul), Frédéric Caton (Achis), Krešimir Špicer (Joabel), Dominique Visse (La Pythonisse) & Pierre Bessière (L’Ombre de Samuel)
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie, Andreas Homoki
Christie directs a fine ensemble performance with near-flawless instrumental playing and magnificent solo singing. The lead soloists are entirely convincing with Pascal Charbonneau, as David,... — More…
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Charpentier: Le Malade Imaginaire Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
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Charpentier: Baroque Operas Aaron Sheehan (Actéon), Teresa Wakim (Diane), Mireille Lebel (Hyalé/Junon), Lydia Brotherton (Daphné), Amanda Forsythe (Aréthuse), Jason McStoots (Orphée), Aaron Sheehan (Ixion), Douglas Williams (Tantale), Teresa Wakim (La Petite Gnomide), Zachary Wilder (Un Sylphe), Olivier Laquerre (L'Eau)
Boston...
[Actéon is] a touching little piece, performed here with spirit and sensitivity..Aaron Sheehan is a light tenor with a rounded, unforced tone that falls very easily on the ear...A must-have... — More…
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Charpentier: Médée, David & Jonathas, Actéon, and other works Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
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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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