Werner van Mechelen
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Special offer. Wagner: Siegfried
RecommendedSimon O’Neill (Siegfried), Matthias Goerne (The Wanderer), David Cangelosi (Mime), Werner Van Mechelen (Alberich), Heidi Melton (Brünnhilde), Falk Struckmann (Fafner), Deborah Humble (Erda), Valentina Farcas (Wood-Bird)
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden
[van Zweden] evokes both its youthful energy and darker undercurrents, with excellent playing from the augmented Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra…But every ‘Siegfried’ hangs on the title role,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Dusapin: Penthesilea
Georg Nigl (Achilles), Natascha Petrinsky (Penthesilea), Marisol Montalvo (Prothoe), Werner van Mechelen (Odysseus), Eve-Maud Hubeau (Oberpriesterin), Wiard Withol (Bote), Yaroslava Kozin (Botin), Marta Baretta (Amazone)
Orchestre Symphonique et Choers de la Monnaie, Franck Ollu
The performance, which was the work’s world premiere in 2015, could hardly be bettered. Mezzo-soprano Natascha Petrinsky, Viennese born, Israeli trained, scores a triumph in the title role.... —
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Contemporary Music
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Franck, C: Stradella
RecommendedIsabelle Kabatu (Leonor), Marc Laho (Stradella), Werner Van Mechelen (Spadoni), Philippe Rouillon (Le Duc), Xavier Rouillon (Pietro), Giovanni Iovino (Michael), Patrick Mignon (Beppo), Roger Joakim (Un Officier)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Paolo Arrivabeni
A convoluted romantic intrigue, Stradella was Franck's only opera, written in his early twenties. It shows him already to have been a master of the Italianate style and capable of writing memorable... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Wagner: Siegfried
RecommendedSimon O’Neill (Siegfried), Matthias Goerne (The Wanderer), David Cangelosi (Mime), Werner Van Mechelen (Alberich), Heidi Melton (Brünnhilde)
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden
[van Zweden] evokes both its youthful energy and darker undercurrents, with excellent playing from the augmented Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra…But every ‘Siegfried’ hangs on the title role,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Melodies de Verlaine: Debussy, Faure, Hahn
Werner van Mechelen (bass-baritone), Florestan Bataillie (piano)
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Special offer. Lalo: Le roi d'Ys
Giusepina Piunti (Margared), Guylaine Girard (Rozenn), Eric Martin-Bonnet (Le Roi d’Ys), Sébastien Guèze (Mylio), Werner Van Mechelen (Karnac), Léonard Graus (Saint Corentin) & Marc Tissons (Jahel)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Patrick Davin
The chorus could be bigger and better, but there's punchy conducting from Patrick Davin. It's not as good as the classic versions by André Cluytens and Pierre Dervaux, but there's no mistaking... —
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Pergolesi: Livietta e Tracollo
Nancy Argenta (soprano), Werner van Mechelen (bass), Donato di Stefano (bass), Patrizia Biccire (soprano)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
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Mortelmans: In Flanders' Fields Vol. 97 - The Children of the Sea
Liesbeth Devos (soprano), Peter Gijsbertsen (tenor)
Wurttembergische Philharmonia Reutungen, Werner van Mechelen
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Telemann: Aller Augen warten auf dich
Cantatas
Sabine Goetz (soprano), Marnix De Cat (alto), Philippe Gagne (tenor), Werner Van Mechelen (bass)
Ex Tempore, Mannheimer Hofkapelle, Florian Heyerick
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In Flanders Fields Volume 26 - Peter Benoit
Werner van Mechelen (bass-baritone), Jozef de Beenhouwer (piano)
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