Choral, Oratorios & Passions, Honegger (composer)
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Special offer. 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... —
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Honegger: Le Roi David
Christophe Balissat (le récitant), Athéna Poullos (la pythonisse), Lucie Chartin (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo-soprano) & Thomas Walker (tenor)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, Daniel Reuss
There are some ravishing moments, and it is given a polished performance —
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Record Review, 1st April 2017, Recording of the Week
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Special offer. Honegger: Jeanne d'Arc au bucher
Knabenchor Collegium iuvenum Stuttgart, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Radiosinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Helmuth Rilling
Rilling captures the shifting moods - passion, lyricism, vulgarity, suffering - with superb elan. If Joan's notated spoken interpretations are not always precisely in place, that's a small price... —
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Honegger: Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
Judith Chemla, Jean-Claude Drouot, Christian Gonon, Adrien Gamba-Gontard, Claire de Sévigné, Christine Goerke, Judit Kutasi, Jean-Noël Briend, Steven Humes
Rotterdam Symphony Chorus, Netherlands Children’s Choir, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Stéphane Denève
Denève’s spacious pacing is to the work’s advantage in many places…The tension of the final scene at the stake builds steadily, with superb French enunciation from both Dutch choruses and polished... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Choral
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Honegger: Le Roi David
Danielle Borst (soprano), Clara Guedj (treble), Jacques Martin (narrator), Gilles Ragon (tenor), Marie-Ange Todorovitch (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestre de la Cite, Ile de France Vittoria Regional Choir, Michel Piquemal
Michel Piquemal directs a wonderfully dramatic cast with style and passion in the smaller-scale original version of Honegger's symphonic psalm. Recommended. —
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Ernest Ansermet - Decca Recordings 1953-1967
Suzanne Danco (soprano), Marie-Lise de Montmollin & Pauline Martin (mezzo-sopranos), Michel Hamel (tenor) & Stéphane Audel (narrator)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Choeur des Jeunes de l'église National Vaudoise, Ernest Ansermet
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Historic Reissue
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Psalmgesänge zum Gotteslob
Jürgen Ochs (tenor), Michael Meuser (organ), Christine Müller (mezzo-soprano), Sänger aus Eberbach und Tauberbischofsheim
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Honegger: Jeanne d'Arc au bucher
Marthe Keller, Georges Wilson, Pierre-Marie Escourrou, Françoise Pollet & Michèle Command
Radio France Chorus & French National Orchestra, Serji Ozawa
Fine playing and singing, with Marthe Keller expressing the whole range of the title role, from fragility to exaltation. —
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Charles Munch conducts…
Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Carol Smith (soprano), Phyllis Curtin, Catherine Akos, Florence Kopleff, Adele Addison (soprano), Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Redcliffe Choral Society, New England Conversatory Chorus, Chorus Pro Musica, Charles Munch
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111 Flute Masterpieces
Paula Robison (flute), Hubert Jelinek (harp), Jadwiga Kotnowska (flute), Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra (chamberorchestra), Jennifer Stinton (flute), Janos Balint (flute), Pál Paulikovics (guitar), Musici di San Marco (chamberensemble), Scott Mitchell (piano), Guy Johnston (cello), David Wright...
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