Opera, Opera Excerpts, Messager (composer)
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RecommendedOpera Arias & Songs
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano) & Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Devieilhe’s singing lights up the good, the bad and the music of Ambroise Thomas with her vivid, pure tone and apparently limitless breath. Alexandre Tharaud pops in as a sensitive piano partner;... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2017, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Recital
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Classical Solo Vocal Album
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Vocal
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Lesser-known French Romantic repertoire is brought to shimmering light thanks to Behr’s honeyed vocals and the luxuriant accompaniment. —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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Régine Crespin - Prima Donna in Paris
Régine Crespin (soprano)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Wiener Volksopernorcheste, Alain Lombard & Georges Sebastian
The supreme French soprano - and mezzo - of the post-war era in both great dramatic roles and witty opéra comique from Offenbach to Messager. Stunning, despite the waver in her voice. —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2007, Re-issue of the Month
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Messager: Les deux pigeons Suite, Ballet d'Isoline & Overture to Veronique
Orchestre des Champs-Elysees, Paul Bonneau
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Delibes: Coppelia: Suite, etc.
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Charles Mackerras
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Impressions of Orient
Andrei Gavrilov (piano), Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Gautier Capuçon (piano), Martin James Bartlett (piano), Dezső Ránki (piano), Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano), Helmut Deutsch (piano),...
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50 Best Romantic Classics
Alexander Oliver (tenor), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Dale Duesing (baritone), Dinah Bryant (soprano), Jessye Norman (soprano), Jocelyne Taillon (mezzo-soprano), José van Dam (bass-baritone), Kurt Rydl (bass), Luciana Serra (soprano), Neil Shicoff (tenor), Robert Tear (tenor), Rosalind Plowright...
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Waltz GOLD - 100 Greatest Tracks
Johann Strauss Orchestra, André Rieu (violin), Torbjoern Samuelsson (videoscripteditor), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Nelson Freire (piano), Anton Karas (zither), Katia Labèque (piano), Marielle Labèque (piano), Julius Katchen (piano), Kyung Wha Chung (violin), Phillip Moll (piano), Pascal Rogé (piano),...
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Fröst & Friends: Encores
Martin Fröst (clarinet) with Roland Pöntinen (piano), Malena Ernman (mezzo-soprano), Torleif Thedéen (cello), Christian Svarfvar (violin), Åsa Thedéen (violin), Göran Fröst (viola), Svante Henryson (cello/double bass), Hermann Stefánsson (clarinet) & Sölve Kingstedt (clarinet)
Obviously a must for clarinettists; but other performers, and listeners too, will enjoy this demonstration of what can be achieved with impeccable technique, a fertile imagination and a light... —
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Miah Persson - Sempre libera
Miah Persson (soprano), Katarina Karnéus (mezzo), Andrew Staples (tenor)
Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Daniel Harding
Popular though they are, the choice of items and their sequence in this recital are refreshingly unhackneyed, more than just a hit list of vocal display items...Persson's is, as always, a voice... —