Opera, Opera Excerpts, Gretry (composer)
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Piau negotiates with true French panache both the vocal and emotional highs and lows. Her voice is as sensual as Piaf, poetic as Greco, and with a chameleon-like sensitivity to the dramatic... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2012, Editor's Choice
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Opera, October 2012, Recording of the Month
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Special offer. Véronique Gens : Tragediennes 2 (from Gluck to Berlioz)
Véronique Gens (soprano)
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
…a wonderful odyssey through late Baroque to early Romantic French opera. Gens's agile voice is the perfect vehicle to cope with these emotional extremes, from the enchanting to the chilling.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2009, Editor's Choice
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Opera, October 2009, Recording of the Month
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French Opera Arias
RecommendedRoberto Alagna (tenor)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, London Voices, Bertrand de Billy
This is an interestingly put together recital which manages to illuminate much of the tenor repertoire in 19th century French opera (and early) whilst mixing the known and the unknown. Of course,... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Recital
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Special offer. Le Jardin des Voix
Amel Brahim-Djelloul (soprano), Claire Debono (soprano), Judith van Wanroij (soprano), Xavier Sabata (counter-tenor), Andrew Tortise (tenor), André Morsch (baritone) & Konstantin Wolff (bass baritone)
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
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this is doubtless a good-value way to explore the ensemble’s work and some otherwise unavailable though interesting repertoire —
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The Celebrated Distin Family
Richard Fomison, Richard Thomas, Anneke Scott, Phil Dale, Jeff Miller
The Prince Regent’s Band
Rounded, velvet tones; impeccably secure intonation; sweetly subtle dynamics: I felt I was taking a sumptuous bath in nothing but golden syrup…everything here is nimble and bright, and well... —
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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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Operatic Fantasies for Flute and Orchestra
Marc Grauwels (flute)
Walloon Chamber Orchestra, Georges Dumortier
