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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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New. Mernier: Ustica
Sturm und Klang, Tatiana Samouil, David Lively, Gergely Madaras, Sarah Laulan, Musiques Nouvelles, Jean-Paul Dessy, Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège
Nowhere is Mernier's ability to underpin inspiration with meticulous craftsmanship more apparent than in Ustica (2019), portraying the craggy island north of Sicily, filtered through the imagination... —
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Special offer. Kaija Saariaho & Jean-Baptiste Barriere: Ekstasis
Aliisa Neige Barriere (violin), Camilla Hoitenga (flute, bass flute, piccolo), Raphaele Kennedy (voice)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Contemporary Music
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Special offer. Benoit Mernier: A Wake of Music
Olivier Latry (organ), La Monnaie Youth Choir, La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra, Alain Altinoglu, Hugh Wolff
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Fine sound, committed performances, a fascinating listen. —
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A key theme is unity – and, from Apolline Jesupret ’s rhythmic antidespot look at Pinochet ’s Chile to Fabian Fiorini’s delicate reworking of the Scorpions’ ‘Wind of Change’, so too is the absorption... —
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