Naxos
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Special offer. Messager: Fortunio
Cyrille Dubois (Fortunio), Anne-Catherine Gillet (Jacqueline), Franck Leguerinel (Maitre Andre), Jean-Sébastien Bou (Clavaroche), Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Louis Langrée
Dubois is wonderful in the titlerole. His tenor, with its slight flutter and exquisite head notes, makes for an appealing performance as the lovelorn youngster...Langrée coaxes lovely, affectionate... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Opéra
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Special offer. Francesco Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur
María José Siri (Adriana Lecouvreur), Ksenia Dudnikova (Princess de Bouillon), Martin Muehle (Maurizio), Paolo Antognetti (Abbe de Chazeuil), Alessandro Spina (Prince de Bouillon), Nicola Alaimo (Michonnet), Orchestra E Coro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Frederic Wake-Walker
Daniel Harding
The playing is admirably sensuous: Cilea knew his Wagner and Debussy, and Harding pointedly emphasises the debts, while also giving us plenty of Italianate passion and lyricism. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Adam: Le Postillon de Lonjumeau
Michael Spyres (Chapelou/Saint-Phar), Florie Valiquette (Madeleine/Madame de Latour), Franck Leguerinel (Le Marquis de Corcy), Laurent Kubla (Biju/Alcindor), Michel Fau (Rose), Yannis Ezziadi (Louis XV), Julien Clement (Bourdon), Accentus, Orchestre de l'Opera de Rouen Normandie, Sebastien Rouland
Adam’s neat, charming writing is impeccable, and one recognises the sinuous melodic lines of the composer of Giselle…Michael Spyres possesses exactly the supple, agile voice required for the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2020, Opera Choice
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Rostropovich: L'archet Indomptable (The Indomitable Bow)
A film by Bruno Monsaingeon
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Absorbing film that captures the very human essence of a cello legend. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Video Performance
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Rostropovich: L'archet Indomptable (The Indomitable Bow)
A film by Bruno Monsaingeon
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
One of the best films about a musician that even Bruno Monsaingeon has ever given us. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Video Documentary
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Performance & Documentaries
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Special offer. Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie
Reinoud Van Mechelen (Hippolyte), Elsa Benoit (Aricie), Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo (Phèdre), Stéphane Degout (Thésée), Séraphine Cotrez (Oenone), Arnaud Richard (Neptune/Pluton), Eugénie Lefebvre (Diane), Lea Desandre (Pretresse de Diane/Chasseresse/Matelote/Bergère)
Pygmalion, Raphael Pichon
The stylish staging…is a busy mix of ancient and modern, and it’s an outstanding show musically. Elsa Benoit as Aricie sets the vocal standard with her gorgeous opening aria; Reinoud van Mechelen’s... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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Special offer. Cavalli: Ercole Amante
Nahuel di Pierro, Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano), Giuseppina Bridelli, Francesca Aspromonte, Krystian Adam, Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Even if Pichon’s ideas occasionally gild the fleur-de-lys, Pygmalion’s animated music-making serves to resuscitate this extraordinary opera admirably. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Fuoco Sacro - A Search For the Sacred Fire of Song
A Film By Jan Schmidt-Garre
Asmik Grigorian, Barbara Hannigan, Ermonela Jaho, Evgenia Rubinova, Reinbert de Leeuw, Francesco Piemontesi
the content is good, and anyone interested in the artistic process will find much to appreciate. Of the three singers, Jaho has impressed me considerably, and I intend seeking out some of her... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Performance & Documentaries
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Special offer. Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Malena Ernman (Dido), Christopher Maltman (Aeneas), Judith Van Wanroij (Belinda), Hilary Summers (Sorceress), Lina Markeby (Second Woman), Celine Ricci (First Witch), Ana Quintans (Second Witch), Marc Mauillon (Spirit), Damian Whiteley (Sailor), Prologie (Fiona Shaw), Les Arts Florissants, William...
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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