Special offer. Bernstein: Candide
Leonardo Capalbo (Candide), Jane Archibald (Cunegonde), Anne Sofie von Otter (Old Lady), Thomas Allen (Dr Pangloss/Narrator)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Marin Alsop
Awards:
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Record Review, 9th October 2021, Record of the Week
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th October 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Opera
In the title role, Leonardo Capalbo offers charm, delicacy and a touch of melancholy. Jane Archibald makes an amiable Cunegonde, though her showpiece ‘Glitter and be gay’ doesn’t sparkle enough....
Special offer. Bernstein: Candide
Leonardo Capalbo (Candide), Jane Archibald (Cunegonde), Anne Sofie von Otter (Old Lady), Thomas Allen (Dr Pangloss/Narrator)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Marin Alsop
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Awards:
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Record Review, 9th October 2021, Record of the Week
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th October 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Opera
In the title role, Leonardo Capalbo offers charm, delicacy and a touch of melancholy. Jane Archibald makes an amiable Cunegonde, though her showpiece ‘Glitter and be gay’ doesn’t sparkle enough....
About
Marin Alsop leads the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a new recording of Bernstein’s riotous satirical operetta ‘Candide’.
Made almost three decades after the composer’s own iconic recording with the Orchestra, Alsop’s new version was captured during celebratory concerts marking Bernstein’s centenary year, and features an outstanding array of soloists, including Leonardo Capalbo (Candide), Jane Archibald (Cunégonde), Anne Sofie von Otter (The Old Lady) and Sir Thomas Allen (Dr Pangloss, Narrator).
With lyrical contributions from acerbic writers Richard Wilbur and Dorothy Parker and a young Stephen Sondheim, ‘Candide’ marries raucous humour with the extraordinary genius of Leonard Bernstein.
Concert reviews:
“The best of all possible productions” - The Telegraph
“The rhythms snapped and crackled, the colours were bright and the energy didn’t flag” - The Times “Marin Alsop conducted a lively LSO in music the orchestra must have in its bones” - Financial Times “A hundred per cent irresistible” - Bachtrack
Released as part of National Album Day 2021.
Contents and tracklist
- Marin Alsop, London Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Allen, Leonardo Capalbo, Liam Bonthrone, Jane Archibald, London Symphony Chorus, Thomas Atkins, Marcus Farnsworth, Anne Sofie von Otter, Frederick Jones, Guildhall School Young Artists, Carmen Artaza, Lucy McAulay
- Marin Alsop, London Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Allen, London Symphony Chorus, Leonardo Capalbo, Jane Archibald, Thomas Atkins, Anne Sofie von Otter, Marcus Farnsworth, Katherine McIndoe, Jonathan Eyers, Carmen Artaza, Lucy McAuley, Frederick Jones, Liam Bonthrone, Guildhall School Young Artists
Spotlight on this release
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Marin Alsop conducts Leonard Bernstein's Candide
15th Oct 2021
Marin Alsop conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in a new recording of Leonard Bernstein's comic operetta based on Voltaire's satirical novella, in a performance that is full of dry wit, absurd humour, and stirring optimism.
Awards and reviews
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Record Review9th October 2021Record of the Week
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Presto Recording of the Week15th October 2021
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards2022Nominated - Opera
Christmas 2021
In the title role, Leonardo Capalbo offers charm, delicacy and a touch of melancholy. Jane Archibald makes an amiable Cunegonde, though her showpiece ‘Glitter and be gay’ doesn’t sparkle enough. Anne Sofie von Otter has considerable fun with the Old Lady.
15th October 2021
It's fascinating to hear the different approach that Alsop takes in general. Gone is a lot of the madcap mayhem and manic energy of Bernstein's account, replaced by a more easy-going vibe that arguably gives the music more room to breathe…Capalbo impresses in the title role…For me, though, it is the ladies who steal the show: Jane Archibald as Cunegonde is deftly acrobatic in the vocal fireworks of "Glitter and Be Gay", while Anne Sofie von Otter gleefully hams it up as the single-buttocked Old Lady
