Prix de Rome
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Debussy: Music for the Prix de Rome
RecommendedGuylaine Girard (soprano), Sophie Marilley (mezzo), Bernard Richter (tenor), Alain Buet (baritone) & Marie-Josèphe Jude, Jean-François Heisser (pianos)
Flemish Radio Choir & Brussels Philharmonic, Hervé Niquet (direction)
Tracing Debussy's progress from the derivative chorus Salut Printemps of 1882 to the masterly and utterly individual cantata La Damoiselle élue of 1888 is a fascinating journey... Bernard Richter... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th February 2010
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Gustave Charpentier: Music for the Prix de Rome
Manon Feubel, Sabine Devieilhe (sopranos), Helena Bohuszewicz (contralto), Julien Dran (tenor), Bernard Richter (tenor), Marc Barrard & Alain Buet (baritone)
Flemish Radio Choir, Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides & Brussels Philharmonic, Hervé Niquet
Two of the works here [Didon and La vie du Poete] pointed to a serious future for Charpentier in opera...the standard of performance under Herve Niquet and his chosen Belgian soloists and ensembles... —
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Saint-Saëns: Music for the Prix de Rome
Recorded in Antwerp (Koningin Elisabethzaal), Heverlee (Jezuïetenkerk) and Brussels (Flagey) in Feb, March and Oct 2010
Julie Fuchs (soprano), Marina De Liso (mezzo-soprano), Solenn’ Lavanant Linke (mezzo-soprano), Bernard Richter (tenor), Pierre-Yves Pruvot (baritone), Nicolas Courjal (bass), Bart Cypers (French horn) & François Saint-Yves (organ)
Brussels Philharmonic & Flemish Radio Choir, Hervé Niquet
[Le retour de Virginie is] a silly enough story but it allows for romantic solos, sea-music, storm-music and quasi-religious prayers; Saint-Saëns's score has little individuality, but all this... —
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