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2019-02-06 10:00:41
The best recordings of Berlioz's L'enfance du Christ
[…] limpid, fleshy-voiced Mary, Christopher Maltman a fluent and lyrical Joseph, and Ralf Lukas an almost melancholy Herod – viewed, as it were, from the inside out. The result is a consistently characterful performance. Six of the best great works with chorales in them Six of the best love songs without words And one to avoid… Jane Henschel (contralto), Yann Beuron (tenor), Phillipe Rouillon (bass), Gabor Breta (Baritone), Eric Martin-Bonnett (bass), EuropaChorAkademie, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg/Sylvain CambrelingGlor Classics GC08131 Sylvain Cambreling’s 2009 recording again employs Yann Beuron as his Narrator, though the remaining soloists are not in the same league: Jane Henschel’s heavyweight Mary is relentless, while the Joseph is woolly, the Father sometimes unsteady, and the Herod inclined to blowsiness. Nor is the Belgian conductor as pictorially vivid as his colleagues in painting the atmosphere of individual scenes, while overall rhythmic control and precision of […]
2015-02-10 07:00:50
Classical music: Here are the 2015 Grammy winners and the nominees for classical music. Pro Arte Quartet recording producer Judith Sherman wins again.
[…] Orchestra; University Of Michigan Chamber Choir, University Of Michigan Orpheus Singers, University Of Michigan University Choir & UMS Choral Union). Label: Naxos Rameau: Hippolyte Et Aricie. William Christie, conductor; Sarah Connolly, Stéphane Degout, Christiane Karg, Ed Lyon & Katherine Watson; Sébastien Chonion, producer (Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment; The Glyndebourne Chorus). Label: Opus Arte Schönberg: Moses Und Aron. Sylvain Cambreling, conductor; Andreas Conrad & Franz Grundheber; Reinhard Oechsler, producer (SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden Und Freiburg; EuropaChorAkademie). Label: Hänssler Classic Strauss: Elektra. Christian Thielemann, conductor; Evelyn Herlitzius, Waltraud Meier, René Pape & Anne Schwanewilms; Arend Prohmann, producer (Staatskapelle Dresden; Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden). Label: Deutsche Grammophon BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE WINNER: The Sacred Spirit Of Russia. Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Conspirare). Label: Harmonia Mundi Bach: Matthäus-Passion. René Jacobs, conductor (Werner Güra & Johannes Weisser; Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin; Rias Kammerchor & Staats-Und Domchor Berlin). Label: Harmonia Mundi Dyrud: Out Of […]
2012-09-17 01:30:00
Twelve inspired takes on Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé
[…] Wiener Staatsopernchor Wiener Philharmoniker James Levine DGG 429 982-2 (1985) Maurice Ravel Daphnis et Chloé Valses nobles et sentimentales Choeur du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris Orchestre de Paris Jean Martinon EMI CDM 7 69566 2 (1975) Maurice Ravel Daphnis et Chloé Boléro City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Simon Rattle EMI 5 74584 2 (1992) Maurice Ravel Daphnis et Chloé EuropaChorAkademie Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg Bramwell Tovey Glor GC08141 (2008) Maurice Ravel Daphnis et Chloé The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus The Cleveland Orchestra Lorin Maazel LP Rip London JL 41018 (1974) Flac & Covers
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