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2019-12-04 11:30:36
[…] the medieval world? We don’t know for sure, but The Telling is a group specialising in that period, and in The Secret Life of Carols they delve back centuries for answers. With two harpists sharing the accompaniments the aesthetic is sparse, suggesting an intimate domestic setting. The overall effect is aurally cleansing, and the recorded sound is outstanding. Nuit de NoëlSofi Jennin, Maîtrise de Radio France, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, Le Poème Harmonique (early music ensemble), Isabelle Druet, Claire Lefilliâtre, Bruno Bonhoure, La Camera della Lacrime, Ensemble Clément Janequin (early music ensemble), Yves Castagnet, Henri Chalet, Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris, Amandine Beyer (violin), Céline Frisch (early keyboard instruments), Pablo Valetti, Café Zimmermann (early music ensemble), Bruno Cocset (cello), Ensemble Pygmalion (early music ensemble), Gli Incogniti (early music ensemble), Sophie Watillon, Thomas Dunford (lute), Lucile Boulanger, Jean Rondeau (early keyboard instruments), Ensemble 415 (chamber ensemble), Le Concert Spirituel (early music ensemble), Zefira Valova, Alexis […]
2019-04-26 12:14:00
Ravel at the Barbican - François-Xavier Roth London Symphony Orchestra
[…] the inner movements, the Malagueña and the Habanera. Dance is disciplined movement, dancers following structure to express emotion. In the Feria this tension between restraint and freedom breaks through: burgeoning crescendoes, lit by cymbalas, note sequences that descend and rise again. Boléro got the wildest applause, and a standing ovation, because it’s a showstopper, but the sheer quality of the LSO's playing in Rapsodieespagnole was far higher. Luxury casting for Ravel's L'heure espagnole: Isabelle Druet, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Thomas Dolié, Edgaras Montvidas and Nicolas Cavallier. Hearing it in concert performance illuminates the orchestral logic which underpins the plot. The clocks are invisible, but they're everywhere - ticking relentlessly, imposing form on time, the way dance inmposes form on motion. En masse, they can be manic. Torquemada (Fouchécourt) is regulated by machines, which is why Concepción (Druet) needs to find human pleasures elswhere. But with whom ? Gonsalves (Montvidas) is romantic […]
2017-02-02 22:28:00
Paris en fête : How to make classical music fun !
[…] another born communicator who doesn't need hype to do what he does. Carmen is popular the world over because she's a personality. Carmen lives forever : self centred Don Josés will never understand. Thus the essence of what opera should be : human emotions in universal, infinite variety. Which is why small minds do get art. As Pecqeuer reminded us, Carmen bombed at its premiere because it was ahead of its time. Isabelle Druet talks about Carmen so unaffectedly that the Habanera seems an extension of the personality. Part of the fun, too, is that the Choeur des Grand Ecoles is bigger than you'd ever get on an opera stage. Bizet, Saint-Saëns, Délibes, Berlioz, Offenbach, a programme of pieces familiar to French audience but with a twist to show that French repertoire is not parochial - the Bachannale from Samson et Delila. Pecqeuer talks […]
2016-09-01 18:17:22
Hidden in plane sight
[…] al. were responsible for a recent well-received Cavalli revival, Elena, done at the Aix-en-Provence Festival. A sumptuous broadcast of a 2004 Brussels revival of Eliogabalo conducted by René Jacobs is available on YouTube: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0D4k7Mb7dY Cavalli: Xerse Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris September 29, 2009 Broadcast Isabelle Philippe — Romilda Magali Leger — Adelanta Anna Maria Panzarella — Amastris Kristina Hammarström — Xerse Guillemette Laurens — Arsamene Isabelle Druet — Eumene Eugenie Warnier — Clito Jean-Paul Fouchecourt — Ariodate Arnaud Marzorati — Ariston Jean-François Lombard — Elviro Ensemble Les Paladins Jérôme Corréas – conductor “Trove Thursday” offerings can be downloaded via the audio-player available above. Just click on the icon of a square with an arrow pointing downward and the resulting mp3 file will appear in your download directory. In addition, Xerse and all previous fare remain […]
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