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2023-06-11 22:56:03
New and recent releases of interest. Byrd, Mass for Five Voices and other works; Owain Park leading The Gesualdo Six (Hyperion) Spontini, La Vestale; Marina Rebeka, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Tassis Christoyannis, Aude Extrémo, Nicolas Courjal, David Witczak, Christophe Rousset conducting...
2019-12-12 15:00:18
Spyres/DiDonato/Courjal/Duhamel/Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg/Coro Gulbenkian/Les Petits Chanteurs de Strasbourg/Nelson (Erato)Michael Spyres is almost superhumanly good in this live recording of Berlioz’s légende dramatique The 150th anniversary of Hector Berlioz’s death has brought a slew of strong additions to the composer’s discography, including at least two top-notch recordings of his “légende dramatique” on the Faust story. Simon Rattle’s version with the LSO came out in the spring; now it is joined by this one, which swaggers confidently on to the scene as the follow-up to
2019-06-04 10:14:11
Charles Gounod’s Faust has returned to favour after spending a few years in the wilderness. Planet Hugill’s roving reporter, Tony Cooper, picks up the show in Nice
Gounod: Faust - Opéra de Nice (Photo Dominique Jaussein) Gounod Faust: Stefano Secco, Nicolas Courjal, Chloé Chaume, Armando Noguera, dir: Nadine Duffaut, cond: Giuliano Carella; Opéra de Nice Reviewed by Tony Cooper on 28 May 2019 Star rating: 5.0 (★★★★★) Gounod's grand opera in a splendid new production on the Opéra on the Côte d’Azur Gounod: Faust - Chloé Chaume, Stefano SeccoOpéra de Nice (Photo Dominique Jaussein) Charles Gounod’s Faust has returned to favour after spending a few years in the wilderness. Planet Hugill’s roving reporter, Tony Cooper, picks up the show at Opéra de Nice in a grand and rewarding production in a forthright dramatic realisation by Nadine Duffaut, which has been well received by French opera-lovers, with Stefano Secco as Faust, Nicolas Courjal as Mephistopheles, Chloé Chaume as Marguerite and Armando Noguera conducted by Giuliano Carella An opera in […]
2019-04-26 17:12:48
A sort of magic: John Nelson conducts Berlioz' La damnation de Faust in Strasbourg with Michael Spyres & Joyce DiDonato
Berlioz: La damnation de Faust dress rehearsal- Michael Spyres, Joyce DiDonato, John NelsonOrchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg (Photo Gregory Massat) Berlioz La Damnation de Faust; Michael Spyres, Nicolas Courjal, Joyce DiDonato, Alexandre Duhamel, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, John Nelson; Palais de la musique et des congres, Strasbourg Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 25 April 2019 Star rating: 5.0 (★★★★★) John Nelson returns to Strasbourg and to Berlioz for another inspiring performance Berlioz: La damnation de Faust dress rehearsal - Nicolas CourjalOrchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg (Photo Gregory Massat) Which musical treatment of Goethe's Faust is truest to Goethe? Discuss.Undoubtedly Berlioz' La Damnation de Faust is undoubtedly a highly personal take on the story. As ever with Berlioz, the drama works as much through the orchestral and choral contributions as through the singers. Berlioz' assemblage of scenes, almost tableaux, can verge on the picaresque […]
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