Charpentier’s “Orphée Descendant Aux Enfers” and “La Descente D’orphée Aux Enfers” performed by Vox Luminis and A Nocte Temporis.
Tag: Vocal
Review: Anamorfosi – Le Poème Harmonique, Dumestre
Le Poème Harmonique, with founder Vincent Dumestre, perform Allegri’s “Miserere” and works by Monteverdi and other baroque composers.
Review: “Soirée” – Magdalena Kožená and Friends
Magdalena Kožená, with Simon Rattle on the piano and other musicians, perform works by Dvořák, Janáček, Brahms, Ravel, Stravinsky, Chausson and Strauss.
Review: Schubert – Winterreise – Ian Bostridge, Thomas Adès (2019)
In his third version of Schubert’s Winterreise, Ian Bostridge is accompanied by composer, conductor and pianist Thomas Adès.
Review: Beethoven – Egmont (Complete) – Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, Häkkinen
The Helsinki Baroque Orchestra under Aapo Häkkinen presents the complete incidental music for Goethe’s play, “Egmont”.
Review: “Lieder” Renée Fleming, Soprano
Renée Fleming ads to her diverse discography with songs by Brahms, Schumann and Mahler.
Review: “Si J’ai Aimé” – Sandrine Piau, Soprano
Soprano Sandrine Piau performs music by French composers of the romantic period, accompanied by the period instrument group, Le Concert De La Loge.
Review: Lise Davidsen Sings Strauss and Wagner
On her debut album, soprano Lise Davidsen sings arias by Strauss and Wagner, accompanied by Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Review: “Il giardino dei sospiri” – Magdalena Kožená
Mezzo Soprano Magdalena Kožená returns to the Baroque repertoire, with a program built around dramatic love scenes from secular Cantatas.
Review: “Reason in Madness” – Carolyn Sampson, Soprano
Soprano Carolyn Sampson and pianist Joseph Middleton present a program built around the theme of madness, with songs by German and French composers.