Latest News: Classical, Raphaël Pichon (conductor)
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Recording of the Week,
A Mozart Requiem with a twist from Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon 4th October 2024
The French conductor and his dynamic ensemble shed new light on the score (given here in Süssmayr's familiar completion) by weaving in material from Mozart's youth which foreshadows ideas later developed in the Mass - including an early 'Miserere' and music from 'Thamos, König in Ägypten'.
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Interview,
Raphaël Pichon on Monteverdi's Vespers 8th January 2024
The conductor talks about his new recording of Monteverdi's unique sacred masterpiece, plus recent and upcoming Delibes and Mozart projects.
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Recording of the Week,
Monteverdi's Vespers from Raphaël Pichon and Pygmalion 1st September 2023
Raphaël Pichon and his Pygmalion ensemble offer a vivid, contrast-filled account of Monteverdi's sacred masterwork. A new benchmark recording of the Vespers? Quite possibly.
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Recording of the Week,
Bach's St Matthew Passion from Raphaël Pichon 15th April 2022
Raphaël Pichon and his Pygmalion ensemble present a vision of Bach's masterwork that aims for clarity and immediacy over exhaustingly intense theatrics.
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Interview,
Raphaël Pichon on Libertà! 9th September 2019
The French conductor talks to Katherine about recording three 'mosaics' of music which Mozart composed or encountered during the period leading up to his life-changing collaboration with Lorenzo Da Ponte, including extracts from his abandoned operas Lo sposo deluso and L'oca del Cairo, and music by Salieri, Paisiello and Soler.
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Recording of the Week,
Vocal Recitals from Sabine Devieilhe and Véronique Gens 20th November 2015
Katherine enjoys a double helping of French soprano virtuosity.
