Les Musiciens du Louvre
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Special offer. Bizet - L' Arlésienne Orchestral Suites
RecommendedLes Musiciens du Louvre & Chœur de l’opéra de Lyon, Marc Minkowski
I find it hard to know what to praise most, the vivid, taut rhythms of the various marches and dances… the sensuous orchestral colours of the quieter moments, of the passion that suddenly erupts…... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2008, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2008, Disc of the Month
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Stradella: San Giovanni Battista
RecommendedCatherine Bott (soprano), Christine Batty (mezzo soprano), Gérard Lesne (alto), Richard Edgar-Wilson (bass)
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
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Gramophone Awards, 1993, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Offenbach: La Périchole
RecommendedAude Extrémo (La Périchole), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Piquillo), Alexandre Duhamel (Don Andrès de Ribeira), Eric Huchet (Le comte de Panatellas), Marc Mauillon (Don Pedro de Hinoyosa)
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Chœur de l'Opéra National de Bordeaux, Marc Minkowski
In the pit are Les Musiciens du Louvre – part of a growing and welcome trend towards giving operetta the benefits of historically informed practice. You can hear the results from the very first... — More…
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Record Review, 22nd June 2019, Record of the Week
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th June 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
2 CDs + Book
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Handel: Alcina
RecommendedMagdalena Kožená (Alcina), Anna Bonitatibus (Ruggiero), Erin Morley (Morgana), Elizabeth DeShong (Bradamante), Alois Mühlbacher (Oberto), Alex Rosen (Melisso), Valerio Contaldo (Oronte)
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
The orchestra plays with fastidious attention to Handel’s ever-changing palette, and its support for the singers – particularly with the obbligatos – is unfailingly sensitive. And the singers... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th February 2024
3 CDs
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Opera Proibita
includes arias from Handel, A Scarlatti & Caldara
Cecilia Bartoli
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
Bartoli is on marvellous form in these arias - a truly wonderful disc — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2005, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2005, Disc of the Month
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Handel Gold
RecommendedKiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Cecilia Bartoli, Plácido Domingo, Joan Sutherland, Anne Sofie von Otter, Luciano Pavarotti, Renée Fleming, Rolando Villazón, Joyce DiDonato, Russell Oberlin, Nigel Robson, Kathleen Ferrier, Bryn Terfel, Janet Baker, Magdalena Kozena, Grace...
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Offenbach: La Belle Helène
Dame Felicity Lott (Hélène), Yann Beuron (Paris), Michel Sénéchal (Ménélas), Laurent Naouri (Agamemnon), François Le Roux (Calchas), Eric Huchet (Achille), Marie-Ange Todorovitch (Oreste)
Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble, Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
The wit sparkles, the one-liners are beautifully timed and delivered, and there's none of the 'big opera star does laboured comic turn' heaviness you sometimes hear in this kind of production...Beuron... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2001, Editor's Choice
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Listening to the Klotz in action is to be reminded why so many violinists (orchestral players especially) value provincial German instruments of the 18th and 19th centuries for their smooth,... — More…
2 CDs
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Coming soon. Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto
Pene Pati (Mitridate), Ana Maria Labin (Aspasia), Angela Brower (Sifare), Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian (Farnace), Sarah Aristidou (Ismene)
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski, Satoshi Miyagi
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Special offer. In Memoriam Françoise Groben
Françoise Groben, Rtl-Sinfonie-Orchester, Orchestre de Chambre Du Luxembourg, Philharmonisches Orchester Luxemburg, Collegium Musicum der Universität Karlsruhe, Les Solistes Européens, Heidelberger Sinfoniker, Ensemble Les Musiciens, Bläseroktett Prisma, Berliner Philharmonische Virtuosen, Ivan Gajan,...
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Assorted Programs
6 CDs
Original price ($36.50) Reduced price $27.37Downloads
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