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RBB Kultur
d. 1. Nov. 2019
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d. 1. Nov. 2019
"Ein absolutes Frühwerk, sechs Fabeln für Solostimme, um 1842 entstanden, zu einer Zeit, als Offenbachs Operetten noch 13 Jahre in der Zukunft lagen ... Die Fabeln haben eine Länge von ca. 25 Minuten, deswegen sind hier weitere 30 Minuten aufgefüllt worden, eine wilde Mischung aus Ouvertüren, einer Polka und zwei Operettencouplets. Die bunt zusammengewürfelte Mischung ist meiner Meinung nach der beste Beitrag zum Offenbach-Jahr 2019 auf CD. Diese 30 Minuten Bonusmaterial sind die paradiesischste halbe Stunde Offenbach seit langer Zeit! Karine Deshayes ... hat den Draht zu dieser Musik ... Dieses Kess-Kokette, das diese Musik braucht, das samtige Timbre - es passt perfekt ... Aber so toll sie auch ist, die grosse Entdeckung war für mich das Orchester und der Dirigent Jean-Pierre Haeck ... [Sie] trifft den Offenbach-Ton so perfekt wie lange kein Ensemble mehr ... Für mich sollte Offenbach genauso klingen".
MusicWeb international
2019 October
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Brian Wilson (musikanmelder)
2019 October
"Nothing here is as remotely well known as Offenbach's Orphée aux Enfers or the confection from his operettas, Gaîté Parisienne, but the music is tuneful and his settings of six of La Fontaine's popular Fables, here recorded for the first time in an orchestrated version, brought him to the attention of the Parisian public. These and the other vocal items are fetchingly sung by Karine Deshayes and the orchestral support is equally attractive. How could the overture to an operetta called 'Mr Cauliflower' not be fun".
The gramophone
2020 January
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Edward Seckerson
2020 January
"The shocking pink packaging says it all. If Offenbach had a colour then this might be it ... Originally for voice and piano, these infectious salon pieces are more scenes than songs ... And I think the highest compliment one might pay to Haeck's orchestrations is that they sound every inch as if the settings were imagined that way ... As always with Offenbach, they combine an obligatory showiness with the ease of a master craftsman. And that's the pleasure of the soloist Karine Deshayes - a characterful mezzo with a rangy top and the essential twinkle in her eye".