Music / opera

Phaéton


Reviews (5)


Diapason

2013 decembre

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Jean-Philippe Grosperrin

2013 decembre


Fono Forum

2014 März

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Matthias Hengelbrock

2014 März

"In Emiliano Gonzalez Toro und Cyril Auvity hat Rousset zwei fabelhafte Hautes-contres zur Verfügung ... Hier wie auch im Chor und Orchester ist nicht nur alles aus einem Guss, sondern auch in geradezu Lully'scher Manier auf den Punkt gebracht".


BBC music magazine

2014 January

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Jan Smaczny

2014 January

"Christophe Rousset's flexible accompaniment is responsive to the drama. This disc comes highly recommendedʺ.


International record review

2014 March

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Andrew O'Connor

2014 March

"This new production ... has many virtues and, alas, some serious deficiencies ... Some of the male singers og all of the female singers have unpleasantly rough voices for music of such grace and delicacy ... The two main tenors ... have just the sort of high-lying, flexible and mellifluous young voices that the opera demands ... Lully's sumptuous choruses are very well sung ... The orchestra of Les Talens Lyrique ... is startlingly good: lush, rich and highly disciplined".


The gramophone

2014 January

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Richard Lawrence

2014 January

"There's much to enjoy here. As usual with Lully, the most appealing music is to be found in the choruses and dances, including a jolly chaconne ... The cast is led by Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, whose light, haute-contre tones admirably convey Phaethon's ambition, arroagance and essential weakness ... Andrew Foster-Williams's virile baritone is equally well suited to Epaphus ... Excellent, as are the chorus and orchestra".