Eternal heaven
Georg Friedrich Händel
Emneord
Minder om
Soleil noir : arie da e per Francesco Rasi
Emiliano Gonzalez-Toro
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi
Sonate en si mineur
Franz Liszt
Enchantresses
Georg Friedrich Händel
Cantata : Yet can I hear -
Bejun Mehta
Contralto
Nathalie Stutzmann
Arie e cantate per contralto
Antonio Vivaldi
La Dirindina
Domenico Scarlatti
Mission
Agostino Steffani
Anmeldelser (11)
Presto classical
d. 30. nov. 2018
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Katherine Cooper
d. 30. nov. 2018
"Editors choices - November 2018: Devieilhe's agile, glittering high soprano is a known quantity (and she's certainly on marvellous form here, pinging out high C sharps with aplomb), but the real discovery of this gorgeous album for me was Léa Desandre, whose cool yet sensual mezzo put me very much in mind of the young Magdalena Kožená; the two combine to delicious effect in a gently erotic account of the pastoral cantata Aminta e Fillide".
Politiken
d. 17. feb. 2002
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Fono Forum
2019 April
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Johannes Schmitz
2019 April
"CDs des Monats: Schon mit den ersten Tönen der Introduzione von Aminta e Fillide ... gehen die Ohren weit auf. Hier wird leidenschaftlich, ja fetzig aufgespielt, immer klug und ganz dem Sinn der auskomponierten Affekte verpflichtet ... Le Concert d'Astrée unter Leitung von Emmanuelle Haim ... fügt damit eine weitere Perle hinzu ... Umso strahlender stehen die beiden Sängerinnen im Mittelpunkt. Sabine Devieilhes Stimme ist leicht, hat dabei jedoch Substanz und Charakter. In Aminta e Fillide gibt sie mit der Mezzosopranistin Lea Desandre ein bezauberndes Paar im Dialog ab ... Eine sehr erfreuliche Aufnahme".
BBC music magazine
2019 February
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Berta Joncus
2019 February
"Choral & song choice: This production is a delight throughout. For Handel's greatest Italian cantatas, Emmanuelle Haïm brings together two stars: soprano Sabine Devieilhe ... and the young mezzo Léa Desandre. Haïm retains control by preparing both the scores and the sopranos' ornament, her vision giving this carefully wrought performance a fiery intensity ... Vocally the casting is perfect ... You might think you know these cantatas, but this is a performance to make you think again".
Diapason
2019 janvier
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Gaëtan Naulleau
2019 janvier
Klassisk
2019, nr. 54
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Henrik Engelbrecht
2019, nr. 54
"Helt uden tvivl den fineste nyindspilning af musik af Händel, jeg har hørt i år ... Den fransk sopran Sabine Devieilhe ... er med sin lette, fleksible og svævende sopran som skabt til netop den tidlige musik, og den ... fransk/italienske mezzosopran Lea Desandre tilfører med sin mere dramatiske og mørkere stemme præcis den rette modvægt til Devieilhes florlette lyd ... Varmt anbefalet".
International record review
2012 January
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John T. Hughes
2012 January
"Do bring a freshness of sound and a lightness of touch, clearly heard ... the performances are admirable, the music delightful".
The gramophone
2012 May
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David Vickers
2012 May
"Contrasto Armonico's experiment produces an enjoyable alternative. String ritornellos are paced and played tenderly, and the relaxed exchange of recitiatives serves the elegant Arcadian poetry".
The gramophone
2018 December
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Richard Wigmore
2018 December
"Recording of the month - Editor's choice: Both singers have unblemished voices of beautiful quality: Sabine Devieilhe, as Aminta, pellucid and free-soaring, Lea Desandre with a dark flare in her high mezzo ... Le Concert d'Astrée, under Emmanuelle Haïm's animating direction, are far more than mere accompanists ... Playing with words as well as tones, the crucial cello continuo is always acutely alive to singers and text ... A disc that even amid fierce competition is a Handelian winner".
The gramophone
2009 June
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David Vickers
2009 June
"Vurdering: Editor's choice" - "Another essential addition to the most rewarding Handel series of the decade".
The gramophone
2008 December
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David Vickers
2008 December
"Vurdering: Editor's choice" - "La Risonanza once again shows that Handel's youthfyl Italian compositions are breathtaking masterpieces of considerable refinement, subtlety and quality".