classical music: Laurent Naouri     classical music:     Laurent Naouri      Handel - Alcina / Fleming, Graham, Dessay, Kuhlmann, Robinson, Naouri, Lascarro, Les Arts Florissants, ... George Frideric Handel, William Christie, ... Erato, 2000 Four Powerful Female Voices Dominate Superb Handel Recording Four magnificent singers are put on starry-eyed display in this energetic recording of a live performance of the 1999 Paris Opéra production of Handel's "Alcina". Each delivers their individual stamp in some of Handel's most powerful and beautiful arias. The irony is ...             Handel - Aci, Galatea e Polifemo George Frideric Handel, Emmanuelle Haim, ... Virgin Classics, 2003 Exciting young singers, temperamental orchestra This all-French production from the year 2002 is one of those recordings that I, as a Handel and early music fan, can without further ado wax enthusiastic about. The music, originally performed in Naples in 1708, is already typically Handelian and sounds just like one ...             Natalie Dessay - Greatest Moments on Stage Natalie Dessay, Laurent Naouri Virgin Classics, 2007 Opera par excellence Natalie Dessay is apsolutely marvellous in this wonderful DVD. If you love the operatic voice, this is certainly a terrific choice. She gives a tour de force at every level, and if you cannot see her in person on the stage, than this is the way to go.             Berlioz - Les Troyens / Graham, Antonacci, Kunde, Tezier, Naouri, Pokupic, Gardiner, Chatelet Opera Susan Graham, Anna Caterina Antonacci BBC / Opus Arte, 2004 Very good and generally exciting to behold I like Gardiner's Les Troyens very much. I wish I had a copy on CD - I'd love to listen to it in the garden while I dig up the weeds, but the DVD is okay. I have very few complaints about this production. The singing from the soli and the Monteverdi Choir is ...             Rameau - Platee / Agnew, Delunsch, Beuron, Naouri, Le Texier, Lamprecht, Minkowski, Paris Opera Paul Agnew, Marc Minkowski Kultur Video, 2004 A lot of fun One doesn't expect 18th century French Opera to be so much darn fun! This is one of those clever productions where most of the money got spent on costumes and the barest minimum of sets so the director's talents and abilities are on full display bringing us a witty, ...             Rameau - Les Paladins / Piau, Naouri, Lehtipuu, d'Oustrac, Piolino, Schirrer, Gonzalez-Toroi, Christie, Paris ... William Christie, Les Arts Florissants BBC / Opus Arte, 2006 Rejuvenating the Baroque My two favorite amazon music reviewers, Mike Birman and Steven Guy, have already given this amazing performance their stamps of approval, so I'll be brief. Imagine combining the Beatles' film Yellow Submarine, a big top show by Cirque de Soleil, and the most ...             Bach - Magnificat / Handel - Dixit Dominus Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, ... Virgin Classics, 2007 The Bull and the Bear There's little I could add to Mike Birman's elegant review of this CD except enthusiastic agreement and a few personal impressions, so, friends, dat's whatcha gonna get. In terms of emotional impact, Handel's Dixit Dominus and Bach's Magnificat are well matched, ...             Berlioz - Benvenuto Cellini Hector Berlioz, John Nelson, ... Virgin Classics / EMI, 2005 Excellent recording of an underperformed work Berlioz' Benvennuto Cellini was a critical and commercial failure in its day, and even the later revision was not greated with much enthusiasm. It lay unperformed for decades, until 1972. This latest version uses the original Paris Opera version, restoring lots of ...             Lamenti Christopher Purves, Laurent Naouri, ... Virgin Classics, 2008 Emmanuelle Haïm follows her acclaimed 2006 recording of Monteverdi's Combattimento with an unusual and inventive program on the theme of the lamento, a literary and dramatic form that found its 17th-century musical archetype in Monteverdi's celebrated Lamento d'Arianna. Emmanuelle Haïm has taken great care in choosing nine of today's top ...             Bizet - Carmen / Jordan, McVicar, von Otter, Haddock, Glyndebourne Festival Opera Anne Sofie von Otter, Marcus Haddock BBC / Opus Arte, 2003 Honors the Composer The production with Placido Domingo and Ruggero Raimondi is a tough act to follow, with its sumptuous outdoor filming. However, this production is far more true to the original libretto. The story unfolds with a much more believeable and understandable story line. Our ...             Opera New Generation: Greatest Duets François Le Roux, Gino Quilico, ... Virgin Classics, 2008             Igor Stravinsky - Le Rossignol (The Nightingale)/ Dessay, McLaughlin, Urmana, Grivnov, Schagidullin, Naouri, ... Natalie Dessay, Hugo Simcic Virgin Classics, 2005 Five stars don't do this one justice! Brilliant! This DVD is an excellent example of what the DVD medium can and should be, especially in relation to Classical music and Opera. This is a fantasy and an opera. The singers, actors and orchestra are first class. The production is imaginative and beautiful to behold. ...             Anne Sofie von Otter sings Offenbach Jacques Offenbach, Marc Minkowski, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2002 A Bright Voice, Delightful Music, and Hilarious Delivery I'm a relative newcomer and amateur in opera. Right now, I particulary enjoy buying CDs of sopranos, and I decided to "try" Ms. Von Otter. Was I blown away. My favorite on this CD is the "Sextuor de l'Alphabet" (the Alphabet Sextet). I had to laugh the first time I ...             Rameau - Les Boreades / Bonney, Agnew, Spence, Naouri, Panzarella, Degout, Rivenq, Christie, Les Arts ... Barbara Bonney, Anna Maria Panzarella BBC / Opus Arte, 2004 Brilliant in Every Way Rameau never saw Les Boreades staged. He was 80 years old when he wrote it. The planned production at Louis XV's theater in Choisy in 1763 was mysteriously abandoned, perhaps due to court intrigue, and the opera was forgotten until John Eliot Gardiner conducted a ...             Offenbach - Orphée aux Enfers / Dessay, Naouri, Fouchécourt, Beuron, Podles, Petibon, Smith, Gens, Cole, ... Jacques Offenbach, Marc Minkowski, ... EMI Classics, 2002 Should be illegal - way too much fun This CD should be illegal - everyone from the singers to the musicians obviously had way too much fun - and so will you! Natalie Dessay shines as Eurydice and Laurent Naouri is a delightful (if rather roving) Jupiter, while Yann Beuron makes Orphee come alive. 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