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Michael Spyres, Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset - In the Shadows (2024)

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Michael Spyres, Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset - In the Shadows (2024)

Michael Spyres, Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset - In the Shadows (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 363 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 196 Mb | 01:24:50
Classical, Vocal | Label: Warner Classics, Erato Records

Michael Spyres is a singer who challenges and reshapes perceptions – as his albums BariTenor and Contra-Tenor have shown. Now, preparing for his debut at the Bayreuth Festival in Summer 2024, he searches In the Shadows to reveal more about Wagner and the origins of his music dramas. “Wagner evokes a varying spectrum of emotions – awe, ecstasy, even trepidation,” explains Spyres. “This album endeavours to illuminate the composers who languish in the shadows, who formed the foundation of Wagner’s compositions and sculpted the framework of vocal writing for the Wagnerian tenor.” In the Shadows culminates with three arias by Wagner – from Lohengrin and the lesser-known Die Feen and Rienzi. Preceding them are early-19th-century arias by composers of the French, German and Italian schools: Méhul, Beethoven, Rossini, Meyerbeer, Weber, Auber, Spontini, Bellini and Marschner. Spyres’s distinguished companions in his exploration are the players of Les Talens Lyriques and their conductor Christophe Rousset.

Hector Berlioz: The Complete Works [27CDs] (2019)

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Hector Berlioz: The Complete Works [27CDs] (2019)

Hector Berlioz: The Complete Works [27CDs] (2019)
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 7,86 Gb | Total time: 31:24:03 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Warner Classics | # 9029561444 | Recorded: 1901-2018

Hector Berlioz, France’s greatest Romantic composer, exemplifies the spirit of his age – yet his genius was also ahead of its time. Reflecting his colourful life, his music is astonishing for its originality and ambition, and for orchestration of groundbreaking brilliance. This, the first-ever complete Berlioz edition, comprises carefully selected recordings and even includes works completely new to the catalogue. The accompanying booklet, lavishly illustrated, contains a fascinating commentary from Berlioz biographer David Cairns, whose words bring the composer’s music still more vividly to life.

Will Crutchfield, Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna - Gioacchino Rossini: Ciro in Babilonia (2013)

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Will Crutchfield, Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna - Gioacchino Rossini: Ciro in Babilonia (2013)

Will Crutchfield, Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna - Gioacchino Rossini: Ciro in Babilonia (2013)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 5 ch) | 165 min | 7,83 Gb (DVD9)
Classical | Label: Opus Arte | Sub: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean | Recorded: 2012

The Biblical story of Belshazzar’s hubristic arrogance set against the valour of the young warrrior-leader Cyrus provided the 20-year-old Rossini with a dramatic story with West-Eastern resonances which still speak to us today. For the title role of Cyrus, Rossini wrote what would be his longest-ever contralto role, to which the great Rossini singer Ewa Podles is both naturally attracted and ideally suited. She is partnered by two young American stars of Rossini singing, Jessica Pratt and Michael Spyres, and a conductor-scholar, Will Crutchfield, of immense experience and sympathy.

Stephane Denève, Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu - Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (2014)

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Stephane Denève, Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu - Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (2014)

Stephane Denève, Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu - Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (2014)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Français (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (Dolby AC3, 6 ch) | 5.29 Gb+7.01 Gb (2xDVD9) | 183 min
Classical | Erato | Sub: Francais, English, Italiano, Deutsch, Espanol, Catalan

Warner Classics & Erato DVD catalogue already contains several characteristically stylish and imaginative productions by the French opera director Laurent Pelly: Offenbach’s La Vie Parisienne and La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, Massenet’s Cendrillon, Donizetti’s La Fille du régiment, Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande and Handel’s Giulio Cesare. The last three all star Natalie Dessay, and now she and Pelly are reunited once again, this time for Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann, staged at Barcelona’s Liceu opera house in early 2013.

Lawrence Brownlee, Michael Spyres, Corrado Rovaris, I Virtuosi Italiani - Rossini: Amici e Rivali (2020)

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Lawrence Brownlee, Michael Spyres, Corrado Rovaris, I Virtuosi Italiani - Rossini: Amici e Rivali (2020)

Lawrence Brownlee, Michael Spyres, Corrado Rovaris, I Virtuosi Italiani - Rossini: Amici e Rivali (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 381 Mb | Total time: 79:02 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 9029526947 | Recorded: 2019

Two of today’s most brilliant tenors, Michael Spyres and Lawrence Brownlee, strike sparks off each other as they celebrate the star tenors of Rossini’s time, such as Andrea Nozzari, Giovanni David, and Manuel García. Amici e Rivali – ‘Friends and Rivals’ – comprises arias, duets and trios from seven of the composer’s operas, including the ever-popular Il barbiere di Siviglia and the rarely heard Ricciardo e Zoraide. The ‘duelling tenors’ are joined by the effervescent Irish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught, the prize-winning young Spanish tenor Xabier Anduaga, I Virtuosi Italiani and conductor Corrado Rovaris.

Antonio Pappano, Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - Giacomo Puccini: Turandot (2023)

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Antonio Pappano, Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - Giacomo Puccini: Turandot (2023)

Antonio Pappano, Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - Giacomo Puccini: Turandot (2023)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 538 Mb | Total time: 165:03 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Warner Classics | # 5054197406591 | Recorded: 2022

This recording of Turandot, Puccini’s spectacular final opera marks a number of important firsts. Before the recording sessions in Rome in March 2022, Sir Antonio Pappano had never conducted Turandot; neither Sondra Radvanovsky, who takes soaring title role, nor Jonas Kaufmann as Turandot’s suitor, Calaf – who sings ‘Nessun dorma’ – had previously performed the opera. It is also the first studio recording of Turandot to include the entire, crucial final scene as completed after Puccini’s death in 1925 by Franco Alfano.

Michael Spyres, Il pomo d'oro & Francesco Corti - Contra-Tenor (2023)

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Michael Spyres, Il pomo d'oro & Francesco Corti - Contra-Tenor (2023)

Michael Spyres, Il pomo d'oro & Francesco Corti - Contra-Tenor (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 425 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 178 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:12:54
Classical, Vocal, Opera | Label: Erato Records, Warner Classics

With Contra-Tenor, Michael Spyres challenges perceptions of the tenor in the Baroque era, often seen as the age of the castrato. In the company of Il Pomo d’Oro and conductor Francesco Corti, he explores the period from the late 17th century to the 1770s, tracing the course of opera in both the French and Italian styles. The 15 arias range from Lully to early Mozart by way of Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, Gluck and composers such as Hasse, Galuppi and Latilla (represented by world premiere recordings), and Mazzoni and Sarro (represented by first studio recordings). Spyres’ exceptional credentials for this virtuoso repertoire have been summed up by Gramophone magazine: a “superb artist whose voice [is] perfectly equalised over more than two-and-a-half octaves,” notable for “exceptional artistry, formidable technique and seemingly limitless understanding of style.”

Antonino Fogliani, Virtuosi Brunensis - Gioacchino Rossini: Guillaume Tell (2015)

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Antonino Fogliani, Virtuosi Brunensis - Gioacchino Rossini: Guillaume Tell (2015)

Antonino Fogliani, Virtuosi Brunensis - Gioacchino Rossini: Guillaume Tell (2015)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1,09 Gb | Total time: 04:12:21 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.660363-66 | Recorded: 2013

Performed for the first time in its original uncut version, this production of Guillaume Tell was the jewel in the crown of the 25-year history of the ‘Rossini in Wildbad’ opera festival. Rossini’s final, great, operatic masterpiece is a story of liberation, the oppressed Swiss attaining their ideal of emancipation by hounding the tyrannical Habsburgs out of their country. Although it was composed for the complex demands of the Paris Opéra, numerous dances, choruses and arias were dropped for reasons of practicality. These are restored in the present recording which also includes the stunning finale of the shorter 1831 version of the opera.

Pascal Rophé, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire - Maurice Ravel: Cantates pour le Prix de Rome (2022)

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Pascal Rophé, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire - Maurice Ravel: Cantates pour le Prix de Rome (2022)

Pascal Rophé, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire - Maurice Ravel: Cantates pour le Prix de Rome (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 447 Mb | Total time: 102:11 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS Records | # BIS-SACD-2582 | Recorded: 2020, 2021

Between 1803 and 1968, the Grand Prix de Rome marked the zenith of composition studies at the Paris Conservatoire. In Maurice Ravels time the competition included an elimination round (a fugue and a choral piece) followed by a cantata in the form of an operatic scena. The entries were judged by a jury which generally favoured expertise and conformity more than originality and Ravels growing reputation as a member of the avant-garde was therefore hardly to his advantage, and may explain why he never won the coveted Premier Grand Prix, and the three-year stay at Romes Villa Medici that went with it.

Michael Spyres, Timothy Ridout, John Nelson - Hector Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été & Harold en Italie (2022)

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Michael Spyres, Timothy Ridout, John Nelson - Hector Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été & Harold en Italie (2022)

Michael Spyres, Timothy Ridout, John Nelson, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg - Hector Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été & Harold en Italie (2022)
WEB FLAC | Tracks ~ 309 Mb | Total time: 72:39 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 5419719685 | Recorded: 2021

Continuing Warner Classics’ multiple-award-winning Berlioz cycle (Les Troyens, La Damnation de Faust) with conductor John Nelson and the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. Berlioz’s orchestral song cycle on a libretto by Théophile Gautier, Les Nuits d’été, is sung by superstar (bari)tenor Michael Spyres. This is the first ever recording of the original 1856 version by one single voice – Michael Spyres sings with a bass, tenor and baritone voice. Featuring the young British viola player Timothy Ridout in Berlioz’s Harold en  Italie.

Maxim Emelyanychev, Il Pomo d'Oro - George Frideric Handel: Theodora (2022)

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Maxim Emelyanychev, Il Pomo d'Oro - George Frideric Handel: Theodora (2022)

Maxim Emelyanychev, Il Pomo d'Oro - George Frideric Handel: Theodora (2022)
WEB FLAC | Tracks ~ 872 Mb | Total time: 178:48 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 5419717791 | Recorded: 2021

This recording of Handel "Theodora features a truly star-studded cast, with Lisette Oropesa in the title role. Joyce DiDonato as Irene, Michael Spyres as Septimius, John Chest as Valens and Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian as Didymus. Following great critical acclaim for recent performances in Europe and DiDonato's performance at the Royal Opera House earlier this year, this new version of the dramatic oratorio is accompanied by Il Pomo d'Oro orchestra and choir, conducted by Maxim Emelyanychev.

Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d’Astrée - Mozart: Mitridate (2017)

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Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d’Astrée - Mozart: Mitridate (2017)

Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d’Astrée - Mozart: Mitridate (2017)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano | LinearPCM, 2 ch | Dolby AC3, 6 ch | 6.92 + 5.15 Gb (2xDVD9) | 174 min
Classical | Erato | Sub.: Italiano, Francais, Deutsch, English

Mozart was just 14 years old when he composed Mitridate, re di Ponto, a noble opera seria based on a play by Racine. A great success at its premiere, it is only rarely staged today, so this 2016 performance, led by Emmanuelle Haïm at Paris’s Théâtre des Champs Elysées, was by definition a special occasion. The dazzlingly virtuosic cast is led by tenor Michael Spyres and sopranos Patricia Petibon and Sabine Devieilhe, while the intense modern staging is by Clément Hervieu-Léger, a resident director at France’s most illustrious theatre company, the Comédie Française.

John Elliot Gardiner, London Symphony Orchestra - Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 "Lobgesang" (2017)

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John Elliot Gardiner, London Symphony Orchestra - Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 "Lobgesang" (2017)

John Elliot Gardiner, London Symphony Orchestra - Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 "Lobgesang" (2017)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 246 Mb | Total time: 64:03 | Scans included
Classical | Label: LSO | # LSO 0803 | Recorded: 2016

Bringing his acclaimed Mendelssohn cycle to a rousing conclusion, Sir John Eliot Gardiner presents the composer s symphony-cantata, Lobgesang. Mendelssohn wrote that the piece lies very near my heart , and with its stately grandeur and religiosity, plus its sheer magnitude double the length of any of his other symphonies it stands amongst his most impressive works. Posthumously categorised by editors as the composer s second symphony, it is also known as a song of praise and three talented soloists join the LSO and the world-class Monteverdi Choir for this recording. While Gardiner is well-versed in the German s output, this release documents his first performance of the work. In an interview for The Arts Desk, he said: It s a piece I ve been looking at for years, and I ve never conducted it.

John Nelson, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg - Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust (2019)

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John Nelson, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg - Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust (2019)

John Nelson, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg - Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 590 Mb | Total time: 58:46+68:34 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 9029541735 | Recorded: 2019

"The most dramatic piece that Berlioz ever wrote," is how conductor John Nelson describes La Damnation de Faust. The composer designated this thrilling hybrid of oratorio and opera a 'légende dramatique'. Following in the triumphant footsteps of Les Troyens, also recorded at the Auditorium Erasme in Strasbourg, this performance reunites Nelson and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg with singers Michael Spyres, Joyce DiDonato and Nicolas Courjal.

Will Crutchfield, Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna - Rossini: Ciro in Babilonia (2013) [Blu-Ray]

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Will Crutchfield, Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna - Rossini: Ciro in Babilonia (2013) [Blu-Ray]

Will Crutchfield, Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna - Rossini: Ciro in Babilonia (2013) [Blu-Ray]
BluRay | BDMV | MPEG-4 AVC Video / 28000 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps | 172 min | 41,5 Gb
Audio1: Italiano / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 24-bit | Audio2: DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.0 / 48 kHz / 2046 kbps / 24-bit
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BluRay-rip | AVC | MKV 1280x720 / 2735 kbps / 29,97 fps | 172 min | 7,89 Gb
Audio: Italiano / PCM / 2ch / 48.0 KHz / 24 bits | DTS / 5ch / 48.0 KHz / 24 bits
Classical | Opus Arte | Sub: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean

The Biblical story of Belshazzar’s hubristic arrogance set against the valour of the young warrrior-leader Cyrus provided the 20-year-old Rossini with a dramatic story with West-Eastern resonances which still speak to us today. For the title role of Cyrus, Rossini wrote what would be his longest-ever contralto role, to which the great Rossini singer Ewa Podles is both naturally attracted and ideally suited. She is partnered by two young American stars of Rossini singing, Jessica Pratt and Michael Spyres, and a conductor-scholar, Will Crutchfield, of immense experience and sympathy.