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2017-08-08 12:39:07
[…] by Andrew Foster-Williams and Arnaud Marzorati. Heightened by Christie’s crisper, more urgent articulation (particularly from the strings) Les Arts Florissants now marginally outclasses my long-standing reference recording–Herve Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel’s otherwise fine performance on Adda. (Enthusiastic listeners new to Campra would do well to seek out all three unfortunately deleted volumes Niquet devoted to the composer, featuring two extraordinary soloists–the youthful Veronique Gens and countertenor extraordinaire Jean-Paul Fouchécourt.) Equally exuberant is baritone Nicolas Rivenq’s opening aria to Exaudiat te Dominus (May the Lord hear thee), the program’s most consistently upbeat motet. Preceded by an orchestral pomp and fanfare worthy of Handel, Rivenq’s proclamations, though short, are stunning–as are the rousing choral, brass, and percussion forces that follow.Christie concludes the program with the Introit movement of Campra’s well-tended Requiem–Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi), Gardiner (Erato), and again Niquet all claim remarkably lucid, impassioned performances on disc. Though Christie favors a slightly […]
2017-04-16 08:20:23
Les Arts Florissants/Christie (Harmonia Mundi)As we begin 450th anniversary celebrations for Monteverdi, what better way to encounter the range of his astonishing genius than in this four-CD overview of his madrigal and small-scale dramatic output by William Christie and Les Arts Florissants. Recorded over several decades from 1980, the fresh voice of Guillemette Laurens (so moving in Lamento della Ninfa) has given way to younger singers in the Selva morale, recorded in 1986, and then the mini opera Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda in 1992, dominated by Nicolas Rivenq’s stirring baritone. This is a fascinating history of recent performance as well as a celebration of eternally powerful music. Continue reading...
2016-08-22 17:47:24
That’s how they did it
[…] Elettra’s serenely floating “Idol mio.” Her final ranting showpiece “O smanie….D’Oreste d’Ajace” overwhelmed the rapt audience with its startling pathos and dramatic generosity. Her blazing commitment thrust Christine Goerke’s lackluster performance of that scene several weeks ago into the shade. Arbace’s long arias are often either abbreviated or omitted entirely but Jacobs included the second, no doubt because he had a fine young tenor, Julien Behr, who sang it with suavity and virile tone. Nicolas Rivenq, a long-time veteran of Les Arts Florissants, retains his steady rich baritone and was deluxe casting in the small role of Neptune’s High Priest. While a number of the singers were improvements over the Harmonia Mundi recording, unfortunately the loss of Richard Croft in the title role was a grievous one. Croft’s Cretan king was sung with immaculate style, beautiful tone and a touching gravitas. Unfortunately his successor English tenor Jeremy Ovenden, while clearly […]
2016-06-02 16:00:42
Woeful countenance
[…] starring Ferruccio Furlanetto. Before then though, “Trove Thursday” will present yet another rarely-heard Don Quixote opera this summer. In the meantime Jacobs finally returns this summer to New York for the first time in a decade. During Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival he will conduct the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and the Arnold Schoenberg Choir in a concert staging of Idomeneo, featuring Alex(andrina) Penda(atchanska), also lately seen far too little in these parts, as Elettra. Nicholas Rivenq, Jacobs’s Don Chisciotte in today’s podcast, will sing the High Priest of Nepture. Conti: Don Chisciotte in Sierra Morena Innsbruck Festival August 1992 Broadcast Jennifer Smith — Dorotea Audrey Michael — Lucinda Isabelle Poulenard — Maritorne Judith Vindevogel — Ordogno Jeffrey Gall — Fernando Derek Lee Ragin — Cardenio Dominique Visse — Rigo Gerd Türk — Lope Nicolas Rivenq — Don Chisciotte […]
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