The Champs
Tequila [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
The Champs
Tequila! [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] The Champs were propelled to stardom when they topped the US Pop, R&B and UK charts in the summer of 1958 with their debut single, the Latin-flavoured instrumental 'Tequila'. Spawning a plethora of covers, the song earned a Grammy Award in 1959... |
The Champs
Wing Ding! - Rarities [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: The Seasons (Die Jahreszeiten) Christina Landshamer, Maximilian Schmitt & Florian Boesch Collegium Vocale Gent & Orchestre des Champs-Elysees, Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / Outhere / 2 CD - released 19/May/2014 ] "Landshamer, pure and luminous of tone, sings this with an ideal mix of grace and wondering innocence...Boesch makes a genially relaxed Simon, singing the ploughman's song and shooting aria with unforced relish...Herreweghe and his forces do eloquent |
SCHUMANN
Cello Concerto Op 129 / Piano Concerto Op 54 Christophe Coin (cello) Andreas Staier (piano) / Orchestre des Champs-Elysees, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] An opportunity to rediscover two masterpieces played on period instruments. |
BEETHOVEN
Missa Solemnis in D Marlis Petersen, Gerhild Romberger, Benjamin Hulett, David Wilson-Johnson / Collegium Vocale Gent & Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] "With a smallish orchestra, period practices and a tight grip on tempos, this is one of the least relenting performances I have heard." (BBC Music) |
The Fucking Champs
Greatest Hits [ Matador Records / CD - released 13/Apr/2004 ] Ride the gleaming metallic waves of their relentlessly riffing guitars, which once upon a time inspired the carving of those hair-band names into your desk at school. |
The Fucking Champs
III (LP) [ Drag City / 2 LP - released 7/Jul/2023 ] At the end of the century, The Fucking Champs spread Total Music™ across the planet, touring relentlessly and producing albums full of undeniable note choices, sounds and songs. For III's 25th anniversary, the band remastered the original master... |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne (Complete Operetta recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY héâtre des Champs-Élysées / Jodie Devos, Rodolphe Briand, Marc MauIllon, Sandrine Buendia / Romain Dumas (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray - released 10/Feb/2023 ] With its tale of romantic intrigues, disguises and comic celebrations of the mad gaiety of life in the French capital, La Vie parisienne became popular in the nation's theatres, , but not after a hasty re-working of its final acts. |
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor Op.125 'Choral' Melanie Diener / Petra Lang / Endrik Wottrich / Dietrich Henschel / Collegium Vocale / Orchestre des Champs Alysees / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] his title was released for the first time in 1999 and was one of the first to use Jonathan del Mar's edition in which textual errors and ambiguities are corrected. |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No 7 Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 20/Feb/2017 ] "A superb performance that glows from within. A highly successful and persuasive experiment." - The Independent |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No 5 Orchestre des Champs-Elysees, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 21/Jul/2017 ] Rarely did the première of a Bruckner symphony arouse such enthusiasm; even if, in this case, the first performance took place nearly 20 years after its composition, the work captivated listeners with its ineffable mystery, one thinks of late... |
BRUCKNER
Symphony No 7 Orchestre des Champs-Elysees / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 16/Apr/2005 ] "A superb performance that glows from within. A highly successful and persuasive experiment." - The Independent - On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM |
BRUCKNER
Symphony No 4 'Romantic' Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Jan/2014 ] Three versions exist of the Fourth Symphony in the composer's own hand: but it was his own final version that Bruckner regarded as valid - the revision of 1878 with the 1880 finale. This is the score recorded live, here, by Philippe Herreweghe. |
JEAN-BAPISTE LULLY
Lully: Armide (complete opera recorded in 2008) Theatre des Champs-Elysees / Stephanie d'Oustrac, Paul Agnew / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ FRA Musica / 2 DVD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "Christie and his ensemble...surpass themselves in revivifying this 325-year-old score with imaginative articulation and expressive flair. Gideon Davey's designs are as impressive as Jean-Claude Gallotta's choreography. The cast, too, is remarkable"... |
BEETHOVEN / J.S. BACH / GESUALDO / BERLIOZ / MAHLER / DVORAK / STRAVINSKY
A Conversation With Camille De Rijck (CD & Book) Philippe Herreweghe, Orchestre des Champs-Elysées Royal Flemish Philharmonic Collegium Vocale Gent [ PHI / 5 CD/Book - released 23/Jun/2017 ] In a series of interviews with Camille De Rijck, Philippe Herreweghe sums up his musical trajectory by offering the reader his reflections, intermingling musical and personal considerations. A selection of archive illustrations to delight the eyes... |
W.A. MOZART
Le Nozze Di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (Complete Opera recorded in 2004) Theatre des Champs Elyses / Pietro Spagnoli / Annette Dasch / Rosemary Joshua / Luca Pisaroni / Angelika Kirschlager / Concerto Koln / Rene Jacobs [ Bel Air Classiques / 2 DVD - released 20/Nov/2008 ] Director Jean-Louis Martinoty's refreshingly respectful vision of Le Nozze di Figaro, staged at the Théâtre des ChampsElysées in June of 2004, is only now being released on DVD. Though keeping the action firmly in the specified time and locale, the... |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 4 in G Rosemary Joshua (soprano) / Orchestre des Champs Elysees / Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / Outhere / CD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] "There are arresting moments, and the playing has a delicate beauty and textual clarity that repeatedly draw one's attention to Mahler's technical finesse - and the slightly soft-focus recording doesn't get in the way." (BBC Music Magazine) |
MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream / Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave) Sandrine Piau & Delphine Collot (sopranos) / La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Orchestre des Champs-Elyses / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] "Not since Heather Harper and Janet Baker have I heard such a perfect partnership in 'Ye spotted snakes'. The soft, barely touched high notes at the end of each chorus are also exquisitely rendered." Fanfare |
MAHLER
Des Knaben Wunderhorn [with Harmonia Mundi catalogue] Sarah Connolly, Dietrich Henschel / Orchestre des Champs-Elysees / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Classique / CD/Book - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "The two singers have here superb voices, and Philip Herreweghe's accompaniments leave almost nothing to be desired…" (BBC Music) |