PHILIPP HEINRICH ERLEBACH
Erlebach: Lieder Le Banquet Céleste; Damien Guillon [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 14/May/2021 ] "The Sarabande from the Second Sonata would melt the stoniest heart, and the gigues that end both works seem to kick up their heels with delight." BBC Music |
J. S. BACH
Trinitatis: Bach Cantatas Le Banquet Céleste, Damien Guillon [ Alpha / CD - released 5/May/2023 ] "Deeply engaging and moving performances of three Bach cantatas result in 'an exceptional and original release'." Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2023 |
Celeste
Not Your Muse [ Universal / CD - released 19/Feb/2021 ] 'Not Your Muse' follows what has been a remarkable year for Celeste, who won both the BBC Sound of 2020 and the BRITS Rising Star award. Celeste's spell-binding performance of 'Strange' at The BRITS in February placed her firmly in the global... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI / J. S. BACH
Psalms Damien Guillon (countertenor & direction) & Céline Scheen (soprano) / Le Banquet Céleste [ Glossa / CD - released 25/Apr/2016 ] Damien Guillon, who has been proving himself as an interpreter of the more spiritual side of Baroque music, now makes his debut on Glossa both as countertenor soloist and director. In a fascinating pairing of Bach and Vivaldi psalm settings,... |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Odes & Welcome Songs Damien Guillon; Le Banquet Céleste [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] There are 24 Odes and Welcome Songs composed by Purcell between 1680 and 1695: 4 celebrate St Cecilia, 6 are to welcome royalty, 3 celebrate King James II's birthday and 6 celebrate that of Queen Mary (from 1684 to 1694). The others were written for... |
ALESSANDRO STRADELLA
Stradella: San Giovanni Battista Damien Guillon, Le Banquet Céleste [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] "newcomers should try this present version under the excellent direction of Damien Guillon. The important thing is to get to know this ravishing piece." Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2020 |
JAMES PRICE JOHNSON
Johnson: De Organizer / The Dreamy Kid (excerpts) Rabihah Davis Dunn, Olivia Duval, Lori Celeste Hick & other soloists / University of Michigan Opera Theatre and Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Kiesler [ Naxos American Opera Classics / CD - released 8/Sep/2023 ] Renowned as an influential jazz pianist, James P. Johnson also flourished as a composer of opera and of show tunes in the 1920s and 1930s. His two short operas The Dreamy Kid and De Organizer offer contrasting stories of African American life at that... |
ROGERS and HAMMERSTEIN
Oklahoma! (Original 1943 Broadway cast) plus bonus tracks Alfred Drake, Lee Dixon, Joan Roberts, Ralph Riggs, Celeste Holm, Howard da Silva, and o [ Naxos Musicals / CD - released 14/Mar/2005 ] |