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CALDARA
Caldara in Vienna Philippe Jaroussky (conter-tenor) / Concerto Köln, Emmanuelle Haïm [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 29/Nov/2010 ] "Jaroussky, a male soprano rather than a a countertenor, brings this obscure repertoire to life: seamless legato, fluent runs and - unlike some of his confrères - no cause for alarm above the stave." Gramophone Editor's Choice January 2011) |
ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti: Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme Gerard Lesne, Philippe Jaroussky, Virginie Pochon / Il Seminario musicale [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2016 ] "Full praise should go first to gerard Lesne, whose presence on this recording is the critical element in its undoubted success. This isn't just a question of his stylish singing, but of a vision of the dramatic articulation of the work as a... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Virtuoso Cantatas Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor) / Ensemble Artaserse [ Virgin Records / CD - released 14/Apr/2005 ] Forty of Vivaldi's chamber cantatas survive - short, dramatic works for solo voice and continuo on the conventional theme of unhappy love, written to order for an aristocratic audience. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Via Crucis: Rappresentazione della gloriosa Passione di Cristo Philippe Jaroussky (counter tenor) & Nuria Rial (soprano) / L'Arpeggiata & Ensemble Barbara Fortuna (Corsican Choir), Christina Pluhar [ Virgin / Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] "Concept discs uniting early music with folk music can be suspect, but this one is very classy...Pluhar's arrangements are stylishly varied." The Observer, 28th March 2010 |