Atys
Christophe Rousset
Opera - Released January 5, 2024 | Château de Versailles Spectacles
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Céphale et Procris
Reinoud Van Mechelen
Classical - Released February 9, 2024 | Château de Versailles Spectacles
Cadmus & Hermione
Vincent Dumestre
Classical - Released May 1, 2021 | Château de Versailles Spectacles
David & Jonathas
Gaétan Jarry
Classical - Released June 9, 2023 | Château de Versailles Spectacles
Psyché
Christophe Rousset
Classical - Released January 13, 2023 | Château de Versailles Spectacles
Écho & Narcisse
Hervé Niquet
Classical - Released August 25, 2023 | Château de Versailles Spectacles
Lully: Armide
Les Talens Lyriques
Classical - Released March 24, 2017 | Aparté
Æther
Sarah Aristidou
Classical - Released November 5, 2021 | Alpha Classics
Sibelius : Pelleas and Melisande Suite...
Turun Filharmoninen Orkesteri
Classical - Released July 31, 2015 | Naxos
The Naxos label has embarked on a series covering lesser-known works of Sibelius, performed by the little-known (outside Finland) but venerable Turku Philharmonic Orchestra under Sibelius veteran Leif Segerstam. They're well worth the time of Sibelius lovers, with clean, idiomatic performances that cover a side of the composer substantially lighter than that shown by his weighty symphonies. Many are associated with the theater, falling into genres like incidental music that really ought not to be forgotten inasmuch as they were the direct ancestors of today's soundtrack music. The music here is known to at least some listeners: Sibelius' incidental music for Maeterlinck's play Pelléas et Mélisande is performed often in a suite made by the composer, but recordings of the whole set of pieces are rare. The work makes an interesting counterpoint to Debussy's and Schoenberg's better-known sets of pieces, and if the listener can shake free of a linear view of music history, it stands up well to those. Sample the very sparse and powerful Mélisande's song (track 6), given a rich performance by soprano Pia Pajala; it's enough to make one wish Sibelius had been induced to apply his structural thinking to opera. The deep and unified final Andante from Act V could and should be performed more often as an independent work. After the Pélleas music is another piece of incidental music for an abortive project, a trio of waltzes (one vocal), and a little work from the end of Sibelius' career. There might be slightly cleaner versions of the Pélleas et Mélisande music out there, but probably not in a recording that gives the entire work. © TiVo
Jean-Baptiste Lully : Amadis (Édition 5.1)
Christophe Rousset
Opera - Released September 22, 2014 | Aparté
Leclair: Scylla & Glaucus
Sébastien d'Hérin
Classical - Released November 27, 2015 | Alpha Classics
La Flûte Enchantée
Hervé Niquet
Classical - Released April 23, 2021 | Château de Versailles Spectacles
Lully: Acis et Galatée, LWV 73
Jean-François Lombard
Opera - Released October 13, 2023 | Naxos
Que les mortels servent de modèle aux dieux...
Eugénie Warnier
Classical - Released March 12, 2009 | Alpha Classics
Halévy : La Reine de Chypre
Hervé Niquet
Full Operas - Released May 11, 2018 | Bru Zane
Lully: Phaéton
Le Poème Harmonique
Classical - Released September 27, 2019 | Château de Versailles Spectacles
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Désiré Emile Inghelbrecht
Opera - Released January 1, 1999 | naïve classique
Debussy: Complete Orchestral Work
Jun Märkl
Classical - Released January 30, 2012 | Naxos
Pancrace Royer: Surprising Royer, Orchestral Suites
Les Talens Lyriques
Symphonic Music - Released May 5, 2023 | Aparté
Spontini: La vestale
Les Talens Lyriques
Classical - Released May 12, 2023 | Bru Zane