Maurice Yvain: Yes!
Les Frivolités Parisiennes
Classical - Released March 22, 2024 | Alpha Classics
Atys
Christophe Rousset
Opera - Released January 5, 2024 | Château de Versailles Spectacles
Parry: Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound, Blest Pair of Sirens
London Mozart Players
Choral Music (Choirs) - Released September 8, 2023 | Chandos
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Céphale et Procris
Reinoud Van Mechelen
Classical - Released February 9, 2024 | Château de Versailles Spectacles
Psyché
Christophe Rousset
Classical - Released January 13, 2023 | Château de Versailles Spectacles
Lully : Bellérophon
Christophe Rousset
Full Operas - Released January 25, 2011 | Aparté
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
Cadmus & Hermione
Vincent Dumestre
Classical - Released May 1, 2021 | Château de Versailles Spectacles
Carmen - L'Arlésienne
Marc Minkowski
Classical - Released March 17, 2008 | naïve classique
Leclair: Scylla & Glaucus
Sébastien d'Hérin
Classical - Released November 27, 2015 | Alpha Classics
Grétry: Richard Cœur de Lion
Hervé Niquet
Classical - Released September 25, 2020 | Château de Versailles Spectacles
Franz Xaver Mozart: Variations
Andriy Dragan
Classical - Released June 11, 2021 | Claves Records
Haendel: Opera Seria
Sandrine Piau
Classical - Released November 2, 2004 | naïve classique
Charpentier: Médée
Les Arts Florissants
Opera - Released August 20, 1984 | harmonia mundi
Lully: Acis et Galatée, LWV 73
Jean-François Lombard
Opera - Released October 13, 2023 | Naxos
Campra: Idoménée (highlights)
Les Arts Florissants
Classical - Released July 11, 1994 | harmonia mundi
Dance!
Daniel Hope
Classical - Released February 2, 2024 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
Jules Massenet: Ariane
Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Classical - Released September 8, 2023 | Bru Zane
David & Jonathas
Gaétan Jarry
Classical - Released June 9, 2023 | Château de Versailles Spectacles
Horowitz return to Chicago (Live at Orchestra Hall, 1986)
Vladimir Horowitz
Classical - Released November 6, 2015 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)