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Usually classified into five practical categories: soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and bass, the characterisation of the various vocal registers is in fact more subtle and complicated than that. The baritone voice, for example, serves, depending on the repertoire, as an intermediary between the bass and the tenor, but there is also the baritenor (baryton-martin in French) as illustrated by this very pleasant recording of the American singer Michael Spyres, a veritable vocal phenomenon. Very comfortable singing bel canto, notably in Rossini's operas, he has a particularly wide range, enabling him to take on a wide variety of roles as a baritone, tenor and often both at the same time. Michael Spyres takes on the eighteen tracks of this recital with disconcerting ease, traversing the tessituras with an assumed and delightful casualness, leaping octaves in head-spinning fashion. Who would not be amused by his Largo al factotum from Rossini's Barber of Seville through which he joyfully capers, or by his irresistible high notes in the Postillon de Lonjumeau (Adolphe Adam). If Michael Spyres is having fun showing off his exceptional voice, he always does so to good effect, respecting the work and its style. The opening track sets the tone with a dazzling version of Fuor del mar, one of the most virtuoso and ornate arias written by Mozart for Idomeneo. The rest is just as good: impeccable French in Méhul, Spontini, Donizetti, Ambroise Thomas, Ravel, Wagner (Lohengrin sung in French!) or Offenbach, equally perfect Italian with Mozart, Rossini and Verdi or silky German with Korngold, ending in Latin with Orff. Of course it is a collection of musical non-sequiturs, but that is in the nature of a recital. Michael Spyres keeps us on the edge of our seats from start to finish. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg, Orchestra - Giambattista Varesco, Poet - Marko Letonja, Conductor - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg, Orchestra - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Poet - Marko Letonja, Conductor - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg, Orchestra - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Poet - Marko Letonja, Conductor - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg, Orchestra - Etienne Nicolas Méhul, Composer - Marko Letonja, Conductor - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - François-Benoît Hoffmann, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg, Orchestra - Etienne De Jouy, Poet - Gaspare Spontini, Composer - Marko Letonja, Conductor - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg, Orchestra - Cesare Sterbini, Poet - Marko Letonja, Conductor - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg, Orchestra - Gioacchino Rossini, Composer - Marko Letonja, Conductor - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Francesco Maria Berio di Salsa, Poet - Choeur de l'Opéra national du Rhin, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Sangbae Choï, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg, Orchestra - Adolphe Adam, Composer - Adolphe De Leuven, Poet - Leon-Levy Brunswick, Poet - Marko Letonja, Conductor - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Choeur de l'Opéra national du Rhin, Chorus, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Marko Letonja, Conductor - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Jean-François Bayard, Poet - Henri Saint-Georges, Poet - Choeur de l'Opéra national du Rhin, Chorus, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Leone Emanuele Bardare, Poet - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Salvatore Cammarano, Poet - Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg, Orchestra - Marko Letonja, Conductor - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg, Orchestra - Michel Carre, Poet - Jules Barbier, Poet - Ambroise Thomas, Composer - Marko Letonja, Conductor - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Nicolas Kuhn, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Choeur de l'Opéra national du Rhin, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Fabien Gaschy, Baritone Vocals, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg, Orchestra - Jules Barbier, Poet - Marko Letonja, Conductor - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Choeur de l'Opéra national du Rhin, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Mario Montalbano, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Richard Wagner, Composer, Poet - Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg, Orchestra - Marko Letonja, Conductor - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer, Poet - Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg, Orchestra - Marko Letonja, Conductor - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Franz Lehár, Composer - Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg, Orchestra - Leo Stein, Poet - Viktor Léon, Poet - Marko Letonja, Conductor - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg, Orchestra - Marko Letonja, Conductor - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Maurice Étienne Legrand, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg, Orchestra - Carl Orff, Composer - Anonymus, Poet - Marko Letonja, Conductor - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg, Orchestra - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer, Poet - Julius Korngold, Poet - Marko Letonja, Conductor - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Album review
Usually classified into five practical categories: soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and bass, the characterisation of the various vocal registers is in fact more subtle and complicated than that. The baritone voice, for example, serves, depending on the repertoire, as an intermediary between the bass and the tenor, but there is also the baritenor (baryton-martin in French) as illustrated by this very pleasant recording of the American singer Michael Spyres, a veritable vocal phenomenon. Very comfortable singing bel canto, notably in Rossini's operas, he has a particularly wide range, enabling him to take on a wide variety of roles as a baritone, tenor and often both at the same time. Michael Spyres takes on the eighteen tracks of this recital with disconcerting ease, traversing the tessituras with an assumed and delightful casualness, leaping octaves in head-spinning fashion. Who would not be amused by his Largo al factotum from Rossini's Barber of Seville through which he joyfully capers, or by his irresistible high notes in the Postillon de Lonjumeau (Adolphe Adam). If Michael Spyres is having fun showing off his exceptional voice, he always does so to good effect, respecting the work and its style. The opening track sets the tone with a dazzling version of Fuor del mar, one of the most virtuoso and ornate arias written by Mozart for Idomeneo. The rest is just as good: impeccable French in Méhul, Spontini, Donizetti, Ambroise Thomas, Ravel, Wagner (Lohengrin sung in French!) or Offenbach, equally perfect Italian with Mozart, Rossini and Verdi or silky German with Korngold, ending in Latin with Orff. Of course it is a collection of musical non-sequiturs, but that is in the nature of a recital. Michael Spyres keeps us on the edge of our seats from start to finish. © François Hudry/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:24:20
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Michael Spyres
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
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