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Soprano Natalie Choquette is equally known for her operatic singing and her comedy routines, and she has had considerable success with her entertaining show with symphony orchestra, Who Ever Said Opera Was Boring? However, Choquette's award-winning album Æterna, released on the Canadian ZYX label, is an unexpectedly reverent turn for this vivacious diva/comedienne, yet disappointingly typical for an inspirational vocal collection. The program is for the most part predictable, with many of the most familiar Christian songs and arias of all time presented in polished arrangements for choir and chamber orchestra by Éric Lagacé, Choquette's husband, and feature her as soloist and in duets with alto Noëlla Huet or with her daughter, Éléonore Lagacé. The disc won the Félix Award for Classical Album of the Year, no doubt because it is the kind of popular spiritual music that appeals to a lay audience without challenging expectations. However, as lovely as Choquette's solos usually are, as pretty as the music often is, and as sincere as the performances seem, this album is really just a greatest sacred hits compilation that has few high points to recommend it. The "Pie Jesu" from Gabriel Fauré's Requiem, touchingly performed by Choquette, is far and away the best track, and it should have obviated Andrew Lloyd Webber's vapid Pie Jesu, which early on blemishes the album; the soothing "Pater Noster" by Nicolas Kedroff is a welcome rarity that brings an Eastern Orthodox flavor to the proceedings; and Raynald Arseneault's stark "Alléluia" brings a much-needed somber tone to this generally innocuous collection. The audio is fine on most of these performances, but there are some tracks that seem unnecessarily boosted and bass heavy.
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Natalie Choquette, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Lagace, Composer
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Natalie Choquette, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer - Natalie Choquette, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Natalie Choquette, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Natalie Choquette, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Natalie Choquette, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Composer - Natalie Choquette, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Composer - Natalie Choquette, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Natalie Choquette, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2010 Isba music
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Natalie Choquette, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2010 Isba music
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Natalie Choquette, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2010 Isba music
Franz Schubert, Composer - Natalie Choquette, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2010 Isba music
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Natalie Choquette, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2010 Isba music
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Natalie Choquette, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2010 Isba music
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Natalie Choquette, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2010 Isba music
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Natalie Choquette, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2010 Isba music
Natalie Choquette, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicolas Kedroff, Composer
(P) 2010 Isba music
Cesar Franck, Composer - Natalie Choquette, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2013 Editions Jade
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Natalie Choquette, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2010 Isba music
Anonymous, Composer - Natalie Choquette, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2010 Isba music
Natalie Choquette, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Raynald Arseneault, Composer
(P) 2010 Isba music
Album review
Soprano Natalie Choquette is equally known for her operatic singing and her comedy routines, and she has had considerable success with her entertaining show with symphony orchestra, Who Ever Said Opera Was Boring? However, Choquette's award-winning album Æterna, released on the Canadian ZYX label, is an unexpectedly reverent turn for this vivacious diva/comedienne, yet disappointingly typical for an inspirational vocal collection. The program is for the most part predictable, with many of the most familiar Christian songs and arias of all time presented in polished arrangements for choir and chamber orchestra by Éric Lagacé, Choquette's husband, and feature her as soloist and in duets with alto Noëlla Huet or with her daughter, Éléonore Lagacé. The disc won the Félix Award for Classical Album of the Year, no doubt because it is the kind of popular spiritual music that appeals to a lay audience without challenging expectations. However, as lovely as Choquette's solos usually are, as pretty as the music often is, and as sincere as the performances seem, this album is really just a greatest sacred hits compilation that has few high points to recommend it. The "Pie Jesu" from Gabriel Fauré's Requiem, touchingly performed by Choquette, is far and away the best track, and it should have obviated Andrew Lloyd Webber's vapid Pie Jesu, which early on blemishes the album; the soothing "Pater Noster" by Nicolas Kedroff is a welcome rarity that brings an Eastern Orthodox flavor to the proceedings; and Raynald Arseneault's stark "Alléluia" brings a much-needed somber tone to this generally innocuous collection. The audio is fine on most of these performances, but there are some tracks that seem unnecessarily boosted and bass heavy.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:24
- Main artists: Natalie Choquette
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Jade
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
(P) 2010 Isba music
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