Raphaël Pichon
Text in englischer Sprache verfügbarRaphaël Pichon has had dual careers as a countertenor, and later as the founder and director of the historically oriented choir Pygmalion. That group has developed into a major force in the performance of French Baroque opera. Pichon was born in Paris on October 17, 1984. As a child, he sang in a famous youth choir, the Maîtrise des Petits Chanteurs in Versailles. Pichon studied the violin and piano at the Versailles Academy, but, he told Télérama, "As a child, working on the [violin], alone in my room, put me off; I only rediscovered pleasure in making music by discovering the joy of building a sound together in a choir...." Moving on to the Paris Conservatory, Pichon began to come closer to his ultimate place, studying voice and conducting. As a countertenor, he performed under some of the leading early music conductors of the early 21st century, both French and foreign, including Jordi Savall, Jean Tubéry, and Ton Koopman. Pichon founded Pygmalion in 2006 and built it into one of the most successful choral ensembles oriented toward early music. The group, accompanied by period instruments, has performed not only in France but around Europe and in China and Hong Kong. Pygmalion has especially been associated with productions of Baroque opera and has appeared on leading French stages, including the Opéra royal de Versailles and a theater at the Festival of Aix-en-Provence. The group collaborated with the Bordeaux Opera in notable productions of Rameau's operas Castor et Pollux and Dardanus -- later becoming artists-in-residence with that company -- and also worked with the venerable Opéra-Comique in Paris. For a time, Pichon also conducted the chamber choir OTrente, which specialized in Romantic and contemporary works, but he stepped down to devote full time to Pygmalion. Pichon and Pygmalion recorded several albums for the Alpha label, beginning in 2010 with a release devoted to Bach's Missae Brevis, BWV 233, and BWV 236. In 2014, the group moved to Harmonia Mundi for a recording of Bach's rarely performed Köthener Trauermusik, BWV 244a. Pichon and Pygmalion have continued to record for Harmonia Mundi, also backing soprano Sabine Devieilhe on the album Mozart: The Weber Sisters in 2015. In 2020, the ensemble released the album Johann Sebastian Bach: Motets on Harmonia Mundi.
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Raphaël Pichon has had dual careers as a countertenor, and later as the founder and director of the historically oriented choir Pygmalion. That group has developed into a major force in the performance of French Baroque opera.
Pichon was born in Paris on October 17, 1984. As a child, he sang in a famous youth choir, the Maîtrise des Petits Chanteurs in Versailles. Pichon studied the violin and piano at the Versailles Academy, but, he told Télérama, "As a child, working on the [violin], alone in my room, put me off; I only rediscovered pleasure in making music by discovering the joy of building a sound together in a choir...." Moving on to the Paris Conservatory, Pichon began to come closer to his ultimate place, studying voice and conducting. As a countertenor, he performed under some of the leading early music conductors of the early 21st century, both French and foreign, including Jordi Savall, Jean Tubéry, and Ton Koopman. Pichon founded Pygmalion in 2006 and built it into one of the most successful choral ensembles oriented toward early music. The group, accompanied by period instruments, has performed not only in France but around Europe and in China and Hong Kong. Pygmalion has especially been associated with productions of Baroque opera and has appeared on leading French stages, including the Opéra royal de Versailles and a theater at the Festival of Aix-en-Provence. The group collaborated with the Bordeaux Opera in notable productions of Rameau's operas Castor et Pollux and Dardanus -- later becoming artists-in-residence with that company -- and also worked with the venerable Opéra-Comique in Paris. For a time, Pichon also conducted the chamber choir OTrente, which specialized in Romantic and contemporary works, but he stepped down to devote full time to Pygmalion.
Pichon and Pygmalion recorded several albums for the Alpha label, beginning in 2010 with a release devoted to Bach's Missae Brevis, BWV 233, and BWV 236. In 2014, the group moved to Harmonia Mundi for a recording of Bach's rarely performed Köthener Trauermusik, BWV 244a. Pichon and Pygmalion have continued to record for Harmonia Mundi, also backing soprano Sabine Devieilhe on the album Mozart: The Weber Sisters in 2015. In 2020, the ensemble released the album Johann Sebastian Bach: Motets on Harmonia Mundi.
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J. S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244
Raphaël Pichon
Geistliche Oratorien - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 11.03.2022
Bereits im Eingangschor bringen Raphaël Pichon und sein Ensemble Pygmalion ihre besondere Sensibilität für Nuancen zum Ausdruck. Ihre Darbietung füllt ...
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Stravaganza d'Amore! Birth of Opera at the Medici Court
Raphaël Pichon
Klassik - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 19.05.2017
4F de TéléramaChoc de ClassicaDiapason d'orGramophone Editor's Choice5 Sterne Fono Forum KlassikPreis der deutschen SchallplattenkritikDas Florenz des ausgehenden 16.Jahrhunderts war eine Bühne: in den Augen der Herrscherfamilien, die ihre Macht durch Förderung der Künste zur Schau zu ...
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Rheinmädchen (Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wagner)
Raphaël Pichon
Vokalmusik (weltlich und geistlich) - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 18.03.2016
Prise de Son d'Exception4 étoiles Classica5 de Diapason5 Sterne Fono Forum Klassik24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Enfers
Raphaël Pichon
Opernauszüge - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 23.02.2018
4F de TéléramaChoc de ClassicaGramophone Editor's ChoiceDiamant d'Opéra5 Sterne Fono Forum KlassikRaphaël Pichon hat mit seinem Ensemble Pygmalion das Programm des vorliegenden Albums in Form einer „Pasticcio“-Totenmesse zusammengestellt: ein geist ...
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Bach: Missæ Breves, BWV 232-236 (Complete Recordings)
Raphaël Pichon
Messen, Passionen, Requiems - Erschienen bei Alpha Classics am 21.10.2013
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Rameau : Castor et Pollux
Raphaël Pichon
Gesamtaufnahmen von Opern - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 27.04.2015
4F de TéléramaErst an der Pariser Opéra Comique, dann konzertant in Montpellier: Raphaël Pichon und das Ensemble Pygmalion haben sich Jean-Philippe Rameaus Oper „Ca ...
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Libertà ! Mozart & the opera
Raphaël Pichon
Oper - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 30.08.2019
Choc de ClassicaEine anspruchsvolle Aufgabe. Dieses Album ist verwirrend, provokant und herrlich erfrischend. Bevor er sich auf die "Da-Ponte-Trilogie" von Mozart kon ...
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Bach: Missae breves BWV 234 & 235 (Alpha Collection)
Raphaël Pichon
Messen, Passionen, Requiems - Erschienen bei Alpha Classics am 28.08.2008
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J. S. Bach : Köthener Trauermusik, BWV 244a
Raphaël Pichon
Chorwerk (für den Chor) - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 06.10.2014
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Bach : Missae Breves, BWV 233 & 236
Raphaël Pichon
Messen, Passionen, Requiems - Erschienen bei Alpha Classics am 20.09.2010
This is one of a pair of albums devoted to Bach's Missa Brevis settings by French ensemble Pygmalion. Both are strongly recommended. These settings, w ...
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