Philippe Jaroussky
Philippe Jaroussky is a star of the countertenor voice whose recordings of Baroque music have been exceptionally widely acclaimed. Emerging with a group of spectacular appearances and recordings in the early 2000s, he has branched out beyond Baroque repertory and recorded French art song, lieder of Schubert, and the like.
Jaroussky was born in the Paris suburb of Maisons-Laffittes on January 13, 1978. His first instrument was the violin, and he earned a degree from the early music department of the Conservatoire de Paris in 1996. He also studied the piano during his early years, but after hearing countertenor Fabrice di Falco (the "creole Farinelli"), he switched to voice and began studies with soprano Nicole Fallien. By 1997, Jaroussky was beginning to find major Baroque opera engagements, appearing in a trilogy of Monteverdi operas under conductor Jean-Claude Malgoire. With a combination of sweet tone and power in the virtuoso arias of Handel and Vivaldi, he emerged as a major figure in the first years of the 21st century. In 2001, he made his first recording, of Alessandro Scarlatti's opera Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme.
Jaroussky has a large repertory of Baroque opera, and he has done much to popularize the genre in historically authentic performances (many soprano roles in Baroque opera were composed for castrato singers, for which Jaroussky's countertenor voice offers a modern substitute). He has appeared with many top Baroque ensembles in France and elsewhere, including Les Arts Florissants, Les Musiciens du Louvre, and Le Concert d'Astrée. He has recorded numerous cantatas and other works for smaller groups, often with his own ensemble, Artaserse. That ensemble was named for Leonardo Vinci's opera Artaserse, in whose modern premiere Jaroussky had performed. His recordings cover opera, conceptual recordings like Un concert pour Mazarin (2004), and recitals such as Porpora: Arias (2013), on which he performed repertory associated with the 18th century countertenor Farinelli. Jaroussky has won four Victoires de la musique classique awards and three Echo Klassik awards in Germany. Beginning with 2009's Opium: Mélodies françaises, Jaroussky's recordings have sometimes explored repertory atypical for countertenors. This group of recordings includes À sa guitare, featuring guitarist Thibaut Garcia and released in 2021 on the Erato label, for which Jaroussky has made most of his albums.
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Fauré : Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine, Super flumina Babylonis
Philippe Jaroussky, Matthias Goerne, Orchestre de Paris, Paavo Järvi
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 5 Sep 2011
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Il Boemo (Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Philippe Jaroussky, Emöke Baráth, Václav Luks
Cinema Music - Released by Warner Classics on 23 Jun 2023
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Forgotten Arias
Philippe Jaroussky, Julien Chauvin, Le Concert de la Loge
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 27 Oct 2023
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Pergolesi : Stabat Mater - Laudate pueri - Confitebor
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Warner Classics International on 1 Nov 2013
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Bach & Telemann : Sacred Cantatas
Classical - Released by Erato - Warner Classics on 7 Oct 2016
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Passacalle de la Follie
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Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 17 Feb 2023
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À sa guitare
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Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 15 Oct 2021
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Farinelli & Porpora - His Master's Voice
Classical - Released by Erato - Warner Classics on 16 Sep 2013
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Pietà - Sacred works
Classical - Released by Erato - Warner Classics on 17 Oct 2014
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Agostino Steffani : Niobe, regina di Tebe
Classical - Released by Erato - Warner Classics on 5 Jan 2015
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La vanità del mondo
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 13 Nov 2020
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Dualità
Emöke Baráth, Artaserse, Philippe Jaroussky
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 18 Feb 2022
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Antonio Vivaldi : La Fida Ninfa (Opere teatrale, vol. 11)
Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Philippe Jaroussky, Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Full Operas - Released by naïve classique on 18 Nov 2008
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Heroes - Vivaldi Opera Arias
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Ombra mai fu - Francesco Cavalli Opera Arias
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 8 Mar 2019
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Duetti (Bononcini, Conti, Porpora, Marcello, Scarlatti, etc.)
Les Arts Florissants, Max Emanuel Cencic, Philippe Jaroussky, William Christie
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 4 Nov 2011
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Benedetto Ferrari: Musiche Varie a voce sola, libri I, II & III
Philippe Jaroussky, Ensemble Artaserse
Classical - Released by La Musica on 1 Jan 2002
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Relaxing christmas
Philippe Jaroussky, Anne Gastinel, Claire Désert, François-Frédéric Guy
Classical - Released by naïve classique on 24 Nov 2017
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Pietà - Sacred works
Classical - Released by Erato - Warner Classics on 17 Oct 2014
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Passion Jaroussky
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 25 Oct 2019
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The Handel Album
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 6 Oct 2017
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