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The rise of the countertenor is one of the major musical developments of the early 21st century, and French singer Philippe Jaroussky has been at the heart of it. He not only has a glorious voice, creamy, with multiple shades, yet somehow with the fragility to take on Baroque opera's doomed heroines; he has the dramatic sense and an exquisite injured quality necessary for the opera genre, the dominant one during the Baroque. His popularity has expanded well beyond historical-performance circles, with some of his YouTube videos achieving Bieber-esque hit counts. He modestly avers that a best-of album may be ambitious for an artist in his early thirties, but in reality the two CDs here aren't quite enough to cover what he has accomplished: Vivaldi, which is what he's best known for, is somewhat shortchanged. Nevertheless, this is a very good place to start with Jaroussky if you've bypassed him. The selections are drawn from albums Jaroussky made between 2004 and 2011. Needless to say, he's in fine voice throughout, and the collection covers his major Baroque specialties as well as selections from Opium, his 2009 release covering French late Romantic music. These take up the bulk of the second half of disc 1, and a few might have been left out to in order to bulk up the Baroque areas. On the plus side, however, are the new recordings that are included; Jaroussky fans will be convinced of the rightness of their purchase from the new opening track, Nicola Porpora's Alto giove. Another advantage for confirmed Jaroussky lovers is the opportunity to hear how his voice slightly changes as he works with the leading lights of the historical-instrument movement; he is a delightfully sensitive ensemble performer. Listen and enjoy.
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Concerto Koln, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor - Philippe Jaroussky, Conductor, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Nicola Porpora, Composer
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Conductor, Violin - Ensemble Matheus, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Limited
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited
Concerto Koln, Orchestra - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, Harpsichord, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Caldara, Composer
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Daniel Zalay, Producer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Orchestra, MainArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Nicola Porpora, Composer
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Ensemble Artaserse, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Limited
Etiénne Collard, Producer, Produced & Engineered by - Alain Lanceron, Producer - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - La Fenice, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - Jean Tubéry, Conductor, Director, Lead Vocals, Miscellaneous - Giovanni Battista Bassani, Composer - Ensemble La Fenice, Ensemble - Etienne Collard (Musica Numeris), ExecutiveProducer - Jiri Heger (Musica Numeris), Editor, Tonmeister - Charlotte Charbonnier (Musica Numeris), Editor
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2004 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Johann Christian Bach, Composer - Jérémie Rhorer, Conductor - Le Cercle De L'Harmonie, Orchestra, Lead Vocals, Ensemble - Frederic Rivoal, Organ
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Anonymous, Composer - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Christina Pluhar, Conductor, Harp, Lead Vocals - L'Arpeggiata, Orchestra, Lead Vocals, Ensemble
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2010 Christina Pluhar under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd.
Etiénne Collard, Recording Producer - Jerome Ducros, Piano - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Reynaldo Hahn, Composer - Théophile De Viau, Poet
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, Lead Vocals - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Cecile Chaminade, Composer - Edouard Guinand, Lyricist
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, Lead Vocals - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Guillaume Lekeu, Composer, Writer
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Astor Piazzolla, Composer - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Christina Pluhar, Conductor - L'Arpeggiata, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Mario Trejo, Poet
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2012 Christina Pluhar under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor - Orchestre De Paris, Orchestra - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Limited.
Philippe Jaroussky, Conductor, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Christina Pluhar, Conductor, Lead Vocals - L'Arpeggiata, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - Luigi Rossi, Composer
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2012 International Artists Editions and productions GmbH under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company
DISC 2
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Diego Fasolis, Conductor - I Barocchisti, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Limited
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Conductor - Ensemble Matheus, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Nicolò Beregan, Poet
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Diego Fasolis, Conductor - I Barocchisti, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Limited
William Christie, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Les Arts Florissants, Orchestra, Lead Vocals, Ensemble - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor Vocals - Giovanni Bononcini, Composer - Max Emmanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor Vocals, Lead Vocals
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Concerto Koln, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, Harpsichord, Lead Vocals - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Caldara, Composer
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2010 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Conductor - Ensemble Matheus, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Daniel Zalay, Producer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Limited
Concerto Koln, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, Harpsichord, Lead Vocals - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Caldara, Composer
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2010 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Conductor - Ensemble Matheus, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Limited
Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Henry Purcell, Composer - Diego Fasolis, Conductor - I Barrochisti, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Limited
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, Performed by, MainArtist - Johann Christian Bach, Composer - Jérémie Rhorer, Conductor, Vocals - Le Cercle De L'Harmonie, Orchestra, Lead Vocals, Performed by
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Johann Christian Bach, Composer - Jérémie Rhorer, Conductor - Le Cercle De L'Harmonie, Orchestra
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Philippe Jaroussky, Conductor, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Christina Pluhar, Conductor, Lead Vocals - L'Arpeggiata, Orchestra, Lead Vocals
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2012 International Artists Editions and productions GmbH under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company.
Ensemble Artaserse, Orchestra - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Giovanni Felice Sances, Composer
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Ensemble Artaserse, Lead Vocals, Ensemble - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Andrea Mattioli, Composer
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2005 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Nuria Rial, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Christina Pluhar, Conductor - L'Arpeggiata, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Giovanni Francesco Busenello, Poet
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Albumbeschreibung
The rise of the countertenor is one of the major musical developments of the early 21st century, and French singer Philippe Jaroussky has been at the heart of it. He not only has a glorious voice, creamy, with multiple shades, yet somehow with the fragility to take on Baroque opera's doomed heroines; he has the dramatic sense and an exquisite injured quality necessary for the opera genre, the dominant one during the Baroque. His popularity has expanded well beyond historical-performance circles, with some of his YouTube videos achieving Bieber-esque hit counts. He modestly avers that a best-of album may be ambitious for an artist in his early thirties, but in reality the two CDs here aren't quite enough to cover what he has accomplished: Vivaldi, which is what he's best known for, is somewhat shortchanged. Nevertheless, this is a very good place to start with Jaroussky if you've bypassed him. The selections are drawn from albums Jaroussky made between 2004 and 2011. Needless to say, he's in fine voice throughout, and the collection covers his major Baroque specialties as well as selections from Opium, his 2009 release covering French late Romantic music. These take up the bulk of the second half of disc 1, and a few might have been left out to in order to bulk up the Baroque areas. On the plus side, however, are the new recordings that are included; Jaroussky fans will be convinced of the rightness of their purchase from the new opening track, Nicola Porpora's Alto giove. Another advantage for confirmed Jaroussky lovers is the opportunity to hear how his voice slightly changes as he works with the leading lights of the historical-instrument movement; he is a delightfully sensitive ensemble performer. Listen and enjoy.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 32 track(s)
- Total length: 02:29:36
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Philippe Jaroussky
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Klassiek
© 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company
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