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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Artistas semelhantes
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Fauré : Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine, Super flumina Babylonis
Philippe Jaroussky, Matthias Goerne, Orchestre de Paris, Paavo Järvi
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 05/09/2011
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Il Boemo (Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Philippe Jaroussky, Emöke Baráth, Václav Luks
Cinema Music - Lançado por Warner Classics em 23/06/2023
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Forgotten Arias
Philippe Jaroussky, Julien Chauvin, Le Concert de la Loge
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 27/10/2023
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Pergolesi : Stabat Mater - Laudate pueri - Confitebor
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por Warner Classics International em 01/11/2013
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Bach & Telemann : Sacred Cantatas
Classical - Lançado por Erato - Warner Classics em 07/10/2016
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Passacalle de la Follie
Christina Pluhar, L'Arpeggiata, Philippe Jaroussky
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 17/02/2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
À sa guitare
Philippe Jaroussky, Thibaut García
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 15/10/2021
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Farinelli & Porpora - His Master's Voice
Classical - Lançado por Erato - Warner Classics em 16/09/2013
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Pietà - Sacred works
Classical - Lançado por Erato - Warner Classics em 17/10/2014
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Agostino Steffani : Niobe, regina di Tebe
Classical - Lançado por Erato - Warner Classics em 05/01/2015
Gramophone: Recording of the Month24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
La vanità del mondo
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 13/11/2020
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Dualità
Emöke Baráth, Artaserse, Philippe Jaroussky
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 18/02/2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Antonio Vivaldi : La Fida Ninfa (Opere teatrale, vol. 11)
Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Philippe Jaroussky, Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Full Operas - Lançado por naïve classique em 18/11/2008
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Heroes - Vivaldi Opera Arias
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 06/11/2006
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ombra mai fu - Francesco Cavalli Opera Arias
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 08/03/2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Duetti (Bononcini, Conti, Porpora, Marcello, Scarlatti, etc.)
Les Arts Florissants, Max Emanuel Cencic, Philippe Jaroussky, William Christie
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 04/11/2011
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Benedetto Ferrari: Musiche Varie a voce sola, libri I, II & III
Philippe Jaroussky, Ensemble Artaserse
Classical - Lançado por La Musica em 01/01/2002
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Relaxing christmas
Philippe Jaroussky, Anne Gastinel, Claire Désert, François-Frédéric Guy
Classical - Lançado por naïve classique em 24/11/2017
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Pietà - Sacred works
Classical - Lançado por Erato - Warner Classics em 17/10/2014
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Passion Jaroussky
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 25/10/2019
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Handel Album
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 06/10/2017
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo