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French soprano Natalie Dessay has done one thing pretty much better than anyone else out there: dance around in the vocal stratosphere and keep a beautiful, blooming sound going. She has also been impressive indeed in seeming to put herself right in front of listeners in a quiet aria, and she's a fine, charismatic stage presence. All these attributes are present on this two-CD collection of Dessay tracks, which is further distinguished by several pages of photos, not of the singer herself, but of the albums from which the tracks are drawn. This is desirable: a collection of hits ideally ought to be a way into the artist's work, not a final step. The fan or the newcomer to Dessay will find a fair sampling of her specialties here: French opera, the Baroque, the bel canto repertory. The thing is, it's not exactly a greatest-hits album. De l'opéra à la chanson includes at the end a set of eight French chansons and popular songs from outside France. These seem to be intended to pave the way for Dessay's second career as a chanson singer, since she retired from the operatic stage in 2013. There's no telling whether this will work: she seems aware of the challenges, and she adds a nice huskiness to her voice in the French material. At this point there's no real reason to listen to her singing Cole Porter, and her somewhat reedy middle register, also apparent in the Incarnatus from Mozart's Mass in C minor, K. 427, doesn't exactly suit her to popular music. So the collection is a bit of a mixed bag, but it is never dull, and for the most part it's a fair representation of one of the great singers of our age.
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Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Léo Delibes, Composer - Alfred de Musset, Poet - Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester, Orchestra - Michael Schønwandt, Conductor
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1998 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Léo Delibes, Composer - Le Edmond Gondinet & Philippe Gil, Writer - Michel Plasson - Natalie Dessay - José Van Dam - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Gregory Kunde, MainArtist
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1998 Warner Music France
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Evelino Pido, Conductor, MainArtist, FeaturedArtist - Concerto Koln, Orchestra, MainArtist, FeaturedArtist - Francesco Maria Piave, Poet
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2007 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Evelino Pido, Conductor - Franck Ferrari, Baritone Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Europäischer Kammerchor, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Concerto Koln, Orchestra - Matthew Rose, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Roberto Alagna, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Francesco Maria Piave, Poet
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Limited
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Evelino Pido, Conductor, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Concerto Koln, Lead Vocals, Ensemble, MainArtist
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2007 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Michel Plasson, Conductor, FeaturedArtist - Choeur Les Elements, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Ambroise Thomas, Composer
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2003 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Zalay, Producer - Felice Romani, Poet - Evelino Pido, Conductor - Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon, Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Choeur De l'Opéra National De Lyon, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Alan Woodbridge, Choir Director - Sara Mingardo, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Francesco Meli, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Carlo Colombara, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Paul Gay, Baritone Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Evelino Pidò/Natalie Dessay/Carlo Colombara/Francesco Meli/Sara Mingardo/Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon/Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Lyon, MainArtist
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2007 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra, MainArtist - Etiénne Collard, Recording Producer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Louis Langrée, Conductor, MainArtist
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2000 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Emanuel Schikaneder, Poet - William Christie, Conductor, MainArtist - Les Arts Florissants, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1996 Erato Disques S.A.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Emanuel Schikaneder, Poet - William Christie, Conductor, MainArtist - Les Arts Florissants, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1996 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - William Christie, Conductor, MainArtist - Les Arts Florissants, Orchestra
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1999 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor - Emmanuelle Haïm/Le Concert d`Astrée/Natalie Dessay, MainArtist
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Limited
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, MainArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Stéphane Degout, MainArtist, Bass-Baritone Vocals
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2012 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Daniel Zalay, Producer - Neil Brough, Trumpet - Le Concert d'Astrée, Orchestra - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2008 Parlophone Records Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Veronique Gens, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, MainArtist - Le Concert d`Astrée, MainArtist
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2008 Parlophone Records Limited
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Zalay, Producer - Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, Harpsichord, MainArtist, FeaturedArtist - Christopher Purves, Baritone Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Simon Wall, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2008 Parlophone Records Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Zalay, Producer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Veronique Gens, Lead Vocals, Soprano Vocals - Louis Langrée, Conductor, MainArtist - David Comtet, Lead Vocals, Master Chorus - Le Choeur d'Astrée, Choir, Vocals - Yves Castagnet, Organ, Lead Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Le Concert d'Astrée, Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Luca Pisaroni, Lead Vocals, Bass - Topi Lehtipuu, Lead Vocals, Tenor Vocals - Le Concert d`Astrée, Orchestra, Vocals - L Langree, Conductor, Lead Vocals
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2006 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Etiénne Collard, Recording Producer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon, Orchestra - Theodor Guschlbauer, Conductor
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Swedish Radio Chorus, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - HR-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, Orchestra
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Limited
David Groves, Producer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Limited
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Carl Orff, Composer - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Jose Antonio Sainz - Natalie Dessay - Malcolm Stewart - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees - Orfeon Donostiarra, MainArtist
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Claude Debussy, Composer - Etiénne Collard, Producer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Philippe Cassard, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Theodore de Banville, Poet
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Limited
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor Vocals - Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel, Composer - Philippe Rombi, Conductor, Arranger - Orchestre Symphonique Bel Arte, Orchestra
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Limited
Natalie Dessay, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer - Liat Cohen, Guitar, MainArtist
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2014 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company
Natalie Dessay, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - António Carlos Jobim, Composer, Writer - Georges Moustaki, Adapter - Agnès Jaoui, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Liat Cohen, Guitar, MainArtist - Rafi Kadishson, Arranger - Hélène Noguerra, Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2014 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals - Harold Arlen, Composer - Richard Héry, Drums - Quatuor Ébène, String Quartet, MainArtist
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2010 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Eddy Marnay, Writer, Translator, Words, FeaturedArtist - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, Boy Soprano, MainArtist - Michel Legrand, Composer, Piano, Vocals, Translator, FeaturedArtist - Marilyn Bergman, Words - Alan Bergman, Words - Pierre Boussaguet, Double Bass, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - François Laizeau, Drums, Guitar, Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2013 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, Boy Soprano, MainArtist - Michel Legrand, Composer, Piano, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Claude Nougaro, Writer, Words, FeaturedArtist - Pierre Boussaguet, Double Bass, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - François Laizeau, Guitar, Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2013 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, Boy Soprano, MainArtist - Michel Legrand, Composer, Piano, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Jacques Demy, Lyricist, Words - Pierre Boussaguet, Double Bass, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - François Laizeau, Drums, Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2013 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Cole Porter, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Shani Diluka, Piano, MainArtist
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2013 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Yana Purim, Writer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Hermeto Pascoal, Composer - Liat Cohen, Guitar, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2014 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd.
Album review
French soprano Natalie Dessay has done one thing pretty much better than anyone else out there: dance around in the vocal stratosphere and keep a beautiful, blooming sound going. She has also been impressive indeed in seeming to put herself right in front of listeners in a quiet aria, and she's a fine, charismatic stage presence. All these attributes are present on this two-CD collection of Dessay tracks, which is further distinguished by several pages of photos, not of the singer herself, but of the albums from which the tracks are drawn. This is desirable: a collection of hits ideally ought to be a way into the artist's work, not a final step. The fan or the newcomer to Dessay will find a fair sampling of her specialties here: French opera, the Baroque, the bel canto repertory. The thing is, it's not exactly a greatest-hits album. De l'opéra à la chanson includes at the end a set of eight French chansons and popular songs from outside France. These seem to be intended to pave the way for Dessay's second career as a chanson singer, since she retired from the operatic stage in 2013. There's no telling whether this will work: she seems aware of the challenges, and she adds a nice huskiness to her voice in the French material. At this point there's no real reason to listen to her singing Cole Porter, and her somewhat reedy middle register, also apparent in the Incarnatus from Mozart's Mass in C minor, K. 427, doesn't exactly suit her to popular music. So the collection is a bit of a mixed bag, but it is never dull, and for the most part it's a fair representation of one of the great singers of our age.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 31 track(s)
- Total length: 02:37:57
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Natalie Dessay
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Erato - Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred)
© 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2014 Warner Music France. A Warner Music Group Company.
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