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A good retrospective anthology of Natalie Dessay's career has been needed ever since her retirement from the operatic stage in 2013, and this one fills the bill. In the case of the great soprano, the task is made easier by the fact that most of her solo albums appeared on a single label, Erato, as well as simply by the wealth of material from which compilers can choose. Dessay in the late 1990s and early 2000s, from which the bulk of the selections here come, very rarely did anything wrong. Natalie Dessay à l'Opéra does not include anything from the recordings-only phase of Dessay's career in the late 2010s, when she began to record for Sony Classical, but in that phase she focused on non-operatic material, and the collection here does its job well. The compilers do well to avoid a chronological approach, instead devoting one CD each to French, Italian, and German repertory (with encores from Stravinsky and Leonard Bernstein). Dessay's versatility was and is part of her brilliance, and she created different vocal worlds by nationality. Listeners will have their own "highlights of the highlights," but has any soprano ever made Mozart's Queen of the Night aria "Der Hölle Rache" sound so natural? Brought such sheer vocal charisma to Manon's "Obéissons quand leur voix appelle"? A few selections show Dessay moving into the vocally darker second phase of her career, and these too are consistently appealing. A variety of orchestras, conductors, and venues are featured, and the remastering smooths over the differences well. Certainly this release is a good choice for those new to Natalie Dessay, but it may also be that longtime Dessay fans will want to hear it as well.
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Charles Gounod, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Michel Carre, Poet - Jules Barbier, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Philippe Gille, Poet - Henri Meilhac, Poet - Les Elements, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Etienne Collard (Musica Numeris), Producer - Jean Chatauret (Musica Numeris), Engineer
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Philippe Gille, Poet - Henri Meilhac, Poet - Les Elements, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Etienne Collard (Musica Numeris), Producer - Jean Chatauret (Musica Numeris), Engineer
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Limited
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Michel Carre, Poet - Jules Barbier, Poet - Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1960 Warner Music France
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Michel Carre, Poet - Jules Barbier, Poet - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestra - Ambroise Thomas, Composer
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1996 Warner Music France
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Michel Carre, Poet - Jules Barbier, Poet - Les Elements, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Ambroise Thomas, Composer - Etienne Collard (Musica Numeris), Producer - Jean Chatauret (Musica Numeris), Engineer
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Limited
Delphine Haidan, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Léo Delibes, Composer - Philippe Gille, Poet - Edmond Gondinet, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1997 Warner Music France
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Léo Delibes, Composer - Philippe Gille, Poet - Edmond Gondinet, Poet - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Etienne Collard (Musica Numeris), Producer
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1998 Warner Music France
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Léo Delibes, Composer - Philippe Gille, Poet - Edmond Gondinet, Poet - José Van Dam , Baritone Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Etienne Collard (Musica Numeris), Producer - Chœur du Capitole de Toulouse, Chorus, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1998 Warner Music France
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Jules Barbier, Poet - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1996 Warner Music France
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals - Ludovic Halevy, Poet - Orchestre de Chambre de Grenoble, Orchestra - Marc Minkowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon, Orchestra - Hector-Jonathan Crémieux, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Limited
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals - Daniel Zalay, Producer - Laurent Naouri, Baritone Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Ludovic Halevy, Poet - Orchestre de Chambre de Grenoble, Orchestra - Marc Minkowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon, Orchestra - Hector-Jonathan Crémieux, Poet - Raymond Buttin, Engineer
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Limited
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestra - Colette, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1996 Warner Music France
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Daniel Zalay, Producer - Felice Romani, Poet - Evelino Pido, Conductor - Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon, Orchestra - Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Lyon, Chorus, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Limited
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Daniel Zalay, Producer - Felice Romani, Poet - Evelino Pido, Conductor, FeaturedArtist - Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon, Orchestra - Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Lyon, Chorus, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Limited
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Daniel Zalay, Producer - Felice Romani, Poet - Evelino Pido, Conductor - Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon, Orchestra - Sara Mingardo, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Francesco Meli, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Carlo Colombara, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Paul Gay, Baritone Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Gordon Gietz, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Jaël Azzaretti, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Lyon, Chorus, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Limited
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Daniel Zalay, Producer - Felice Romani, Poet - Evelino Pido, Conductor - Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon, Orchestra - Francesco Meli, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Carlo Colombara, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Lyon, Chorus, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Limited
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Daniel Zalay, Producer - Felice Romani, Poet - Evelino Pido, Conductor - Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon, Orchestra - Sara Mingardo, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Francesco Meli, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Carlo Colombara, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Paul Gay, Baritone Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Gordon Gietz, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Jaël Azzaretti, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Lyon, Chorus, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Limited
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Evelino Pido, Conductor - Concerto Koln, Orchestra - Francesco Maria Piave, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato releas, ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Limited
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Evelino Pido, Conductor - Concerto Koln, Orchestra - Roberto Alagna, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Francesco Maria Piave, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Limited
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Evelino Pido, Conductor - Franck Ferrari, Baritone Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Concerto Koln, Orchestra - Matthew Rose, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Carlo Pepoli, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Limited
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Evelino Pido, Conductor - Franck Ferrari, Baritone Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Concerto Koln, Orchestra - Matthew Rose, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Carlo Pepoli, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Limited
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Evelino Pido, Conductor - Franck Ferrari, Baritone Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Concerto Koln, Orchestra - Matthew Rose, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Carlo Pepoli, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Limited
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
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Limited
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Felice Romani, Poet - Evelino Pido, Conductor - Concerto Koln, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Limited
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Evelino Pido, Conductor - Concerto Koln, Orchestra - Salvadore Cammarano, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Limited
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Salvatore Cammarano, Poet - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Evelino Pido, Conductor - Europäischer Kammerchor, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Concerto Koln, Orchestra - Matthew Rose, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Wolfgang Klose, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Limited
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Salvatore Cammarano, Poet - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Evelino Pido, Conductor - Franck Ferrari, Baritone Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Europäischer Kammerchor, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Concerto Koln, Orchestra - Matthew Rose, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Limited
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Salvatore Cammarano, Poet - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Evelino Pido, Conductor - Franck Ferrari, Baritone Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Europäischer Kammerchor, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Concerto Koln, Orchestra - Matthew Rose, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Emanuel Schikaneder, Poet - Louis Langrée, Conductor
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2000 Parlophone Records Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Etiénne Collard, Producer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Emanuel Schikaneder, Poet - Louis Langrée, Conductor
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2000 Parlophone Records Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Le Concert d'Astrée, Orchestra, MainArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Nicola Francesco Haym, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Le Concert d'Astrée, Orchestra, MainArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Nicola Francesco Haym, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Le Concert d'Astrée, Orchestra, MainArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Nicola Francesco Haym, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals - William Christie, Conductor, MainArtist - Les Arts Florissants, Orchestra - Riccardo Broschi, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1999 Warner Music UK Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra, MainArtist - Etiénne Collard, Producer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Emanuel Schikaneder, Poet - Louis Langrée, Conductor, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2000 Parlophone Records Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra, MainArtist - Etiénne Collard, Producer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Louis Langrée, Conductor, MainArtist - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2000 Parlophone Records Limited
Angelika Kirchschlager, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - 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 - Hugo Von Hofmannsthal, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2004 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 - Hugo Von Hofmannsthal, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Limited
Igor Stravinsky, Composer, Poet - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals - Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris, Orchestra - Daniel Zalay, Producer - James Conlon, Conductor, MainArtist - Laurent Naouri, Baritone Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Albert Shagidullin, Baritone Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Raymond Buttin, Engineer - Stephan Mitusov, Poet - Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris, Chorus, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1999 Parlophone Records Limited
Leonard Bernstein, Composer - Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Lillian Hellman, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Limited
Album Description
A good retrospective anthology of Natalie Dessay's career has been needed ever since her retirement from the operatic stage in 2013, and this one fills the bill. In the case of the great soprano, the task is made easier by the fact that most of her solo albums appeared on a single label, Erato, as well as simply by the wealth of material from which compilers can choose. Dessay in the late 1990s and early 2000s, from which the bulk of the selections here come, very rarely did anything wrong. Natalie Dessay à l'Opéra does not include anything from the recordings-only phase of Dessay's career in the late 2010s, when she began to record for Sony Classical, but in that phase she focused on non-operatic material, and the collection here does its job well. The compilers do well to avoid a chronological approach, instead devoting one CD each to French, Italian, and German repertory (with encores from Stravinsky and Leonard Bernstein). Dessay's versatility was and is part of her brilliance, and she created different vocal worlds by nationality. Listeners will have their own "highlights of the highlights," but has any soprano ever made Mozart's Queen of the Night aria "Der Hölle Rache" sound so natural? Brought such sheer vocal charisma to Manon's "Obéissons quand leur voix appelle"? A few selections show Dessay moving into the vocally darker second phase of her career, and these too are consistently appealing. A variety of orchestras, conductors, and venues are featured, and the remastering smooths over the differences well. Certainly this release is a good choice for those new to Natalie Dessay, but it may also be that longtime Dessay fans will want to hear it as well.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 41 track(s)
- Total length: 03:39:13
- Main artists: Natalie Dessay
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical Opera
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16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo
A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato compilation, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
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