Accentus - Laurence Equilbey
Laurence Equilbey is best known as the music director and conductor of the popular chamber choir Accentus. She has led this Paris-based, 32-member group in both a cappella repertory and orchestral/choral fare, but Equilbey has also branched out, especially in the new century, regularly leading operatic performances and also conducting such well-known orchestras as the Orchestre de Paris, Lyon National Orchestra, and the Orchestre National de France. In addition, she has expanded the repertory of Accentus to include transcriptions, offering such disparate fare as Wagner and Mahler lieder, Debussy's Les Angélus, Prokofiev's "Field of the Dead" from Alexander Nevsky, and many others. In 2012, Equilbey founded the period-instrument Insula Orchestra. Her recordings are available from Erato, Naïve, and Naxos, among others. In 2021, she led the Insula Orchestra in a recording of Louise Farrenc's Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3. Equilbey was born in Paris on March 6, 1962. She studied choral conducting with Eric Ericson at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and also studied at conservatories in Paris and Vienna. Among her later teachers was famed conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Active mainly as a choral conductor throughout the '80s, Equilbey founded the chamber choir Accentus in 1991. Almost from the beginning, the ensemble drew critical acclaim, and its first a cappella recording, a Virgin Classics release of works by Brahms and Schumann, appeared in 1995. That year, Equilbey founded a second ensemble, the Jeune Chœur de Paris. In 2000, Equilbey was named Music Personality of the Year by the Syndicat Professionnel de la Critique. In November of that year, she took Accentus on an acclaimed 11-city debut tour of the U.S. In the new century, Equilbey has been especially active with Accentus on records, often turning out music to great critical acclaim, as with the 2001 recording of Figure Humaine and other works by Poulenc and 2007's Liszt's Via Crucis, both issued on the Naïve label. At the 2010 St. Denis Festival (near Paris), Equilbey led Accentus in an acclaimed performance of Fauré's Requiem, recorded live by Medici. In the orchestral/choral realm, Equilbey has led performances of works by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Brahms, and scores of others. In opera, she has conducted Mozart as well as rarely encountered fare like Britten's Albert Herring. Equilbey has also conducted many other well-known choirs, including the Berlin RIAS Kammerchor, Chapelle Royale, and the Collegium Vocale Ghent. In 2012, she founded the Insula Orchestra, a period instrument orchestra focusing on presenting orchestral and choral music from the Baroque through Romantic periods. To that end, Equilbey led Accentus and the Insula Orchestra in a 2014 recording of Mozart's Requiem on Naïve, the orchestra's debut release. On the Erato label, Equilbey and the Insula Orchestra issued Magic Mozart in 2020 and followed with a recording of Louise Farrenc's Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 in 2021.© Robert Cummings & Keith Finke /TiVo Read more
Laurence Equilbey is best known as the music director and conductor of the popular chamber choir Accentus. She has led this Paris-based, 32-member group in both a cappella repertory and orchestral/choral fare, but Equilbey has also branched out, especially in the new century, regularly leading operatic performances and also conducting such well-known orchestras as the Orchestre de Paris, Lyon National Orchestra, and the Orchestre National de France. In addition, she has expanded the repertory of Accentus to include transcriptions, offering such disparate fare as Wagner and Mahler lieder, Debussy's Les Angélus, Prokofiev's "Field of the Dead" from Alexander Nevsky, and many others. In 2012, Equilbey founded the period-instrument Insula Orchestra. Her recordings are available from Erato, Naïve, and Naxos, among others. In 2021, she led the Insula Orchestra in a recording of Louise Farrenc's Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3.
Equilbey was born in Paris on March 6, 1962. She studied choral conducting with Eric Ericson at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and also studied at conservatories in Paris and Vienna. Among her later teachers was famed conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Active mainly as a choral conductor throughout the '80s, Equilbey founded the chamber choir Accentus in 1991. Almost from the beginning, the ensemble drew critical acclaim, and its first a cappella recording, a Virgin Classics release of works by Brahms and Schumann, appeared in 1995. That year, Equilbey founded a second ensemble, the Jeune Chœur de Paris.
In 2000, Equilbey was named Music Personality of the Year by the Syndicat Professionnel de la Critique. In November of that year, she took Accentus on an acclaimed 11-city debut tour of the U.S. In the new century, Equilbey has been especially active with Accentus on records, often turning out music to great critical acclaim, as with the 2001 recording of Figure Humaine and other works by Poulenc and 2007's Liszt's Via Crucis, both issued on the Naïve label. At the 2010 St. Denis Festival (near Paris), Equilbey led Accentus in an acclaimed performance of Fauré's Requiem, recorded live by Medici.
In the orchestral/choral realm, Equilbey has led performances of works by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Brahms, and scores of others. In opera, she has conducted Mozart as well as rarely encountered fare like Britten's Albert Herring. Equilbey has also conducted many other well-known choirs, including the Berlin RIAS Kammerchor, Chapelle Royale, and the Collegium Vocale Ghent. In 2012, she founded the Insula Orchestra, a period instrument orchestra focusing on presenting orchestral and choral music from the Baroque through Romantic periods. To that end, Equilbey led Accentus and the Insula Orchestra in a 2014 recording of Mozart's Requiem on Naïve, the orchestra's debut release. On the Erato label, Equilbey and the Insula Orchestra issued Magic Mozart in 2020 and followed with a recording of Louise Farrenc's Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 in 2021.
© Robert Cummings & Keith Finke /TiVo
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Mozart: Lucio Silla, K. 135
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Apr 8, 2022
Recorded in Paris during performances at La Seine Musicale in June 2021, this new version of Lucio Silla, an opera seria composed by a young Mozart, i ...
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Requiem
Masses, Passions, Requiems - Released by naïve classique on Sep 29, 2014
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Louise Farrenc: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jul 9, 2021
The time has come at last to rescue the history of music from the male condescension that has relegated female composers to the status of a handful of ...
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Mozart: "Coronation" Mass & Vespers
Classical - Released by Erato - Warner Classics on Apr 14, 2017
4 étoiles Classica5 de DiapasonMany of the earlier recordings of the French choir Accentus and its director, Laurence Equilbey, focused on late Romantic or 20th century repertory, i ...
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Gounod: St François d'Assise - Liszt: Légende de Ste Cécile
Sacred Vocal Music - Released by naïve classique on Jan 15, 2018
5 de DiapasonIt might be hard to believe that there could still exist a "discographic world first" when it came to the works of Gounod, and harder still to imagine ...
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Nuit Sacrée
Sacred Vocal Music - Released by naïve classique on Jan 4, 2010
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Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Choral Fantasy
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Mar 29, 2019
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Johannes Brahms : Un requiem allemand
Sacred Vocal Music - Released by naïve classique on Mar 2, 2004
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Felix Mendelssohn : Christus - Cantates chorales
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by naïve classique on Nov 7, 2011
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Magic Mozart
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Apr 24, 2020
The title Magic Mozart is not a general marketing term but a specific description of the contents of this release by Laurence Equilbey and her Insula ...
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Franz Schubert : Nacht und Träume
Lieder (German) - Released by Erato on Nov 3, 2017
4F de Télérama5 étoiles de ClassicaGramophone Editor's Choice“Nacht und Träume” takes its name from one of Schubert’s best-loved lieder, which is joined on the album by a further 10 of the composer’s songs. All ...
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Mozart: "Coronation" Mass & Vespers
Classical - Released by Erato - Warner Classics on Apr 14, 2017
Many of the earlier recordings of the French choir Accentus and its director, Laurence Equilbey, focused on late Romantic or 20th century repertory, i ...
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Farrenc: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jun 11, 2021
Louise Farrenc, a pioneer of striking stature among female composers in France, has been receiving attention for her often entirely original chamber m ...
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The Freischütz Project
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Feb 26, 2021
The historical-performance movement has moved profitably into the 19th century, but the music of Carl Maria von Weber has so far mostly not benefited ...
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Pascal Dusapin : Requiem(s)
Sacred Vocal Music - Released by naïve classique on Sep 1, 2000
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Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Choral Fantasy
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Mar 29, 2019
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Schubert: Nacht und Träume
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Nov 3, 2017
The French conductor Laurence Equilbey has specialized in radical recontextualization of classical repertory standards with her choir Accentus, produc ...
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Mozart: Lucio Silla, K. 135, Act 2: "Ah se il crudel periglio"
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Mar 11, 2022
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The Freischütz Project - Der Freischütz, Op. 77: Overture
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jan 29, 2021
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