Harmonia Mundi > Mezzo-Soprano

Arias for Farinelli /Genaux, Jacobs, Akademie für Alte Musik

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-04-08

Works: Nicola Porpora: Orfeo, opera; Polifemo, opera; Riccardo Broschi: Idaspe; Geminiano Giacomelli: Adriano in Siria, opera; Merope, opera; Baldassare Galuppi: Concerto a 4, for voice & chamber ensemble i...
Performers: Genaux, Vivica
Conductors: Jacobs, René
Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

The Telegraph
The hair-raising roulades, trills and enormously wide leaps hold no terrors for her. The performances, directed by René Jacobs, are stylish and expressive, as...continue...

Handel: Ariodante / McGegan, Hunt, Gondek, Saffer, et al

3 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-06-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Ariodante
Performers: Cavallier, Nicolas; Gondek, Juliana; Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine; Lane, Jennifer; Lindemann, Jorn; Muller, Rufus [Tenor Vocals]; Saffer, Lisa
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas
Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

"McGegan directs in his usual spirited style. There is a real theatrical sense to his conducting: this is one of those opera sets where, after...continue...

Mozart Edition - Le nozze di Figaro / Jacobs, Gens, et al

3 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-03-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Ciofi, Patrizia; Gens, Véronique; Keenlyside, Simon; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; McLaughlin, Marie [Soprano Vocals]; Randall, Elizabeth; Regazzo, Lorenzo; R...
Conductors: Jacobs, René

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / Jacobs, Gens, Ciofi, et al

3 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2004-05-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Ciofi, Patrizia; Figueiredo, Nicolau de; Gens, Veronique; Keenlyside, Simon; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; McLaughlin, Marie [Soprano Vocals]; Randall, Elizabeth; Re...
Conductors: Jacobs, René

Rene Jacobs' historic performances of 'Le Nozze di Figaro' at the Threatre des Champs-Elysees led to rave reviews in the French press and a revival...continue...