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André-Ernest-Modeste Gretry: Le Magnifique / Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Elizabeth Calleo, Marguerite Krull, Jeffrey Thompson, Karim Sulayman

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-11-13

Works: André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Le Magnifique, opera
Conductors: Brown, Ryan
Ensemble: Opera Lafayette

André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry was the greatest French composer of opéra-comique in the eighteenth century. His librettist for Le Magnifique, Jean-Michel Sedaine, took a tale by La...continue...
Recording information: Dekelboum Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, U (02/06/2011-02/08/2011)....continue...

Twenty-Five Years! - Marais, Charpentier, Handel, Purcell et al. / Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet

2 CD / Glossa / 2012-10-06

Works: Pierre Bouteiller: Missa pro defunctis; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Missa Assumpta est Maria; Messe de Monsieur de Mauroy; Messe à huit voix; Te Deum à huit voix; George Frederick Handel: Mus...
Performers: Bayodi, Hanna; Christoyannis, Tassis; Cornwell, Joseph; d'Oustrac, Stéphanie; Duthoit, Marie Louise; Fernandes, Joao; Gens, Véronique; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Mechaly, Galle; Mercer, Shan...
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra

26 years ago, Hervé Niquet recalls having become so incensed with the disparaging remarks directed at French music and the Lamentations of Jean Gilles in...continue...

Amoretti: Arias by Mozart, Gluck, Grétry / Christiane Karg, soprano - Arcangelo

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-09-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Finta Semplice, KV 51; Ascanio in Alba, KV 3; Mitridate, Re di Ponto, KV 87; Il Sogno di Scipione, KV 126; Lucio Silla, KV 135; André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: La F...
Performers: Karg, Christiane
Conductors: Cohen, Jonathan;
Ensemble: Arcangelo

Sunday Times, August 2012
It is a relief to encounter a light soprano who can sing the most demanding high notes and coloratura without sounding hard...continue...
Recording information: St. Jude's, Hampstead Garden Suburb (02/07/2012-02/10/2012)....continue...

Le Triomphe de L'Amour: Songs by Grétry, Luly, Rameau, Campra, Rebel et al. / Sandrine Piau, soprano

1 CD / Naïve / 2012-03-27

Works: André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: L' amant jaloux; Le tableau parlant; Jean-Baptiste Lully: Acis et Galatée; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Anacréon; Les fêtes de Ramire; Les Paladins; Les...
Performers: Correas, Jerome; Nicolet, François; Piau, Sandrine; Roumailhac, Juliette
Conductors: Correas, Jerome
Ensemble: Les Paladins (France)

A renowned figure in the world of Baroque music, French soprano Sandrine Piau performs regularly with such celebrated conductors as William Christie, Philippe Herreweghe, Christophe...continue...
Recording information: Royaumont Abbey, France (10/2011)....continue...

Airs D'Opera / Huberte Vecray, Soprano

1 CD / Musique en Wallonie / 2012-02-14

Works: André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Guillaume Tell; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adrienne Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot;...
Performers: Dubuc, Gilbert; Garen, David; Hector, Claude; Laffant, Jean; Vecray, Huberte; Verbeeck, Jan
Conductors: Doneux, Edgard; Martelli, Luigi; Bastin, Maurice

Although Huberte Vecray (1923 - 2009) devoted the essential part of her career to opera, mention should also be made of a series of radio...continue...
Recording information: INR Bruxelles....continue...

The Beecham Collection - Gretry: Zémire Et Azor

2 CD / SOMM / 2012-01-10

Works: André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Zémire et Azor, opera in 4 acts
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

A unique recording taken from a live broadcast performance on Monday, May 16, 1955 at the Royal Theatre in Bath, UK. SOMM's efforts in highlighting...continue...
Recording information: Royal Theatre, Bath (05/16/1955)....continue...

Beecham Collection - Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma", etc

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Luigi Boccherini: Symphony in D major, G 490; André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Zémire et Azor, opera in 4 acts; Spoken Word: Work(s); Franz Liszt: Die Lorelei, song for voice & orchestra, ...
Performers: Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Civil, Alan; Raisbeck, Rosina
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

A concert program of works such as these featured on this recording was familiar fare in the Beecham years. The Boccherini and Gretry come from...continue...

The Perfect Evening: France

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-09-21

Works: Joseph Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne; Claude Debussy: L'isle joyeuse; Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Camille Saint-Saëns: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello no 1 in F major, Op. 18; Gabrie...
Performers: Almonte, Caroline; Australian Trio; Gilby, Barbara Jane; Grigoryan, Leonard; Grigoryan, Slava; Macliver, Sara; Tsunoda, Miki; Woodward, Roger
Conductors: Kelly, Brett; Stanhope, David; ; Walker, Antony; Bamert, Matthias; Hopkins, John; Rosen, Albert
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Battistin

Rameau: Le Temple de la Gloire, Suites; Grétry: Ballet Music from Operas; Charpentier: Médée Suites

1 CD / Decca Import / 2010-07-06

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Le Temple de la Gloire; André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: L'Epreuve Villageoise; La Caravane du Caire; Cephale; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Médée
Performers: Goff, Thomas; Leppard, Raymond

Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London, UK (1966)....continue...

Takako Nishizaki Plays Suzuki Evergreens, Vol. 7

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-05-25

Works: Henry Eccles: Sonata for violin in G minor; André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Aspasie; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin no 3 in C major, BWV 1005; Sonata for Violin in E minor, BWV 1023;...
Performers: Dennis, Terence [Piano]; Egger, Georg; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Kleiner, Boris; Nishizaki, Takako; Weber, Ekkehard

Naxos's Suzuki Evergreens albums feature acclaimed violinist Takako Nishizaki who, as a child, studied with her father, Shinji, and with Shinichi Suzuki himself. Her father...continue...
Recording information: WEL Academy, Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand (04/23/2008-04/27/2008)....continue...

Gretry: Andromaque, opera / Hervé Niquet

2 CD / Glossa / 2010-05-05

Works: André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Andromaque, opera
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé

Herve Nigquet and Le Concert Spirituel carry on with their journey of rediscovering forgotten operatic works, this time pitting themselves against music from the close...continue...
Recording information: Salle Henri Le Boeuf, Palais des Beaux-Artes, Brussels (10/2009)....continue...

Melodies: Airs D'Opera

1 CD / Musique en Wallonie / 2009-09-01

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Clair de lune, Op. 46 no 2; Fleur jetée, Op. 39 no 2; Henri Duparc: Chanson triste; Le manoir de Rosemonde; Mélodies persanes, Op. 26; Ernest Chausson: La caravane, for ...
Performers: Baumgartner, Heinrich; Capdevielle, Pierre; Faniard, Fernand [Tenor]
Conductors: Ellis, Roger

This anthology is devoted to the Brussels tenor Fernand Faniard, who sang at the Paris opera and at Monte Carlo. Essentially a Wagnerian tenor, he...continue...

Tragédiennes Vol 2 - Opera Arias / Gens, Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-07-14

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Orfeo ed Euridice; Antonio Sacchini: Dardanus; Odipe à Colone; Renaud; Niccolò Piccinni: Didon, opera; André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Andromaqu...
Performers: Gens, Veronique
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Les talens lyriques

Following up her critically-lauded Tragediennes album (winner of Gramophone and Echo Kassik Awards), French soprano Veronique Gens has recorded a sequel, continuing the first album's...continue...

Grétry: Le Caravane du Caire, Le Judgement de Midas / Minkowski, Leonhardt

2 CD / Ricercar / 2008-09-09

Works: André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: La Caravane Du Caire, opera; Le Jugement de Midas, opera
Performers: Bastin, Jules; Callatay, Marie-Noelle de; Crommen, Els; de Reyghere, Greta; Dur, John; Elwes, John; Fayt, Marie-Paule; Gari, Suzanne; Massoz, Claude; Mey, Guy de; Napoli, Catherine; Poulenard, Isabel...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Leonhardt, Gustav
Ensemble: ; Ricercar Academy

La Caravane du Caire is one of the rare works that Gretry composed for the Academie Royale that respected the conventions of the institution. Full...continue...

La Flà Versailles

1 CD / Universal Classics Import / 2007-10-30

Works: Jacques Loeillet: Concerto for flute, strings & continuo in D; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Cinquième concert, for harpsichord, violin (or flute) & viola da gamba (or second violin) (Pièces de; Pr...
Performers: Rampal, Jean-Pierre
Conductors: Roussel, Jacques; Birbaum, Armand

Grand Motets: Gretry, Gossec, Giroust

1 CD / K617 Import / 2007-05-01

Works: André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Confitebor, motet for 4 voices; François-Joseph Gossec: Terribilis est locus iste, motet; François Giroust: Benedic anima mea, motet

Sunday Evenings with Pierre Monteux - California 1941-52

13 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-03-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Consecration of the House, overture Op. 124; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43; Egmont, incidental music, Op. 84; Fidelio, overture, Op. 72c; Leo...
Performers: Blinder, Boris; Blinder, Naoum; Cherkassky, Shura; Cutner, Solomon; Kapell, William; Kraus, Lili [Piano]; Warenskjold, Dorothy
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Standard Symphony Orchestra

"Is this ever a generous sampling of Pierre Monteux and the San Francisco Symphony! Music and Arts' Sunday Evenings with Pierre Monteux collects broadcast performances...continue...

Ultimate Classics - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2006-11-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Der Messias; MEDLEY; Tolomeo, HWV 25; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bennett, William; Blyth, Bruce; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Boskovsky, Willi; Burrows, Stuart; Farnes, Richard; Flood, David; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gruenberg, Erich; Howarth, Elgar; Jo...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonynge, Richard; Guest, George; Munchinger, Karl; Morris, Wyn; Gamba, Piero; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Previn, Andre; Gardelli, Lamberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Anserm...
Ensemble: ; Vienna Mozart Ensemble

Decca's Ultimate Classics is a five-CD box set that presents the best-known pieces of classical music in a straightforward, no-frills program. Most of the selections are quite famous, taken from large...continue...

French Opera Arias

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-04

Works: François Bazin: Maître Pathelin; Jules Massenet: Le Cid; Luigi Cherubini: Les abencérages; Charles Gounod: Mireille; André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: L' Amant jaloux (Les Fausses...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ellis, James; Foster, Lucy; Fyfe, Elizabeth
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: London Voices; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Gramophone wrote of this album of French Opera Arias: "A fine recital by Alagna which finds him in good voice and exploiting a sensitive feeling...continue...
This disc received the 2001 Gramophone magazine award for "Best Recital Recording."...continue...

Benjamin Franklin's Musical World / Julianne Baird, Philomel Baroque

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2006-04-04

Works: James Oswald: The Dust Cart Cantata, for voice & continuo; Jokey blythe & gay, for violin (or cello/recorder) & continuo; She rose and let me in, for violin (or cello/recorder) & continuo; The Almond...
Performers: Baird, Julianne
Conductors:
Ensemble: Philomel Baroque Orchestra

Gaubert: Complete Works for Flute Vol 3 / Smith, Pinkas

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-03-21

Works: Philippe Gaubert: Esquisses (2) for flute & piano; Orientale, for flute & paino (Esquisses no 2); Gaubert -Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando for flute and piano; Siciliene for flute & piano; Romance for...
Performers: Pinkas, Sally; Smith, Fenwick

Philippe Gaubert was among the most prominent French musicians of the period between the two world wars. He assimilated many of the innovations of Franck,...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Martial Singher

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-02-01

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Amadis, LWV 63; André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Richard Coeur-de-lion, opera in 3 acts; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliet...
Performers: Lawrence, Marjorie; Singher, Martial
Conductors: Breisach, Paul; Abravanel, Maurice; Coppola, Piero; Hahn, Reynaldo

After escaping occupied France with his wife Eta Busch (daughter of conductor Fritz Busch), Martial Singher made his Met debut in the US in 'The...continue...

Jane Austen's Songbook / Baird, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2004-12-01

Works: Anonymous, English: Alcanzor and Zaida, opera; William; The Irishman; Her Hair is Like; Sweet Transports; Joan said to John, catch; Thy Fatal Shafts; The Wedding Day ("What Virgin or Shepherd"); Some...
Performers: Baird, Julianne; Boutte, Anthony; Flint, Karen; Heimes, Laura; Mauger, Edward; Ostendorf, John [Bass-Baritone Vocal]

Music for Lord Abingdon / The Hanoverian Ensemble

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2004-09-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Trio for 2 flutes & cello in G major ("London"), H. 4/3; Trio for 2 flutes & cello in C major ("London"), H. 4/1; Trio for 2 flutes & cello in G major ("London"), H. 4/4; Trio fo...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Hanoverian Ensemble

After a Dream

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2004-08-10

Works: Alphonse Hasselmans: Work(s); Claude Debussy: Poèmes (7) de Banville; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; André-E...

Grétry: Richard Coeur de Lion; Rousseau / Doneux, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2003-02-04

Works: André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Richard Coeur-de-lion, opera in 3 acts; Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Le devin du village
Performers: Bastin, Jules; Bost, Monique; Burles, Charles; Bussard, Jean; Dokens, Nicole; Gedda, Nicolai; Gorp, Jean van; Mesple, Mady; Micheau, Janine; Perriers, Danielle; Roux, Michel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Sa...
Conductors: Doneux, Edgard; Froment, Louis de
Ensemble: ; Louis de Froment Chamber Ensemble

Grétry: Suites, Overtures / Sanderling, Bretagne Orchestra

1 CD / ASV / 2001-02-27

Works: André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Céphale et Procris, opera; Le Jugement de Midas, opera; L' Épreuve Villageoise, opera; Le Tableau Parlant, opera; Le Huron, opera; Lucille, opera; Sil...
Conductors: Sanderling, Stefan
Ensemble: Brittany Symphony Orchestra

Belgian composer Gretry wrote 71 operas, plus a large body of sacred choral music, revolutionary songs and chamber music. Yet his work is neglected on...continue...

The Concerto in Europe / Demetriades, European Union CO

1 CD / Hyperion / 2000-02-01

Works: Giovanni Paisiello: Concerto for harp & string orchestra in A major; André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Concerto for flute & orchestra in C (doubtful); John Garth: Concerto for Cello No 2 in B fl...
Performers: Baillie, Alexander; Grauwels, Marc; Zimmermann, Tabea [Viola]

'Well worth hearing. "Background" music of the finest variety.' (Classic CD)...continue...

Sherrill Milnes in Recital Vol 2 - Kingdom by the Sea

1 CD / Video Artists International / 1997-11-25

Works: Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville: Titon et l'Aurore, opera; Jean-Baptiste Lully: Amadis, LWV 63; André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Richard Coeur-de-lion, opera in 3 acts; Richard Strauss...
Performers: Milnes, Sherrill; Spong, Jon

Maggie Teyte in Concert

1 CD / Video Artists International / 1995-11-20

Works: André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Zémire et Azor, opera in 4 acts; Anonymous: Si l'on avait l'audace; Quand j'étais chez mon père; Bon jour, saison; Gabriel Fauré: La chanson...
Performers: Ranck, John; Reeves, George; Teyte, Maggie

Opening Night - French Overtures & Ballet Music / Graham

1 CD / Klavier / 1994-01-01

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jules Massenet: Phèdre, incidental music; André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Céphale et Procris, opera; Ferdinand Hérold: Zampa; Adolphe Adam: Si j'é...
Conductors: Graham, Lowell
Ensemble: American Promenade Orchestra