24 Heur Man

Jules Massenet - Werther
Rolando Villazon / Sophie Koch / Covent Garden Orchestra / Antonio Pappano
2xCD | EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 600 MB | Full Artwork: 308 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Deutsche Grammophon # 477 9340 | Country/Year: Europe 2012
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic, Opera

". . . [there are numerous times] when subtlety and beauty of his vocal effects take the breath away: the dazzling light and rapid fade, for instance, during the syllables of the word "lumière" [in act one] . . . Sophie Koch puts her best tonsils forward singing the agonized Charlotte of act three, while Eri Nakamura is suitably bubbly [as Sophie] . . . Villazón's ardour finds its match in Antonio Pappano's conducting. He never shrinks from the luscious ache in Massenet's music or its dramatic bustle. Nocturnal sighs; bucolic whooping; dark melodramatics: the Royal Opera House orchestra takes care of them all." ~The Times