Philippe Cassard, Natalie Dessay, Cédric Pescia & Orchestre National de Bretagne Mozart à L'opéra (2022)

Philippe Cassard, Natalie Dessay, Cédric Pescia & Orchestre National de Bretagne - Mozart à l'opéra (2022)

Philippe Cassard, Natalie Dessay, Cédric Pescia & Orchestre National de Bretagne - Mozart à l'opéra (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 233 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 182 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:18:40
Classical | Label: La Dolce Volta

In this music, all is dialogue, mingled avowals and passions, on the threshold of the opera house. All Mozart’s forms are nurtured by the same source, that of vocal melody. “I like an aria to be as precisely tailored to a singer as a well-cut suit,” he declared when he composed an aria. And what an aria this one is. The keyboard enters into dialogue with the soloist.
Philippe Cassard, Natalie Dessay, Cédric Pescia & Orchestre National de Bretagne - Mozart à l'opéra (2022) [24/96]

Philippe Cassard, Natalie Dessay, Cédric Pescia & Orchestre National de Bretagne - Mozart à l'opéra (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 78:40 minutes | 1,21 GB
Classical | Label: La Dolce Volta, Official Digital Download

In this music, all is dialogue, mingled avowals and passions, on the threshold of the opera house. All Mozart’s forms are nurtured by the same source, that of vocal melody. “I like an aria to be as precisely tailored to a singer as a well-cut suit,” he declared when he composed an aria. And what an aria this one is. The keyboard enters into dialogue with the soloist.
Baptiste Trotignon, Didier Ithursarry, Orchestre National de Bretagne - Didier Squiban: La Symphonie du Ponant (2022)

Baptiste Trotignon, Didier Ithursarry, Orchestre National de Bretagne & Ariane Matiakh - Didier Squiban: La Symphonie du Ponant (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 366 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 150 Mb | 01:05:26
Jazz, World, Celtic | Label: Coop Breizh

Didier Squiban has been a loyal companion of the Orchester National de Bretagne for over twenty years. After the recording of his first two symphonies, the Symphonie Bretagne and the Symphonie Iroise, we were able to complete the symphonic trilogy imagined by Didier Squiban by recording in 2021, the Symphonie du Ponant, in the company of great performers such as Baptiste Trotignon on the piano and Airelle Besson on trumpet. La Symphonie du Ponant looks away, towards the seven islands off Brittany, towards the setting sun, towards the high seas… This symphony composed of Breton melodies is sublimated by improvisations proposed by masters of the genre. An orchestration full of colors, magnified thanks to the richness of a symphony orchestra and the direction of the Morlaisian Ariane Matiakh.
Baptiste Trotignon, Didier Ithursarry, Orchestre National de Bretagne - Didier Squiban: La Symphonie du Ponant (2022) [24/44]

Baptiste Trotignon, Didier Ithursarry, Orchestre National de Bretagne & Ariane Matiakh - Didier Squiban: La Symphonie du Ponant (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 65:26 minutes | 690 MB
Contemporary Jazz | Label: Coop Breizh, Official Digital Download

Didier Squiban has been a loyal companion of the Orchester National de Bretagne for over twenty years. After the recording of his first two symphonies, the Symphonie Bretagne and the Symphonie Iroise, we were able to complete the symphonic trilogy imagined by Didier Squiban by recording in 2021, the Symphonie du Ponant, in the company of great performers such as Baptiste Trotignon on the piano and Airelle Besson on trumpet.
Hugues Borsarello, Orchestre National de Bretagne & Adrien Perruchon - Miniatures (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Hugues Borsarello, Orchestre National de Bretagne & Adrien Perruchon - Miniatures (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 65:39 minutes | 1,21 GB
Classical | Label: Outhere Music, Official Digital Download

The French violinist Hugues Borsarello draws this programme of miniatures from the repertory of his instrument and from the great operatic arias, transcribed for violin and orchestra: 'My idea was to relate a French history of music over the course of three centuries, in the form of short pieces.' Lully's Marche pour la ceremonie des Turcs rubs shoulders with arias by Bizet, Saint-Saens and Offenbach, Satie's Gymnopedie no.3 and Gounod's Ave Maria.
Orchestre National de Lyon - The Essential Orchestre National de Lyon (2024)

Orchestre National de Lyon - The Essential Orchestre National de Lyon (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:18:22 | 527 / 316 Mb
Genre: Classical

Orchestre National De Lyon L'Orchestre National de Lyon, or the National Orchestra of Lyon, is one of France's major regional orchestras. The ensemble grew out of a long tradition of orchestral music-making in its long-time culturally independent city. Ultimately, the history of L'Orchestre National de Lyon dates back to a municipal academy of the arts in the 18th century, but its immediate predecessor was the Societé Symphoniques des Grands Concerts, which was founded in 1903 and gave its first concert in 1905. It was later renamed the Societé des Concerts Philharmoniques. Although only semi-professional, this group attracted guest conductors from beyond southeastern France, including Pierre Monteux and Ernest Ansermet. In 1969, after gaining support from the city of Lyon, the group was renamed L'Orchestre Philharmonique Rhône-Alpes and then Société Philharmonique de Lyon. Early conductors were Louis Frémaux (1969-1971) and Serge Baudo (1971-1986); the latter moved the orchestra into the 2,0900-seat Maurice Ravel Auditorium, which remains the group's home today.
Hugues Borsarello, Orchestre National de Bretagne and Adrien Perruchon - Miniatures (2023)

Hugues Borsarello, Orchestre National de Bretagne and Adrien Perruchon - Miniatures (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 65:30 | 346 / 150 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Outhere Music France

The French violinist Hugues Borsarello draws this programme of miniatures from the repertory of his instrument and from the great operatic arias, transcribed for violin and orchestra: 'My idea was to relate a French history of music over the course of three centuries, in the form of short pieces.' Lully's Marche pour la ceremonie des Turcs rubs shoulders with arias by Bizet, Saint-Saens and Offenbach, Satie's Gymnopedie no.3 and Gounod's Ave Maria. All these universally known pieces 'are perfectly suited to the soul of the violin', says Borsarello, who is joined by prestigious guests: cellist Gautier Capucon for Vieuxtemps's Duo Brillant, guitarist Thomas Dutronc for Django Reinhardt's celebrated Nuages, pianist Frank Braley. And this programme doesn't neglect the classics of the violin, including Ysaye's magnificent Berceuse de l'enfant pauvre. Vieuxtemps's famous set of variations on Yankee Doodle is here performed for the first time in its version with orchestra.
Friedemann Layer, Orchestre National de Montpellier - Christian Joseph Lidarti: Esther (2003)

Friedemann Layer, Orchestre National de Montpellier - Christian Joseph Lidarti: Esther (2003)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 544 Mb | Total time: 1 h 59 min | Scans included
Classical | Label: Accord | # 476 1255 | Recorded: 2003

Cet enregistrement, comme les mémorables Fées du Rhin d'Offenbach, chef-d'oeuvre de l'édition 2002 où Friedemann Layer était déjà au pupitre, fait partie de la série consacrée aux oeuvres "redécouvertes", si l'on peut dire, par René Koering à travers le Festival de Radio France-Montpellier dont on saluera au passage la programmation courageuse et originale.
Véronique Gens, Alexandre Bloch, Orchestre National de Lille - Francis Poulenc: La Voix humaine (2022)

Véronique Gens, Alexandre Bloch, Orchestre National de Lille - Francis Poulenc: La Voix humaine (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 303 Mb | Total time: 70:47 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics | # ALPHA 899 | Recorded: 2021

La version de Véronique Gens de La Voix humaine est très attendue ! Cette « tragédie lyrique en un acte » est faite pour elle, son sens du verbe et son intensité dramatique sont au rendez-vous de ce monologue composé par Poulenc en 1958, sur un texte de Jean Cocteau. On est bien loin ici du Poulenc « léger » des années 1920. Cocteau lui fait d’ailleurs le plus beau des compliments : « Cher Francis, tu as fixé, une fois pour toutes, la façon de dire mon texte. » Véronique Gens confie avoir toujours voulu interpréter et enregistrer cette pièce ; c’est maintenant chose faite avec ses complices de l’Orchestre National de Lille et de son directeur musical, Alexandre Bloch. Également présente sur l’album, la Sinfonietta, qui est en fait une véritable symphonie, mais, comme l’écrit Nicolas Southon, « il est indéniable que l’œuvre – commandée par la BBC à Poulenc en 1947 - possède une fraîcheur et une liberté de ton qui justifient son titre ».
Cristian Măcelaru & Orchestre National de France - Enescu: Symphonies Nos. 1-3; 2 Romanian Rhapsodies 1 & 2 (2024)

Cristian Măcelaru & Orchestre National de France - Enescu: Symphonies Nos. 1-3; 2 Romanian Rhapsodies 1 & 2 (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 613 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 372 Mb | 02:42:19
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon

DG present a new recording of fascinating repertoire completely new to the Universal Music catalogue: Symphonies No. 1–3 by George Enescu, plus his most well-known works, the Romanian Rhapsodies. GRAMMY® Award winning conductor Cristian Măcelaru, Artistic Director of the George Enescu Festival, and his Orchestre National de France are the perfect ambassadors for the symphonic works by Enescu (1881–1955). Enescu, composer and violin virtuoso was teacher of Yehudi Menuhin, lived in Romania, the US and France. Inspired by the musical heritage of his home country he created a completely unique oeuvre. Pablo Casals called him „The most amazing musician since Mozart“. And while the Romanian Rhapsodies (especially No.1) included here are much loved, the three symphonies are yet to be discovered as truly centre pieces of the symphonic repertoire.