Release Date: 28 May 2012
Label: Ondine
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 761195120026
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Berlioz/ Ravel
Description
Ondine is delighted to announce a new release from star soprano Veronique Gens, who performs Herminie and Les Nuits d'ete by Hector Berlioz and Sheherazade by Maurice Ravel with the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire under the baton of their music director John Axelrod.Veronique Gens is recognised internationally as one of the great sopranos working today. She has forged her career in the baroque repertory and the music of Mozart, but French repertoire, especially Berlioz and Ravel, areas natural to her as the air that she breathes". Her French remains a model of immaculate diction, both fluid and luminous. Veronique Gens has a very special relationship to Berlioz's Les Nuits d'ete and Herminie, and here combines them on this disc with Sheherazade by Ravel, which conjures up a totally different world. The charismatic conductor John Axelrod was appointed music director of the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire in 2009, and follows the philosophy of being"open to the world" with his extraordinarily diverse repertoire choices and innovative programming. He is sought after across the world both for concerts and opera."
Tracklisting
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai; Robert Trevino
Latvian Radio Choir; Sigvards Klava
Peter Jablonski; Gavle Symphony Orchestra; Christian Reif
Nicolas Namoradze
Anne Komsi; Marzi Nyman; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Sakari Oramo
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Helsinki Chamber Choir; Nicholas Collon
Reinis Zarins; Trio Palladio; Raffi Kharajanyan
Signe Asmussen; Jakob Davidsens Kammerat Orkester
Shira Patchornik; CHAARTS Chamber Artists; David Castro-Balbi
Jack Hancher
Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra; Sir Simon Rattle
Yorck Kronenberg; Christoph Seybold
Wendy Stern; Kathleen Nester; Amanda Harberg; Katie Lueng
Wang Huandong/Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria/Filippo Arlia
Vivum Singers; Francesca Massey; Tom Winpenny
