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3. Berlioz: La Révolution Grecque; Grandes Oeuvres Chorales (2003)
performed by David Bismuth (piano), Frank Villars (harmonium), Laurent Naouri (bass), Nicolas Rivenq (baritone), Rolando Villazón (tenor), Les Eléments (choir, chorus), Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson (conductor)
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4. London Symphony Orchestra (1904-2004): The Centennial Set (2004)
performed by Elizabeth Futral (soprano), Giuseppe Sabbatini (tenor), Laurent Naouri (baritone), London Symphony Orchestra
composed by Alban Berg, Antonin Dvorák, Carl Maria von Weber, Claude Debussy, Edward Elgar, Franz Schubert, Hector Berlioz, Igor Stravinsky, Ludwig van Beethoven, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky -
5. Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (2001)
performed by Alain Vernhes (bass), Florence Couderec (soprano), Hanna Schaer (mezzo-soprano), Jerome Varnier (baritone), Laurent Naouri (baritone), Luc Hery (violin), Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone), French Radio Choir (choir, chorus), Orchestre National d'Ile de France
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6. Lully: Phaëton (1994)
performed by Florence Couderec (vocals), Gerard Theruel (vocals), Howard Crook (vocals), Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (vocals), Jennifer Smith (vocals), Jerome Varnier (vocals), Laurent Naouri (vocals), Philippe Huttenlocher (vocals), Rachel Yakar (vocals)
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7. Lamenti (2008)
performed by Christopher Purves (baritone), Emmanuelle Haïm (harpsichord), Emmanuelle Haïm (organ), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Laurent Naouri (baritone), Le Concert d'Astrée, Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Natalie Dessay (soprano), Patrizia Ciofi (soprano)
composed by Antonio Cesti, Barbara Strozzi, Claudio Monteverdi, Francesco Cavalli, Giacomo Carissimi, Stefano LandiThe logistical efforts involved in the making of this album must have been as strenuous as those on the musical side, for this is one of the first ... More
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8. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (1996)
performed by Anna-Maria Panzarella (soprano), Anton Scharinger (baritone), Christopher Josey (tenor), Damien Colin (vocals), Delphine Haidan (contralto), Doris Lamprecht (mezzo-soprano), Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor), Laurent Naouri (bass), Linda Kitchen (soprano)
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9. Handel: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo (2003)
performed by Emmanuelle Haïm (harpsichord), Laurent Naouri (baritone), Sandrine Piau (soprano), Sara Mingardo (alto), Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor)
composed by George Frederick HandelThis is an excellent recording of Handel's "other" Acis -- an Italian cantata he composed during a visit to Naples ten years before he wrote the more ... More
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10. Handel: Alcina (2000)
performed by Eric Demarteau (bass), Juanita Lascarro (soprano), Kathleen Kuhlmann (contralto), Laurent Collobert (bass), Laurent Naouri (bass), Maurizio Rossano (tenor), Michael Loughlin-Smith (tenor), Natalie Dessay (soprano), Renée Fleming (soprano)
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11. Offenbach: La Belle Hélène (2001)
performed by Alain Gabriel (vocals), Eric Huchet (vocals), Felicity Lott (vocals), François LeRoux (vocals), Hjördis Thébault (vocals), Laurent Alvaro (vocals), Laurent Naouri (vocals), Marie-Ange Todorovitch (vocals), Michel Sénéchal (vocals)
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13. Boieldieu: La Dame Blanche (1997)
performed by Annick Massis (vocals), Bernard Dehont (vocals), Bernard Deletre (vocals), Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Francois Polgar (vocals), Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (vocals), Laurent Naouri (vocals), Mireille Delunsch (vocals), Rockwell Blake (vocals)
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14. Bach: Magnificat; Handel: Dixit Dominus (2007)
performed by Karine Deshayes (soprano), Laurent Naouri (bass), Natalie Dessay (soprano), Philippe Jaroussky (alto), Stéphanie-Marie Degand (violin), Toby Spence (tenor), Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor)
composed by George Frederick Handel, Johann Sebastian BachList of all editionsThe nuanced and lively playing Emmanuelle Haïm draws from Le Concert d'Astrée is the strongest element in this recording of Bach's Magnificat and ... More
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15. Stravinsky: Le Rossignol & Renard (1999)
performed by Albert Shagidullin (vocals), Grzegorz Staskiewicz (vocals), Ian Caley (tenor), Laurent Naouri (bass), Laurent Naouri (vocals), Marie McLaughlin (vocals), Maxim Mikhailov (vocals), Maxim Mikhailov (bass), Natalie Dessay (vocals), Olivier Berg (vocals)
composed by Igor StravinskyList of all editionsThere is so much attractive, memorable music in Le Rossignol (The Nightingale, 1909-1913), Stravinsky's first foray into the world of opera, and his ... More
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16. The Miracle of the Voice (2006)
performed by Aglaja Orgeni (candenza), André Ceccarelli (drums), Claude Nougaro (vocals), Laurent Naouri (vocals), Ludovic Tezier (vocals), Natalie Dessay (soprano), Nicolas Cavallier (vocals), Rosario Bonaccorso (double bass), Yvan Cassar (piano)
composed by Alexander Alyabyev, Charles Gounod, Emmanuel Chabrier, Gaetano Donizetti, George Frederick Handel, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Igor Stravinsky, Jacques Offenbach, Johann Strauss II, Jules Massenet, Léo Delibes, Leonard Bernstein, Philippe Rombi, Richard Strauss -
18. Berlioz: Beatrice & Benedict (2002)
performed by David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Kenneth Tarver (tenor), Laurent Naouri (baritone), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Susan Gritton (soprano), London Symphony Chorus (choir, chorus), London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis (conductor)
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19. Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (2004)
performed by Eric Huchet (tenor), Eric Salha (tenor), Gregory Kunde (tenor), Jean Francois Lapointe (baritone), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Laurent Naouri (baritone), Marc Mauillon (baritone), Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Renaud Delaigue (bass)
composed by Hector BerliozList of all editionsSometimes it's hard to understand why a work as entertaining as Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini isn't more popular. It's brilliantly orchestrated, fun, ... More
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20. Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ (1997)
performed by Collegium Vocale, Collegium Vocale, Frederic Caton (bass), Laurent Naouri (baritone), Olivier Lallouette (baritone), Paul Agnew (tenor), Véronique Gens (soprano), La Chapelle Royale (choir, chorus), Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
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21. Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie (1995)
performed by Aline Zylberajch (harpsichord), Annick Massis (vocals), Bernarda Fink (vocals), Ensemble Sagittarius, Florence Katz (vocals), Jean-Louis Georgel (vocals), Jean-Louis Meunier (vocals), Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (vocals), Laurent Naouri (vocals)
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22. Rameau: Dardanus (2000)
performed by Francoise Masset (vocals), Jean-Louis Bindi (vocals), Jean-Philippe Courtis (vocals), John Mark Ainsley (vocals), Laurent Naouri (vocals), Magdalena Ko?ená (vocals), Mireille Delunsch (vocals), Russell Smythe (vocals), Véronique Gens (vocals)
composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau -
23. Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie (1997)
performed by Anna-Maria Panzarella (soprano), Bertrand Bontoux (bass), Christopher Josey (tenor), David Le Monnier (baritone), Eirian James (mezzo-soprano), Francois Piolino (tenor), Gaëlle Mechaly (soprano), Katalin Károlyi (mezzo-soprano), Laurent Naouri (bass)
composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau -
24. Gluck: Armide (1999)
performed by Brett Polegato (vocals), Charles Workman (vocals), Eric Vignau (vocals), Ewa Podles (vocals), Francoise Masset (vocals), Jean-Christophe Hurtaud (vocals), Laurent Naouri (vocals), Magdalena Ko?ená (vocals), Marcos Loureiro de Sa (vocals)
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25. Igor Stravinsky: Le Rossignol; Renard; Oedipus rex (2010)
performed by Alastair Miles (vocals), Albert Schagidullin (vocals), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (vocals), Claire Servian (soprano), Grzegorz Staskiewicz (vocals), Ian Caley (tenor), John Mark Ainsley (vocals), John Tomlinson (vocals), Lambert Wilson, Laurent Naouri (bass)
composed by Igor Stravinsky, UnspecifiedList of all editionsThis two-disc set is a reissue of two EMI releases, a 1999 performance of Le Rossignol and Renard and a 1992 version of Oedipus Rex. There is no lack ... More

