Duruflé: Requiem; Messe "cum jubilo"; Motets (1999) more music like this

performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Marie-Claire Alain (organ), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Orféon Donostiarra (choir, chorus), Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson (conductor)
composed by Maurice Duruflé

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Delibes: Lakmé (1998) more music like this

performed by Bernadette Antoine (vocals), Charles Burles (vocals), Delphine Haidan (vocals), Franck Leguerinel (vocals), Gregory Kunde (vocals), José Van Dam (vocals), Natalie Dessay (vocals), Patricia Petibon (vocals), Xenia Konsek (vocals)
composed by Léo Delibes

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Airs d'opéras français (2003) more music like this

performed by Anne Gotkovski (mezzo-soprano), Maciej Kotlarski (tenor), Natalie Dessay (soprano), Choeur "Les Elements" (choir, chorus), Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson (conductor)
composed by Ambroise Thomas, Charles Gounod, François-Adrien Boieldieu, Gaetano Donizetti, Gioachino Rossini, Jacques Offenbach, Jules Massenet

Natalie Dessay's first album of French arias was notable for its out-of-the-way modern selections, like excerpts from Poulenc's Les mamelles de Tirésias, Ravel's L'enfent et les sortileges, and Milhaud's Medée. Her follow-up effort, Airs d'opéras français (the same title as the first album, but in French this time), changes directions by moving ...

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Massenet: Manon (1983) more music like this

performed by Alfredo Kraus (vocals), Balvina de Courcelles (vocals), Charles Burles (vocals), Ghylaine Raphanel (vocals), Gino Quilico (vocals), Henry Amiel (vocals), Ileana Cotrubas (vocals), Jacques Loreau (vocals), Jean-Marie Fremeau (vocals), José Van Dam (vocals)
composed by Jules Massenet

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Bizet: L'Arlesienne more music like this

performed by Orféon Donostiarra (choir, chorus), Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson (conductor)
composed by Georges Bizet

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Orff: Carmina Burana (1996) more music like this

performed by Gerard Lesne (alto), Malcolm Stewart (violin), Natalie Dessay (soprano), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Orféon Donostiarra (choir, chorus), Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson (conductor)
composed by Carl Orff

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Honegger: Symphonies Nos. 1-5; Pacific 231 (2003) more music like this

performed by Calvin Sieb (violin), Jean-Louis Hardy (violoncello), Lucien Morul (viola), Yan Pascal Tortelier (violin), Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson (conductor)
composed by Arthur Honegger

Taken together, Arthur Honegger's five symphonies and Pacific 231 form a compelling portrait of the man and his rugged style, clearly at odds with the studied elegance of his witty companions in Les Six. In the first three symphonies, Honegger's seriousness is communicated through rhythmically propelled melodies, biting dissonances, and vigorous ...

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Debussy: La Mer; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Nocturnes (2001) more music like this

performed by François Laurent (flute), Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson (conductor)
composed by Claude Debussy

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Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne more music like this

performed by Andre Batisse (special effects), Andre Batisse (vocals), Christiane Chateau (vocals), Eliane Liblin (vocals), Henry Amiel (vocals), Jean-Christophe Benoit (vocals), Luis Masson (vocals), Mady Mesplé (vocals), Michel Jarry (vocals)
composed by Jacques Offenbach

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Bizet: Carmen & L'Arlésienne Suites (1993) more music like this

performed by Malcolm Stewart (violin), Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
composed by Georges Bizet

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Gounod: Romeo and Juliette (1998) more music like this

performed by Alain Fondary (vocals), Alain Vernhes (vocals), Angela Gheorghiu (vocals), Anne Constantin (vocals), Christopher Fel (vocals), Claire Larcher (vocals), Daniel Galvez-Vallejo (vocals), Didier Henry (vocals), Doris Lamprecht (vocals), Guy Flechter (vocals)
composed by Charles Gounod

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Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers more music like this

performed by Andre Batisse (spoken word), Andre Mallabrera (tenor), Charles Burles (tenor), Jane Berbie (mezzo-soprano), Jane Rhodes (mezzo-soprano), Jean-Philippe LaFont (baritone), Mady Mesplé (soprano), Michel Sénéchal (tenor), Michel Trempont (baritone)
composed by Jacques Offenbach

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Offenbach: La Périchole more music like this

performed by Andre Batisse (vocals), Andre Batisse (special effects), Calvin Sieb (violin), Gabriel Bacquier (vocals), Henry Amiel (vocals), Hugues Brambilla (vocals), José Carreras (tenor), Michel Sénéchal (vocals), Michel Trempont (vocals), Michele Command (vocals)
composed by Jacques Offenbach

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Offenbach: Extraits from Orphée aux enfers, La Belle Hélène, La Périchole & La Vie Parisienne (2004) more music like this

performed by Gabriel Bacquier (vocals), Jean-Christophe Benoit (vocals), Jean-Philippe LaFont (vocals), Jessye Norman (vocals), John Aler (vocals), José Carreras (vocals), Mady Mesplé (vocals), Michel Sénéchal (vocals), Teresa Berganza (vocals)
composed by Jacques Offenbach

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Berlioz: La Révolution Grecque; Grandes Oeuvres Chorales (2003) more music like this

performed by David Bismuth (piano), Frank Villars (harmonium), Laurent Naouri (bass), Nicolas Rivenq (baritone), Rolando Villazón (tenor), Choeur "Les Elements" (choir, chorus), Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson (conductor)
composed by Hector Berlioz

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Fauré: Requiem; Orchestral Music (2000) more music like this

performed by Barbara Hendricks (soprano), José Van Dam (baritone), Linda Chesis (flute), Patricia Nagle (flute), Orféon Donostiarra (choir, chorus), Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson (conductor)
composed by Gabriel Fauré

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Satie: Orchestral Works (2005) more music like this

performed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud (piano), Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson (conductor)
composed by Erik Satie

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Sacred Songs (2006) more music like this

performed by Roberto Alagna (tenor), Choeur de Capitole de Toulouse (choir, chorus), Petits Chanteurs a la Croix Potencee (choir, chorus), Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson (conductor)
composed by Adolphe Adam, André Caplet, Camille Saint-Saëns, César Franck, Charles Gounod, Gabriel Fauré, Georges Bizet, Hector Berlioz, Jean-Baptiste Fauré [baritone/composer], Lili Boulanger

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Gardel: Tangos (2007) more music like this

performed by José Alberto Giaimo (piano), Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson (conductor)
composed by Carlos Gardel, Raul Garello

Carlos Gardel is the undisputed king of Argentine tango; he is largely credited with moving the tango out of the lowly barrios of Buenos Aires and into the homes of respectable citizens through his moving singing voice and irreproachable classiness of personal style. As a composer, Gardel fits the mold of popular songwriter a bit more comfortably ...

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Franck: Piano Quintet; Violin Sonata; Symphony (2007) more music like this

performed by Augustin Dumay (violin), Jean-Philippe Collard (piano), Muir String Quartet, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson (conductor)
composed by César Franck

This collection of works by Cesar Franck succeeds in presenting listeners with a good selection of the composer's more popular works, including the D minor Symphony and Franck's two most popular chamber works: the F minor Piano Quintet and the Violin Sonata. While all of the performances on the album are certainly competent and acceptable, none of ...

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Roussel: Padmâvatî (2007) more music like this

performed by Charles Burles (vocals), Gérard Blatt (vocals), Henry Amiel (vocals), Hugues Brambilla (vocals), Jane Berbie (vocals), Jean-Jacques Cubaynes (vocals), José Van Dam (vocals), Laurence Dale (vocals), Marc Vento (vocals), Marilyn Horne (vocals)
composed by Albert Roussel

Albert Roussel's opera-ballet Padmâvatî has not been treated well by posterity, and on the basis of its music, it's difficult to understand why. The "Mediocre Libretto" excuse could be trotted out, but if it were applied objectively, quite a few anchors of the repertoire would be disqualified. The libretto, by Louis Laloy, is loosely based on a ...

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Fauré: Orchestral Works and Incidental Music (2007) more music like this

performed by Ensemble Vocal Alix Bourbon, Frederica Von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Jean-Philippe Collard (piano), Linda Chesis (flute), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Patricia Nagle (flute), Paul Tortelier (cello), Yan Pascal Tortelier (violin)
composed by Gabriel Fauré

Though not composed on the same grand scale as contemporary orchestral works by Franck, Chausson, or Dukas, Fauré's orchestral works are consistently subtle, tuneful, colorful, and well crafted. Michel Plasson with the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, pianist Jean-Philippe Collard, cellist Paul Tortelier, violinist Yan Pascal Tortelier, tenor ...

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Gounod: Roméo et Juliette (2006) more music like this

performed by Alain Fondary (vocals), Alain Vernhes (vocals), Angela Gheorghiu (vocals), Anne Constantin (vocals), Christopher Fel (vocals), Claire Larcher (vocals), Daniel Galvez-Vallejo (vocals), Didier Henry (vocals), Doris Lamprecht (vocals), Guy Fletcher (vocals)
composed by Charles Gounod

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Bizet: L'Arlésienne - Incidental Music (2006) more music like this

performed by Jacques Noureddine (saxophone), Orféon Donostiarra (choir, chorus), Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson (conductor)
composed by Georges Bizet

Those who love the music of Georges Bizet have only two regrets: first, that the composer died too young to have reached full maturity and second, that he left so little truly great music behind. Three years before his death at 37, Bizet was commissioned to write the incidental music to Alphonse Daudet's play L'Arlésienne. Wildly unpopular, the ...

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The Sorceror's Apprentice: French Symphonic Poems (2006) more music like this

performed by Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson (conductor)
composed by Camille Saint-Saëns, César Franck, Henri Duparc, Paul Dukas, Silvio Lazzari

Even though the symphonic poem was invented by a Hungarian, Franz Liszt, and its greatest exponent was a German, Richard Strauss, some of the most celebrated works in this colorful genre were French, though their composers did not write quite as many as either Liszt or Strauss, nor establish their reputations primarily on them. This 2006 reissue ...

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