Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Paul Daniel
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On the concert platform and on disc, Anne-Catherine Gillet radiates spontaneity, luminosity and enthusiasm in a way that is more than communicative. This outstanding recording of three masterpieces from the vocal repertoire provides an ideal opportunity to verify that. Listening, you will be charmed by the apparent facility, evidence and lightness of her phrasing. Anne-Catherine Gillet literally charms us with her fruity timbre, and it is impossible to remain impervious to the beauty of this new voice, accompanied with brio by the Liège Royal Philharmonic, conducted by one of the most prominent maestros of the lyric world, Paul Daniel. A moment of pure emotion, not to be missed on any account.
KnoXVIlle: Summer Of 1915
Les Nuits D'été: I - Villanelle
Les Nuits D'été: II - Le Spectre De La Rose
Les Nuits D'été: III - Sur Les Lagunes - Lamento
Les Nuits D'été: IV - Absence
Les Nuits D'été: V - Au Cimetière - Clair De Lune
Les Nuits Dété: VI - L'île Inconnue
Les Illuminations: I - Fanfare
Les Illuminations: II - Villes
Les Illuminations: III A - Phrase
Les Illuminations: III B - Antique
Les Illuminations: IV - Royauté
Les Illuminations: V - Marine
Les Illuminations: VI - Interlude
Les Illuminations: VII - Being Beauteous
Les Illuminations: VIII - Parade
Les Illuminations: IX - Départ
Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d'ete, Op. 7
No. 1. Villanelle
No. 2. Le Spectre de la rose
No. 3. Sur les lagunes
No. 4. Absence
No. 5. Au cimetiere
No. 6. L'Ile inconnue
Benjamin Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18
No. 1. Fanfare
No. 2. Villes
No. 3. Phrase
No. 3. Antique
No. 4. Royaute
No. 5. Marine
No. 6. Interlude
No. 7. Being Beauteous
No. 8. Parade
No. 9. Depart
March 2012
“singing her native French, she treats the Berlioz and Britten with a light touch...Gillet and her conductor, Paul Daniel, are at their nest in a well-paced 'Le spectre de la rose', which captures the lilt of the dance to perfection...It is Les illuminations that gets the best performance of the three. The Liege players get some real bite out of the rhythms and Gillet lets her imagination take flight.”
February 2012
“This is a dream of a programme, and the performances by Belgian soprano Anne-Catherine Gillet are enchanting...Her tuning is spot-on, and her stratospheric region – quite frequently explored in this work – sublime...The Liège orchestra’s playing is first class throughout, and Paul Daniel accompanies his singer most sensitively”
22nd December 2011
***
“in both Samuel Barber's rapt, nostalgia-drenched setting of James Agee's text in Knoxville: Summer of 1915, and in Britten's treatment of Rimbaud in Les Illuminations, Gillet shows exactly why she has become such a favourite in French and Belgian opera houses. Paul Daniel wraps Barber's instrumental lines around her voice with perfect tact, while in the Britten there's youthful energy and intensity in every phrase.”
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KnoXVIlle: Summer Of 1915
