Opéra Fantaisie (Opera Fantasia)

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His playing is immaculate, brilliant in its attack and subtle in its range of effect and colouring, with the translucent acoustic allowing his smallest gestures to make their mark. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2013, 5 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 22nd Oct 2012
Catalogue No: V5297
Label: Naive
Length: 65 minutes

BBC Music Magazine

January 2013

Instrumental Choice

Parish-Alvars: Thème et variations sur Norma

Work length9:37

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Emmanuel Ceysson

Walter-Kühne: Fantaisie sur Eugène Oneguine

Work length6:45

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Emmanuel Ceysson

Ceysson: Paraphrase on Carmen

Work length11:51

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Emmanuel Ceysson

Spohr: Variations on 'Je suis encore dans mon printemps', Op. 36

Work length5:55

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Albert Zabel: Fantaisie sur des motifs de l'opéra Faust de Charles Gounod

Work length11:24

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Emmanuel Ceysson

Damase: Fantaisie sur des motifs des Contes d'Hoffmann

Work length7:51

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Parish-Alvars: Fantaisie sur Lucia di Lammermoor

Work length11:57

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Emmanuel Ceysson

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New signing on naïve, harpist Emmanuel Ceysson, 28, solo harp at the Opéra de Paris, is one of the leading specialists in the world today. With his powerful, virtuoso playing, the ‘enfant terrible’ of the harp sweeps away all the clichés associated with his instrument. His infectious enthusiasm and boundless energy reveal the harp in all its sparkling splendour, in a world where poetry vies with temperament Winner of the Young Concert Artists in 2006, he has started to build a solid reputation in America and in the main European cities, especially in Germany. This appealing programme presents a series of transcriptions from popular opera arias.

Since 2005 Emmanuel Ceysson has been a presence on the international musical scene at such venues as the Wigmore Hall, the Salle Gaveau, Carnegie Hall, the Vienna Konzerthaus and the Berlin Philharmonie, where his appearances in recital, concerto repertoire and chamber music regularly win high praise from the press. In 2006 he joined the Orchestra of the Opéra National de Paris as Principal Harp.

He was Visiting Professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London from 2005 to 2009, has taught at the International Summer Academy in Nice since 2010, and gives regular masterclasses in France and during his foreign tours.

In 2010, Emmanuel Ceysson was nominated in the category ‘Solo Instrumental Discovery’ at the Victoires de la Musique Classique.

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January 2013

His playing is immaculate, brilliant in its attack and subtle in its range of effect and colouring, with the translucent acoustic allowing his smallest gestures to make their mark.

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Opéra Fantaisie (Opera Fantasia)

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