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Les Pêcheurs de perles is best known for its glorious duet, but Georges Bizet’s opera has much more to offer. This live recording more than ever brings out the brilliance of this oriental story about love, duty and friendship. In the last 150 years, Bizet’s piece has mainly been heard in editions that stray from the composer’s original composition. This album – on the contrary - offers the first recording in history of the 1863 premiere version, reconstructed and published by Bärenreiter in 2015. Les Pêcheurs de perles contains a quintessentially French blend of lyricism, exoticism and drama, and the four soloists (Julie Fuchs as Leïla, Cyrille Dubois as Nadir, Florian Sempey as Zurga and Luc Bertin-Hugault as Nourabad) belong to today’s best performers for this specialist repertoire. Their vocal excellence is matched by the choral contributions of Les Cris de Paris. The rich sound palette of Les Pêcheurs is fully brought to life by the inspired playing of the Orchestre National de Lille under the baton of its new Music Director Alexandre Bloch.
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Reviews
Recommended
“A new set that supplants previous favourites.”
Simon Thompson – MusicWeb-International.com – 8 September 2020
Nominee in Opera Category
2019 Gramophone Award Nominee
Opera Category Nominee
ICMA Award Nominations 2019
Recording of the Month
"... it's as fine a cast as has been assembled for a recording of Les Pêcheurs de perles and immediately claims top spot on my shelves."
Mark Pullinger - Gramophone magazine - August 2018
Choc de Classica
Damien Colas & Louis Bilodeau - Classica magazine (France) - September 2018
Performance **** Recording ****
Christopher Cook - BBC Music magazine - August 2018
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