Opera
Berlioz: Les Troyens
LSO0010 4CD
Berlioz Les Troyens
Sir Colin Davis conductor
Ben Heppner Enée
Michelle DeYoung Eidon
Petra Lang Cassandre
Best Classical Album
Best Opera Grammy Awards
Best Opera Gramophone Awards
Critics' Choice Classical Brit Awards
Essential Work BBC Music Magazine
'truly spectacular' The Guardian
Sir Colin Davis's extraordinary recording of Berlioz's operatic masterpiece has captured attention all over the world, and won the highest international awards.
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Reviews
Best Classical Album
Best Opera Grammy Awards
Best Opera Gramophone Awards
Critics' Choice Classical Brit Awards
Orphee d'or Academie Du Disque Lyrique
Grand Prix du Disc Academie Charles Cros
Recordings of the Year Opera News
'However many superlatives are lavished on Sir Colin Davis's new live recording of Les Troyens, nothing prepares the listener for hearing the set the first time' Gramophone
'Colin Davis's recording of Berlioz's epic opera Les Troyens is going to shake up the classical-music industry as nothing else has in some time ... the performance is superb' New York Times
'Colin Davis's newest recording of Les Troyens has an excitement born of the glowing sheen of perfection ... splendid by any standard' Opera News
'A triumph' BBC Radio 3 CD Review
'truly spectacular' The Guardian
Artists
Sir Colin Davis conductor
Ben Heppner Enee
Michelle DeYoung Didon
Petra Lang Cassandre/Le spectre de Cassandre
Sara Mingardo Anna
Peter Mattei Chorebe/Le spectre de Chorebe
Stephen Milling Narbal
Kenneth Tarver Iopas
Toby Spence Hylas
Orlin Anastassov L'ombre d'Hector
Tigran Martirossian Panthee
Isabelle Cals Ascagne
Alan Ewing Priam/Le spectre de Priam
Guang Yang Hecube
Andrew Greenan Premiere sentinelle
Roderick Earle Seconde sentinelle
Bulent Bezduz Helenus
Leigh Melrose Un Soldat / Mercure
Mark Stone Un chef Grec
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Recording Details
James Mallinson producer
Simon Rhodes sound engineer
Recorded December 2000, Barbican, London
DSD (Direct Stream Digital) recording
Notes and libretto in English/en français
Catalogue number - LSO0010
UPC - 822231101024
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