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ARD – Audio “Green” Lieder nach Paul Verlaine

2015-02-19, ARD, Kulturradio am Mittag

Transcript:

“Auf seiner neuen Doppel-CD mit dem Titel ‘Green’ – also ‘Grün’ – widmet sich der französische Countertenor Philippe Jaroussky ausschließlich Vertonungen des Dichters Paul Verlaine. Uns sind diese nicht ganz so bekannt, es steht also die Frage im Raum, ob das eine lohnenswerte Entdeckung ist, und die Frage beantwortet Kai Luehrs-Kaiser. Ist es lohnenswert?””Er beantwortet es mit ‘Ja’. […] Dies ist doch die vermutlich umfangreichste, vor allem vielgestaltigste Sammlung von Paul-Verlaine-Vertonungen bislang und Philippe Jaroussky, den wir hinlänglich kennen, präsentiert sich hier von einer doch ziemlich neuen Seite, insoweit als sich diese Lieder bis ins französiche Chanson hinein, also bis in den Popbereich eigentlich, erstrecken, klassisch aufbereitet freilich… Ich bin hingerissen von diesem Doppelalbum und finde es einen Türöffner in vielerlei Hinsicht.”

“On his new double CD, titled ‘Green’, the French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky focuses exclusively on musical settings of the poet Paul Verlaine. To us, these are not quite as well-known, which prompts the question whether they are a worthwhile discovery, and the question is answered by Kai Luehrs-Kaiser. Is it worthwhile?. “He [mocking the way the other referred to him in the third person] answers that question with ‘Yes’. […] This is probably the most comprehensive, and first and foremost, the most eclectic collection of settings to music based on Paul Verlaine’s poems up to date, and Philippe Jaroussky, who we know very well already, shows himself from quite a new angle, in so far as these songs span out to French Chanson, which means, into the Pop music sector, classically arranged, of course… I am enraptured by this double album and consider it a door opener in many ways.”

Source: ARD Mediathek (edit, 06 Sept 2015: offline)

2015-02-18-featured-press

Opernglas – Mein geheimer Garten

2015-02-18, Opernglas

Die Gedichte Paul Verlaines haben unzählige Komponisten zu faszinierenden Vertonungen inspiriert. Philippe Jaroussky ist auf Spurensuche gegangen.

Source: Das Opernglas.

Summaries in English can be found here and here.

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Brigitte – Peter Pan singt Sopran

2015-02-18, Brigitte

Obwohl er Sopran singt, sagt Countertenor Philippe Jaroussky entschieden: ‘Ich singe nicht wie eine Frau. Ich singe mit meiner männlichen Empfindsamkeit.’ Die wachsende Popularität von Sängern mit hohen Stimmlagen erklärt der 37-jährige Franzose in der neuen Ausgabe des Magazins BRIGITTE (Ausgabe 5/15, ab heute im Handel) damit, dass es eine neuen Begriff von Männlichkeit gebe. “Noch vor wenigen Generationen sollten Männer tapfer sein, nicht weinen, ihre Gefühle nicht ausdrücken. Doch jetzt haben wir starke Frauen und sensible Männer’.

Source/Read more: Brigitte


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Peter Pan Is a Soprano

According to his fans, listening to him is like a drug. Philippe Jaroussky is a countertenor. His voice neither sounds male nor female, but always effortless and like deep feelings. A meeting with one of the biggest stars of Classical music.

Meike Schnitzler 

First of all, Philippe Jaroussky says “sorry”. Sorry that on the table, there is a large pot of tea, next to it a selection of cold remedy and throat lozenges.The last thing that Jaroussky wants to come across as is a hysterical opera diva who is busy pampering and nursing her precious soprano voice every second of the day. Soprano? Yes, the 37-year old Frenchman sings in the highest vocal range. Something that, right on the spot, one wouldn’t believe, because his speaking voice is a light baritone, a little raspy, because of the cold.

The day before, he had a concert in Hamburg; tomorrow it’s Berlin. Not a good time for a sore throat. “Classical singers have to fill an entire hall without the aid of a microphone,” says Jaroussky. “Luckily, I don’t have a cough. Then it would be over with my kind of voice.” His sort of voice – this is a no-frills vocal organ, able to spiral higher and higher like a bird, then stooping, its purity burning itself into the listener’s hearts. A voice that sounds neither male nor female, for which some fans will travel around the globe not to miss any of Jaroussky’s concerts. Even the night before, among the audience who rewarded his Vivaldi arias with standing ovations and enthusiastic trampling, the singer recognized some of his greatest female admirers.

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ociocrítico.com – Gira española de Jaroussky, el contratenor más mediático a nivel mundial que los cantantes pop

2015-02-18, ociocrítico.com, diariocrítico.com

“Único e irrepetible. Grande/grande. Así es Philippe Jaroussky, el único contratenor con estatus de superestrella a nivel planetario, a pesar de contar con tan sólo 36 años. Ahora se ja metido en una también original e irrepetible nueva obra, ‘Green’, cargada de música de su país y dedicada al gran poeta Paul Verlaine, que paseará en España a lo largo del mes de marzo. Una cita imprescindible”…

Source/Read more: Diariocrítico.com

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Le Figaro – Philippe Jaroussky : Verlaine sur toute la gamme

2015-02-18, Le Figaro

Contre-ténor qui excelle dans le répertoire baroque, Philippe Jaroussky sort Green, un double album consacré exclusivement aux nombreux compositeurs qui ont mis en musique les poèmes de Paul Verlaine, dans différentes versions. On y retrouve bien sûr les classiques Fauré, Debussy, Reynaldo Hahn, Chausson, à l’ordinaire chantés par des sopranos… mais également des adaptations signées Léo Ferré, Charles Trenet, Georges Brassens …

Source/Read more: Le Figaro (subscribers only)

2015-02-13_02-featured-press

RTVE.es – La voz de Philippe Jaroussky, en un ensayo

2015-02-13, RTVE.es, Atención Obras

Source: RTVE.es

 

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RTVE.es – Philippe Jaroussky en la Escuela Superior de Canto de Madrid

2015-02-13, RTVE.es, Atención Obras

Estuvimos con el gran contratenor Philippe Jaroussky en la Escuela Superior de Canto de Madrid y fuimos testigos de su simpatía a la hora de impartir sus conocimientos en una clase magistral.

Source: RTVE.es

 

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2015-02-12-featured-press

The Guardian – Niobe, Regina di Tebe CD review – awkwardness and elegance in an early music curio

2015-02-12, The Guardian

Erato’s new recording was made in 2013, but derives from a 2011 revival at the Boston Early Music festival. Co-directed by theorbo players Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, it doesn’t quite have the elan or surety that characterises their more familiar work in the French baroque repertory. Karina Gauvin exudes hauteur as Niobe, opposite Philippe Jaroussky’s elegant, noble Anfione. Listen out for the star turns from Aaron Sheehan, rapturous as Niobe’s would-be lover Clearte, and Jesse Blumberg as the sinister yet meddling sorcerer Poliferno.

Source/Read more: The Guardian

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Warner – Philippe Jaroussky sings Fauré’s ‘Spleen’ (Verlaine) on the album Green

2015-02-11, WarnerClassics on YouTube

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Warner – Countdown to Valentine’s Day: five classical albums for lovers

2015-02-11, Warner

“‘Voici des fruits, des fleurs, des feuilles et des branches,
Et puis voici mon cœur qui ne bat que pour vous’

‘Here are fruits, flowers, leaves and branches,
And here is my heart, which beats only for you.’

Philippe Jaroussky sings these intimate lines three times on his forthcoming double album of Verlaine poetry in mélodies and chansons from Fauré to Ferré. Debussy, Fauré and André Caplet all set the poem Green, which gives the album its enigmantic title.

Source/Read more: Warner Classics