| NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE HERE: links.emi.com ... To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Le Concert d'Astrée, under its founder and conductor Emmanuelle Haïm, gave a concert entitled 'Fête Baroque' at Paris's Théâtre des Champs-Elysées on 19th December 2011. Joining Haïm and the orchestra are no less than 23 of the world's most distinguished singers of baroque repertoire. Performing music by Handel, Purcell, Rameau and Lully, these include Laura Claycomb, Stéphane Degout, Karine Deshayes, Natalie Dessay, Ann Hallenberg, Philippe Jaroussky, Topi Lehtipuu, Marijana Mijanovic, Sara Mingardo, Sandrine Piau, Renata Pokupic, Anne Sofie Von Otter and Rolando Villazón. Among the sources of the evening's arias and ensembles are Giulio Cesare, Alcina, Rinaldo, Tamerlano, Come Ye Sons of Art, Thésée, Dardanus, Hippolyte et Aricie, and Les Indes galantes. |