Classical Duets For the Morning

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For the connoisseurs ...

Leo Delibes - Lakmé: Duo des fleurs (Flower Duet)

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Soprano Sabine Devieilhe’s signature operatic role, Lakmé, forms the starting point for her enticing album Mirages. A collection of operas and songs in French, its theme is the exotic allure of faraway – and imagined – places and people. In addition to three numbers from Delibes’ opera, it features music by Berlioz, Debussy, and Stravinsky and some rarer names: Thomas, Messager, Koechlin, and Delage. Devieilhe is joined by mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa, pianist Alexandre Tharaud and the period-instrument orchestra Les Siècles under its founder, François-Xavier Roth.(Personally, I do not see the benefit of period instrumentation for 19th-century music. Stupid really.)

George Bizet - Au fond du temple saint (From opera "The Pearl Fishers)

Nadir (Matthew Polenzani) unexpectedly returns to the pearl fishers' community after years of adventures. Once alone with his close friend Zurga (Mariusz Kwiecień), the two recall their last trip together: in Candi, they saw a beautiful woman at the temple of Brahma. They both fell in love with her at first sight, but they swore to forget her for the sake of their friendship. They now swear again to remain friends.

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