Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande

Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande

 Arguably the finest modern recording of Debussy’s masterpiece, with ideal casting in the title roles and a poignant Golaud. An ineptly sung Arkel snags. Michael Tanner

 

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4

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:28 pm

COMPOSERS: Debussy
LABELS: Warner
WORKS: Pelleas et Melisande
PERFORMER: Eric Tappy, Rachel Yakar, Philippe Huttenlocher; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra/Armin Jordan
CATALOGUE NO: 2564 68800-1

Arguably the finest modern recording of Debussy’s masterpiece, with ideal casting in the title roles and a poignant Golaud. An ineptly sung Arkel snags. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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