Page 437 - Liverpool Philharmonic 22-23 Season Coverage Book

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Bijoux Perdus

Jodie Devos (soprano), Brussels Philharmonic, Pierre Bleuse
The Belgian soprano's small but perfectly-formed voice really does glitter in this
constellation of forgotten French operatic gems, all of them associated with her compatriot
Marie Cabel - and there's more than enough light and shade in terms of both timbre and
repertoire to ensure that the dazzle never becomes relentless. I loved Elizabeth I's lament over
a drunken Shakespeare from Thomas's Le songe d'une nuit d'été and the rousing call-to-arms
from Halévy's Jaguarita l'Indienne, and there's a lovely opportunity to hear Auber's Manon
emerge from the shadows of Massenet and Puccini...

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Weinberg: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7
Kirill Gerstein (harpsichord), Marie-Christine Zupancic (flute), City of Birmingham
Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
This successor to the much-garlanded recording of Symphonies Nos. 2 and 21 from the same
forces proves absolutely worth the wait: the weird and wonderful Seventh Symphony
surprises at every turn, kicking off with a neo-Baroque-meets-jazz harpsichord solo and
showcasing the full might of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie strings in the Shostakovich-
esque scherzo. The Third, with its eerie klezmer-ish violin solos and nods to folk dances, may