The recordings of countertenor Philippe Jaroussky have grown increasingly adventurous, extending well into repertory beyond what was intended or even conceivable for the countertenor voice. Guitar recordings as a group are often eclectic, ranging from Renaissance repertory to flamenco to popular song and more. With À sa guitare, however, Jaroussky and guitarist Thibaut García seem to have pushed themselves to pursue the principle of eclecticism to near its limits. The challenge is perhaps greater for Jaroussky, who is a bit ...
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The recordings of countertenor Philippe Jaroussky have grown increasingly adventurous, extending well into repertory beyond what was intended or even conceivable for the countertenor voice. Guitar recordings as a group are often eclectic, ranging from Renaissance repertory to flamenco to popular song and more. With À sa guitare, however, Jaroussky and guitarist Thibaut García seem to have pushed themselves to pursue the principle of eclecticism to near its limits. The challenge is perhaps greater for Jaroussky, who is a bit out of his range in Dowland (although the results can be described as cute) and in the likes of the song Septembre by the popular singer Barbara, but García, drawing on the work of several arrangers, including himself, achieves equally startling results in Schubert's Erlkönig, D. 328, outdoing Jaroussky, who doesn't quite bring out the one-man opera quality of the song. Right from the very first notes, in the Poulenc song that gives the album its title, García serves notice that his...
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