DIAPASON, SEPTEMBER 2012
“Karina Gauvin is surely one of the world’s leading Baroque sopranos…… a fine imposing actress, with a glowing flexible tone with a gift for staccati, coloratura, meaningful coloration and stylish decoration.” Opera News
Recognized for her work in the baroque repertoire, Canadian soprano Karina Gauvin sings Bach, Mahler, Britten and the music of the 20th and 21st centuries with equal success. The prestigious distinctions she has received include the title of “Soloist of the Year” awarded by the Communauté internationale des radios publiques de langue française, first prize in the CBC Radio competition for young performers, and the Virginia Parker Prize and Maggie Teyte Memorial Prize in London.
She has sung with the greatest symphony orchestras, including the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, the San Francisco Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, the New York Philharmonic and the Rotterdam Philharmonic, as well as baroque orchestras such as Les Talens Lyriques, the Venice Baroque Orchestra, Accademia Bizantina, Il Complesso Barocco, the Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin, the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, and Les Violons du Roy.
BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN
Johannes Passion
Matthäus Passion
Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV 51
Weihnachtsoratorium
Magnificat
Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten BWV 202
Non sa che sia dolore BWV 209
BARBER, SAMUEL
Knoxville: Summer of 1915
BERLIOZ, HECTOR
Les nuits d’été
BRITTEN, BENJAMIN
Les Illuminations
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
BRAHMS, JOHANNES
Ein deutsches Requiem
COPLAND, AARON
Old American Songs
DEBUSSY, CLAUDE
La damoiselle élue
Le martyre de Saint-Sébastien
DUPARC, HENRY
Mélodies diverses
FAURÉ, GABRIEL
Requiem
Mélodies diverses
HAHN, REYNALDO
Mélodies diverses
HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC
Hercules
The Messiah
Solomon
Clori, TIrsi e Fileno
HAYDN, JOSEPH
Die Schöpfung (The Creation)
Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons)
MAHLER, GUSTAV
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 4
MENDELSSOHN, FELIX
Elias (Elijah)
MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS
Missa en Ut mineur
Requiem
Vesperae solennes de confessore
Krönungsmesse
Motet Exsultate Jubilate
PERGOLESI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA
Stabat Mater
POULENC, FRANCIS
Gloria
Mélodies diverses
PURCELL, HENRY
Ode to Saint Cecilia
RAVEL, MAURICE
Shéhérazade
VIVALDI, ANTONIO
Gloria
Magnificat
Senna Festeggiante