Philippe Jaroussky

The press-release quotes Tharaud as saying the album was 'made for the sheer pleasure of it'. This is tangibly translated in much of the playing, across a programme that ranges from Bach to... — Matthew Ash, Presto Music, 10th May 2024 More…

[Jaroussky’s] manner is distinctive, not so much the honeyed, godlike flow of Andreas Scholl…as the vulnerable and reactive human soul declaiming recitatives with urgent detail…[he is] compelling…the... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2016 More…

There’s certainly plenty to enjoy in this generous selection of extracts. Jaroussky’s singing is vital and buoyant, combining a light expressive touch with a high degree of accuracy; there’s... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

may be the single most appealing and important French song recital this side of the largely excellent but sometimes uneven Fauré and Debussy discs on Hyperion...Throughout, Jaroussky's singing... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2015 More…

If Handel’s Xerxes has a showmanship, an aesthetic swagger that Cavalli’s lacks in the lilting prettiness of his own ode to a plane tree, we see the Italian’s skill emerge elsewhere – in the... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2019 More…

Jaroussky manages the edition’s higher keys well enough (Vienna’s Orfeo was a castrato alto, Naples’s a soprano) and sings sweetly so long as forceful declamation isn’t required. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 2 out of 5 stars More…

Bartoli's plummy mezzo soars, smoulders and seduces, milking the music's vocal and expressive scope to dramatic effect. It's hard to resist her sparkling personality and infectious passion for... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

may be the single most appealing and important French song recital this side of the largely excellent but sometimes uneven Fauré and Debussy discs on Hyperion...Throughout, Jaroussky's singing... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2015 More…