In the programme of “La Traversée” Patricia Petibon, Andrea Marcon and La Cetra make their audience laugh, suffer and love – Nominated for 2 OPUS Klassik
Sony Classical,
2022
Stream: Apple Music Spotify
Patricia Petibon Soprano
La Cetra Barockorchester Basel
Andrea Marcon Direction
The CD was nominated for an OPUS Klassik in the categories “Ensemble of the Year” and “Vocal Solo”.
Press commentary
Patricia Petibon sighs Handel’s heroines or charges them with furor, she fears her teeth chattering and spreads infectious champagne mood. Andrea Marcon and his “La Cetra” musicians not only let themselves be infected, but are not infrequently themselves the driving force in these emotional rollercoaster rides.
Musik & Theater, October 2022, Reinmar Wagner
Virtuosity, a sense of drama … – this is how one likes to enjoy music that is more than 300 years old. Exciting: Andrea Marcon and his La Cetra Baroque Orchestra are actually experts in music older than Offenbach and Verdi. But the romantic arias are also in the best hands with Andrea Marcon. You don’t need a giant orchestra, but on the contrary transparency and a lot of love in the small details. … I was enchanted by the vocal artistry of Patricia Petibon and the sensitive ensemble La Cetra.
WDR3, 29. March 2022, Elisabeth Richter
Lust for life and despair.
The fact that baroque music can be tremendously lively and rousing cannot be ignored in Henry Purcell’s song Strike the Viol. The French soprano Patricia Petibon and the La Cetra Baroque Orchestra Basel under the baton of Andrea Marcon immediately draw us into the middle of the action. … Petibon and the musicians take us on a journey through time from the early Baroque to 19th century operetta, with works from Stefano Landi to Jacques Offenbach. This album offers a thoroughly sensual experience.
crescendo, 19. June 2022, Corina Kolbe