Patricia Petibon - Nouveau Monde

Patricia Petibon's Nouveau Monde is conceived as a journey from the Old to the New World, a spell-binding collection of arias, songs and pieces from European composers (Charpentier, Händel, Rameau, Purcell) that testify to their composers’ fascination with the exoticism of recently-discovered lands. Accompanied by Andrea Marcon's brilliant orchestra La Cetra, with hypnotic percussion and exotic instruments, the ever-curious soprano also includes South American folksongs brimming with rhythmic energy and colour.

Admired for her remarkable creative imagination and exemplary musicianship, soprano Patricia Petibon, in her newest album for Deutsche Grammophon, offers a treasure-trove of fascinating Baroque curiosities guaranteed to enthral both the Baroque aficionado and the casual listener.
Nouveau Monde is conceived as a journey from the Old to the New World, a spell-binding collection of arias, songs and pieces from European composers (Charpentier, Händel, Rameau, Purcell) that testify to their composers’ fascination with the exoticism of recently-discovered lands, as well as South American folksongs which boast exceptional rhythmic energy and colour
Spectacularly accompanied by the La Cetra Baroque Orchestra under the excelling direction of Andrea Marcon – who also stands out as a Baroque organist and harpsichordist – Patricia enchants our senses with a mélange of 17th-century arias and folk songs from England, France, Spain, and Latin America
As a follow-up to her best-selling Rosso and Melancolía albums, Patricia Petibon’s 2012 release is guaranteed to be one of the most popular and sought-after Baroque releases of the year.

It's simply not possible to listen to Patricia Petibon without gasping with admiration at her versatility, flexibility, musicality, virtuosity and sheer force of personality . . . Petibon has the ability to make this music so much part of her own persona that its antiquity is brushed aside in one extravagant sigh or inflexion of the voice . . .
Record Review / Marc Rochester, International Record Review (London)

This French soprano wraps her agile voice around the highly ornamented arias of the Italian Baroque era with the ease and lightness of a butterfly . . .
Record Review / John Therauds, Toronto Star

Her voice is certainly suited to Baroque music . . . striking, beautiful and unusually versatile, its strength is its sensitivity . . . Petibon brings an extremity of character, sometimes willful eccentricity, to her performances . . .
Record Review / Jessica Duchen, Opera News (New York)