CD - Così fan tutte avec le Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Label Rubicon
Novembre 2018
Gramophone - Janvier 2019 - Tim Ashley
«The performance itself is excellent. Laurent Pillot conducts with superb energy and grace [...] Anyone who cares about Così should hear this.»
The Guardian - 06 décembre 2018 - Erica Jeal
«Laurent Pillot draws a lively performance from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.»
Opera Now - Février 2019 - Francis Muzzu
“an interesting supplement to a collection … it offers accomplished and youthful performances from its cast, and enjoyably propulsive conducting from Laurent Pillot”
Macbeth, Ernest Bloch
Borden Auditorium
New York
Décembre 2014
Operanews - Mars 2015 - David J. Baker
«The performance had ideal vitality under the conductor Laurent Pillot, who clearly relished the orchestra's important role and unleashed riveting accelerandos at critical moments »
Opéra magazine n° 103 - David Shengold
«Laurent Pillot, qui a déjà dirigé in loco d'excellentes représentations de Béatrice et Bénédict de Berlioz, Pénélope de Fauré et Cendrillon de Massenet, tire le meilleur de l'orchestre et du choeur.»
New York Times - 11/12/2014 - Dark and Deep Desires - Anthony Tommasini
«Drawing vibrant and colorful playing from the orchestra, the conductor Laurent Pillot was especially good at conveying the mysteriousness that pervades this overlooked score, Bloch’s only opera.»
Berkshire Fine Arts - 11/12/14 - Susan Hall
«Conducted by Laurent Pillot, the score was vivid. Pillot evoked the atmosphere of the drama with the orchestral tools Bloch provides. […] The music and drama proceed with unrelenting power and intensity.»
Cosi fan Tutte
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
The Artsdesk.com
«Overall, though, conductor Laurent Pillot ran a well-paced performance with absolutely no let-up in the action.»
EUROPE DAY
St John's Smith Square, London
Jonathan Fryer
«The concert that followed, performed by the European Union Youth Orchestra, under the baton of Laurent Pillot, was the best such event I can ever remember, with an eclectic mix of classical and more modern works by Percy Grainger, Charles Villiers Stanford, William Wallace and Aloys Fleischmann, as well as the more predictable Richard Wagner and of course ending with Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”. »
Concert Dukas, Moussorgsky, Janacek
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
2012
The Daily Telegraph*****
«There were some ravishing colours in the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra's performance thanks to conductor Laurent Pillot's labour of love.»
Don Sanche
Concertgebouw Amsterdam
2011
Opera Magazine.nl
«Of the French conductor, Laurent Pillot, I can only offer praise.»
La Petite Renarde rusée
Version avec orchestre en direct du dessin animé de Geoff Dunbar
The Guardian
«The dynamic interaction of a live orchestra, conducted by Laurent Pillot, gives Geoff Dunbar's film a lucent additional dimension. »
Manchester Evening News
«The film is absolutely enchanting, and it does add to its appeal to have it on a big screen and with a live orchestra. Laurent Pillot did a magnificent job in co-ordinating the live accompanying musicians with the pre-recorded voices on the soundtrack.»
Daily Telegraph***** – David Fanning
«Animated Little Vixen is a delight for sorcerers and apprentices alike.»
Pénélope de Fauré
New-York Borden auditorium
Décembre 2009
The New-York Times
«Laurent Pillot drew a warm-toned, finely balanced performance from the orchestra.»
Opera Today
«The orchestra played lovingly, with impressive polish and attention to detail under Laurent Pillot.»
Times Square
«With eminent conductor Laurent Pillot leading the orchestra in a sensitive and sympathetic reading of this gorgeous score, any nagging concerns about its worth in the theater are alleviated.»