Discography
A selection of available recordings
Werner Van Mechelen on CD and DVD
The wide variety of Werner Van Mechelen as a performing musician is also reflected in his CD and DVD offering, where the song genre occupies a very special place.
CD OPERA
Wagner
Das Rheingold
Albert Dohmen, Geert Smits, Chris Merritt, Werner Van Mechelen, Graham Clark, Frode Olsen
Hartmut Haenchen, conductor / De Nederlandse Opera, Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest
Wagner
Siegfried
Simon O’Neill, Matthias Goerne, David Cangelosi, Werner Van Mechelen, Heidi Melton
Jaap Van Zweden, conductor / Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Wagner
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Robert Holl, Ain Anger, Elke Wilm Schulte, Burkhard Fritz, Werner Van Mechelen
Jaap Van Zweden, conductor / Radio Filharmonisch Orkest
Boesmans
Au Monde
Frode Olsen, Werner Van Mechelen, Stéphane Degout, Charlotte Hellekant
Patrick Davin, conductor / Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie
Mortelmans
De Kinderen der Zee
Liesbeth Devos, Peter Gijsbertsen, Werner Van Mechelen
Dirk Vermeulen, conductor / Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen
Mozart
Don Giovanni
Werner Van Mechelen, Huub Claessens, Elena Vink, Markus Schäfer, Nancy Argenta, Nanco de Vries
Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor / La Petite Bande
Mozart
Le nozze di Figaro
Werner Van Mechelen, Christiane Oelze, Huub Claessens, Patrizia Biccire, Yves Saelens
Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor / La Petite Bande
Pergolesi
Livietta e Tracollo
Nancy Argenta, Werner Van Mechelen
Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor / La Petite Bande
CD LIED
Schumann – Schubert – Mendelssohn
Mit Myrthen und Rosen
Debussy – Fauré – Hahn
Mélodies de Verlaine
Strauss, Richard
Allerseelen
Various
Forgotten Flowers
Various
La Romance française
Werner Van Mechelen
Inge Spinette, piano
Debussy
C’est l’extase langoureuse
Werner Van Mechelen
Marc Deckers, piano
Lodewijk Mortelmans
In Flanders’ Fields Vol. 19
Werner Van Mechelen
Jozef De Beenhouwer, piano
Benoit – In Flanders’ Fields Vol. 26 (2 cd’s)
Peter Benoit (1834-1901)
Werner Van Mechelen
Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano
August de Boeck (1865 – 1937)
In Flanders’ Fields vol. 5 – Symfonische muziek en Franse liederen
Werner Van Mechelen / Marianne Vliegen
Euregio Youth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edmond Saveniers
Strauss
Lieder
Werner Van Mechelen
Marc Deckers, piano
CD CONCERT
Benoit, Peter
De Schelde
Martyn Brabbins, conductor
Bach
St John Passion
Greta de Reyghere, Steve Dugardin, Ian Honeyman, Stuart Patterson, Werner Van Mechelen
Paul Dombrecht, conductor / Il Fondamento
Wilford, Arthur
Choral Works & Chamber Music
Werner Van Mechelen, Marie-Noelle de Callataÿ, Lucienne Van Deyck, Jan Schiffer
E. Ysaÿe Ensemble
Fiocco
Missa Solemnis, Ave Maria, Homo Quidam
De Reyghere, Coppé, Nirouët, Van Elsacker, Van der Crabben, Van Mechelen, Snellings
Patrick Piere, conductor / Collegium Instrumentale Brugense, Capella Brugensis
DVD OPERA
György Ligeti
Le Grand Macabre
Chris Merrit, Inés Moraleda, Ana Puche, Werner Van Mechelen, Barbara Hannigan, Frode Olsen
Michael Boder, conductor – Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
Jules Massenet
Don Quichotte
José Van Dam, Silvia Tro Santafé, Werner Van Mechelen
La Monnaie, Brussels
César Franck
Stradella
Kabatu, Laho, Werner Van Mechelen, P. Rouillon, X. Rouillon, Iovino, Mignon, Joakim
Paolo Arrivabeni, conductor – Opéra Royal de Wallonie
Edouard Lalo
Le Roi d’Ys
G. Piunti, G. Girard, E. Martin-Bonnet, S. Guèze, Werner Van Mechelen, L. Graus, M. Tissons
Opéra Royal de Wallonie
Pergolesi
Livietta e Tracollo (dvd)
Nancy Argenta, Werner Van Mechelen
Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor / La Petite Bande
DVD CONCERT
Gioacchino Rossini
La Petite Messe Solennelle
Marie-Catherine Baclin, Julie Bailly, Werner Van Mechelen, …
Royal Juillet Musical, Saint-Hubert