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Honegger: Les Aventures du Roi Pausole

Mattijs van de Woerd (King Pausole), Ambroz Bajec Lapajne (Taxis), Simone Riksman (Aline la Blanche), Fabio Trumpy (Giglio), Rea Kost-Fueter (Mirabelle), Niklaus Kost (Le Metayer), Francis van Broekhuizen (Diane la Houppe), Adelaide Rouyer (Dame Perchuque), Marijje van Stralen (Thierrette)

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Release Date: 17th May 2010
Catalogue No: 9152
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 71 minutes

Honegger: Les aventures du roi Pausole, H. 76

Work length3:30

$1.00

$1.30

Ed Spanjaard, Nieuw Ensemble, Opera Trionfo, Mattijs van de Woerd, Ambrož Bajec-Lapajne, Simone Riksman, Fabio Trumpy, Rea Kost-Fueter, Niklaus Kost, Francis Van Broekhuizen, Adélaide Rouyer, Marijje van Stralen, Wendy Roobol, Murni Suwetja, Anne Christin, Francis Van Broekhuizen, Olga Zinovieva, Martha Bosch, Anne Christine Wemekamp, Murni Suwetja, Wendy Roobol, Marijje van Stralen, Adélaide Rouyer, Niklaus Kost, Rea Kost-Fueter, Fabio Trumpy, Simone Riksman, Ambrož Bajec-Lapajne, Mattijs van de Woerd, Suzanne Lena
Opera Trionfo, Nieuw Ensemble
Ed Spanjaard

Ouverture

Track length3:30

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Honegger: Les aventures du roi Pausole, H. 76, Act I

Work length24:07

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Ed Spanjaard, Nieuw Ensemble, Opera Trionfo, Mattijs van de Woerd, Ambrož Bajec-Lapajne, Simone Riksman, Fabio Trumpy, Rea Kost-Fueter, Niklaus Kost, Francis Van Broekhuizen, Adélaide Rouyer, Marijje van Stralen, Wendy Roobol, Murni Suwetja, Anne Christin, Francis Van Broekhuizen, Olga Zinovieva, Martha Bosch, Anne Christine Wemekamp, Murni Suwetja, Wendy Roobol, Marijje van Stralen, Adélaide Rouyer, Niklaus Kost, Rea Kost-Fueter, Fabio Trumpy, Simone Riksman, Ambrož Bajec-Lapajne, Mattijs van de Woerd, Suzanne Lena
Opera Trionfo, Nieuw Ensemble
Ed Spanjaard

Choeur de la sieste

Track length2:09

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Sortie des reines

Track length0:34

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Air de taxis

Track length2:32

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Air de la blanche aline

Track length4:19

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Ballet

Track length6:12

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Entree des bois de la justice

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Air de giglio

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Septuor des sept avis differents

Track length1:16

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Sortie des reines

Track length0:24

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Final

Track length3:21

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Honegger: Les aventures du roi Pausole, H. 76, Act II

Work length26:57

$12.00

$15.60

Ed Spanjaard, Nieuw Ensemble, Opera Trionfo, Mattijs van de Woerd, Ambrož Bajec-Lapajne, Simone Riksman, Fabio Trumpy, Rea Kost-Fueter, Niklaus Kost, Francis Van Broekhuizen, Adélaide Rouyer, Marijje van Stralen, Wendy Roobol, Murni Suwetja, Anne Christin, Francis Van Broekhuizen, Olga Zinovieva, Martha Bosch, Anne Christine Wemekamp, Murni Suwetja, Wendy Roobol, Marijje van Stralen, Adélaide Rouyer, Niklaus Kost, Rea Kost-Fueter, Fabio Trumpy, Simone Riksman, Ambrož Bajec-Lapajne, Mattijs van de Woerd, Suzanne Lena
Opera Trionfo, Nieuw Ensemble
Ed Spanjaard

Prelude

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Choeur des fermieres

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Duo du travesti

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Ritournelle de la mule

Track length0:47

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Cantate, "Vive le roi pausole"

Track length1:09

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Air de la coupe de thule

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Sortie Americaine du roi

Track length0:43

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Trio, "Vos joues sont d'exquises peches"

Track length3:55

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Air d'aline

Track length3:03

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Air de diane

Track length3:16

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Duetto de la revolte

Track length1:22

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Final

Track length4:40

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Honegger: Les aventures du roi Pausole, H. 76, Act III

Work length17:11

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$10.40

Ed Spanjaard, Nieuw Ensemble, Opera Trionfo, Mattijs van de Woerd, Ambrož Bajec-Lapajne, Simone Riksman, Fabio Trumpy, Rea Kost-Fueter, Niklaus Kost, Francis Van Broekhuizen, Adélaide Rouyer, Marijje van Stralen, Wendy Roobol, Murni Suwetja, Anne Christin, Francis Van Broekhuizen, Olga Zinovieva, Martha Bosch, Anne Christine Wemekamp, Murni Suwetja, Wendy Roobol, Marijje van Stralen, Adélaide Rouyer, Niklaus Kost, Rea Kost-Fueter, Fabio Trumpy, Simone Riksman, Ambrož Bajec-Lapajne, Mattijs van de Woerd, Suzanne Lena
Opera Trionfo, Nieuw Ensemble
Ed Spanjaard

Choeur des soubrettes

Track length1:13

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Duo du reve

Track length4:03

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Entree du chocolat Espagnol

Track length2:18

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Air de taxis

Track length1:50

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Duo du telephone

Track length2:05

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Air de giglio

Track length2:03

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Les adieux de pausole

Track length2:26

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Final

Track length1:13

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Whoever would have thought that Arthur Honegger, the rigidly Protestant composer famous for his oratorios such as Le Roi David and Jeanne d’ Arc, the First Symphony and his 1934 cello concerto, would compose one of the most controversial and lyrical pieces of the twentieth century? He surprised the world with an authentic operetta in pure vaudeville style, and once more showed his mastery and versatile creativity. Above all the piece was a sign of his penchant for differing styles and genres; so, in Honegger’s mind, a good operetta was better than a bad opera. The Roi Pausole was a resounding success.

After the successful Roi Pausole, the premiere of which was followed by 500 more performances, Honegger composed two further operettas, one of which was created in collaboration with his friend Jacques Ibert. It must have been with great pleasure, commitment and enthusiasm that he and the famous librettist Albert Willemits worked together to bring to life the adventures of the ambiguous king Pausole who ruled over the licentious kingdom of Tryphème with his 365 wives – one for each night of the year. Although the composition is in typical vaudeville style (music alternated with spoken text), both musically and literarily it transcends the genre in every aspect.

The score is full of surprises: a brilliant small orchestral arrangement, a hint of vaudeville, a pinch of Dixieland, a genuine Spanish paso doble, ‘schmaltzy’-like chansons, classic bel canto and the odd jolly reference to his own work. But above all it conveys Honegger’s connection to the Groupe des Six! The libretto by Albert Willemetz is based on an erotic novel published in 1901 by the then famous Belgian writer Pierre Louÿs, who was a friend of Debussy and lyricist of his Chanson de Bilitis. Willemetz wrote beautiful albeit slightly elaborate French dialogues in verse: scintillating, daring, ambiguous, ever alluding but never explicit. As this makes the libretto difficult to translate, an immense task awaits the director who, despite the language barrier, wants to involve an audience in this delicious comedy of morals.

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Opera Trionfo, Nieuw Ensemble, Ed Spanjaard

Honegger: Les Aventures du Roi Pausole

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