Massenet: Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther)

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Alain Vanzo: French Arias

Alain Vanzo: French Arias


Barrière, A:

Elle était si jolie

Berlioz:

Sur les monts les plus sauvages (from Benvenuto Cellini)

Bizet:

Je crois entendre encore (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles)

La jolie fille de Perth: Serenade

Delibes:

Lakmé! Lakmé! Ah! Viens dans la forêt profonde (from Lakmé)

Gounod:

Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre… Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (from Faust)

Mon cœur est plein d'un noir soucis... Anges du Paradis (from Mireille)

L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil (from Roméo et Juliette)

Salut tombeau (from Roméo & Juliette)

Gretry:

Si l'universe entier m'oublie

Krier:

Le Rêve passe

Lalo:

Vainement, ma bien-aimée (from Le roi d’Ys)

Massenet:

Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon)

Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon)

Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther)

O bien aimée (from La Navarraise)

Thomas, Ambroise:

Adieu, Mignon! Courage! (Mignon)

Verdi:

O jours de peine

Je l'ai perdue! (from Don Carlos)


Alain Vanzo (tenor)

Alain Vanzo was born in Monaco in April 1928 and was apparently a gifted musician from an early age. From an inauspicious start, he was eventually heard by a singing teacher who recognised his talents, and from that point on, he was lucky enough to be integrated into the French music scene where he triumphed in various performances.

He made his debut at the Pera and the Opera-Comique in 1957, going on to sing the Duke of Mantua that same year.

He became known and respected as a lyric tenor and matured towards a more robust tenor, culminating in him taking on Werther at aged 40 and Don Jose at aged 45. By the time he reached the age of 48, and after his performance of Faust in 1976 in the US, he had become a star and this disc shows exactly why he was so well respected.

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The Very Best of Nicolai Gedda

The Very Best of Nicolai Gedda


Adam:

Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire (from Le Postillon de Lonjumeau)

Beethoven:

Adelaide, Op. 46

Bellini:

Prendi l'anel ti dono (from La Sonnambula)

Berlioz:

La gloire etait ma seule idole (from Benvenuto Cellini)

Bizet:

Au fond du temple saint (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles)

La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen)

Donizetti:

Quanto è bella, quanto è cara! (from L'Elisir d'amore)

Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore)

Fra poco a me ricovero...Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali (from Lucia di Lammermoor)

Flotow:

Ach, so fromm (from Martha)

Glinka:

Souvenir

Goldmark:

Magische Töne, berauschender Duft (from Die Königin von Saba)

Gounod:

L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil (from Roméo et Juliette)

Lehár:

Gern hab' ich die Frau'n geküßt (from Paganini)

Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lächelns)

Massenet:

Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther)

Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon)

Mozart:

Il mio tesoro intanto (from Don Giovanni)

Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (from Die Zauberflöte)

Mussorgsky:

Boris Godunov: Dmitry! Tsarevich

Offenbach:

Va pour Kleinzach...Il était une fois à la cour (from Les Contes d'Hoffmann)

Puccini:

Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut)

Rachmaninov:

Sing not, O lovely one (Ne poi, krasavitsa, pri mne), Op. 4 No. 4

How fair this spot, Op. 21 No. 7

Rossini:

Asile héréditaire (from Guillaume Tell)

Strauss, J, II:

Ja, das alles auf Ehr' (from Der Zigeunerbaron)

Strauss, R:

Heimliche Aufforderung, Op. 27 No. 3

Ständchen, Op. 17 No. 2

Tchaikovsky:

Kuda, Kuda 'Lensky's Aria' (from Eugene Onegin)

In this moonlight, Op.73, No.3

Sred' shumnogo bala (Amid the din of the ball), Op. 38 No. 3

Serenada Don-Zhuana (Don Juan's Serenade), Op. 38 No. 1

Thomas, Ambroise:

Elle ne croyait pas, dans sa candeur naïve (from Mignon)

Verdi:

Di' tu se fedele (from Un ballo in maschera)

La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto)

Wagner:

In fernem Land (from Lohengrin)


Nicolai Gedda, the most recorded tenor in history, is an exceptionally versatile artist who has excelled in a wide variety of operatic roles as well as in the art song. With a magnificent lyric tenor voice and extraordinary range, Gedda makes the notorious top D at the end of ‘Mes amis, écoutez l’histoire’ sound positively effortless. This collection offers a wealth of repertoire that has helped to cement Gedda’s reputation as one of the greatest tenors of his generation.

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Massenet: Ses Plus Belles Pages

Massenet: Ses Plus Belles Pages


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Massenet:

Le Roi de Lahore - Voix qui me remplissez d'une ineffable ivresse

Il est doux, il est bon (from Hérodiade)

Vision fugitive (from Hérodiade)

Adieu, notre petite table (from Manon)

Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon)

Toi ! Vous ! Oui ! Je fus cruelle… N’est-ce plus ma main (from Manon)

Ah! Tout est bien fini... O souverain (from Le Cid)

De cet affreux combat…Pleurez, mes yeux ! (from Le Cid)

Ces lettres! (from Werther)

Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther)

Ah ! Parais, astre de mon ciel Zarastra from Le Mage

Dis-moi que je suis belle (from Thaïs)

Allez, laissez-moi seul...Coeur sans amour, printemps sans roses (from Cendrillon)

Je suis l'oiseau (from Grisélidis)

Marie, avec l'enfant Jésus (from Le jongleur de Notre-Dame)

Vive amour qui rêve (from Chérubin)

Lorsque le temps d'amour ... Ne pensons qu'au plaisir d'aimer (from Don Quichotte)

Roma - Je vais la voir!


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Meditation: The Beautiful Music of Massenet

Meditation: The Beautiful Music of Massenet


 

Des Grieux’s Lodgings (Act 2, Scene 2)

Manon — Ballet based on extracts from works by Jules Massenet, arranged and orchestrated by Leighton Lucas with the collaboration of Hilda Gaunt

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge

Massenet:

Meditation (from Thaïs)

Nigel Kennedy (violin)

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

De cet affreux combat…Pleurez, mes yeux ! (from Le Cid)

Joan Sutherland

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther)

Luciano Pavarotti

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Oliviero de Fabritiis

Il est doux, il est bon (from Hérodiade)

Angela Gheorghiu

Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, John Mauceri

Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon)

Jonas Kaufmann

Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Marco Armiliato

Esprits de l'air! Esprits de l'onde! (from Esclarmonde)

Joan Sutherland

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Dance of the Spirits (Esclarmonde)

John Alldis Choir & National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Où suis-je? (Esclarmonde)

Giacomo Aragall

John Alldis Choir & National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Ah! je suis seule, seule enfin! (Thaïs)

Renée Fleming

Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel

Dis-moi que je suis belle (from Thaïs)

Renée Fleming

Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel

Valse très lente

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Vive amour qui rêve (from Chérubin)

Angela Gheorghiu

Orchestra e coro del Teatro Regio di Torino, John Mauceri

Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon)

Joseph Calleja & Tatiana Lisnic

Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Carlo Rizzi

Ah, que mes soeurs ... Reste au foyer, petit grillon (from Cendrillon)

Joan Sutherland

L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge

Je ne sais pas si je veille (from Werther)

José Carreras

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis

Va! Laisse couler mes larmes (from Werther)

Marilyn Horne

Wiener Opernorchester, Henry Lewis

Oh! si les fleurs avaient des yeux

Joan Sutherland

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

La Vierge: Le Dernier Sommeil de la vierge (Légende sacrée)


Jules Massenet, who died 100 years ago in 1912, was a French composer best known for his operas, and was widely considered in his day to be one of the greatest melodists of his time, alongside Puccini.

The Best of Massenet includes his most popular music, performed by a starry cast of artists, including Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Jonas Kaufmann, Renée Fleming, Joseph Calleja, Angela Gheorghiu and Marilyn Horne.

Soon after his death, Massenet's style went out of fashion, and today he is best known for the popular violin showpiece Méditation from his opera Thaïs (performed here by Nigel Kennedy), and is unfairly regarded by many as something of a one-hit wonder.

Opera and ballet aficionados have known otherwise for some time and that he is in truth one of classical music’s best-kept secrets. 2012, the centenary year of his death, is the perfect opportunity time to introduce a wider audience to the exquisite charms and beauty of his music.

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Royal Concerts Volume 4: Aragall & Gonzalez

Royal Concerts Volume 4: Aragall & Gonzalez


Gounod:

Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (from Roméo et Juliette)

Leoncavallo:

Mattinata - 'L'aurora di bianco vestita'

Massenet:

Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther)

Dis-moi que je suis belle (from Thaïs)

Toi ! Vous ! Oui ! Je fus cruelle… N’est-ce plus ma main (from Manon)

Puccini:

Quando me'n vo (from La Bohème)

Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano (from La Fanciulla del West)

Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (from La Rondine)

E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca)

O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème)

Verdi:

Tu qui?... Amelia! (from Simon Boccanegra)


Jaume Aragall (tenor) & Ana Ma Gonzalez (soprano)

Orquestra Simfonica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Enrique Ricci

A concert given in 1991 by tenor Jaume Aragall and soprano Ana Ma Gonzalez during the Torroella de Montgri Music Festival. Aria and duets by Puccini, Verdi, Massenet and Gounod.

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Roberto Alagna - Tenor

Roberto Alagna - Tenor


Berlioz:

Prière: Te ergo quaesumus (Te Deum)

Chœur & Orchestre de Paris, John Nelson

Bernstein:

Tonight (from West Side Story)

Angela Gheorghiu (Maria)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Armstrong

Bizet:

Parle-moi de ma mère (from Carmen)

Inva Mula (Micaëla) & Angela Gheorghiu (Carmen)

Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Je vais danser en votre honneur (from Carmen)

Inva Mula (Micaëla) & Angela Gheorghiu (Carmen)

Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen)

Inva Mula (Micaëla) & Angela Gheorghiu (Carmen)

Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Donizetti:

C’est moi Lucie (from Lucie de Lammermoor)

Natalie Dessay (Lucie)

Orchestre & Chœurs de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Evelino Pidò

Sur la tombe de mon père (Lucie de Lammermoor)

Natalie Dessay (Lucie)

Orchestre & Chœurs de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Evelino Pidò

Vers toi toujours s’envoler (from Lucie de Lammermoor)

Natalie Dessay (Lucie)

Orchestre & Chœurs de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Evelino Pidò

Tombes de mes aïeux (from Lucie de Lammermoor)

Natalie Dessay (Lucie)

Orchestre & Chœurs de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Evelino Pidò

Gounod:

L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil (from Roméo et Juliette)

Angela Gheorghiu (Juliette)

Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Va, je t’ai pardonné…Anges du ciel (from Roméo et Juliette)

Angela Gheorghiu (Juliette)

Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Massenet:

Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon)

Angela Gheorghiu (Manon) & Yann-Armel Quemener (Le portier du séminaire)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Armstrong

Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon)

Angela Gheorghiu (Manon) & Yann-Armel Quemener (Le portier du séminaire)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Armstrong

Toi ! Vous ! Oui ! Je fus cruelle… N’est-ce plus ma main (from Manon)

Angela Gheorghiu (Manon) & Yann-Armel Quemener (Le portier du séminaire)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Armstrong

Oui ce qu'elle m'ordonne... Lorsque l'enfant (from Werther)

Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte) Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte)

Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Antonio Pappano

Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther)

Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte) Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte)

Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Antonio Pappano

N’achevez pas, hélas (from Werther)

Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte) Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte)

Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Antonio Pappano

Offenbach:

Le jugement de Pâris - Au Mont Ida (from La Belle Hélène)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Armstrong

Puccini:

Che gelida manina (from La Bohème)

Leontina Vaduva (Mimi)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème)

Leontina Vaduva (Mimi)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Recondita armonia (from Tosca)

Angela Gheorghiu (Tosca) & Enrico Fissore (Le Sacristain)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano

E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca)

Angela Gheorghiu (Tosca) & Enrico Fissore (Le Sacristain)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano

Ah! Franchiggia… O dolci mani mansuete e pure (from Tosca)

Angela Gheorghiu (Tosca) & Enrico Fissore (Le Sacristain)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano

Ma come puoi lasciarmi (from La Rondine)

Angela Gheorghiu (Magda)

London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Ecco la Casa...Torna ai felici di (from Le Villi)

London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Firenze è come un albero fiorito (from Gianni Schicchi)

London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Et incarnatus est

London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Verdi:

Ah sì ben mio (from Il trovatore)

Angela Gheorghiu (Leonora) & Enrico Facini (Ruiz)

London Voices & London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Di quella pira (from Il trovatore)

Angela Gheorghiu (Leonora) & Enrico Facini (Ruiz)

London Voices & London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Fontainebleau! Forêt immense et solitaire … (from Don Carlos)

Thomas Hampson (Rodrigue), Csaba Airizer (Un moine) & José Van Dam (Philippe II)

Chœur du Théâtre du Châtelet – Orchestre de Paris, Antonio Pappano

Qui me rendra ce mort ? Ô funèbres abîmes (from Don Carlos)

Thomas Hampson (Rodrigue), Csaba Airizer (Un moine) & José Van Dam (Philippe II)

Chœur du Théâtre du Châtelet – Orchestre de Paris, Antonio Pappano

Dieu, tu semas dans nos âmes (from Don Carlos)

Thomas Hampson (Rodrigue), Csaba Airizer (Un moine) & José Van Dam (Philippe II)

Chœur du Théâtre du Châtelet – Orchestre de Paris, Antonio Pappano

Ingemisco (from Requiem)

London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Antonio Pappano


The incomparable Roberto Alagna sings with some of the world’s greatest artists including Natalie Dessay, Thomas Hampson, Claudio Abbado, Richard Armstrong, Antonio Pappano, Angela Gheorghiu and many more in this selection of his finest opera performances.

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Arias by Gounod and Massenet

Arias by Gounod and Massenet


Gounod:

Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre… Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (from Faust)

L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil (from Roméo et Juliette)

Salut tombeau (from Roméo & Juliette)

La Reine de Saba - Faiblesse de la race humaine

Polyeucte: Source délicieuse

Mon cœur est plein d'un noir soucis... Anges du Paradis (from Mireille)

Massenet:

Enfin Manon, nous voilà enfin seuls ensemble... En fermant les yeux (from Manon)

Natalie Dessay

Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon)

Oui ce qu'elle m'ordonne... Lorsque l'enfant (from Werther)

Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther)

Ah! Tout est bien fini... O souverain (from Le Cid)

Le Roi de Lahore - Voix qui me remplissez d'une ineffable ivresse

Je suis l'oiseau (from Grisélidis)

Roma - Je vais la voir!

Le Mage - Ah! Parais!


“This is mostly well-planned and executed recital mixes favourites with extracts from operas that have remained rarities, even with the increased interest in late 19th-century repertory. It begins with Rodrigue's great prayer, 'O souverain' from Act 3 of Le Cid. Rolando Villazón sings this with an attractive quiet introspection to start with, but then there is metal and passion in his voice for the climax. Of the other well-known Massenet items, it's good to hear Werther's 'Lorsque l'enfant' as well as the show-stopping 'Pourquoi me réveiller?'. In 'En fermant les yeux' from Manon, Natalie Dessay provides Manon's brief phrases, and Villazón makes a really sensitive dreamer. 'Ah, fuyez' goes well too, but it will be the arias from Roma, Grisélidis and Le Mage that will attract most listeners. In all Massenet's output is there a more seductive tune than the one that forms the centre of the Roma scene, 'Soir admirable'? This is done very well by Warren Mok in the complete recording, but Villazón outshines him.
Of the Gounod arias, Faust's 'Salut demeure' fares the best, but again it will be the extracts from Polyeucte and La Reine de Saba that will please immediately.
Villazón has established himself as one of the most promising among the new generation of tenors. His French has improved recently, butthere is the odd difficulty still with certain vowels.
Accompaniment, recording and presentation are first-rate.”
Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010

GGramophone Awards 2005

Record of the Year Finalist

GGramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - May 2005

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Aria


Bizet:

Je crois entendre encore (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles)

Au fond du temple saint (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles)

Delibes:

Lakmé: Dôme épais (Flower Duet)

Gershwin:

My man's gone now (from Porgy and Bess)

Giordano, U:

Amor ti vieta (from Fedora)

Massenet:

Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther)

Puccini:

O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)

Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut)

Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano (from La Fanciulla del West)

O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème)

Vissi d'arte (from Tosca)

E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca)


Grover Washington Jr. (saxophone)

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Amore – The Opera Album

Amore – The Opera Album


Bernstein:

Somewhere (from West Side Story)

Bizet:

Au fond du temple saint (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles)

Giordano, U:

Amor ti vieta (from Fedora)

Leoncavallo:

Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci)

Massenet:

Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther)

Puccini:

E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca)

Recondita armonia (from Tosca)

Che gelida manina (from La Bohème)

Nessun dorma (from Turandot)

Verdi:

La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto)

Questa o quella (from Rigoletto)

Va, pensiero (from Nabucco)


Russell Watson explores the full-blooded romantic potential of the operatic repertoire with this collection of some of the best-loved tenor arias of all time.

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Massenet: Operatic and Orchestral Favourites

Massenet: Operatic and Orchestral Favourites


Massenet:

Le Cid - Ballet music

Recorded at Kingsway Hall, London on 14-16 July 1952

London Symphony Orchestra, Robert Irving

Phèdre: Overture

Recorded at Maison de la Mutualité, Paris on 1 June 1951

Orchestre de l’Opéra-Comique, Paris, Albert Wolff

Werther: Prelude & La nuit de Noël

Recorded at Maison de la Mutualité, Paris on 1 June 1951

Orchestre de l’Opéra-Comique, Paris, Albert Wolff

Scènes alsaciennes

Recorded at the Salle Apollo Paris on 15 September 1953

Orchestre Lamoureux, Jean Fournet

La Vierge: Le Dernier Sommeil de la vierge (Légende sacrée)

Recorded at Walthamstow Town Hall, London 7 – 18 December 1953

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

Scènes pittoresques

Recorded at the Salle Apollo Paris on 15 September 1953

Orchestre Lamoureux, Jean Fournet

Ô noble lame étincelante (from Le Cid)

Recorded on 2 February 1933

Georges Thill

Eugène Bigot

Pleurez, mes yeux (Le Cid)

Recorded on 16 May 1930

Germaine Cernay

Gustave Cloez

Dis-moi que je suis belle (from Thaïs)

Recorded on 08 November 1927

Fanny Heldy

Piero Coppola

Te souvient-il du lumineux voyage (from Thaïs)

Recorded on 14 January 1947

Dorothy Kirsten, Robert Merrill

RCA Victor Orchestra, Jean Morel

Il est doux, il est bon (from Hérodiade)

Recorded in Paris on 29 March 1928

Ninon Vallin

Gustave Cloëz

Calmez donc vos fureurs…Jean, je te revois (from Hérodiade)

Recorded on 21 November 1932

César Vezzani, Jeanne Guyla

Fleurissait une rose au bord de chemin (from Le jongleur de Notre-Dame)

Recorded in Camden, New Jersey, USA on 11 October 1926

Marcel Journet

Je suis encore tout étourdie (from Manon)

Recorded on 26 March 1928

Emma Luart

Gustave Cloëz

On l'appelle Manon (from Manon)

Recorded on 26 March 1928

Emma Luart, Gaston Micheletti

Gustave Cloëz

Adieu, notre petite table (from Manon)

Recorded on 7 June 1945

Bidú Sayão

Fausto Cleva

Je marche sur tous les chemins (from Manon)

Recorded on 27 March 1928

Emma Luart

Gustave Cloëz

Obéissons quand leur voix appelle (from Manon)

Recorded in 1928

Emma Luart

Gustave Cloëz

Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon)

Recorded in Paris in 1916

Edmond Clément with orchestra

Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon)

Recorded in Paris in 1916

Edmond Clément with orchestra

Promesse de mon avenir (from Le roi de Lahore)

Recorded at Salle du Conservatoire, Paris 30 November 1929

Arthur Endrèze

Henri Defosse

J'aurais sur ma poitrine (from Werther)

Recorded on 10 May 1927

Georges Thill

Fernand Heuteur

Va! Laisse couler mes larmes (from Werther)

Recorded in Paris on 13 April 1927

Ninon Vallin

Gustave Cloëz

Ah! mon courage m’abandonne!... Seigneur Dieu (from Werther)

Recorded in Paris on 13 April 1927

Ninon Vallin

Gustave Cloëz

Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther)

Recorded between 1950 - 1952

Cesare Valletti

Orchestra Lirica della Cetra di Torino, Arturo Basile

Elégie

Recorded on 19 May 1926

Rosa Ponselle (soprano), Alfred Lennartz (cello)

Rosario Bourdon


2012 is the centenary of Jules Massenet’s death. Several of his operas have received important revivals this year

Unlike most other Massenet albums released this year this 2CD set celebrates equally his orchestral music (now becoming familiar once again in the concert hall after several years of neglect) and his operas.

Although the performances were recorded in the mono era, the majority of vocal extracts stem from a golden period of French music-making (1910s-1930s) and the orchestral recordings have been rated by critics as sonically ahead of their time.

Singers include Edmond Clément, Ninon Vallin, Georges Thill, Emma Luart, Bidu Sayão, Marcel Journet, Fanny Heldy and Cesare Valletti in roles they made famous. Jean Fournet, Albert Wolff, Robert Irving and Sir Thomas Beecham conduct the works for orchestra.

Released or re-released in last 6 months

Magdalen - METCD8021

(CD - 2 discs)

$17.50

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