Massenet: Vive amour qui rêve (from Chérubin)

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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.

Decca - 4783964

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French Opera Arias

French Opera Arias


Boieldieu:

Profitez de la vie (from Le Fête du Village Voisin)

Donizetti:

Pour ce contrat fatal...Salut à la France (from La fille du régiment)

Gounod:

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

Massenet:

Suis-je gentille ainsi? ... Je marche sur tous les chemins ... Obéissons quand leur voix appelle (from Manon)

Vive amour qui rêve (from Chérubin)

Fabliau - Toujours? Vous vous trompez (from Manon)

Offenbach:

Conduisez-moi vers celui que j’adore (from Robinson Crusoë)

Rossini:

En Proie a la Tristesse (from Le Comte d'Ory)

Tchaikovsky:

Waltz from Eugene Onegin, Op. 24

Thomas, Ambroise:

Je suis Titania (from Mignon)

A vos jeux, mes amis (from Hamlet)


Virgin - 5456102

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Massenet: Ses Plus Belles Pages

Massenet: Ses Plus Belles Pages


includes

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!


Virgin - 4649292

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Angela Gheorghiu - Arias

Angela Gheorghiu - Arias


Bellini:

Eccomi in lieta vesta...Oh! quante volte (from I Capuleti e I Montecchi)

Boito:

L'altra notte in fondo al mare (from Mefistofele)

Catalani:

Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally)

Donizetti:

Quel guardo il cavaliere (from Don Pasquale)

Gounod:

Ah! Je ris de me voir (from Faust)

Grigoriu:

Muzica (from Valurile Dunarii)

Massenet:

Vive amour qui rêve (from Chérubin)

Il est doux, il est bon (from Hérodiade)

Puccini:

Donde lieta usci (from La Bohème)

Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème)

Verdi:

Su! del Nilo ai sacro lido (from Aida)


Decca - E4524172

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The Essential Angela Gheorghiu

The Essential Angela Gheorghiu


Catalani:

Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally)

Donizetti:

Una parola…Chiedi all'aura (from L'elisir d'amore)

Roberto Alagna (tenor)

Gounod:

Ah! Je ris de me voir (from Faust)

Grigoriu:

Muzica (from Valurile Dunarii)

Massenet:

Il est doux, il est bon (from Hérodiade)

Vive amour qui rêve (from Chérubin)

Puccini:

Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème)

Roberto Alagna (tenor)

O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème)

Roberto Alagna (tenor)

Donde lieta usci (from La Bohème)

Verdi:

Ah, fors'è lui che l'anima (from La Traviata)

Pace, pace mio Dio! (from La forza del destino)

Mercè, dilette amiche 'Bolero' (from I Vespri Siciliani)

Come in quest'ora bruna (from Simon Boccanegra)

Addio del passato (from La Traviata)

Tacea la notte (from Il Trovatore)


Decca - E4733202

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The Massenet Edition

The Massenet Edition


Massenet:

Don Quichotte

studio recording, 1978

Nicolai Ghiaurov (Don Quichotte), Gabriel Bacquier (Sancho Panza), Régine Crespin (Dulcinée), Michèle Command (Pedro), Annick Dutertre (Garcias), Peyo Garazzi (Rodriguez), Jean-Marie Frémeau (Juan)

L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Kazimierz Kord

Esclarmonde

studio recording, 1975

Joan Sutherland (Esclarmonde), Huguette Tourangeau (Parséis), Clifford Grant (Emperor Phorcas), Giacomo Aragall (Roland), Louis Quilico (L'Evèque de Blois), Ryland Davies (Enéas), Robert Lloyd (Cléomer), Ian Caley (A Saracen Envoy), Graham Clark (A Byzantine Herald)

National Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Finchley Children's Music Group, Richard Bonynge

Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame

Roberto Alagna (Jean), Stefano Antonucci (Boniface), Francesco Ellero d'Artegna (Le prieur), Marc Larcher (Un moine poète)

Orchestre National de Montpellier, Enrique Diemecke

Manon

studio recording, 1970

Beverly Sills (Manon), Nicolai Gedda (Le Chevalier des Grieux), Gérard Souzay (Lescaut), Gabriel Bacquier (Le Comte des Grieux), Nico Castel (Guillot de Morfontaine), Michel Trempont (De Brétigny)

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Julius Rudel

Le Roi de Lahore

live recording, 1977

Luis Lima (Alim), Joan Sutherland (Sita), Sherrill Milnes (Scindia), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Indra), James Morris (Timour), Huguette Tourangeau (Kaled), John Tomlinson (Officer), Gareth Morrell (Army Chief), David Wilson-Johnson (Soldier)

Orchestra and Chorus of the Vancouver Opera Association, NPO / Bonynge

Thaïs

studio recording, 1997-8

Renée Fleming (Thaïs), Thomas Hampson (Athanaël), Giuseppe Sabbatini (Nicias), Stefano Palatchi (Palémon), Marie Devellereau (Crobyle), Isabelle Cals (Myrtale), Enkelejda Shkosa (Albine), Elisabeth Vidal (La Charmeuse), David Grousset (Servant)

Orchestre National de Bordeaux-Aquitaine, Yves Abel

Thérèse

studio recording 1973

Huguette Tourangeau (Thérèse), Ryland Davies (Armand de Clerval ), Louis Quilico (André Thoral), Neilson Taylor (Morel), Ian Caley (Un Officier), Alan Opie (Un Officier Municipal)

New Philharmonia Orchestra, The Linden Singers, Richard Bonynge

Werther

studio recording, 1980

José Carreras (Werther), Frederica Von Stade (Charlotte), Isobel Buchanan (Sophie), Thomas Allen (Albert), Robert Lloyd (Le Bailli), Malcolm King (Johann), Paul Crook (Schmidt), Donaldson Bell (Brühlmann), Linda Humphries (Kätchen)

Orchestra of Covent Garden, Children from the Royal Opera House Production, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Davis

Le Carillon

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Le Cid - Ballet music

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Scènes pittoresques

Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Albert Wolff

Cigale

Enid Hartle

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

C'est sa tete que je reclame (from Hérodiade)

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo)

L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge

Il est doux, il est bon (from Hérodiade)

Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)

Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, John Mauceri

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

Joan Sutherland (soprano)

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Fantaisie for Cello and Orchestra

Jascha Silberstein (cello)

L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge

Meditation (from Thaïs)

Nigel Kennedy (violin)

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Le sais-tu?

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

On dit!

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Passionnément

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Les âmes des fleurs

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Souvenance

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Le Petit Jésus

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Les Yeux clos

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Ce que disent les cloches

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

La mélodie des baisers

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Pitchounette

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Nuit d'Espagne

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

L'éventail

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Je t'aime!

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Les amoureuses sont des folles

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Printemps dernier

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Roses d'Octobre

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Sérénade d'automne

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Souhait

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Elle s'en est allee

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Les Yeux clos

Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Bonynge (piano), Barry Tuckwell (horn)

Amours bénis

Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Bonynge (piano), Barry Tuckwell (horn)

Pensée d'automne

Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Oh! si les fleurs avaient des yeux

Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Puisqu'elle a pris ma vie‎

Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Oh! si les fleurs avaient des yeux

Joan Sutherland (soprano)

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Crépuscule

Joan Sutherland (soprano)

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

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

Joan Sutherland (soprano)

L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge

Manon: ballet

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

Meditation (from Thaïs)

John Georgiadis (violin)

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Le Roi de Lahore: waltz and entr'acte

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Scènes dramatiques

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Cendrillon: Marche des princesses

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

La Navaraisse : Nocturne

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Les Erinnyes : Invocation

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Air de Nina (from Chérubin)

Joan Sutherland (soprano)

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Chérubin Entr'acte

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Vive amour qui rêve (from Chérubin)

Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)

Orchestra e coro de Teatro Regio di Torino, John Mauceri

Lamento d'Ariane

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Phèdre: Overture

Orchestre de l'Opera Comique Paris, Albert Wolff

Werther: Prelude & La nuit de Noël

Orchestre de l'Opera Comique Paris, Albert Wolff

Scènes pittoresques

Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Albert Wolff

Scènes alsaciennes

Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Albert Wolff


13 August 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Jules Massenet (born 12 May 1842).

Massenet is best-known for his operas and this set contains his two most famous - Manon and Werther as well as rarer works which owe their modern revivals and recordings during the 1970s to the advocacy of Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge.

Richard Bonynge has been a lifelong champion of Massenet and his reference-status recordings of the ballets are included as an integral element in this edition. He also features as an accompanist to Huguette Tourangeau in a widely-admired but long out of print recording of a selection of Massenet Songs.

The 140-page booklet includes full cast lists of the operas and detailed track lists.

Opera critic and writer George Hall has written an article on Massenet's life and works.

Richard Bonynge also contributes a personal note on his discovery and love of Massenet's music.

A CD-ROM contains the opera libretti and song-texts with translations.

This comprehensive 23-CD set with a wealth of glorious music is a must for all Massenet fans and lovers of French music alike.

Decca - 4783963

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$104.25

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