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Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Choeur de l’Opera de Monte-Carlo & Kazuki Yamada - Camille Saint-Saens: Dejanire 2024

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 10 Apr 2024 07:52:33
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Choeur de l’Opera de Monte-Carlo & Kazuki Yamada - Camille Saint-Saens: Dejanire 2024

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Choeur de l’Opera de Monte-Carlo & Kazuki Yamada - Camille Saint-Saens: Dejanire 2024
FLAC (tracks), Lossless+Booklet | 1:43:49 | 449 Mb
Genre: Classical

‘It will be a strange score: people will either not like it at all, or will like it enormously’, prophesied Camille Saint-Saëns a few days before the premiere of Déjanire. The opera, first performed in Monte Carlo on 14 March 1911, is based on incidental music written in 1898 for the Béziers Arena. Fascinated by the subject, the composer soon wanted to give it a second, more ambitious life. He therefore conceived a mythological epic that inspired ‘powerfully evocative music’, according to Gabriel Fauré, who was struck by the impact of the choral writing. Yet the love drama that rends the heroine’s heart engenders wildly romantic duets and culminates in the public immolation of Hercules, set ablaze by the poisoned tunic offered to him by the fallen queen. This new Déjanire received high praise from the critics, who flocked to Monaco to see it. But the modernist path that French opera was taking at the time did not allow the work to survive the upheavals of the First World War. It would have been a shame to prolong this unjustified ostracism any longer.
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Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset and Flemish Radio Choir - Louise Bertin: Fausto (2024)

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 25 Jan 2024 14:51:23
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset and Flemish Radio Choir - Louise Bertin: Fausto (2024)

Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset and Flemish Radio Choir - Louise Bertin: Fausto (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 2:05:38 | 571 Mb
Genre: Classical

It was around 1825 that Louise Bertin, pupil of Reicha and friend of Berlioz, tackled the subject of Faust with all the energy and confidence of a young woman of twenty. She entirely exceeded the public's expectations and won over the critics with her daring. Colourful orchestration, charming cantabiles, vigorous choruses - everything seemed to promise the work would enter the repertory. But the closure of the Theatre-Italien after just three performances in 1831 decided otherwise, and the score languished in the vaults of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France for 190 years. The leading role, conceived for the mezzo-soprano Rosmunda Pisaroni, was finally created by the tenor Domenico Donzelli. In this complete recording with period instruments, Christophe Rousset presents the work in its original form, which has never been heard before, even in the composer's lifetime. Once again, Les Talens Lyriques and the Palazzetto Bru Zane join forces in an adventurous French operatic rediscovery.
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Francois-Xavier Roth & Les Siecles - Les nuits de Paris (2023)

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 28 Jan 2023 09:48:22
Francois-Xavier Roth & Les Siecles - Les nuits de Paris (2023)

Francois-Xavier Roth & Les Siecles - Les nuits de Paris (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:09:19 | 158 / 328 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Bru Zane

The dance permeated every layer of Romantic society. From popular dance halls to courtly salons, people showed their public face, enjoyed themselves and met one another in waltz time or to the rhythms of the quadrille or the polka. At the same time, ballet gained unprecedented fame on the stage of the Paris Opéra. The music that accompanied this frantic round in France has long been neglected, whereas the Viennese have never ceased to celebrate their waltzes. Under the expert baton of François-Xavier Roth, the orchestra Les Siècles has set out to rediscover this French repertory using historical instruments. Their album explores the output of both established composers – Camille Saint-Saëns, Ambroise Thomas, Charles Gounod, Jules Massenet – and their colleagues who specialised in Terpsichorean entertainment, including Philippe Musard, Isaac Strauss, Émile Waldteufel and Hervé.
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Orfeo Orchestra, György Vashegyi and Anaïs Constans - Luigi Cherubini: Les Abencérages (2022)

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 11 Nov 2022 06:46:31
Orfeo Orchestra, György Vashegyi and Anaïs Constans - Luigi Cherubini: Les Abencérages (2022)

Orfeo Orchestra, György Vashegyi and Anaïs Constans - Luigi Cherubini: Les Abencérages (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:48:33 | 386 / 742 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Bru Zane

Cherubini's Les Abencérages, premiered in 1813, heralds the spectacle and extravagance of Romantic grand opera. From the Alhambra gardens to the battlefield, the action skillfully intertwines political conspiracies with a love story. Underpinned by the energy and timbres of period instruments, this recording demonstrates the work's modernity and it's musical qualities.Anaïs Constans valiantly tackles the demanding role of Noraïme, while Edgaras Montvidas displays his lyric tenor voice in a series of sublime airs whose beauty was already hinted at by none other than Roberto Alagna in a recital disc released in 2003. Around this couple, a plethoric cast of soloists (Dolié, Sargsyan, Williams, Martin, Lavoie, etc.) achieves the same high standards of French diction and style. The Hungarian conductor György Vashegyi, flanked by the Purcell Choir and Orfeo Orchestra, reveals here another key milestone of French Romantic opera.
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Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Chœur de l'Opera National de Bordeaux, Marc Minkowsk - Meyerbeer Robert le Diable (2022)

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 23 Sep 2022 06:58:47
Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Chœur de l'Opera National de Bordeaux, Marc Minkowsk - Meyerbeer Robert le Diable (2022)

Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Chœur de l'Opera National de Bordeaux, Marc Minkowsk - Meyerbeer Robert le Diable (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 3:37:03 | 902 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Bru Zane

Pour sa dernière saison à la tête de l’Opéra de Bordeaux, Marc Minkowski, toujours prêt à diriger des œuvres oubliées qui ont marqué l’histoire de la musique, avait jeté son dévolu sur Robert le Diable, l’opéra de Giacomo Meyerbeer qui fut un véritable phénomène de société dans la France de Louis-Philippe. Le Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre de musique romantique française lui a emboîté le pas en publiant officiellement cette version de concert, qui bénéficie d’excellents solistes vocaux.
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Orchestre de chambre de Paris & Hervé Niquet - Massenet: Songs with Orchestra (2022)

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 22 Jun 2022 17:48:40
Orchestre de chambre de Paris & Hervé Niquet - Massenet: Songs with Orchestra (2022)

Orchestre de chambre de Paris & Hervé Niquet - Massenet: Songs with Orchestra (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:06:37 | 283 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Bru Zane

Massenet was not only the composer of Manon and Werther. In the shadow of his stage works slumber many mélodies decked out in subtle and delicate orchestrations, which we are delighted to revive here. These previously unrecorded works have been entrusted to a team of first-rate artists, most of them fervent champions of French poetry and its musical settings.
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Pierre Dumoussaud, Chœur et Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie and Violette Polchi - Offenbach: Le voyage dans la lune

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 26 May 2022 19:26:32
Pierre Dumoussaud, Chœur et Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie and Violette Polchi - Offenbach: Le voyage dans la lune

Pierre Dumoussaud, Chœur et Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie and Violette Polchi - Offenbach: Le voyage dans la lune
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 2:30:19 | 690 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Bru Zane

Jules Verne was the inspiration for Offenbach’s opéra-féerie, premiered in 1875. The Parisian craze for this type of musical extravaganza stemmed from its impressive stage effects: for Le Voyage dans la Lune, two ballets and some twenty sets took the audience from the Earth to the Moon, successively recreating the Paris Observatory, a working blast furnace and the crater of an erupting volcano. The piece is studded with zany characters and imaginary places: a lunar landscape, a glass palace, mother-of-pearl galleries, etc. The producers even borrowed a dromedary and an ostrich from the zoo at the Jardin d’Acclimatation! To accompany this theatrical display, Offenbach composed a series of colourful, picturesque hit numbers, wittily and energetically performed here by a team of enthusiastic soloists.The Chœur et Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie are placed under the subtle and precise direction of Pierre Dumoussaud.
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Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Chœur du Concert Spirituel, Sébastien Rouland - Charles Lecocq: La fille de Madame Angot (2021)

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 22 Oct 2021 12:09:49
Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Chœur du Concert Spirituel, Sébastien Rouland - Charles Lecocq: La fille de Madame Angot (2021)

Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Chœur du Concert Spirituel, Sébastien Rouland - Charles Lecocq: La fille de Madame Angot (2021)
FLAC tracks | 1:50:26 | 485 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Bru Zane

Créé en 1872 à Bruxelles, La Fille de Mme Angot, opéra-comique de Charles Lecocq, reçut un accueil triomphal dès ses premières représentations et s’est longuement maintenu au répertoire des théâtres de province en France, mais aussi en Allemagne où il est même devenu très populaire. Ce genre d’ouvrage a rencontré deux problèmes récurrents en France où on le distribuait le plus souvent à des chanteurs secondaires, dans des productions marquées par la routine et sur la base d’éditions lacunaires, pour ne pas dire médiocres.
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Münchner Rundfunkorchester and Stefan Blunier - André Messager: Passionnément (2021)

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 11 Jun 2021 09:12:00
Münchner Rundfunkorchester and Stefan Blunier - André Messager: Passionnément (2021)

Münchner Rundfunkorchester and Stefan Blunier - André Messager: Passionnément (2021)
FLAC tracks / MP3 320 kbps | 1:16:57 | 326 / 176 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Bru Zane

André Messager's deliciously French art offers the perfect combination of refined music and frivolous – but never facile – operetta. This recording was a product of the constraints of the 2020 pandemic. Musicians and producers were forced to downgrade many projects in order to comply with the health guidance which was then in force. With its modest instrumental requirements, its smattering of soloists and its lack of a choir, the operetta Passionnément, which enjoyed a triumphal opening in a cheery inter-war Paris in 1926, was perfect for these challenging conditions.
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Orchestre National Avignon-Provence & Samuel Jean - Reynaldo Hahn Ô mon bel inconnu (2021)

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 30 Mar 2021 18:27:51
Orchestre National Avignon-Provence & Samuel Jean - Reynaldo Hahn Ô mon bel inconnu (2021)

Orchestre National Avignon-Provence & Samuel Jean - Reynaldo Hahn Ô mon bel inconnu (2021)
FLAC tracks +booklet / MP3 320 kbps | 59:47 | 249 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Bru Zane

How about a trip back to the Annees Folles in the company of Sacha Guitry? With this musical comedy composed by Reynaldo Hahn, which was a triumph for Arletty, the Palazzetto Bru Zane reveals the hectic adventures of the hatter Prosper Aubertin. He dreams of extramarital adventures, but among the replies to the classified ad he places, how surprised he is to discover letters from his wife, his daughter and his maid! The piece was Guitrys second collaboration with Hahn. What [else] do you need to be happy? as the chambermaid asks in Act Three? Veronique Gens bubbling with mischief, and the Orchestre National dAvignon dynamised by the conducting of Samuel Jean.
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