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Dialogues des Carmélites, opera, FP 159
Composed by Francis Poulenc
Performed by Orchestre National de France
with Anne-Marie Rodde, Leonard Pezzino, Didier Henry, Mario Agnetti, Jocelyn Chamonin, Felicity Lott, Claude Vierne, Philippe Rouillon, Bernard Plantey, Regine Crespin
Conducted by Jean-Pierre Marty
Editorial Reviews
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Poulenc's 1957 opera has proved perhaps the most enduring lyric stage work of the past half-century, though recordings of it are hardly plentiful. So it's a pleasure to welcome one that captures the work's many concerns--faith and courage, among others, conveyed through beleaguered Carmelite nuns during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. The opera focuses on Blanche, whose private fears are overcome by martyrdom. The chilling closing scene has the nuns singing the Salve Regina, their numbers reduced with each terrifying thwack of the guillotine. In this 1980 French radio concert broadcast, Jean-Pierre Marty conducts a flowing, dramatic performance of Poulenc's beautiful score, highlighted by Felicity Lott's vulnerable, yet stubborn, Blanche and Regine Crespin's chilling Old Prioress. The rest of the cast shines, despite some acidic soprano high notes, perhaps an artifact of the recording, which is otherwise fresh-sounding, with wide dynamics and good stereo comparable to studio recordings of the time. Pierre Dervaux's premier recording on EMI boasts an incomparable Blanche in Denise Duval, but it's in somewhat boxy mono sound; Kent Nagano on Virgin may be the best bet, but you won't go wrong with this one either. --Dan Davis
Dialogues des Carmelites has perhaps the most shattering final scene in operatic history: A chorus of nuns that gets diminished one by one at the sound of a guillotine. It literally numbs you and leaves you emotionally drained by the final pianissimo chord. Duval said that the challenge of singing Blanche in this Salva Regina scene is overwhelmingly difficult, since the singer has to overcome the emotions and sing a totally pure line over the grim atmosphere of the scene. It is perhaps also overwhelming for the listener. It is so real, so powerful that admittedly I don't dare to listen to it until I'm totally ready.
Dialogues des Carmelites, other than the wonderful music, also deals with social and psychological problems, among which are faith, life and death, community life and evolution. This recording has it all. A great recording of the century.
The story of the opera is about a Carmelite convent that was suppressed during the French Revolution and its nuns, who resisted the order of suppression were martyred. The story has become part of French culture and it caught the attention of Francois Poulenc, a composer who had moderate success during his lifetime but up to that time had not composed anything that would outlive him. DIALOGUES turned out to be his masterpiece. The powerful music, with a lush and fluid sound, a far cry form much of what was written for the operatic stage in the 1950's, is aided by a powerful libretto written by none other than Georges Bernanos, the great French writer who had the literary talent to write a wonderful story and the an understanding of Catholicism and a spirituality that can only come from a person of authentic faith.
This recording was the first studio recording of the work and the cast includes some of the singers who performed in the work's premiere. Poulenc himself was also an advisor when the work was recorded, so perhaps this may be one of the few operatic recordings that we have that is true to the composer's intentions since the composer was involved in the recording. The cast includes one of opera's greatest voices, Regine Crespin as well as one of the best known mezzos of the French repertoire Rita Gorr. While the recording has been remastered, listeners will immediately notice it was first recorded in mono so it has an aged sound to it. Yet this should not be a deterrant because it has dramatic intensity. Very often I listen to opera while doing something else, and I will have to admit I can be working away as some of opera's most gory death scenes occur and barely notice. Yet whenever I listen DIALOGUES and hear the nuns sing "Salve Regina" and hear the chorus diminished one by one as the nuns are executed, and hear the guillotine (a percussion representation of the guillotine, of course) I always stop and pause. Even the total destruction of DIE GOTTERDAMMERUNG doesn't cause me to pause the way DIALOGUES can.
If your purchasing this recording, you may also want to consider reading M. Owen Lee's commentary on this work in his volume A SEASON OF OPERA FROM ORPHEUS TO ARIADNE. In this entry Fr. Lee combines all that makes this a wonderful opera.
It is by now, very difficult to imagine anyone singing "Il est doux" with more apt expression of the line than La Crespin. Wagner's Wesendonk lieder is simply sublime from start to finish and the Faure takes on new meaning. That she is comical, melancholy, fun and happy by turns singles her out. This collection captures all her awesome talent. Underneath it all seems to be a very, if I may, sexual energy.
Crespin must be heard to be believed and the miracle lies in that even her softest tones are really enveloping, never thin. All tones are open and this is why there are enough colors in Regine Crespin's delicious voice to paint the world a thousand times, but it may also be why she infamous for being short and edgy on top but I remind, never here is she such. She is a relaxed singer in superb voice, comfortable in her own olive skin and makes the most out of every word those poets wrote.
The whole collection is unique in pace, style, and voice. It is Regine Crespin...in a nutshell fabulous!
The story of the opera is about a Carmelite convent that was suppressed during the French Revolution and its nuns, who resisted the order of suppression were martyred. The story has become part of French culture and it caught the attention of Francois Poulenc, a composer who had moderate success during his lifetime but up to that time had not composed anything that would outlive him. DIALOGUES turned out to be his masterpiece. The powerful music, with a lush and fluid sound, a far cry form much of what was written for the operatic stage in the 1950's, is aided by a powerful libretto written by none other than Georges Bernanos, the great French writer who had the literary talent to write a wonderful story and the an understanding of Catholicism and a spirituality that can only come from a person of authentic faith.
This recording was the first studio recording of the work and the cast includes some of the singers who performed in the work's premiere. Poulenc himself was also an advisor when the work was recorded, so perhaps this may be one of the few operatic recordings that we have that is true to the composer's intentions since the composer was involved in the recording. The cast includes one of opera's greatest voices, Regine Crespin as well as one of the best known mezzos of the French repertoire Rita Gorr. While the recording has been remastered, listeners will immediately notice it was first recorded in mono so it has an aged sound to it. Yet this should not be a deterrant because it has dramatic intensity. Very often I listen to opera while doing something else, and I will have to admit I can be working away as some of opera's most gory death scenes occur and barely notice. Yet whenever I listen DIALOGUES and hear the nuns sing "Salve Regina" and hear the chorus diminished one by one as the nuns are executed, and hear the guillotine (a percussion representation of the guillotine, of course) I always stop and pause. Even the total destruction of DIE GOTTERDAMMERUNG doesn't cause me to pause the way DIALOGUES can.
If your purchasing this recording, you may also want to consider reading M. Owen Lee's commentary on this work in his volume A SEASON OF OPERA FROM ORPHEUS TO ARIADNE. In this entry Fr. Lee combines all that makes this a wonderful opera.
It was a so successful opera that was recorded by EMI just one year after its world premiere. The cast is unsurpassable, and in this recording we do feel the drama, particularly the fear of death, which are the main purpose of the opera.
Denise Duval has a truly French voice, and it's youthful, with kind of a tearful or afraid tone that helps us to understand Blanche's character. Then we have Régine Crespin's unbeliavable Madame Lidoine! She simply reaches perfection, and I would dare to say it's the most creamy, beautiful voice I've ever heard. Her technique allows her to sing everything as if it was simply talking to someone. Her imposing voice fits very well into Madame Lidoine's character. We also have wonderful contributions of Rita Gorr as Mère Marie and Liliane Berton as Soeur Constance, alongside with the shocking, intense interpretation of Denise Scharley as the dying Madame de Croissy.
There are two discs, each with about 18 tracks, averaging about 4 minutes each, of excerpts and individual movements of the some of the most famous of the 150 "GROCs."
In the booklet it has a few interesting (sometimes not that interesting) facts about each of the 150 performances.
If you don't mind excerpts of pieces or isolated movements, this would be a worthwhile purchase, especially for the bizarrely reasonable price.
Poulenc's 1957 opera has proved perhaps the most enduring lyric stage work of the past half-century, though recordings of it are hardly plentiful. So it's a pleasure to welcome one that captures the work's many concerns--faith and courage, among others, conveyed through beleaguered Carmelite nuns during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. The opera focuses on Blanche, whose private fears are overcome by martyrdom. The chilling closing scene has the nuns singing the Salve Regina, their numbers reduced with each terrifying thwack of the guillotine. In this 1980 French radio concert broadcast, Jean-Pierre Marty conducts a flowing, dramatic performance of Poulenc's beautiful score, highlighted by Felicity Lott's vulnerable, yet stubborn, Blanche and Regine Crespin's chilling Old Prioress. The rest of the cast shines, despite some acidic soprano high notes, perhaps an artifact of the recording, which is otherwise fresh-sounding, with wide dynamics and good stereo comparable to studio recordings of the time. Pierre Dervaux's premier recording on EMI boasts an incomparable Blanche in Denise Duval, but it's in somewhat boxy mono sound; Kent Nagano on Virgin may be the best bet, but you won't go wrong with this one either. --Dan Davis
Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites,Francis Poulenc,Jean-Pierre Marty,Orchestre National de France,Anne-Marie Rodde,Bernard Plantey,Claude Vierne,Didier Henry,Felicity Lott,Jocelyn Chamonin,Leonard Pezzino,Mario Agnestig,Philippe Rouillon,Régine Crespin,INA Memoire Vive,Classical,Classical Music,French 20th/21st Century Opera,Opera,Opera / Operetta / Oratorio
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ASIN: B0001O3YBW Release Date: 2004-04-06 |
Tracks:
- Ou Est Blanche?
- Les Soldats Surviennent A Temps
- Blanche, Votre Frere Avait Grand'hate De Vous Revoir
- Son Imagination Va Toujours D'un Extreme A L'autre
- Je Vois Qu'il N'y A Heureusement Rien De Grave
- Mon Enfant Cherie
- Prelude
- N'allez Pas Croire Que Ce Fauteuil
- Je Vois Que Les Severites De Notre Regle
- Ma Fille, Les Bonnes Gens Se Demandent
- Vous Pleurez?
- Prelude
- Encore Ces Maudites Feves!
- Vous N'avez Pas Honte De Parler Ainsi
- OH! Soeur Blanche
- Prelude
- Ayez La Bonte De Relever Ce Coussin
- Je Trouve Que Blanche De La Force Tarde Beaucoup!
- Relevez-vous, Ma Fille
- Dieu Se Glorifie Dans Ses Saints
- Monsieur Javelinot, Je Vous Prie De Me Donner
- Mere Marie De L'Incarnation!
- La Reverende Mere Veut Que Vous Approchiez
- Qui Lazarum Resuscitasti A Monumento Foetidum
- Que Faites-vous?
- Soeur Blanche, Je Trouve Notre Croix
- Pensez A La Mort De Notre Chere Mere
- Mes Cheres Filles
- Mes Soeurs, Sa Reverence Vient De Nous Dire
Tracks:
- Que Se Passe-t-il?
- Prelude
- Pourquoi Vous Tenez-vous Ainsi
- Dans Des Temps Comme Ceux-ci
- Oh! Ne Me Quittez Pas Sur Un Adieu De Facherie!
- Remettez-vous, Soeur Blanche
- Mes Cheres Filles
- Qu'Allez-vous Devenir?
- On A Tire La Clochette!
- Ou Sont Les Religieuses?
- Mes soeurs, Notre Reverende Mere Viendra Bientot
- Prelude... Parlez-leur, Mon Pere
- Il Ya A Une Seule Opposition
- Citoyennes, Nous Vous Felicitons
- Soeur Gerald, Il Faut Absolument Prevenir Le Pretre
- Prelude
- C'est Vous!
- Soeur Blanche De L'Agonie Du Christ!
- Deuxieme Interlude
- Mes Filles, Voila Que S'acheve
- Le Tribunal Revolutionnaire
- Mes Filles, J'ai Desire De Tout Mon Coeur
- Elles Sont Condamnees A Mort
- Prelude
- Salve Regina
Customer Reviews:
Shattering.......2006-05-26
Dialogues des Carmelites has perhaps the most shattering final scene in operatic history: A chorus of nuns that gets diminished one by one at the sound of a guillotine. It literally numbs you and leaves you emotionally drained by the final pianissimo chord. Duval said that the challenge of singing Blanche in this Salva Regina scene is overwhelmingly difficult, since the singer has to overcome the emotions and sing a totally pure line over the grim atmosphere of the scene. It is perhaps also overwhelming for the listener. It is so real, so powerful that admittedly I don't dare to listen to it until I'm totally ready.
Dialogues des Carmelites, other than the wonderful music, also deals with social and psychological problems, among which are faith, life and death, community life and evolution. This recording has it all. A great recording of the century.
One of the Mid-Twentieth Century's Greatest Operatic Works.......2006-05-07
The story of the opera is about a Carmelite convent that was suppressed during the French Revolution and its nuns, who resisted the order of suppression were martyred. The story has become part of French culture and it caught the attention of Francois Poulenc, a composer who had moderate success during his lifetime but up to that time had not composed anything that would outlive him. DIALOGUES turned out to be his masterpiece. The powerful music, with a lush and fluid sound, a far cry form much of what was written for the operatic stage in the 1950's, is aided by a powerful libretto written by none other than Georges Bernanos, the great French writer who had the literary talent to write a wonderful story and the an understanding of Catholicism and a spirituality that can only come from a person of authentic faith.
This recording was the first studio recording of the work and the cast includes some of the singers who performed in the work's premiere. Poulenc himself was also an advisor when the work was recorded, so perhaps this may be one of the few operatic recordings that we have that is true to the composer's intentions since the composer was involved in the recording. The cast includes one of opera's greatest voices, Regine Crespin as well as one of the best known mezzos of the French repertoire Rita Gorr. While the recording has been remastered, listeners will immediately notice it was first recorded in mono so it has an aged sound to it. Yet this should not be a deterrant because it has dramatic intensity. Very often I listen to opera while doing something else, and I will have to admit I can be working away as some of opera's most gory death scenes occur and barely notice. Yet whenever I listen DIALOGUES and hear the nuns sing "Salve Regina" and hear the chorus diminished one by one as the nuns are executed, and hear the guillotine (a percussion representation of the guillotine, of course) I always stop and pause. Even the total destruction of DIE GOTTERDAMMERUNG doesn't cause me to pause the way DIALOGUES can.
If your purchasing this recording, you may also want to consider reading M. Owen Lee's commentary on this work in his volume A SEASON OF OPERA FROM ORPHEUS TO ARIADNE. In this entry Fr. Lee combines all that makes this a wonderful opera.
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- D'Amour L'Ardente Flamme
- Les Grecs Ont Disparu...Malheureux Roi!
- Nous Avons Vu Finir...Chers Tyriens
- Je Vais Mourir...Adieu, Fiere Cite
- Ah! Salome! Dans Ce Palais...Il Est Doux, Il Est Bon
- Je Souffre
- Mes Cheres Filles, J'Ai Encore A Vous Dire
- Soir
- Le Secret
- Apres Un Reve
- Clair De Lune
- Lo Fiolaire
- Lou Coucut
- Coeur En Peril
- Berceuse Creole
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- Einsam In Truben Tagen
- Euch Luften, Die Mein Klagen
- Eine Waffe Lass Mich Dir Weisen...Der Manner Sippe
- Ich Sah Das Kind
- I. Der Engel
- II. Stehe Still!
- III. Im Treibhaus
- IV. Schmerzen
- V. Traume
- I. In Der Fremde
- II. Intermezzo
- III. Waldesgesprach
- Timor Di Me?...D'Amor Sull'Ali Rosee
- Ecco L'Orrido Campo...Ma Dall'Arido Stelo Divulsa
- Tu Che Le Vanita
- D'Art Et D'Amour
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Sensuality Personified!.......2005-04-27
It is by now, very difficult to imagine anyone singing "Il est doux" with more apt expression of the line than La Crespin. Wagner's Wesendonk lieder is simply sublime from start to finish and the Faure takes on new meaning. That she is comical, melancholy, fun and happy by turns singles her out. This collection captures all her awesome talent. Underneath it all seems to be a very, if I may, sexual energy.
Crespin must be heard to be believed and the miracle lies in that even her softest tones are really enveloping, never thin. All tones are open and this is why there are enough colors in Regine Crespin's delicious voice to paint the world a thousand times, but it may also be why she infamous for being short and edgy on top but I remind, never here is she such. She is a relaxed singer in superb voice, comfortable in her own olive skin and makes the most out of every word those poets wrote.
The whole collection is unique in pace, style, and voice. It is Regine Crespin...in a nutshell fabulous!
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ASIN: B00002062O Release Date: 2001-10-02 |
Tracks:
- Act One, Scene One: Ou Est Blanche? - Xavier Depraz/Paul Finel
- Act One, Scene One: Les Soldats Survennent A Temps Pour Degager Le Carrosse - Xavier Depraz/Paul Finel
- Act One, Scene One: Blanche, Votre Frere Avait Grand'Hate De Vous Revoir - Paul Finel/Denise Duval/Xavier Depraz
- Act One, Scene One: Son Imagination Va Toujours D'un Extreme A L'autre - Paul Finel/Xavier Depraz/Michel Forel
- Act One, Scene One: Je Vois Qu'il N'y A Heureusement Rien De Grave - Paul Finel/Denise Duval
- Act One, Scene One: Mon Enfant Cherie - Paul Finel/Denise Duval
- Act One, Scene One: Interlude - Orch Du Theatre National De L'Opr De Paris/Pierre Dervaux
- Act One, Scene Two: N'allez Pas Croire Que Ce Fauteuil Soit Un Privilege - Denise Scharley/Denise Duval
- Act One, Scene Two: Je Vois Que Les Severites De Notre Regle - Denise Scharley/Denise Duval
- Act One, Scene Two: Ma Fille, Les Bonnes Gens Se Demandent - Denise Scharley/Denise Duval
- Act One, Scene Two: Vous Pleurez? - Denise Scharley/Denise Duval
- Act One, Scene Two: Interlude - Orch Du Theatre National De L'Opr De Paris/Pierre Dervaux
- Act One, Scene Three: Encore Ces Maudties Feves! - Liliane Berton/Denise Duval
- Act One, Scene Three: Vous N'avez Pas Honte De Parler Ainsi - Liliane Berton/Denise Duval
- Act One, Scene Three: Oh! Soeur Blanche, Puisque J'ai Si Etourdiment Parle - Liliane Berton/Denise Duval
- Act One, Scene Three: Interlude - Orch Du Theatre National De L'Opr De Paris/Pierre Dervaux
- Act One, Scene Four: Ayez La Bonte De Relever Ce Coussin - Denise Scharley/Rita Gorr
- Act One, Scene Four: C'est Moi Qui Ai Introduit Dans Cette Maison - Denise Scharley/Rita Gorr
- Act One, Scene Four: Relevez-vous, Ma Fille - Denise Scharley
- Act One, Scene Four: Dieu Se Glorifie Dans Ses Saints - Denise Scharley/Denise Duval
- Act One, Scene Four: Mosieur Javelinot, Je Vous Prie De Me Donner - Denise Scharley/Max Conti/Rita Gorr
- Act One, Scene Four: Mere Marie De I'lncarnation! - Denise Scharley/Rita Gorr
- Act One, Scene Four: La Reverende Mere Veut Que Vous Approchiez - Rita Gorr/Denise Scharley/Denise Duval
- Act Two, Scene One: Qui Lazarum Resuscitasti a Monumento Foetidum - Liliane Berton/Denise Duval
- Act Two, Scene One: Que Faites Vous? - Rita Gorr/Denis Duval
- Act Two, Scene One: Soeur Blanche, Je Trouve Notre Chere Mere - Liliane Berton/Denise Duval
- Act Two, Scene One: Pensez A La Mort De Notre Chere Mere - Liliane Berton/Denise Duval
- Act Two, Scene Two: Mes Cheres Filles, J'al Encore A Vous Dire - Denise Scharley
- Act Two, Scene Two: Mes Soeurs, Sa Reverence Vient De Vous Dire - Rita Gorr/Chor Du Theatre National De L'Opr De Paris/Rene Duclos/Denise Scharley
Tracks:
- Act Two, Scene Two: Que Se Passe-t-il? - Denise Scharley/Liliane Berton/Rita Gorr
- Act Two, Scene Three: Prelude - Orch Du Theatre National De L'Opr De Paris/Pierre Dervaux
- Act Two, Scene Three: Pourquoi Vous Tenez-vous Ainsi Depuis Vingt Minutes - Paul Finel/Denise Duval
- Act Two, Scene Three: Dans Des Temps Comme Ceux-ci - Paul Finel/Denise Duval
- Act Two, Scene Three: Oh! Ne Me Quittez Pas Sur Un Adieu De Facherie! - Paul Finel/Denise Duval
- Act Two, Scene Three: Remettez-vous, Soeur Blanche - Rita Gorr/Denise Duval
- Act Two, Scene Four: Prelude/Mes Cheres Filles, Ce Que J'al A Vous Dire - Orch Du Theatre National De L'Opr De Paris/Pierre Dervaux/Chor Du Theatre National De L'Opr De...
- Act Two, Scene Four: Qu'allez-vous Devenir? - Denise Duval/Louis Rialland/Liliane Berton/Gisele Desmoutiers/Denise Scharley/Rita Gorr
- Act Two, Scene Four: On A Tire La Clochette! - Liliane Berton/Gisele Desmoutiers/Louis Rialland/Chor Du Theatre National De L'Opera De Paris...
- Act Two, Scene Four: Ou Sont Les Religieuses? - Raphael Romagnoni/Rita Gorr/Charles-Paul
- Act Two, Scene Four: Mes Soeurs, Notre Reverende Mere - Janine Fourrier/Denise Duval/Rita Gorr
- Act Three, Scene One: Parlez-leur, Mon Pere, - Rita Gorr/Louis Rialland/Janine Fourrier/Gisele Desmoutiers
- Act Three, Scene One: II Y A Une Seule Opposition. - Rita Gorr/Gisele Desmoutiers/Liliane Berton/Louis Rialland
- Act Three, Scene One: Citoyennes, Nous Vous Felicitons De Votre Discipline - Premier Officier
- Act Three, Scene One: Soeur Gerald, Il Faut Absolument Prevenir Ce Pretre - Denise Scharley/Rita Gorr
- Act Three, Scene Two: Prelude - Orch Du Theatre National De L'Opr De Paris/Pierre Dervaux
- Act Three, Scene Two: C'est Vous!... Oui, Je Viens Vous Chercher - Denise Duval/Rita Gorr
- Act Three, Scene Two: Soeur Blanche De L'Agonie Du Christ! - Denise Duval/Rita Gorr
- Act Three, Scene Two: Interlude - Orch Du Theatre National De L'Opr De Paris/Pierre Dervaux
- Act Three, Scene Three: Mes Filles, Voila Que S'acheve Notre Premiere Nuit De Prison - Denise Scharley/Janine Fourrier/Liliane Berton/Gisele Desmoutiers
- Act Three, Scene Three: Le Tribunal Revolutionnaire Expose Que Les Ex-religieuses Carmelites - Rene Bianco
- Act Three, Scene Three: Mes Filles, J'ai Desire De Tout Mon Coeur Vous Sauver - Denise Scharley
- Act Three, Scene Three: Elles Sont Condamnees A Mort - Louis Rialland/Rita Gorr
- Act Three, Scene Four: Prld/Oh ! Oh ! Ah ! Oh ! - Orch Du Theatre National De L'Opr De Paris/Pierre Dervaux/Chor Du Theatre National De L'Opr...
- Act Three, Scene Four:Salve Regina Mater Misericordiae - Denise Scharley/Liliane Berton/Chor Du Theatre National De L'Opr De Paris/Rene Duclos...
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A Twentieth Century Masterpiece.......2006-05-07
The story of the opera is about a Carmelite convent that was suppressed during the French Revolution and its nuns, who resisted the order of suppression were martyred. The story has become part of French culture and it caught the attention of Francois Poulenc, a composer who had moderate success during his lifetime but up to that time had not composed anything that would outlive him. DIALOGUES turned out to be his masterpiece. The powerful music, with a lush and fluid sound, a far cry form much of what was written for the operatic stage in the 1950's, is aided by a powerful libretto written by none other than Georges Bernanos, the great French writer who had the literary talent to write a wonderful story and the an understanding of Catholicism and a spirituality that can only come from a person of authentic faith.
This recording was the first studio recording of the work and the cast includes some of the singers who performed in the work's premiere. Poulenc himself was also an advisor when the work was recorded, so perhaps this may be one of the few operatic recordings that we have that is true to the composer's intentions since the composer was involved in the recording. The cast includes one of opera's greatest voices, Regine Crespin as well as one of the best known mezzos of the French repertoire Rita Gorr. While the recording has been remastered, listeners will immediately notice it was first recorded in mono so it has an aged sound to it. Yet this should not be a deterrant because it has dramatic intensity. Very often I listen to opera while doing something else, and I will have to admit I can be working away as some of opera's most gory death scenes occur and barely notice. Yet whenever I listen DIALOGUES and hear the nuns sing "Salve Regina" and hear the chorus diminished one by one as the nuns are executed, and hear the guillotine (a percussion representation of the guillotine, of course) I always stop and pause. Even the total destruction of DIE GOTTERDAMMERUNG doesn't cause me to pause the way DIALOGUES can.
If your purchasing this recording, you may also want to consider reading M. Owen Lee's commentary on this work in his volume A SEASON OF OPERA FROM ORPHEUS TO ARIADNE. In this entry Fr. Lee combines all that makes this a wonderful opera.
Superb.......2006-02-20
Flawless singing and the most moving music you'll ever hear!.......2004-07-11
It was a so successful opera that was recorded by EMI just one year after its world premiere. The cast is unsurpassable, and in this recording we do feel the drama, particularly the fear of death, which are the main purpose of the opera.
Denise Duval has a truly French voice, and it's youthful, with kind of a tearful or afraid tone that helps us to understand Blanche's character. Then we have Régine Crespin's unbeliavable Madame Lidoine! She simply reaches perfection, and I would dare to say it's the most creamy, beautiful voice I've ever heard. Her technique allows her to sing everything as if it was simply talking to someone. Her imposing voice fits very well into Madame Lidoine's character. We also have wonderful contributions of Rita Gorr as Mère Marie and Liliane Berton as Soeur Constance, alongside with the shocking, intense interpretation of Denise Scharley as the dying Madame de Croissy.
This is a French opera sung practically only by French singers and conducted by a great French conductor. The chorus is also French. Thus, we have not only flawless singing, but perfect style and diction.
If either you want to know this wonderful opera or looks for a good recording, I recommend it as the most perfect version ever made!
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Interesting, and so cheap!.......2005-03-17
There are two discs, each with about 18 tracks, averaging about 4 minutes each, of excerpts and individual movements of the some of the most famous of the 150 "GROCs."
In the booklet it has a few interesting (sometimes not that interesting) facts about each of the 150 performances.
If you don't mind excerpts of pieces or isolated movements, this would be a worthwhile purchase, especially for the bizarrely reasonable price.
Not that great.......2004-11-19
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Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
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ASIN: B000FVR5FW Release Date: 2006-10-17 |
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- Le Tribunal Revolutionnaire Expose Que Les Ex-Religieuses Carmelites
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Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
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ASIN: B00004RJRG Release Date: 2000-03-14 |
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Poulenc's 1957 opera has proved perhaps the most enduring lyric stage work of the past half-century, though recordings of it are hardly plentiful. So it's a pleasure to welcome one that captures the work's many concerns--faith and courage, among others, conveyed through beleaguered Carmelite nuns during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. The opera focuses on Blanche, whose private fears are overcome by martyrdom. The chilling closing scene has the nuns singing the Salve Regina, their numbers reduced with each terrifying thwack of the guillotine. In this 1980 French radio concert broadcast, Jean-Pierre Marty conducts a flowing, dramatic performance of Poulenc's beautiful score, highlighted by Felicity Lott's vulnerable, yet stubborn, Blanche and Regine Crespin's chilling Old Prioress. The rest of the cast shines, despite some acidic soprano high notes, perhaps an artifact of the recording, which is otherwise fresh-sounding, with wide dynamics and good stereo comparable to studio recordings of the time. Pierre Dervaux's premier recording on EMI boasts an incomparable Blanche in Denise Duval, but it's in somewhat boxy mono sound; Kent Nagano on Virgin may be the best bet, but you won't go wrong with this one either. --Dan DavisCustomer Reviews:
If the EMI-Dervaux set is hard to get..........2001-09-09
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ASIN: B00004RBZI Release Date: 2000-04-04 |
Tracks:
- Salve Regina - Chor Of The Benedictine Monks Of Santo Domingo De Silos
- Kyrie VIII - Chor Of The Benedictine Monks Of Santo Domingo De Silos
- Veni Creator - Chor Of The Benedictine Monks Of Santo Domingo De Silos
- Laudario Di Cortona - Vox Ens Of Montpellier
- La Pernetta - Amadis Ens
- Alma Redemptoris Mater - Young Sgrs Of Saint-Francois De Versailles
- O Magnum Mysterium - Young Sgrs Of Saint-Francois De Versailles
- Magnificant - Young Sgrs Of Saint-Francois De Versailles
- Stabat Mater Dolorosa - Sofia Boys Chor
- Ave Verum Corpus - Sofia Chm Chor
- Hanacpachap - Chor Of The Basilica Of Nuestra Senora Del Socorro
- Un Musiquito Nuevo - Exaudi Chm Chor Of Cuba
- The Lord Is My Shepherd - Young Sgrs Of Saint-Marc
- Pie Jesu - Young Sgrs Of Saint-Marc
- Ave Marie - Sofia Chm Chor
- O Weisheit - Chm Chor Versija
- Agnus Dei - Chm Chor Versija
Customer Reviews:
TUNEFUL TIMETABLE BUT YOU CAN'T DANCE TO IT.......2003-01-01
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To Sing is to Fly
Manufacturer: Indy Women's Chorus ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Dowland
| Dowland, John
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All Works by Poulenc
| Poulenc, Francis
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All Works by Thompson
| Thompson, Randall
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ASIN: B0001CNRWA Release Date: 2004-02-10 |
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Litanies à la Vierge Noire; Ave Maria
Gabriel Pierne , Herve Lacombe , Michel-Maurice Levy , Henri Busser , Jean Langlais , Roger Calmel , Régine Théodoresco , and Calliope Choeur de Femmes Manufacturer: Calliope Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Poulenc
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ASIN: B00004Y2MA Release Date: 2000-12-12 |
Tracks:
- Litanies A La Vierge Noire
- Ave Maria
- Hymne A La Sainte Vierge
- Salve Regina
- Ave Maria
- Notre-Dame De La Joie
- Trois Antiennes A La Sainte Vierge: Ave Regina
- Trois Antiennes A La Sainte Vierge: Regina Caeli
- Trois Antiennes A La Sainte Vierge: Salve Regina
- Cinq Motets: Ave Mundi Gloria
- Cinq Motets: O Salutaris Hostia
- Cinq Motets: Tantum Ergo
- Cinq Motets: O Bone Jesu
- Cinq Motets: Chant Litanique En L'Honneur De La Sainte Vierge
- Magnificat: Magnificat
- Magnificat: Et Exaltavit Spiritus Meus
- Magnificat: Quia Respexit Humilitatem
- Magnificat: Quia Fecit & Misericordia
- Magnificat: Fecit Potentiam
- Magnificat: Deposuit
- Magnificat: Esurientes
- Magnificat: Suscepit Israel
- Magnificat: Sicut Locutus Est
- Magnificat: Gloria
- Magnificat: Sicut Erat
Customer Reviews:
Beautiful voices!.......2003-12-10
Meditation Music:
- Puccini: La Bohème
- Puccini: La Bohème (Highlights)
- Puccini: Opera For Orchestra
- Puccini: Suor Angelica
- Puccini: Tosca
- Puccini: Tosca
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- Puccini: Turandot (abridged)
- Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
- Rameau: Dardanus (Suite d'Orchestre)
Meditation Music
Suessherz Und Tiefenscharfe [Import]
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Arranged for Brass Ensemble)
Ride! Ride!- New Concert Version of the Musical
Music: Cream Collect: Balearic [Box set] [Import]
Page Avenue [Enhanced] [Explicit Lyrics]
Mr. Bonjangles [CD-single] [Import]
Singles V.3: 1968 - 1971 [Box set] [Original recording remastered]