Mon Fils [Import]

Product Description
Born in 1914 in Quebec, Felix Leclerc Wrote Radio Shows and Theater Plays but was Principally Known as the Folk Singer for the Nationalist Movement. This Album Includes 'le Petit Pont Defendu' , ' L' Edeenne (Lady Ann)' , 'mon Fils' and More.

Mon Fils,Felix Leclerc,Olivi,World Music

Average customer rating: Lapsing Faith and Lost Beauty Stylish Thais Set AN UNDER-APPRECIATED GEM A fad Lovely but too late

Massenet: Thaïs / Sills, Milnes, Gedda; Maazel Jules Massenet , Lorin Maazel , Beverly Sills , Nicolai Gedda , New Philharmonia Orchestra , John Alldis Choir , Sherrill Milnes , and Norma Burrowes Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Maazel, Lorin | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Massenet: La Navarraise / Horne, Domingo, Milnes, Bacquier, Zaccaria, Davies, LSO, Lewis Massenet: Le Cid (Complete) [Germany] Massenet: Manon Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor: Complete Opera (with full libretto and translation) ASIN: B000002S67 Release Date: 1995-09-26

Tracks:

1. Thais: Act I - Scene I : Voici le pain...Et le sel (Cenobites, Palemon)
2. Thais: Act I - Scene I : Le voici! Le voici! (Cenobites, Athanael, Palemon)
3. Thais: Act I - Scene I : Helas! enfant encore (Athanael)
4. Thais: Act I - Scene I : Ne nous melons jamais, mon fils (Palemon, Cenobites, Athanael)
5. Thais: Act I - Scene I : Vision (Orchestre)
6. Thais: Act I - Scene I : Toi, qui mis la pitie dans nos ames (Athanael)
7. Thais: Act I - Scene I : Mon fils, ne nous melons jamais (Palemon, Athanael, Cenobites)
8. Thais: Act I - Scene II : Prelude (Orchestre)
9. Thais: Act I - Scene II : Va, mendiant chercher ailleurs ta vie! (Serviteur, Athanael)
10. Thais: Act I - Scene II : Voila donc la terrible cite (Athanael)
11. Thais: Act I - Scene II : Ah! Ah! Ah!...Athanael, c'est toi!
12. Thais: Act I - Scene II : Ah! Ah! Ah!...Je vais donc te revoir (Crobyle, Myrtal, Nicias, Athanael)
13. Thais: Act I - Scene II : Gorde-toi bien! Voici ta terrible ennemie! (Nicias, Choeur)
14. Thais: Act I - Scene II : C'est Thais, I'idole fragile (Thais, Nicias)
15. Thais: Act I - Scene II : Quel est cet etranger (Thais, Nicias, Athanael)
16. Thais: Act I - Scene II : Qui te fait si severe (Thais, Nicias, Choeur)
17. Thais: Act I - Scene II : Non! Non! je hais vos fausses ivresses (Athanael, Thais, Nicias, Choeur)
18. Thais: Act II - Scene I : Ah! je suis seule, seule enfin!
19. Thais: Act II - Scene I : Dis-moi que je suis belle (Thais)
20. Thais: Act II - Scene I : Etranger, te voila comme tu l'avais dit
21. Thais: Act II - Scene I : Eh bien, fais-moi connaitre tout cet amour
22. Thais: Act II - Scene I : Je suis Athanael, moine d'Antinoe! (Thais, Athanael, Nicias)
23. Thais: Act II - Scene I : Je n'ai pas plus choisi mon sort que ma nature (Thais, Athanael, Nicias)
24. Thais: Act II - Scene I : Meditation Religieuse - Symphonie (Orchestre)

Tracks:

1. Thais: Act II - Scene II : Pere, Dieu m'a parle par ta voix,
2. Thais: Act II - Scene II : Non loin d'ici, vers I'occident
3. Thais: Act II - Scene II : Considere, o mon pere (Thais, Athanael)
4. Thais: Act II - Scene II : Suivez-moi tous, amis! (Nicias, Choeur, Crobyle, Myrtal)
5. Thais: Act II - Scene II : Divertissement (i) (Orchestre)
6. Thais: Act II - Scene II : Voila I' Incomparable! (Nicias)
7. Thais: Act II - Scene II : Celle qu vient est plus belle (Crobyle, Myrtal)
8. Thais: Act II - Scene II : Divertissement (ii) (Orchestre)
9. Thais: Act II - Scene II : Eh! c'est lui!...Athanael! (Nicias, Choeur, Athanael)
10. Thais: Act II - Scene II : II dit vrai! (Thais, Nicias, Athanael, Choeur)
11. Thais: Act III - Scene I : L'ardent soleil m'ecrase
12. Thais: Act III - Scene I : Ah! des gouttes de sang coulent de ses pieds (Thais, Athanael)
13. Thais: Act III - Scene I : O messager de Dieu, si bon dans ta rudesse (Thais)
14. Thais: Act III - Scene I : Baigne d'eau mes mains et mes levres (Thais, Athanael, Choeur)
15. Thais: Act III - Scene I : La paix du Seigneur soit avec toi (Athanael, Albine)
16. Thais: Act III - Scene I: Mon oeuvre est accomplie! (Athanael, Thais, Albine, Choeur)
17. Thais: Act III - Scene II : Que le ciel est pesant! (Cenobites, Palemon, Athanael)
18. Thais: Act III - Scene II : C'est lui qui vient! (Athanael, Palemon)
19. Thais: Act III - Scene II : Qui te fait si severe (Thais, Athanael, Choeur)
20. Thais: Act III - Scene II : Thais va mourir! (Athanael)
21. Thais: Act III - Scene III : Seigneur, ayez pitie de moi (Choeur, Albine)
22. Thais: Act III - Scene III : Sois le bienvenu dans nos tabernacles (Albine, Athanael, Choeur)
23. Thais: Act III - Scene III : C'est toi, mon pere! (Thais, Athanael)

Amazon.com

This set is primarily for devoted fans of Beverly Sills, for fans of Sherrill Milnes in his prime, and for those who must have the uncut version where it's available. The estimable Ms. Sills was in less than ideal voice for the making of this recording, which is unfortunate, but the artistry still shines through. Mr. Milnes sings with rich tone. But Lorin Maazel's conducting is leaden and out of empathy with the score. --Sarah Bryan Miller

Customer Reviews:

Lapsing Faith and Lost Beauty.......2006-09-23

The reason I assign the recording four stars rather than five is that the pathos of the opera strikes me as too extreme. The same combination of exquisite beauty and suffocating pathos turns up in Barbra Streisand's song "The Way we Were." Beverly Sills sings the pathetic part of Thais to the hilt; and Massenet's familiar "religious meditation" does the rest. All of these intensely pathetic operas including Pagliacci and Tosca derive from the epoch-making example of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde with its unrelieved love-and-death sorrow. As a Christian I associate this powerful tradition with lapsing faith in Europe after 1865. Massenet's opera treats the early Christian monks of Egypt as caught up in tragic error. Thais is a supremely beautiful woman won from a life of immorality to Christianity by a well-intentioned monk who knew her in his earlier days. As the converted Thais lives and dies for the abstract reward of heaven, the monk grieves over the beauty he has destroyed. The real spiritual solution to the dilemma posed by the opera lies in the correlation between future resurrection, universal vitality and intense beauty; but theologians have generally missed he point and shown more interest in heaven than in concrete resurrection. In any case there was no way out for Massenet and his source.

Stylish Thais Set.......2005-10-16

This 1976 recording of Thais is my favorite of the two recordings I have - the other being the Fleming/Hampson. Sills' vibrato is a little more pronounced here than it was a few years earlier, but it doesn't bother me. She still has a gorgeous voice and brings this conflicted character vividly to life. Having studied with the likes of Mary Garden as a young singer, Sills has an innate understanding of the French style, and uses her voice with much imagination and flair. Also, the character of Thais is not supposed to be a young girl - an aging courtesan of 30ish or so... Sherrill Milnes, in a departure from his usual Italian repertoire, sings a most impassiaoned Athaneal - the voice full and resonant, the character's obessiveness wonderfully realized. I think he never did anything better on disc. Nicolai Gedda is a little past his best here, but like Sills understands the French style and delivers the vocal goods as required. Maazel conducts an exciting performance (even playing the solo violin in the Meditation himself) and the sound is excellent. The Fleming/Hampson set is beautifully sung, but I feel the drama of the story is not fully realized somehow - hard to put my finger on what's missing there. This Thais is one of my favorite French opera recordings - recommended highly.

AN UNDER-APPRECIATED GEM.......2004-12-03

Late 19th-century French opera is often disparaged these days, which isn't really fair. Delibes had some beautiful melodies, and Massenet was a much better composer than many give him credit for. And although "Manon" and "Werther" may be more famous, to me, his late opera "Thais" is his masterpiece. There are three major recordings of this opera, one with Anna Moffo, Gabriel Bacquier and Jose Carreras, a recent one with Renee Fleming, Thomas Hampson and Giuseppe Sabattini, and this 1976 recording with Beverly Sills, Sherill Milnes, and Nicolai Gedda. All three versions have their strengths and weaknesses. The Moffo/Bacquier vesion, although excellent and showing Carreras in his prime, is unavailable. (I'm not sure it was ever issued in CD.) The Fleming/Hampson recording is also excellent--Fleming has a gorgeous and luscious voice, and Hampson a silky smooth baritone--but I find myself reaching for the Sills/Milnes version most often.
Sills was past her prime when she recorded this, and her high notes are a little thin and sometimes wobbly. Nevertheless, her artistry is so great that she infuses the role of the courtesan with the tremendous drama the role requires. Thais' radical change of character, from the insouciant hedonist to the redeemed penitent, is gloriously demonstrated in Sills' portrayal.
And this opera is as much about Athanael as it is Thais. Milnes, at the height of his career when he recorded this in 1976, brings tremendous power and vitality to the role of the priest, whose reverse progression from moralistic religious surety to tortured doubt parallels that of Thais, the object of his forbidden love. Nicolai Gedda's singing is, as always, stylish and graceful, and Loren Maazel's reading of the score is well paced and forceful. This recording belongs in all opera collections.

A fad.......2004-05-21

This Thais is ruined by Sills. Buy Renee Fleming's Thais instead. She has the big voice, the looks and the talent. Sills didn't, all she can do is make my ears bleed. Shame on that shrieker!

Lovely but too late.......2004-02-24

I have a live-recording with Sills which is MUCH better. Sills was always at her best live on stage. For studio-recordings get the Fleming-set or the sadly cut recording with the divine Renee Doria. (My favourite Thais)

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Tracks:

1. Dich, Teure Halle, Gruss' Ich Wieder
2. Allmacht'ge Jungfrau, Hor Mein Flehen!
3. Johohoe!... Traft Ihr Das Schiff
4. Einsam In Truben Tagen
5. Euch Luften, Die Mein Klagen
6. Mild Und Leise
7. Der Manner Sippe
8. Hojotoho! Hojotoho!
9. Siegmund! Sieh Auf Mich!
10. Starke Scheite Schichtet Mir Dort

Tracks:

1. I. Seit Ich Ihn Gesehen
2. II. Er, Der Herrlichste Von Allen
3. III. Ich Kann's Nich Fassen, Nicht Glauben
4. IV. Du Ring An Meinem Finger
5. V. Helft Mir, Ihr Schwestern
6. VI. Susser Freund, Du Blickest Mich Verwundert An
7. VII. An Meinem Herzen, An Meiner Brust
8. VIII. Nun Hast Du Mir Den Ersten Schmerz Getan
9. Bist Du Bei Mir BWV 508
10. Wiegenlied Op.49 No.4
11. Meine Liebe Ist Grun Op.63 No.5
12. Madchenlied Op.107 No.5
13. Die Nacht Op.10 No.3
14. Wiegenlied Op.41 No.1
15. Die Nachtigall
16. Bien, Mon Fils!
17. Jochanaan, Ich Bin Verliebt In Deinen Leib - Wiener Philharmoniker
18. Ah! Du Wolltest Mich Nicht Deinen Mund Kussen Lassen, Jochanaan! - Agnes Baltsa

Average customer rating: Legendary Voices: Rise Stevens superb

Legendary Voices: Rise Stevens Stevens , Gluck , Mozart , Donizetti , and Bizet Manufacturer: Preiser Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Rise Stevens in Opera and Song The Pop Side The Best of Carmen by Bizet Four Famous Mezzos of the Past Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila ASIN: B000065TTF Release Date: 2002-07-30

Tracks:

1. Orfeo Ed Euridice: Che Faro Senza Euridice
2. Alceste: Divinites Du Styx
3. Le Nozze Di Figaro: Non So Piu
4. Le Nozze De Figaro: Voi Che Sapete
5. La Favorita: O Mio Fernando
6. Le Prophete: Ah! Mon Fils
7. Mignon: Connais-Tu Le Pays?
8. Jeanne D'Arc: Adieu, Forests
9. Carmen: L'amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle
10. Carmen: Pres Des Remparts De Seville
11. Carmen: Les Tringles Des Sistres Tintaient
12. Carmen: En Vain Pour Eviter
13. Carmen: C'est Toi? C'est Moi!
14. Der Rosenkavalier: Mir Ist Die Ehre Widerfahren - Erna Berger
15. Der Rosenkavalier: Ist Ein Traum - Erna Berger

Customer Reviews:

Legendary Voices: Rise Stevens.......2007-01-04

Very good, considering the limited state of technology from the period. Very enjoyable recording.

superb.......2005-12-22

Rise Stevens was the Met's leading mezzo from 1938 to 1961, and after listening to this cd, you will understand why. To begin with, her voice is simply gorgeous; her chiaroscuro is beautifully balanced, and her vocal control is fantastic (though a mezzo, she performs acrobatics one would expect from a great lyric soprano). There is also a rare natural intensity to her sound. And if you thought it couldn't get any better, it does because she interprets the music wonderfully, too. Her "Che faro?" is easily the best out there. Her Carmen ranks among the very best; contemporary reviewers described it as "earthy," "alluring," and "sublime." I prefer it to any other I have heard. Some other interpretations are lovely, too, though perhaps not as definitive. I highly recommend this cd (in case you couldn't already tell); it's just a shame that it's so difficult to come by. It took me three months to track it down, but it's well worth it.

Average customer rating: Another testament to the beauties of fine singing

Marilyn Horne: Arias & Scenes Manufacturer: Opera D'oro ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Berlioz | Berlioz, Hector | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Meyerbeer | Meyerbeer, Giacomo | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Horne, Marilyn | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Berlioz, Hector | A to B | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Donizetti, Gaetano | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Handel, George Frideric | H to L | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Meyerbeer, Giacomo | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Rossini, Gioacchino | Q to T | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Spectacular Voice of Marilyn Horne: Rossini / Horne Great Duets & Trios / Sutherland, Horne, Pavarotti Just for the Record: The Golden Voice Leontyne Price: The Ultimate Collection The Very Best of Beverly Sills ASIN: B00005RETU Release Date: 2001-10-30

Tracks:

1. Rinaldo: Ogni Indugio
2. Rinaldo: Cor Ingrato
3. Rinaldo: Venti, Turbini
4. Rinaldo: Cara Sposa
5. Rinaldo: Cara Sposa
6. Rinaldo: Or La Tromba
7. Le Prophete: Ah! Mon Fils - Marilyn Horne/RAI Sym Chor, Turin
8. Le Prophete: Donnez, Donnez Pour Une Pauvre Ame - Marilyn Horne/Nicolai Gedda/RAI Sym Chor, Turin
9. Le Prophete: O Pretres De Baal - Marilyn Horne/RAI Sym Chor, Turin
10. L'Italiana In Algeri: Cruda Sorte!
11. L'Italiana In Algeri: Per Lui Che Adoro
12. L'Italiana In Algeri: Amici, In Ogni Evento...Pensa Alla Patria

Tracks:

1. L'Assedio Di Corinto: Avanziam...Salve, Asil Della Morte!...Non Temer D'un Basso Affetto...Del... - Marilyn Horne/Piero De Palma
2. Otello: Assisa A Pie' D'un Salice
3. La Donna Del Lago: Tanti Affetti
4. Anna Bolena: Oh, Qual Parlar Fu Il Suo!...Anna Pure...Tu Mi Lasci?...Ah! Qual Sia Cercar Non Oso!
5. Les Troyens: Les Grecs Ont Disparu!...Malheureux Rois
6. Les Troyens: Non, Je Ne Verrai Pas La Deplorable Fete

Customer Reviews:

Another testament to the beauties of fine singing.......2003-10-07

Here again we have some of Marilyn Horne's best singing represented in works in which she simply is incomparable. The disk begins with Handel, and in my eyes and to my ears, she has little or no competition in this music (Ewa Podles comes close in excitement, and being a true contralto gives more thrust to the lower notes than Horne, but that is a very little thing when viewing the whole). After enjoying the excitement of sound, and of technique, she brings to this music one is left cold hearing other singers perform it (especially countertenors and those who specialize in "authentic" recordings).

From there we move on to her more familiar arias from the bel canto time period. Again, we are astounded by the mastery she brings to everything she sings.

Horne was famous, and justly so, and while she was alive and actively singing (she is still alive, but not singing actively) no one could match her. Sadly, for a portion of her career she was seen as "Sutherland's Mezzo" which truly diminished her contribution. Fortunately, that stigma was removed and we were able to assess her for what she truly had to offer, which was unbelievable.

There are many collections of Marilyn Horne singing this music, but this one is more complete in the sense it gives you those arias you really wish to hear, missing out some that are not so exciting. True, there are others were wish were included in this set.

If you enjoy excellent singing, and tons of personality, in your singers, then buy this recording. You will not be disappointed. The sound is very brilliant, and the voice sounds a bit forward, but I think that is the result of the technical work in reprinting this material.

Average customer rating: The Only Recording So Far...

Meyerbeer - L'Africaine / Domingo · Verrett · Mittelmann · Perisson [Selection] Giacomo Meyerbeer , Jean Perrison , Antonio de Almeida , Shirley Verrett , Plácido Domingo , Norman Mittelmann , Simon Estes , Evelyn Mandac , Montserrat Caballe , Allan Monk , and Gwendolyn Jones Manufacturer: Gala ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Meyerbeer | Meyerbeer, Giacomo | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Box Sets | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000JWHZ Release Date: 2000-06-06

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The Only Recording So Far..........1999-12-04

The good--Shirley Verrett has an ample and sultry dramatic mezzo-soprano/soprano voice and sings with endless feeling, color, and detail: a noble and gripping performance. Domingo nearly matches her with golden tone, dramatic insight, and unfailing musicality. Mittleman, Mandac, and the rest of the cast don't disgrace the stars but never reach their level either. Perisson doesn't let the music drag and conducts with verve. The bad--live performance values don't undermine the enjoyment of this set, but add little in the way of ensemble clarity from both singers and orchestra. The added electricity of stage singing (as opposed to studio conditions) is welcome but could be traded for better sonics. The ugly--Why hasn't this opera been commercially recorded? Surely Verrett and Domingo could have found time in their busy 1970's schedules to record parts they obviously own every note of. Another opera-recording-world mystery.

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Ensemble Clement Janequin / Dominique Visse - Portrait Anthoine de Bertrand , Nicolas Gombert , Claudin de Sermisy , Anonymous , Paschal de L'Estocart , Adriano Banchieri , Juan Vasquez , Mateo (i) Flecha , Clement Janequin , and Dominique Visse Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gombert, Nicolas | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Lassus | Lassus, Orlando di(Lasso) | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Le Jeune, Claude | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chansons | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000027OW7 Release Date: 1998-02-10

Tracks:

1. Chansons & Moresche: Quand Mon Mary Vient De Dehors
2. Chansons & Moresche: Si Du Malheur
3. Chansons & Moresche: Lucescit Jam O Socii
4. Chansons & Moresche: Ni Nuit Ne Jour
5. Chansons & Moresche: De Peu De Bien
6. Chansons: Tu Ne L'Enten Pas
7. Chansons: Que Je Porte D'Envie
8. Chansons: Ces Deux Yeux Bruns Doux Flambeaux De Ma Vie
9. Chansons: Ha Seigneur Dieu, Que De Graces Ecloses
10. Chansons: N'As Tu Poinct Mis Ton Hault Bonnet
11. Chansons: Mille Regres
12. Chansons: Je Ne Menge Point De Porc
13. Chansons: La Brosse, Basse Danse Pour Violes
14. Octonaires De La Vanite Du Monde: L'Eau Va Viste En S'Escoulant
15. Octonaires De La Vanite Du Monde: Quand Le Iour, Fils Du Soleil
16. Octonaires De La Vanite Du Monde: La Glace Est Luisante Et Belle
17. La Barca De Venetia Per Padova: Strepito Di Pescatori
18. La Barca De Venetia Per Padova: Parone Di Barca E Ninetta
19. La Barca De Venetia Per Padova: Madrigale Affettuoso
20. La Barca De Venetia Per Padova: Prima Ottava All'Improvviso Nel Liuto
21. La Barca De Venetia Per Padova: Soldato Svaligiato
22. Canciones Y Ensaladas (Chansons Du Siecle D'Or Espagnol): Lagrimas De Mi Consuelo
23. Canciones Y Ensaladas (Chansons Du Siecle D'Or Espagnol): La Bomba
24. Messe 'La Bataille': Messe 'La Bataille'/Kyrie
25. Messe 'La Bataille': Messe 'La Bataille'/Gloria
26. Missa 'Ad Placitum': Agnus Dei II & III

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Placido Domingo · Ruth Ann Swenson · Thomas Hampson ~ Opera Gala Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bellini, Vincenzo | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Thomas | Thomas, Ambroise | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Roman Heroes The Art of Joan Sutherland ASIN: B000002RVT Release Date: 1997-03-18

Tracks:

1. C'est Toi ... Au Fond Du Temple Saint
2. Adieu, Mignon
3. Elle Ne Croyait Pas
4. De Mon Amie, Fleur Endormie ... Ton Coeur N'a Pas Compris Le Mien
5. Mon Fils ... Sois Immobile
6. Amici!...Irne Lungi
7. Or Dove Fuggo Io Mal?...Ah! Per Sempre Io Ti Perdei
8. Pronta Io Son
9. Zitti, Zitti, Piano, Piano

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Four Famous Mezzos of the Past Manufacturer: Preiser Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Meyerbeer | Meyerbeer, Giacomo | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Thomas | Thomas, Ambroise | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Legendary Voices: Rise Stevens The Spectacular Voice of Marilyn Horne: Rossini / Horne ASIN: B00000HYVW Release Date: 1999-03-23

Average customer rating: One of the great French recordings of the century

The Essential Pierre Bernac Manufacturer: Testament ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Chabrier | Chabrier, Alexis Emanuel | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chausson, Ernest | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Milhaud | Milhaud, Darius | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Poulenc | Poulenc, Francis | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Satie | Satie, Erik | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music | Baroque | Classical | General | Modern & 20th Century | Romantic | Sinfonia | Sinfonia Concertante Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000IAEU Release Date: 1999-03-09

Tracks:

1. Ser
2. Soupir
3. L'Invatation Au Voyage
4. L'Ile Heureuse
5. Sept Melodies, Op.2: IV Le Colibri
6. Quatre Poemes, Op.3: III Le Jardin Mouille
7. Deux Melodies, Op.50: I Coeur En Peril
8. Funf Lieder & Gesange, Op.127: II Dein Angesicht
9. Dichterliebe, Op.48: Im Wunderschonen Monat Mai
10. Dichterliebe, Op.48: Aus Meinen Tranen Spriessen
11. Dichterliebe, Op.48: Die Rose, Die Lilie, Die Taube, Die Sonne
12. Dichterliebe, Op.48: Wenn Ich In Deine Augen Seh
13. Dichterliebe, Op.48: Ich Will Meine Seele Tauchen
14. Dichterliebe, Op.48: Im Rhein, Im Heiligen Strome
15. Dichterliebe, Op.48: Ich Grolle Nicht
16. Dichterliebe, Op.48: Und Wussten's Die Blumen, Die Kleinen
17. Dichterliebe, Op.48: Das Ist Ein Floten Un Geigen
18. Dichterliebe, Op.48: Hor Ich Das Liedchen Klingen
19. Dichterliebe, Op.48: Ein Jungling Liebt Ein Madchen
20. Dichterliebe, Op.48: Am Leuchtenden Sommermorgen
21. Dichterliebe, Op.48: Ich Hab Im Traum Geweinet
22. Dichterliebe, Op.48: Allnachtlich Im Traume
23. Dichterliebe, Op.48: Aus Alten Marchen
24. Dichterliebe, Op.48: Die Alten Bosen Lieder
25. Freudvoll Und Liedvoll
26. Es Muss Ein Wunderbares Sein
27. Nimm Einen Strahl Der Sonne
28. Quatre Poemes De Leo Latil: IV. La Tourterlle
29. A Mon Fils
30. La Lyre Et Les Amours: I Le Bracelet
31. La Lyre Et Les Amours: II L'Echo
32. La Lyre Et Les Amours: III La Belle Esclave Morte
33. La Lyre Et Les Amours: IV Les Baisers De Dorinde

Tracks:

1. Apres Un Reve, Op.7, No.1
2. Le Secret, Op.23, No.3
3. Aurore, Op.39, No.1
4. Prison, Op.83, No.1
5. Soir, Op.83, No.1
6. Jardin Nocturne, Op.113, No.3
7. Trois Chansons De France: I Le Temps A Laisse Son Manteau
8. Trois Chansons De France: II La Grotte
9. Trois Chansons De France: III Pour Ce Que Plaisance Est Morte
10. Fetes Galantes (Set II): III Colloque Sentimental
11. Trois Ballades De Francois Villon: I Ballade De Villon A S'Amie
12. Trois Ballades De Francois Villon: II Ballade Que Villon Feit A La Requeste De Sa Mere
13. Trois Ballades De Francois Villon: III Ballade Des Femmes De Paris
14. Trois Melodies: I La Statue De Bronze
15. Trois Melodies: II Le Chapelier
16. Don Quichotte A Dulcinee: I Chanson Romanesque
17. Don Quichotte A Dulcinee: II Chanson Epique
18. Don Quichotte A Dulcinee: III Chanson A Boire
19. Chansons Gillardes: IV Invocation Aux Parques
20. Chansons Gillardes: VII La Belle Jeunesse
21. Metamorphoses: I Reine Des Mouettes
22. Metamorphoses: II C'Est Ainsi Que Tu Es
23. Metamorphoses: III Paganini
24. Le Bestiaire Ou Cortege D'Orphee: I Le Dromadaire
25. Le Bestiaire Ou Cortege D'Orphee: II La Chevre Du Thibet
26. Le Bestiaire Ou Cortege D'Orphee: III La Sauterelle
27. Le Bestiaire Ou Cortege D'Orphee: IV Le Dauphin
28. Le Bestiaire Ou Cortege D'Orphee: V L'Ecrevisse
29. Le Bestiaire Ou Cortege D'Orphee: VI La Carpe
30. Deux Melodies De Guillaume Apollinaire: I Montparnasse
31. Deux Poemes De Guillaume Apollinaire: I Dans Le Jardin D'Anna
32. Deux Poemes De Louis Aragon: I C
33. Deux Poemes De Louis Aragon: II Fetes Galantes
34. Tel Jour Telle Nuit: I Bonne Journee
35. Tel Jour Telle Nuit: II Une Ruine Cuquille Vide
36. Tel Jour Telle Nuit: III Le Front Comme Un Drapeau Perdu
37. Tel Jour Telle Nuit: IV Une Roulotte Couvere En Tuiles
38. Tel Jour Telle Nuit: V A Toutes Brides
39. Tel Jour Telle Nuit: VI Une Herbe Paurve
40. Tel Jour Telle Nuit: VII Je N'Ai Envie Que De T'Aimer
41. Tel Jour Telle Nuit: VIII Figure De Force Brulante Et Farouche
42. Tel Jour Telle Nuit: IX Nous Avons Fait La Nuit

Tracks:

1. Ce Que Je Suis Sans Toi
2. Au Rossingnol
3. Six Melodies: VI. Venise
4. Priere
5. Chanson De Printemps
6. L'Absent
7. Viens, Les Gazons Sont Verts
8. Envoi Des Fleurs
9. Mignon
10. Le Travail Du Peintre: 1. Pablo Picasso
11. Le Travail Du Peintre: 2. Marc Chagall
12. Le Travail Du Peintre: 3. Georges Braque
13. Le Travail Du Peintre: 4. Juan Gris
14. Le Travail Du Peintre: 5. Paul Klee
15. Le Travail Du Peintre: 6. Joan Miro
16. Le Travail Du Peintre: 7. Jacques Villon
17. Bernac Interviewd By Graham Johnson
18. L'Historie De Babar, Le Petit Elephant

Customer Reviews:

One of the great French recordings of the century.......1999-02-28

Knowing many of these recordings from the vinyl issue, I rejoice in being able to get them re-mastered. Bernac was not only Poulenc's great interpreter, but a definitive interpreter of other French art songs (and Souzay's teacher).

Average customer rating: Stellar performance of Russia's National opera masterpiece!! a solid, exciting production, supurb sound

Moussorgski - Boris Godounov / Raimondi, Wischnewskaja, Plishka, Gedda, Dubosc, Cowan, Rostropovitch (1989 film) Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky , Mstislav Rostropovitch , Ruggero Raimondi , Galina Wischnewskaja , Wyatscheslaw Polozov , Paul Plishka , Nicolai Gedda , Catherine Dubosc , and Richard Cowan Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Booth, Thomas | A to B | Featured Performers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Vishnevskaya, Galina | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B000005E6S Release Date: 1992-05-01

Tracks:

1. Boris Godounov: Introduction orchestrale: Scene - Eh bien, qu'avez-vous?
2. Boris Godounov: A quis nous abandonnes-tu ?
3. Boris Godounov: Fideles croyants, notre boiar reste inexorable
4. Boris Godounov: Tu as entendu les hommes?
5. Boris Godounov: Scene du Couronnement, Coronation Scene
6. Boris Godounov: Mon ame est en peine
7. Boris Godounov: Encore un dernier recit
8. Boris Godounov: O Dieu de force, Dieu de Justice
9. Boris Godounov: Tu as ecrit toute la nuit
10. Boris Godounov: Oh, je me souviens - Ouglich
11. Boris Godounov: On sonne les matines - Boris, tout tremble devant toi
12. Boris Godounov: J'ai pris un caneton gris
13. Boris Godounov: Peuple chretien, bonnes gens aimes de Dieu
14. Boris Godounov: Dans la bonne ville de Kazan
15. Boris Godounov: Pour moi!
16. Boris Godounov: Qui etes-vous? - D'humbles pelerins, de saints moines
17. Boris Godounov: Que faites-vous, maudits coquins - Fuite de Grigori

Tracks:

1. Boris Godounov: Ou est mon fiance?
2. Boris Godounov: Oh, c'est assez, Princesse - Chanson du Moustique, Mosquito Song
3. Boris Godounov: Ah, Nounou, en voila un conte, Jeu de la Main chaude, The Hand-Clapping Game
4. Boris Godounov: Qu'y a-t-il?
5. Boris Godounov: Comme c'est bien, mon fils!
6. Boris Godounov: Aie, chut! - Qu'y a-t-il donc?
7. Boris Godounov: A cause de notre Perroquet
8. Boris Godounov: Mon fils, mon cher enfant!
9. Boris Godounov: Tsarevitch, obeis!
10. Boris Godounov: Tu ne me crois donc pas?
11. Boris Godounov: Assez, ah, je suffoque!
12. Boris Godounov: Au bord de la Vistule bleue
13. Boris Godounov: Cela suffit!
14. Boris Godounov: Je n'ai pas besoin de toi aujourd'hui, Rouzia
15. Boris Godounov: Ah! Mon Dieu! Cest vous, mon Pere!
16. Boris Godounov: A minuit, dans le jardin
17. Boris Godounov: Prends-garde, Tsarevitch - La Polonnaise - Nous aurons bientot conquis la Moscovie

Tracks:

1. Boris Godounov: Elle! Marina!
2. Boris Godounov: Eh bien, la messe est-elle finie?
3. Boris Godounov: Trrr, trrr, trrr
4. Boris Godounov: Aaah! Boris! Ils ont offense L'Innocent!
5. Boris Godounov: Nobles Boiars!
6. Boris Godounov: Eh bien, passons au vote
7. Boris Godounov: Que dites-vous la, Boiars!
8. Boris Godounov: Arriere, arriere
9. Boris Godounov: Auguste Souverain - Mon recit sera simple et bref
10. Boris Godounov: J'etouffe
11. Boris Godounov: Pleurez, bonnes gens
12. Boris Godounov: Amene-le par ici
13. Boris Godounov: Trrr...le bonnet de fer
14. Boris Godounov: Le ciel et la lune se sont eteints
15. Boris Godounov: Hardi! notre male temerite
16. Boris Godounov: Domine, salvum fac regem
17. Boris Godounov: Qui le Malin nous envoie-t-il encore

Customer Reviews:

Stellar performance of Russia's National opera masterpiece!!.......2004-07-02

Let's start with the quibbles, on account of their relative insignificance: 1) I miss the real bells used on the Gjórgiev (especially!!!) and the Abbado recordings (the samples I got to hear alerted me to this - the chimes used here sound poor by comparison); 2) the Russian original-language libretto is incomplete (were more space allowed here, I'd have published the missing parts in the original Russian). [I recommend downloading the libretto from other websites - and then piecing in the few things that are otherwise absent from the regular-performance libretto from the booklet supplied - Rostropóvich's reading gives this opera (a composite of the 1868 and 1872 versions) as completely as possible (the réprise of the Simpleton's scene in the last tableau, originally salvaged from the St. Vasíljiy's (Basil's) tableau cut in the 1872 version and which however was reinstated in this recording, could have been omitted consequently - though I'm glad it wasn't!).] 3) I wish the orchestra (very good indeed!!!) could be heard more even when the singers are in full voice (this defect relative to Culshaw's Wagner recordings - my standard in taste - also afflicts Rostropóvich's otherwise superb recording of Shostakóvich's "Lady Macbeth of Mcjénsk").

Otherwise, a very powerful reading with everybody in peak form fully deserving a full 5 stars - even the venerable arch-star of Russian soprani from 1952-82 (from her début with the Boljshóy to her retirement from live operatic performances - of course she was forced out of the Boljshóy in 1974 into exile...) Vishñévskaja, who was close to being 61 years of age at the time of this recording, comes off as well as everybody else (you could hardly tell her age)! Another success is that of Mira Zakai as one of the nurses (in Act II) - she's much better here than in Solti's recording of Mahler's 2nd Symphony with the CSO (where she sounds so uninvolved as well as plain when compared to Helen Watts or Maureen Forester). Gedda sings the Simpleton's part as movingly as could be anticipated from somebody who has given so much of his career to the Russian repertoire, while Plishka gives a wonderfully warm Pimjén. As to Ruggero Raimondi - wow, what a wonderfully evocative portrayal of the demented Carj (C pronounced as 'ts' like in "bolts"; 'j' just softens the 'r' somewhat...)!!! One doesn't need a bassus profundus (which he's not - though his low notes lack nothing!) to do justice to this rôle after all...

Finally, regarding the version of the score being used: while it's indeed based on the 1872 "definitive" version, much stuff cut therefrom which was in the 1868 original version makes it into the recording (not a note is cut from the score). While obviously the earlier version of Act II as well as a few other snippets in Act I (when Grigóriy wakes up) are superseded (the latter's snippets are merely the same music given to offstage choir instead of the strings as done initially), other things (e.g., the dismissal of the crowd in the Prologue's 1st scene, the scene in front of St. Vasíljiy's Cathedral) are fully reinstated - all of this can be vouched for from the full score 2-book set published by Oxford University Press giving Musórgskiy's original version.

Most definitely recommended in all events and regards!!! [Hopefully Erato will reissue this recording as it's amply deserving!]

a solid, exciting production, supurb sound.......2000-07-29

Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov is so rich that it never can be encompassed by one interpretation, however strong. It's worth having two or more versions, including this one, conducted by Rostropovitch, on hand. Here's how it stacks up with two other fine quality, stereo recordings using Mussorgsky's original orchestration: Abbado's and Gergiev's.

Rostropovitch and the ensemble under his baton, provide both a polished orchestral presentation and dynamic drama dominated by one of the best Borises of the digital age. The story and the music reinforce one another seamlessly.

The dramatic presentation in the Rostropovitch version is much more exciting than that in the Abbado version, which focuses more on creating a flawlessly recorded, stunning symphonic and choral atmosphere. In the Rostropovitch version, beautiful children's voices add both an innocent element to Mussorgsky's dark drama and another stunning instrument to the orchestration. In the perfectly polished Abbado version, adult women with full voices flawlessly sing the children's roles.

Rostropovitch's production lacks some of raw dramatic heft of Gergiev versions, but it has more polish. The Gergiev CD set offers two complete versions, both Mussorgsky's 1868 version and the 1873, each complete and with different casts, making it a bargain, if such a thing can be said about overpriced classical music CDs. The Rostropovitch version contains only the 1872 score.

I have all three versions and listen to all of them with great pleasure. If, heaven forbid, I could only have one, this version conducted by Rostropovitch might be it. It would be a tough call to make.

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