Esperance [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Product Description
Japanese 20 bit digital remaster.

Esperance,George Mustaki,Universal/Polygram,World Music

Average customer rating: Endlessly delightful More French Baroque music on piano

François Couperin: Keyboard Music, Vol. 3 Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Couperin, François | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chaconnes | Variations | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Hewitt, Angela | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: François Couperin: Keyboard Music, Vol. 2 Couperin: Keyboard Music, Vol. 1 Rameau: Keyboard Suites Chabrier: Piano Music Bach: The Toccatas ASIN: B000B8656Y Release Date: 2005-11-08

Tracks:

1. Les Lis Naissans
2. Les Rozeaux
3. L'Engageante
4. Les Folies Francoises, Ou Les Dominos
5. Les Folies Francoises, Ou Les Dominos
6. Les Folies Francoises, Ou Les Dominos
7. Les Folies Francoises, Ou Les Dominos
8. Les Folies Francoises, Ou Les Dominos
9. Les Folies Francoises, Ou Les Dominos
10. Les Folies Francoises, Ou Les Dominos
11. Les Folies Francoises, Ou Les Dominos
12. Les Folies Francoises, Ou Les Dominos
13. Les Folies Francoises, Ou Les Dominos
14. Les Folies Francoises, Ou Les Dominos
15. Les Folies Francoises, Ou Les Dominos
16. L'Ame-En-Peine
17. Le Rossignol-En-Amour
18. La Linote-Efarouchee
19. Les Fauvetes Plaintives
20. Le Petit-Rien
21. Les Idees Heureuses
22. Le Dodo, Ou L'Amour Au Berceau
23. La' Mezangere
24. La Muse-Plantine
25. Le Reveil-Matin
26. La Fovorite
27. La Lutine
28. La Distraite
29. L'Himen-Amour
30. La Menetou

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Angela Hewitt is best known for her excellent Bach recordings, but in her less-comprehensive series of Couperin's works written for the harpsichord she matches that high standard. Fans of the French Baroque will know this music and may need to adjust to the sound of the piano. But the open-minded will be captivated by her buoyant playing and by her refusal to imitate the harpsichord. Instead, she brings the resources of the modern concert grand to bear on these stylized scores--"authenticity" becomes irrelevant to the immense pleasure generated. Hewitt's ornamentation is stylishly convincing, as is her wit, attention to detail, and beautiful tonal production. She plays all of the Treizième Ordre and a generous selection of pieces from Couperin's other works, focusing on those she believes work best on the piano. The captivating result makes one sorry that, as she writes in her lucid notes, this will be the last of her Couperin series. Hyperion's vibrant sound does full justice to Hewitt's colorful playing. -- Dan Davis

Customer Reviews:

Endlessly delightful.......2006-03-05

While I agree that these selections do not match the grandeur of Hewitt's previous recording, they do exude as much -- if not more -- charm and elegance as ever before. Hewitt's playing is nimble, delicate, lucid, and heartfelt. Amazingly coupled with the grace and fluidity of the performances is a captivating touchingness and melancholy. The only disappointment for me is that this is the end of the cycle. Would that there were more!!

More French Baroque music on piano.......2005-12-02

With this third volume, Angela Hewitt concludes her survey of Couperin's major keyboard music and proves that, in the hands of someone as steeped in Baroque keyboard style as herself, music which was previously thought the exclusive domain of the harpsichordist can be fully expressed on modern piano to great effect. So how does this third and last CD compare? In Volume I, we had mostly Couperin's earlier works of great granduer, inventiveness, pure charm and full of sunny, dancing melodies. Then in Volume II (the late works) the landscape darkened a bit with Couperin's most personal expressions of touching poignancy and deep melancholy. Volume III here is a mixture of these moods and showcases the imaginative 13th Ordre with its creative mimicking of twelve characters from a masked ball (of the era of Louis XIV) along with several wonderfully ponderous pieces in true Couperin poetry.

Not only is Hewitt's survey of Couperin's music here rather ground-breaking (given few if any recordings done on the piano for them), but it also sets a high standard. Hewitt's gingerly touch, knack for dance rhythms and poetic depth are well-suited to Couperin's graceful, inventive and sadness-tinged music. Right from the rhythmic opening movement and its "tripping" theme, Miss Hewitt sets a delightful and confident attitide towards this music. In the next two gentle pieces, her lyrical depths emerge to meld with Couperin's melancholic intent. This same emotive playing finds its home in several moving, introspective works (tracks 19, 21 and 26) suggestve of the composer's deep yearings and sadness (from perhaps his health struggles). In all these, Miss Hewitt seems to really find the emotional core and present it to us with great tenderness and artistry.

But, soon the fun and frolic begins with "Les Folies Francoises" - a delightful and imaginative miniature "theme-and-variations" ordre in which each variation parodies some virture or emotion (hope, jealousy, fidelity, despair etc). As such it is truly early "programmic music" - as is most of Couperin's music with their odd titles. In the masked ball parody, Hewitt covers the range of expressive textures brilliantly - from the festivity in the "Couquetry" piece to the dark moodiness of "Jealousy" played in the lower half of the keyboad. As the pianist quotes in her abundant notes, "This work is a microcosm of Couperin's art, its tragic passion, its whitty urbanity, its sensuous charm." Indeed.

Once again here we see Miss Hewitt's mastery of the composer and his music - most notably her scrupulous attention to detail to Couperin's precise score notations. Her skill in these most-important ornamentations show both a well-studied approach and fine taste, integrating them into the tapestry of the music smoothly and attractively. As such, her playing really has a more gentle, feminine quality in its appeal. Hewitt certainly makes a strong case for this music on piano, especially the greater nuance of expression afforded the piano in the slower movements. I know some insist this music is best suited for the harpsichord, but it is hard to resist this artist's ability to produce music of such tonal beauty and pianistic richness. Her emphasis on such tonal beauty is once again fully supported by Hyperion who produced a sparkling clear and bright sound quality (much like Volume II) with richly developed timbre from her Steinway in an attractive, mildly resonant recording ambiance.

While there are many fascinating textures and themes played marvelously by Angela Hewitt in this third release, I have to admit I found the pieces in the first two Hyperion recordings slightly more musically interesting in scope, granduer, lyricism and expressiveness. If you are wondering which one to get first, I would say definately Volume I. But, overall, Hewitt plays this music most elgantly and with just the right elan and sensitively to Couperin's intent. I find a refreshing quality in all her Couperin recordings that makes them some of my favorite to play throughout the day. They are easy on the ear, yet musically rich and satisfying. Fans of Angela Hewitt or the French Baroque should find more of a good thing here in Hewitt's third Couperin CD and much to celebrate in her delicate and tasteful pianism. Also her very useful accompanying notes to guide you along add to the attractiveness of this release. And the cover art is particular sumptuous as well. Rating - 4.5 stars.

And continuing in the tradition of French keyboard music, Angela Hewitt has since recorded works by Emmanuel Chabrier and Rameau - both on the Hyperion label.

Average customer rating: Getting to know 14th.century music Mind blowing Machaut! As Machaut heard it in the Reims Cathedral

Machaut: La Messe de Nostre Dame; Songs from Le Voir Dit Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Machaut | Machaut, Guillaume de | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ballads | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Dufay: Missa L'homme armé; Supremum est mortalibus bonum Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli, Missa Aeterna Perotin / The Hilliard Ensemble Leonin, Perotin: Sacred Music from Notre-Dame Cathedral Dufay: Chansons ASIN: B0000014AN Release Date: 1996-12-17

Tracks:

1. La Messe de Nostre Dame: Kyrie
2. La Messe de Nostre Dame: Gloria
3. La Messe de Nostre Dame: Credo
4. La Messe de Nostre Dame: Sanctus
5. La Messe de Nostre Dame: Agnus Dei
6. La Messe de Nostre Dame: Ite missa est
7. Songs From Le Voir Dit: Ballade 32: Plourez dames
8. Songs From Le Voir Dit: Ballade 33: Nes qu'on porroit
9. Songs From Le Voir Dit: Rondeau 4: Sans cuer dolens
10. Songs From Le Voir Dit: Lai 13: Le lay de bonne esperance
11. Songs From Le Voir Dit: Rondeau 18: Puis qu'en oubli
12. Songs From Le Voir Dit: Rondeau 17: Dis et sept cinq

Customer Reviews:

Getting to know 14th.century music.......2000-08-14

This recording of early music is wonderful in its sound quality and acoustics. It is truley a masterpiece. Just keep in mind that music of this period is not the bright or danciful folk tunes often heard in 16th or 17th.century folk songs. This recording is of the developing formal mass and represents the highest level of performing skills of the period.

Mind blowing Machaut!.......2000-03-17

Last year I did my Masters' dissertation on Mediaeval Scholasticism and discovered this CD at about the same time. I played it softly on my CD player as I walked the 'via dolorosa'. The CD helped me do very well because I feel it has a unique Mediaeval/Renaissance crossover feel that enabled me to internalise what these people were thinking. The plain lines of Gregorian Chant have been replaced with a three harmony glory which darts about the aisles and chapels of Reims Cathedral, slowing and speeding, lowering and soaring and totally gripping with its harmonic complexities. If there is a summation of the glories of the late 14th century it would be Aquinas' Realism, synthesised by Scotus and finally brought through to the nominalism of William of Ockham, the writings of Dante, Petrarch, Boccacio and Chaucer and this wonderful music. This is not simple rustic music of the home spun English at Crecy. This is the musical depiction of French civilization at its zenith, with its famous manuscripts like the Bible of Jean de Papelou it the Hours of Jeanne D'Evreux. The Romanesque style with its lapis lazuli blues and its idealising of courtly love in scenes that show this earth and the next are the nearest we have to visualisation of this absolute music. I see Decorated Gothic Stain Glass Windows and the most intricate Flying Buttresses which are a silent witness to this music which tantalisingly stands in the changing of worlds. The Black Death was only twelve years away and the old order would be challenged in ten more by uprisings in France and the Peasants' Revolt in England in 1381. The ancien regime would hold on to power but the rediscovery of the ideas of Greece and Rome would change the West's ideas about itself for ever. The New World would crystalize all this but that is in the future. This CD portrays this mediaeval world which fascinates us today with its peculiar mixture of beauty and barbarism. Great value and brilliant at any price with 77 minutes of beatifully written and performed music.

As Machaut heard it in the Reims Cathedral.......1999-11-02

"La Messe de Notre Dame" by Guillaume de Machaut is one of the earliest settings of the Mass by a single composer.The Oxford Camerata,in the Reims cathedral,so the would match the same accoustics as those that must of been heard when the work was first premiered in 1364. the rest of the songs are from "Le voir dit" The liner notes of this recording tell how it was possible to match with great fidelity the accoustics of the Reims Cathedral.This is one of my favorites recordings in my private collection. Questions and comments are greatly appreciated.

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Danses de la Renaissance Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande All Works by Dufay | Dufay, Guillaume | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Machaut | Machaut, Guillaume de | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Rondos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: René Clemencic and His Flutes Panorama: Dances of the Renaissance Two Renaissance Dance Bands; Monteverdi's Contemporaries ASIN: B000027NSF Release Date: 1992-02-12

Tracks:

1. Trois Branles De Bourgogne
2. Branle Gay Nouveau
3. 3.1 Pavane 'Mille Regrets'/3.2 Ronde/3.3 Pavane 'Si Pas Souffrir'/3.4 Ronde/3.5 Saltarelle...
4. Branle
5. L'Arboscello Ballo Furlano
6. 6.1 Pavane/6.2 Gaillarde
7. 7.1 Entree 1/7.2 Entree 2/7.3 Entree 3
8. 8.1 Tourdion/8.2 Pavane/8.3 Gaillarde
9. 9.1 Danse Polonaise/9.2 Gaillarde
10. Danses Medievales: 10.1 Solo De Cornemuse/10.2 Ballade 'Ma Chiere Dame'
11. Danses Medievales: 11.1 Saltarello/11.2 Trotto/11.3 Ballata 'Ben Chi'io'/11.4 Lonc Le Rieu De La...
12. Danses Medievales: Organum Benedicamus Domino
13. Danses Medievales: Roneau 'Franc Cuer Gentil'
14. Danses Medievales: 14.1 L'esperance De Bourbon/14.2 Sans Faire/14.3 La Danse De Cleves...

Average customer rating: Great!!!

Thomas Hampson Sings Rossini & Meyerbeer Manufacturer: EMI Records [All429] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD 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 Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Hampson, Thomas | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000DNQF Release Date: 1992-04-14

Tracks:

1. Komm!
2. Der Garten Des Herzens
3. Lied Des Venezianischen Gondoliers
4. Hor' Ich Das Liedchen Klingen
5. Die Rose, Die Lilie, Die Taube
6. Sie Und Ich
7. Menschenfeindlich
8. Chant Des Moissonneurs Vendeens
9. La Barque Legere
10. La Chanson De Maitre Floh
11. Sicilienne
12. Le Poete Mourant
13. Au Chevet D'un Mourant
14. Le Lazzarone
15. La Chanson Du Bebe
16. La Gita In Gondola ('Voli L'agile Barchetta')
17. II Rimprovero ('Mi Lagnero Tacendo')
18. Ave Maria
19. L'ultimo Ricordo

Customer Reviews:

Great!!!.......2003-12-11

I love this album! The Meyerbeer selections are enchanting, and they should be sung more often. The CD shows Hampson's careful artistry and it is a delightful collaboration with pianist Geoffrey Parsons.

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Bridge: A Royal Night of Variety; The Pageant of London; etc. Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD 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 General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Bridge: Suite; Valse Intermezzo; Two Entr'actes; etc. Bridge: Isabella, Enter Spring, Mid of the Night, Vol. 1 Frank Bridge: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 Frank Bridge: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4 Dance Rhapsody / Sea / Dance Poem / Norse Legend ASIN: B0009F66P4 Release Date: 2005-06-21

Tracks:

1. Blow Out, You Bugles, H 132
2. Adoration, H 57
3. Where She Lies Asleep, H 114
4. Love Went A-Riding, H 115
5. Thy Hand In Mine, H 124
6. Berceuse, H 9
7. Mantle Of Blue, H 131
8. Day After Day, H 164i
9. Speak To Me, My Love!, H 164ii
10. Berceuse, H 8
11. Chant D'Esperance, H 18ii
12. Serenade, H 23
13. Tempo Di Marcia Ma Maestoso
14. I. Introduction. Moderato
15. II. Pavane. Moderato
16. III. La Romanesca. Allegretto
17. Allegro Marziale
18. A Royal Night Of Variety, H 184

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Recital Manufacturer: Jade Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rutter | Rutter, John | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Requiems | Forms & Genres | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Requiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00074CBL0 Release Date: 2005-02-01

Tracks:

1. Ave Maria
2. Richte Mich Gott (Psaume 43)
3. Maria Mater Gratiae
4. Tantum Ergo
5. Pie Jesu
6. Pueri Concinite
7. Beati Quorum Via
8. Open Thou Mine Eyes
9. The Lord Bless You And Keep You
10. La Fede
11. La Speranza
12. Berceuse Pour Julie
13. Le Seine
14. Mes Jeunes Annees

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A Treasury of Gregorian Chants Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music ASIN: B000000LBW Release Date: 1995-04-16

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Alberic Magnard: Sonate pour Violon et Piano, op. 13/Trois Pieces pour Piano, op. 1/En Dieu mon Esperance Manufacturer: Accord ProductGroup: Classical Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000K36AJM

Product Description

Besides the 42-minute sonata, the CD includes three pieces for piano from his earliest works and En Dieu Mon Esperance in reference to his renown fencing skills of the day.

Average customer rating: Horrible recording quality Musically good, but recording quality is horrid. EXCELLENT! PERFECT!

Festival of Gregorian Chants Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Gregorian Chants: The Best of the Benedictine Monks of St. Michael's Chant Lost in Meditation: Meditative Gregorian Chants, Vol. 1 Lost in Meditation: Meditative Gregorian Chants Chant II ASIN: B000000KVA Release Date: 1994-09-09

Tracks:

1. Christus Natus Est
2. Christe Redemptor
3. Hodie Christus Natus Est
4. Litany of Easter Eve
5. Gloria
6. Exultet
7. Salve Festa Dies
8. Surrexit Dominus Vere
9. Vidi Aquam
10. Sunday Processional
11. Complines
12. Improvisation on 'Salve Festa Dies'
13. Monastery Bells
14. La semence: Veni Sancte Spiritus, Veni Creator
15. L'abondance Cibavit, Alleluia, Pange Lingua, Ave Verum
16. L'esperance Gaudemus, Salve Regina

Customer Reviews:

Horrible recording quality.......2006-03-02

Absolutely terrible on the ears recording-wise, and the choir doesn't sound that great if you try to disregard the recording. I'm glad I only spent a couple dollars on it. Please, don't bother.

Musically good, but recording quality is horrid........1999-11-05

I like the "Chant" CD from the Benedictine Monks and thought this might be along the same lines. Musically it is, it has that same wonderful tonality and the sound of the voices is just as delightful - assuming you can get over the recording itself.

It sounds to me like someone made a CD from and old abused vinyl record using a very bad pickup cartridge which mistracks and distorts the loud high frequencies. The distortions are UNBEARABLE to the point that I could not even stand to finish listening to the CD.

I know it is only $4.00 but if you buy this, be sure to play it on a really lousy player, this way the recording defects will be masked by the playback defects. If you have a good stereo or good headphones, forget it.

EXCELLENT! PERFECT!.......1999-09-06

This CD is great for the student who is under stress and/or pressure. The songs realx you and are easy to listen too. They're not distracting. If you like this, I also recommend Instrumental Moods and Pure Moods.

Average customer rating: An Interesting Rarity

Cherubini - Lodoïska / Devia, T. Moser, Shimell, Pedaci, Corbelli, Teatro alla Scala, Muti Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala , Thomas Moser , Francesca Pedaci , Alessandro Corbelli , Bernard Lombardo , and Mario Luperi Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cherubini, Luigi | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg ASIN: B0000027JN Release Date: 1991-09-26

Tracks:

1. Lodoiska: Ouverture
2. Lodoiska: Approchez sans defiance
3. Lodoiska: Vous voyez, mes amis
4. Lodoiska: Triomphons avec noblesse
5. Lodoiska: Le soleil se leve
6. Lodoiska: Voyez la belle besogne
7. Lodoiska: Que pouvais-je faire
8. Lodoiska: Etrangers, n'avez point d'alarmes
9. Lodoiska: Je te demande la vie
10. Lodoiska: Jurons, quoiqu'il faille entreprendre
11. Lodoiska: Quel etonnant langage!
12. Lodoiska: Souvent pres d'une belle
13. Lodoiska: Perdre ma belle?
14. Lodoiska: Qu'un tendron a ma guise - Qua'amour me conduise
15. Lodoiska: Eh! voici une pierre
16. Lodoiska: Floreski! Floreski!
17. Lodoiska: Eh bien, qu'allons nous entreprendre?
18. Lodoiska: Etrangers, pourrait-on s'instruire

Tracks:

1. Lodoiska: Quel nouveau crime medite ton maitre
2. Lodoiska: Que dis-je, o Ciel!
3. Lodoiska: Helas! dans ce cruel asile
4. Lodoiska: Mais pour moi s'il s'expose
5. Lodoiska: Lysinka, sortez et laissez-nous seuls
6. Lodoiska: A ces traits je connais ta rage
7. Lodoiska: Mon serment est de te vouer
8. Lodoiska: Non, non, perdez cette esperance
9. Lodoiska: Tu n'appartiendras jamais a ce Floreski
10. Lodoiska: Ciel, ce que je lui propose
11. Lodoiska: J'adopte ton projet
12. Lodoiska: Rien n'egale sa barbarie
13. Lodoiska: Viens, mon cher Varbel!
14. Lodoiska: Helas! qu'allons-nous entreprendre?
15. Lodoiska: Amis, que ce divin breuvage
16. Lodoiska: Bon, les voila qu'ils y viennent
17. Lodoiska: Traitres!
18. Lodoiska: Il faut tenter ce dernier moyen
19. Lodoiska: Oui, pour mon heureuse adresse
20. Lodoiska: Cruel! que me voulez-vous encore?
21. Lodoiska: Tournez sur moi votre colere
22. Lodoiska: Soyez mon epouse et Floreski est libre
23. Lodoiska: Quoi! t'unir a ce barbare!
24. Lodoiska: Seigneur, la chateau est attaque
25. Lodoiska: Mais que signifie cette alarme?
26. Lodoiska: Eh! Quoi! brave jeune homme!
27. Lodoiska: Tyran, au nombre de tes crimes
28. Lodoiska: Jeune homme, que l'amour t'unisse
29. Lodoiska: Votre fureur est legitime

Customer Reviews:

An Interesting Rarity.......2003-10-24

When it comes to popular operas, Cherubini's LODOISKA is probably not at the top of too many lists. As a matter of fact, even the most well versed opera lovers have probably never heard of the piece, let alone whistle its memorable arias and duets. Some music lovers may be familiar with the opera's powerful overture, but that's about it. All of this is probably rather sad when you consider that in his day, Luigi Cherubini was a very well loved and highly regarded composer. In his younger years he was a contemporary of Mozart, Beethoven, Hadyn, and Schubert, and in his later years Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini, and rivaled some of these composers in popularity. Sadly he is virtually unknown today.

LODOISKA is a period piece and its plot is the rather familiar "rescue opera" of which Beethoven's FIDELIO is probably the best example. The lovely Princess Lodoiska is in love with the handsome and dashing Prince Floreski. The only person who stands in the way of the lovers' happiness is the evil Baron Dourlinski. Fortunately Floreski has made a pact with the Tartars who help him save his love just before she will be forced to marry Dourlinski. The opera ends with the two love birds living happily ever after.

This set of disks is from a live recording from La Scala in Milan. Riccardo Muti is the conductor. Since this is the only recording of the opera available today (at least I do not see any others listed), it is also the greatest since it has no competition. Mariella Devia and Bernard Lombardo do well as Lodoiska and Floreski respectively. The second act of this recording is the strongest and probably has the most musical appeal. Unfortunately the first act is not all that gripping, but this is due more to the blandness of some of the music and not the performance. This opera will probably not be in the disk player all that often, but it is an enjoyable set to listen to for a change.

World Music:

1. Essere O Non Essere? Essere, Essere, Essere! [Import] [Limited Edition]
2. Fi Youm Wi Leilah [IMPORT] [Import]
3. From the Tobacco Road of Cuba
4. Fuerza Gigante: Live in Puerto Rico April 27, 2001 [Live]
5. Giorgia [Import]
6. Go Bush [Import]
7. Grand Compositeurs, Vol. 2: Arabian Masters [Import]
8. Grandes Exitos [Import]
9. Hoppladidi Hoppladada: Tony Total [Import]
10. I Love MPB: Amar Pra Viver [Import]

World Music

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World Music

Anthology [Enhanced] [Original recording remastered]

Non Stop Flight

Lo Chiamavano Miscel

The String Quartets

Mojo Club V.3: Dancefloor Jazz [Import]

Let's Get Loud [CD-single] [Import]

Just Like Mom Used to Make

Mighty Joe Moon

L.a. Woman [Import]

Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff/Concerto for Piano in Dm; Sonata for Piano No2/Vladimir Horowitz, Pianist

Le Bataclan '72 [Live]

Lecuona's Music

Guayao Varon

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad"

A Tribute to Benny Goodman