Comme a La Maison [Original recording remastered] [Import]

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L'original Series. Reissue of the Original Album. Digitally Remastered. Digipack.

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Average customer rating: A star among modern Werthers, but there are others Another Smash Hit From The French Opera Specialists ¿El mejor Werther despues de Kraus? Best Werther recording since the 1930s thoughts on "Werther"

Massenet - Werther / Alagna · Gheorghiu · Hampson · Petibon · Courtis · Fouchécourt · Frémeau · LSO · Pappano Jules Massenet , Antonio Pappano , Roberto Alagna , Angela Gheorghiu , London Symphony Orchestra , Tiffin Children's Choir , Thomas Hampson , Patricia Petibon , Jean-Philippe Courtis , Jean-Paul Fouchécourt , Jean-Marie Frémeau , James Savage-Hanford , Pierre Dupont , and Sophie Boulanger Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( 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 Similar Items: Massenet - Manon / Gheorghiu, Alagna, Patriarco, van Dam, Ragon, Rivenq, Panzarella, Koch, Schimmack, Pappano Puccini - La Rondine / Gheorghiu · Alagna · Matteuzzi · Mula · Rinaldi · Ciofi · Bacelli · LSO · Pappano Massenet: Le Jongleur de Notre Dame Puccini - Il Trittico / Alagna, Gheorghiu, Guelfi, Guleghina, Gallardo-Domás, Manca di Nissa, Palmer, Shicoff, van Dam, Pappano Rossini - Guillaume Tell / Bacquier, Caballé, Gedda, Mesplé, Kovacs, Howell, RPO, Gardelli ASIN: B00001ZSVU Release Date: 1999-10-19

Tracks:

1. Werther: Prelude (Orchestra)
2. Werther: Act One: Assez! Assez! M'ecouterat-on cette fois? (Le Bailli, Les Enfants)
3. Werther: Act One: Bravo pour les enfants! (Johann, Schmidt, Les Enfants, Le Bailli, Sophie)
4. Werther: Act One: Alors, c'est bien ici la maison du Bailli?
5. Werther: Act One: Je ne sais si je veille (Werther)
6. Werther: Act One: Jesus vient de naitre!...Chers enfants! (Les Enfants, Werther)
7. Werther: Act One: Ah! comme ils sont meilleurs que moi! (Werther, Les enfants, Le Bailli)
8. Werther: Act One: Arrivez donc, Bruhlmann! (Le Bailli, Charlotte, Werther, Sophie)
9. Werther: Act One: O spectacle ideal d'amour et d'innocence (Werther)
10. Werther: Act One: Monsieur Werther!...Vivat Bacchus, semper vivat! (Le Bailli, Charlotte, Sophie)
11. Werther: Act One: Sophie!...Albert! Toi de retour! (Albert, Sophie)
12. Werther: Act One: Elle m'aime!...Quelle priere de reconnaissance et d'amour (Albert)
13. Werther: Act One: Interlude (Orchestre)
14. Werther: Act One: Interlude (continued) ...Il Faut nous separer
15. Werther: Act One: Mais vous ne savez rien de moi
16. Werther: Act One: Reve! Extase! Bonheur! (Charlotte, Werther)
17. Werther: Act One: Charlotte! Charlotte! Albert est de retour! (Le Bailli, Charlotte, Werther)
18. Werther: Act Two: Prelude (Orchestre) ....Vivat Bacchus! Semper vivat!
19. Werther: Act Two: Allez, chantez l'office (Johann, Schmidt)
20. Werther: Act Two: Trois mois! Voici trois mois que nous sommes unis! (Albert, Charlotte)
21. Werther: Act Two: Un autre est son epoux!
22. Werther: Act Two: J'aurais sur ma poitrine (Werther)
23. Werther: Act Two: Si! Katchen reviendra, je vous dis! (Schmidt, Johann)
24. Werther: Act Two: Au bonheur dont mon ame est pleine...Vous l'avez dit: mon ame est loyale et sincere (Albert, Werther)
25. Werther: Act Two: Frere, voyez! Voyez le beau bouquet!...Heureux! Pourais-je l'etre encore? (Sophie, Werther, Albert)
26. Werther: Act Two: Ai-je dit vrai? L'amour que j'ai pour elle Ah! qu'il est loin, ce jour plein d'intime douceur
27. Werther: Act Two: N'est-il donc pas d'autre femme
28. Werther: Act Two: Oui, ce qu'elle m'ordonne
29. Werther: Act Two: Lorsque l'enfant revient d'un voyage avant l'heure
30. Werther: Act Two: Mais venez donc! le cortege s'approche (Sophie, Werther, Charlotte, Albert)

Tracks:

1. Werther: Act Three: Prelude (Orchestra)
2. Werther: Act Three: Werther! Werther!...Qui m'aurait dit la place
3. Werther: Act Three: Des cris joyeux d'enfants montent sous ma fenetre (Charlotte)
4. Werther: Act Three: Bonjour, grand soeur! (Sophie, Charlotte)
5. Werther: Act Three: Va! Laisse couler mes larmes (Charlotte)
6. Werther: Act Three: Tiens, Charlotte, crois-moi, ne reste pas ici (Sophie, Charlotte)
7. Werther: Act Three: Ah! mon courage m'abandonne! (Charlotte)
8. Werther: Act Three: Qui, c'est moi! Je reviens! (Werner, Charlotte)
9. Werther: Act Three: Ha! bien souvent...Toute mon ame est la!...Pourquoi me reveiller, o souffle du printemps? (Werner)
10. Werther: Act Three: N'achevez pas! Helas!
11. Werther: Act Three: Ah! Moi! Moi, dans ses bras! (Charlotte, Werther)
12. Werther: Act Three: Werther, est de retour...on la vu revenir (Albert, Charlotte)
13. Werther: Act Four: Entr'acte: La Nuit de Noel (Orchestra)
14. Werther: Act Four: Werther! Werther! Rien! (Charlotte)
15. Werther: Act Four: Qui parle? Charlotte, ah! c'est toi!
16. Werther: Act Four: A cette heure supreme, je suis heureux (Charlotte, Werther)
17. Werther: Act Four: Noel! Noel! Noel!...Dieu! Ces cris joyeux (Les Enfants, Charlotte, Werther, Sophie)
18. Werther: Act Four: Ah! ses yeux se ferment!...Non...Charlotte!...je meurs (Charlotte, Werther)

Amazon.com

The modern discography of Massenet's Werther has long been dominated by the (currently out of print) Philips recording starring José Carreras and Frederica von Stade as well as the earlier EMI version with Alfredo Kraus and Tatiana Troyanos. But this EMI newcomer is within shouting distance of greatness, mainly due to conductor Antonio Pappano. Although any Werther succeeds or fails on the strength of its singers, the conductor is a crucial catalyst (on the Philips set, it's Colin Davis, while on EMI it's Michel Plasson) for maintaining the poetic intensity in a drama that can too easily seem like a naive case study in stalking. The Byronic title character essentially practices emotional blackmail on the married woman he loves by never hiding his suicidal tendencies, though one never thinks such mundane thoughts with tenor Roberto Alagna. Although his voice lacks the tenor bloom one might want, he's so at home with the role and the French language that he delivers a characterization full of imagination and immediacy, sometimes bordering on vocal genius. Soprano Angela Gheoghiu's vocal center is too high for this mezzo role, but she makes a vivid impression through the sheer force of her personality. Thomas Hampson gives vocal glamour but surprising dramatic restraint to the role of her husband, Albert. Although the sound quality is somewhat studio bound, Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra play as if it's a live performance. --David Patrick Stearns

Customer Reviews:

A star among modern Werthers, but there are others.......2006-05-28

The reviewers below have praised this EMI Werther so thoroughly that there's little to add. Gheorghiu is the only soprano besides Victoria de los Angeles (1868, also on EMI) to record this classic mezzo role, and at times one hears the strain as she reaches for the bottom notes. She lacks de los angeles's many emotional shadings, giving us instead a fairly consistent, verismo-tinged passion, but her vocalism as such is thrilling.

Roberto alagna, a native French speaker despite his name, is the only prominent Werther who can claim that distinciton. I've always felt he was much better suited to French opera than the heavier Verdi-Puccini roles that he now sings, and which (shadoes of Carreras) have led to a coarsening of his voice, along with a pronounced wobble and intonation problems. but he is a star, no doubt, and here he brings charisma and style to Wether. He takes care to find many musical shadings throughout, and since the date for this recording is 1998-99, he is nearly in best voice.

Everyone has praised Pappano (are they following the lead of The Gramophone reviewer, who thought he was the best thing here?), but Colin Davis, Georges Pretre, and Kent Nagano had done as well. Pappano;s distinciton is that he is a bit slower, more dleiberate, and self-consciously refined. I'm not sure that's always a great advantage in Massanet, whose music is given to sighs and longueurs--it can use help form an energetic conductor. EMI's recording form London is a bit distant but otherwise quite good.

IN all, this is a gripping peformance that deserves all the praise it has gotten, but it doesn't erase memories of other fine Werthers, an opera that has been amazingly successful on records. The Davis features a remarkable Charlotte in Frederica von stade and a passionate, verismo Carreras in top form (Philips), the Nagano has gorgeous if not quite idiomatic singing from von Otter and Hadley in a more low-key, melliflous style (Erato), and of course there's the classic Pretre version with de los Angeles and Gedda. This only skims the surface, for there is an oustanding live 1977 performance with Domingo and Fassbaender under Lopez-Corbos from Munich (Orfeo). Indeed, when the Amazon reviewer claims that the Plasson set with Troyanos and Kraus on EMI "dominated" the stereo era, he is far from accurate.

Another Smash Hit From The French Opera Specialists .......2006-02-25

Husband and wife singing sensatio Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu, in another stunning EMI recording, dramatically commit themselves to the passionate characters in this now forgotten opera Werther, which quite possibly is Massenet's best work. Although Alagna and Gheorghiu can sing the Italian opera repertoire with aplomb (Tosca, Trovatore, Boheme, Pagliacci, La Rondine) they have proven time and again that their strongest reperotoire is French opera. As soon as their Romeo Et Juliette hit record stores and stage houses, they were immediately hailed as today's finest French opera singers, a rarity. Not only do they possess beautiful voices but they are intensely dramatic and character-driven. Never more so than in Massenet's Werther, a Gothic romantic drama about the tormented love of the titular hero who kills himself. It's drawn from a popular Romantic-Era 19th century novel - The Sorrows of Young Werther. Both Alagna and Gheorghiu are in great vocal shape. They understand the significance of the text and they are blessed with the talents of their champion conductor, Antonio Pappano, who draws out the power in the musical score with the London Symphony Orchestra. All true fans of Alagna and Gheorghiu will want to own this one, as it is indeed their best work yet.

Roberto Alagna has been criticized for his flawed technique- he sings with self-conscious grandeur and often imitates the lyric tones of predecessors Giuseppe Di Stefano and Franco Corelli. He has a nearly "pop" style voice - all razzzle-dazzle, great volume, beautiful tone, but often fails in the more difficult music. He is however, very gifted and intelligent and attempts to sing with as much passion and drama as possible. I for one love what I hear from him, especially in this recording, where he has never sang better. Angela Gheorghiou sings with her usual dramatic diva flair - thrilling high notes, tessitura, chest voice, musicality and all the good things she has used for other great hits like Juliette and Manon. But in this performance, while it is still good, she is not really in her element. This is a mezzo-soprano role. Charlotte, Werther's unattainable love, must sing with mezzo soprano voice in order to seduce Werther a la Bizet's Carmen. While it is definately a role for a high mezzo, it is not for the purely soprano voice of Angela Gheorghiu. You have to be a fan of these two in order to appreciate Gheorghiu's treatment of a mezzzo soprano role. It is basically the same thing as her Carmen, another mezzo soprano role. If you want to hear outstanding mezzo sopranos in Werther check out the dramatic mezzo style of Brigitte Fassbaender who is by far the best intepretor or check out Federica Von Stade who sings a cooler and less intense Charlotte opposite the supercharged Jose Carreras. Pappano does a great job with the music - bloom, brilliance, darkness and this is by far the best modern recording of the opera.

¿El mejor Werther despues de Kraus?.......2004-10-23

Sorprendente acierto de la EMI (la casa para la que grababa Alfredo Kraus, uno de los interpretes de referencia del papel de 'Werther') al confiar a una de las parejas mas activas discograficamente del momento, Roberto Alagna y Angela Gheorghiu, la grabacion de 'Werther' en 1999 (justo el año de la muerte del mitico Kraus)
Y digo sorprendente porque quizas ROBERTO ALAGNA sea el mejor interprete de Werther desde el mitico Kraus. Sus interpretaciones son muy diferentes entre si, ya que Alagna muestra un timbre mas baritonal que el liviano de Kraus y un canto mas afrancesado: Un canto elegante y entregado capaz de llegar a los agudos sin grandes problemas, que hacen de Alagna seguramente el mejor Werther de su generacion (y por tanto el mejor despues de Kraus).
Como Charlotte encontramos a la soprano ANGELA GHEORGHIU, en un papel que aunque habitualmente es cantado por mezzos, le queda francamente bien: la voz doliente y expresiva de Gheorghiu se presta perfectamente a la psicologia de Charlotte, y la quimica con Alagna en los duos de amor (sobra decir que es su esposo en la vida real) es total.
Completando el reparto nos encontramos con los lujos de PATRICIA PETIBON (una Sophie cuyo timbre recuerda mucho al de Natalie Dessay) y el Albert de un THOMAS HAMPSON que es todo sutilidad. El resto del reparto rinde tambien a buen nivel.
ANTONIO PAPPANO dirige a la LONDON SIMPHONY (que suena igual de bien que siempre) y el coro infantil canta con mucha correccion. Si a esto le sumamos un sonido magnifico (podemos oir en algunos momentos incluso los susurros de Pappano a la orquesta), esto nos lleva a pensar que este 'Werther' sea la mas adecuada segunda opcion, despues de tener la obviamente obligada de Alfredo Kraus. Muy buen trabajo.

Best Werther recording since the 1930s.......2000-03-17

I will admit that I am "imprinted" on the Georges Thill/Ninon Vallin recording from the 1930s and no recording since then has even come close. But this recording does. Alagna (who is a native French speaker, in spite of the Italian name) has the diction and, more important, the style to sing poor Werther perfectly. Gheorghiu sings beautifully as well, and there is no problem with the tessitura, in spite of Charlotte generally being more comfortable for mezzos. Pappano is an up-and-coming conductor who does himself proud with this recording. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this one.

thoughts on "Werther".......2000-01-07

Perfect casting for the title role... Alagna feels *good* and sorry for himself...no problems there! Just listen to him belt and bleat through "Pourquoi"...it's no wonder Charlotte changes her mind. "Stop whining!"

This CD is worth your money, provided you already like the opera. Personally, Werther's selfishness drives me up a wall.

There's only one major problem: why is Gheorghiu singing a mezzo role? The middle register of her voice is *not* her best of show.

Average customer rating: Yes in France we can make the blues !!!

Comme à la Maison Paul Personne Manufacturer: Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000084IE Release Date: 1998-02-04

Tracks:

1. Salut!
2. Boom Boom
3. Le Role...On L'a D'ja!
4. General Lee
5. Fantomes
6. Nuits Blanches...Etoilees
7. Vagabondage
8. Quelqu'un Appelle
9. Lavomatics
10. P'tit Blues
11. En Cabane Sur Les Branche
12. Serenity Street
13. Picnic Existentiel Au Bor
14. Cow-Boy
15. Le Bourdon
16. Repaire
17. Melancolie

Album Details

L'original Series. Reissue of the Original Album. Digitally Remastered. Digipack.

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Yes in France we can make the blues !!!.......2000-08-09

Surely the best blue artist in France. A very good guitar player. He playing for another french artists (Eddy Mitchell, Johnny Halliday ...)

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Tracks:

1. Un Ballo In Maschera: Alla Vita
2. Un Ballo In Maschera: Eri Tu
3. Ernani: O De' Verd' Anni Miei
4. Rigoletto: Pari Siamo
5. Il Trovatore: Il Balen del Suo Sorriso
6. La Traviata: Di Provenza Il Mar, Il Suol
7. Faust: Avant De Quitter Ces Lieux
8. Le Damnation De Faust: Devant La Maison (Serenata)
9. Hamlet: O Vin, Dissipe La Tristesse (Brindisi)
10. Hamlet: Comme Une Pale Fleur
11. Dinorah: Ah! Mon Remords Te Venge
12. L'Africana: All'erta Marinar...Adamastor, Re Dell' Onde Profonde
13. Lucia Di Lammermoor: Cruda Funesta Smania
14. La Favorita: A Tanto Amor
15. Nabucco: Chi Mi Toglie
16. Nabucco: Dio Di Guida
17. Otello: Brindisi
18. Otello: Era La Notte
19. Tannhauser: Als Du Im Kuhnen Sange Uns Bestrittest
20. Tannhauser: O Du, Mein Holder Abendstern
21. Tosca: Te Deum
22. Tosca: Gia, Mi Dicon Venal
23. Zaza: Buona Zaza
24. Zaza: Zaza, Piccola Zingara

Average customer rating: The art of Ninon Vallin.

Ninon Vallin: Opera & Mélodie Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Chabrier | Chabrier, Alexis Emanuel | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Lalo, Edouard | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | 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 General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | 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 Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000000WXU Release Date: 1993-01-21

Tracks:

1. Le Roi D'Ys: Margared, O Ma Soeur...En Silence
2. Les Pecheurs De Perles: Me Voila Seule...Comme Autrefois
3. Carmen: Habanera
4. Carmen: Seguidilla
5. Carmen: Les Tringles Des Sistres
6. Carmen: Air Des Cartes
7. Carmen: C'est Toi (Final Duet)
8. Herodiade: Il Est Doux
9. Louise: Depuis Le Jour
10. L'enfant Prodigue: Air De Lia
11. Fortunio: La Maison Grise
12. Chanson Georgienne
13. L'ile Heureuse
14. Les Berceaux, Op.23/1
15. Phidyle
16. Chant Hindou
17. Green (Ariettes Oubliees-5)

Customer Reviews:

The art of Ninon Vallin........2004-01-24

This Pearl issue is one of the few CDs devoted entirely to the great French soprano Ninon Vallin. Listen to the Lalo duet on Track 1 (one of the earliest and best recordings here) and you'll hear a singer who knows perfectly how to maximize her own vocal resources, how to project every subtlety of the French language, and how to cast a spell. Most aspects of her art are well represented here and the transfers are exemplary. I live in hopes of finding a reissue of her recording of Reynaldo Hahn's "La Dernière Valse", a song I heard her sing in a recital many years ago.

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The Complete Gramophone Recordings 1901-1908 Manufacturer: Marston 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 Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | 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 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 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 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 ASIN: B000004BOH Release Date: 1997-12-09

Tracks:

1. La Favorite: Leonor, Viens
2. La Damnation De Faust: Voici Des Roses
3. Tannhauser: Jadis Quand Tu Luttas
4. Guillaume Tell: Sois Immobile
5. Le Rondel De L'adieu
6. Roi De Lahore: Promesse De Mon Avenir
7. Le Soir
8. Favorite: Pour Tant D'Amour
9. Hamlet: Je N'Ai Rien Oublie ... Comme Une Pale Fleur
10. Carmen: Votre Toast Je Peux Vous Le Rendre
11. Damnation De Faust: Devant La Maison
12. Tannhauser: O Douce Etoile
13. Le Chemin Du Ciel
14. Noel Paien
15. Fliegende Hollander: Du Temps Passe
16. Le Rondel De L'adieu
17. Le Chemin Du Ciel
18. L'Africaine: Fille Des Rois
19. La Damnation De Faust: Vrau Dueym Nessueyrs ... Une Puce Gentille
20. La Damnation De Faust: Voici Des Roses
21. La Favorite: Pour Tant D'Amour
22. Hamlet: Comme Une Pale Fleur
23. Guillaume Tell: Sois Immobile
24. Tannhauser: O Douce Etoile
25. Favorite: Leonor, Viens

Tracks:

1. Carmen: Votre Toast Je Peux Vous Le Rendre
2. Le Roi De Lahore: Promesse De Mon Avenir
3. Le Soir
4. Noel Paien
5. Plaisir D'Amour
6. Herodiade: Vision Fugitive
7. Don Giovanni: Parais A Ta Fenetre & Tu Ch'Hai La Bocca Dolce
8. Damnation De Faust: Maintenant, Chantons A Cette Belle ... Devant La Maison
9. Herodiade: Vision Fugitve
10. La Favorite: Pour Tant D'Amour
11. Tannhauser: O Douce Etoile
12. La Damnation De Faust: Voici Des Roses
13. LA Favorite: Leonor, Viens
14. Hamlet: Comme Une Pale Fleur
15. Guillaume Tell: Sois Immobile
16. Le Roi De Lahore: Promesse De Mon Avenir
17. La Favorite: Pour Tant D'Amour
18. La Damnation De Faust: Devant La Maison
19. Don Giovanni: Parais A Ta Fenetre & Tu Ch'Hai La Bocca Dolce
20. Herodiade: Vision Fugitive
21. Sigurd: Et Toi Freia

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Born in 1869, Renaud inherited the mantle of French baritone actor/singers Jean Lassalle and Victor Maurel. He deploys his ample resources with supple restraint and tonal eloquence. Note values are often stretched beyond anything we hear today. One will scarcely recognize Mozart's Don Giovanni Serenade (in French and Italian), for instance, but the traditional ornaments are in place. Perhaps "Pour tant d'amour" and "Leonor, viens" from Donizetti's La Favorite are a tad garish, yet Renaud's ardent approach suits Massenet's Vision Fugitive to a tee, in three different versions. Conversely, the singer's attention to details of rhythm and phrasing in Berlioz's Serenade never detract from the purity of tone. Thorough annotations and splendid transfers add up to a desirable, though specialized, reissue. --Jed Distler

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6. Dominique Paris [Import]
7. Einfach Danke [Import]
8. Eisbrecher [Original recording remastered] [Import]
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10. En Solitaire [Original recording remastered] [Import]

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