Ah! Les Femmes [Import]

1. Ah! Les Femmes

2. L'homme Et L'enfant

3. L'enfant De La Balle

4. Je Vais Revoir Ma Blonde

5. Mon Ami Reveille-Toi

6. Gina

7. Ce Diable Noir

8. Il N'y A Que Toi Pour Fai

9. Old Man River

10. Cigarettes, Whisky Et P't

11. Mes Pieds

12. Si Ma Vie Recommencait

13. Et Bailler...Et Dormir

14. Je Prends Les Choses Du B

15. Les Amoureux Du Havre

16. Le T'aime Comme Ca

17. La Filles Des Bois

18. Ca Me Demange

Ah! Les Femmes,Eddy Constantin,Universal/Polygram,World Music

Average customer rating: Bizet: Les Pêcheurs De Perles My review middle of the road performance Opera to love Wonderful piece of work

Bizet: Les Pêcheurs des perles; Ivan IV Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Box Sets | Stores | Music ASIN: B000002SFC Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Les Pechuers De Perles: Prld - Comic Opr Nat Theatre Orch/Pierre Dervaux
2. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.1. Choeur: Sur la greve en feu - Ernest Blanc/Nicolai Gedda/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
3. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.1. Scene et choeur: Amis, interrompez vos danses - Ernest Blanc/Nicolai Gedda/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
4. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.1. Recit et reprise du choeur danse: Demeure parmi nous, Nadir - Ernest Blanc/Nicolai Gedda/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
5. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.2. Recit: Cest toi qu'enfin je revois - Ernest Blanc/Nicolai Gedda
6. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.2. Duo: Au fond du temple saint - Ernest Blanc/Nicolai Gedda
7. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.3. Recit: Que vois-je? - Ernest Blanc/Nicolai Gedda
8. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.3. Choeur: Elle vient... Sois la bienvenue - Ernest Blanc/Janine Micheau/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
9. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.3. Scene et choeur: Seule au milieu de nous - Ernest Blanc/Janine Micheau/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
10. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.4. Recit: A cette voix - Nicolai Gedda
11. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.4. Romance: Je crois encore entendre - Nicolai Gedda
12. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.5. Scene et choeur:Le ciel est bleu - Nicolai Gedda/Jacques Mars/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
13. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.5. Air et choeur: O Dieu Brahma! - Janine Micheau/Nicolai Gedda/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
14. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act II, No.6. Entracte, scene et choeur: L'ombre descend des cieux - Janine Micheau/Nicolai Gedda/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
15. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act II, No.7. Recit et cavatine: Me voila seule dans la nuit - Janine Micheau
16. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act II, No.8. Chanson: De mon amie - Janine Micheau/Nicolai Gedda
17. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act II, No.9. Duo: Leila! Dieu puissant - Janine Micheau/Nicolai Gedda
18. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act II, No.10. Final: Ah! Revenez a la raison - Janine Micheau/Nicolai Gedda/Jacques Mars

Tracks:

1. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.10. Final: Arretez! C'est a moi d'ordonner - Ernest Blanc/Janine Micheau/Nicolai Gedda/Jacques Mars/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
2. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.11. Entracte, recit et air L'orages'est calme...o Nadir - Ernest Blanc
3. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.12. Recit: Qu'ai-je vu? - Ernest Blanc/Janine Micheau
4. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.12. Duo: Jefremis, je chancelle - Janine Micheau/Ernest Blanc
5. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.12. Scene:Entends au loin... - Jaques Mars/Janine Micheau/Ernest Blanc
6. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.13. Choeur danse:Des que le soleil - Comic Opr Nat Theatre Orch/Pierre Dervaux
7. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.14. Scene et choeur: Sombres divinites - Jaques Mars/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux/Ernest Blanc
8. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.15. Trio: O lumiere sainte - Janine Micheau/Nicolai Gedda/Ernest Blanc
9. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.16. Final: Cesont eux, les voici - Ernest Blanc/Nicolai Gedda/Janine Micheau/Jacques Mars/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
10. Ivan IV: Act I, Duo: Puisses-tu voir longtemps encore - Janine Micheau/Michel Senechal
11. Ivan IV: Act I, Final du premier tableau: Victoire! Victorie! Chantez! - Pierre Savignol/Henre Legay/Nat Chor de la R.T.F./Georges Tzipine
12. Ivan IV: Act I, Serenade: Ouvre ton coeur a l'amour qui m'enflamme - Michel Senechal
13. Ivan IV: Act I, Recit et chand du Cosak: Et c'est un chant de femmes... - Michel Roux/Louis Noguera/Nat Chor de la R.T.F./Georges Tzipine
14. Ivan IV: Act II, Choeur danse: Sous nos pas resonnent... - Nat Orch de la R.T.F./Georges Tzipine
15. Ivan IV: Act III, Air de Mare: II me semble parfois que mavie est un songe - Janine Micheau
16. Ivan IV: Act III, Recit et air d'Igor: La vengeance va donc etre enfin satisfaite...Pourquoi me verr - Henri Legay
17. Ivan IV: Act III, Duo: Marie ! Igor! - Henri Legay/Janine Micheau
18. Ivan IV: Act III, Final: Voyez! Ah! Mon epouse... - Janine Micheau/Henri Legay/Michel Senechal/Michel Roux/Pierre Savignol/Louis Noguera...
19. Ivan IV: Act IV, Final: A mort! A mort! - Janine Micheau/Henri Legay/Michel Senechal/Michel Roux/Pierre Savignol/Louis Noguera...

Customer Reviews:

Bizet: Les Pêcheurs De Perles.......2004-02-03

Advice for the San Diego gentleman: listen to the recording first before sending in your comments. It's laughable to blindly defend Nicolai Gedda's singing in Nadir's role without even listening to the recording!

While I gave this recording five stars for its glorious sound and very good performance from all stars including Mr. Nicolai Gedda, he does indeed sound a bit strained in the romance "Je crois encore entendre". This is not surprising since Bizet wrote this passage in extremely high notes!

I highly recommend this recording to all Bizet fans.

My review.......2003-02-17

Nicolai Gedda is my favorite tenor in the non-Italian repertory. He excelled in French, German, and operetta roles, both French and Viennese. Even though I have not listened to this recording yet, I am sure that he does a good job in this recording of Bizet's second most popular opera after the ubiquitous "Carmen". He was a great Don José, the best non-French one who ever recorded the role (no offense to Corelli, Domingo, and Vickers). It is fair to assume that he does a good job with the demanding role of Nadir. To say that he sometimes sounds a bit strained in this role is blasphemous. He excelled in roles that had high tessituras. He had great success in "Le Postillon de Lonjumeau", "Oberon", and "Benvenuto Cellini". This recording was made in October 1960. Gedda was only at the beginning of his glorious prime. Do not believe the person who said he sounds strained in this role. He is biased against Gedda, who happens to be one of his fellow countrymen. Gedda also was very committed dramatically to each and every role that he sung. To say that he sings Nadir's aria without any emotions is false exaggeration in the greatest sense. Gedda was a superb interpreter of French roles and it can be assumed, on my part that is, that he gives an above-average performance in this opera. Remember, I have not listened to this recording yet.

middle of the road performance.......2001-11-06

This is a perfect example of studio recordings with opera stars that ought to be very good, but somehow fails. There is nothing obviously 'wrong' with this recording, but it surely doesn't engage either.

The voices are generally good - Gedda's Nadir is smooth and beautiful, idiomatic in style, if sometimes a little strained under pressure - and that's not strange - Nadir's writing is very high. The romance 'je crois entendre encore' is however a wonder of precision and smoothness, technically perfect indeed, but it's rather hard to imagine that he sings a romance when there's no trace of feelings there. Janine Micheau on the other side is as always rather dry in tone, but perfectly french in style, and her vibrato is not as wide as it sometimes could be - and her performance is, I think, the most 'felt' of the three main roles. Ernest Blanc as Zurga is also rather unengaged, although with a firm and effective voice. The conducting is also rather uninspired, and perhaps that's the main problem, cause an uninspired conductor can damage a whole performance.

There are at least three better recordings according to my taste, and one of them stand clearly ahead of the other: the live recording from 1959 with Vanzo/Micheau/Baquier and Rosenthal as conductor, available here on Amazon.com. A typically french performance with all the positive effects of a live recording captured in good sound and hardly none of the negative ones, combined with wonderful singers in their prime. Vanzo, as Nadir, is alone worth the purchase (it's also budget priced!). Thereafter I think the two mono recordings from Philips (Simoneau/Alarie/Bianco/Fournet) and EMI (Legay/Angelici/Dens/Cluytens) are good. There are studio recording with more modern sound, but they all let you down in one way or the other - you might as well go for this one in comparission to them.

Compared to other more modern stereo versions, this one has the great advantage of giving us highlights from the very rare Bizet opera 'Ivan IV' with an other conductor and different cast. For the real Bizet fans this alone might be worth the purchase, but if you just want a good version of this lovely opera, go for one of the three I've mentioned above.

Opera to love.......2000-04-19

Bizet wrote some of the most beautiful melodies in classical music, and this opera abounds with some of his best. Filled with breathtaking arias, the exotic setting of Ceylon and glorious poetry, The Pearl Fishers is more lush and visceral than Carmen. James Michener's The Drifters was my introduction to this opera; in the Winona Ryder version of Little Women, Gabriel Byrne as Professor Baehr takes Jo to a production of Les Pecheurs de Perles. This is a wonderful recording of a very accessible piece of music.

Wonderful piece of work.......1998-12-07

This wonderful piece of work by Bizet is not as popular as Carmen, and this is a pity, for the melodies and voice registers used by the composers are really talking to the soul. This version, although not recent, is the best I know by the quality of performers and sound recording. Definitely worth buying.

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Spontini - Le Vestale / Huffstodt, Michaels-Moore, Kavrakos, D. Graves, Teatro alla Scala, Muti Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000002AR4 Release Date: 1995-10-31

Tracks:

1. La Vestale: Ouverture
2. La Vestale: Act One: La nuit acheve sa carriere (Licinius)
3. La Vestale: Act One: Pres de ce temple auguste (Cinna, Licinius); Air: Dans le sien d'un ami Fidele (Cinne, Licinius)
4. La Vestale: Act One: Duo: Quand l'amitie seconde mon courage (Licinius, Cinna)
5. La Vestale: Act One: Hymne du matin: Fille du ciel (Choer, la Grande Vestale, Julia)
6. La Vestale: Act One: Pour la derniere fois (La Grande Vestale, Julia)
7. La Vestale: Act One: Air: L'Amour est un monstre barbare (La Grande Vestale, Julia)
8. La Vestale: Act One: O d'un pouvoir funeste, invincible ascendant! (Julia, choer); Air: Licinius, je vais donc te revoir (Julia, choer)
9. La Vestale: Final: De lauriers couvrons les chemins (Choer, Licinius)
10. La Vestale: Final: Sur le depot de la flamme immortelle La Grande Vestale, Licinius, Cinna, choer)
11. La Vestale: Final: Grands dieux! soutenez ma faiblesse (Julia, Licinius, la Grande Vestale, le Souverain Pontife, Cinna, choer, un consul)
12. La Vestale: Final: La paix est en ce jour le prix de vos conquetes (choer)
13. La Vestale: Ballet: No. 1: Allegro marziale
14. La Vestale: Ballet: No. 2: Presto - Allegretto spirituoso
15. La Vestale: Ballet: No. 3: Andante con moto - Andante un poco lento
16. La Vestale: Ballet: Allegro con brio
17. La Vestale: Ballet: No. 4: Allegro brillante - Andante cantabile
18. La Vestale: Ballet: Allegretto con spiritu
19. La Vestale: Ballet: No. 5: Allegro marziale - Andante cantabile
20. La Vestale: Ballet: No. 6: Allegro moderato
21. La Vestale: Ballet: Peuple, cessez vos jeux (Le Souverain Pontife, choer)

Tracks:

1. La Vestale: Act Two: Hymne du soir: Feu createur (Choer, la Grande Vestale)
2. La Vestale: Act Two: Air: Toi que j'implore avec affroi (Julia)
3. La Vestale: Act Two: Air: Impitoyables dieux! (Julia)
4. La Vestale: Act Two: Julia - Je l'entends (Licinius, Julia); Air: Les dieux prendront pitie (Licinius, Julia); Duo: Quel trouble... Quels transports... (Licinius, Julia)
5. La Vestale: Act Two: Suis moi! (Cinna, Licinius, Julia); Trio: Ah! si je te suis chere (Julia, Licinius, Cinna, choer)
6. La Vestale: Act Two: Il vivra ... D'un oeil ferme (Julia, choer)
7. La Vestale: Act Two: Les dieux demandent vengeance (Choer)
8. La Vestale: Act Two: O crime! o desepoir! (Le Souverain Pontife, Julia, la Grande Vestale, choer); Final: Sa bouche a pronoce l'arret (La Grande Verstale, le Souverain Pontife, choer)
9. La Vestale: O des infortunes deesse tutelaire! (Juilia)
10. La Vestale: Nommez le mortel temeraire (Le Souverain Pontife, Julia, choer)

Tracks:

1. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Qu'ai-je vu! quels apprets! (Licinius); Air: Julia va Mourir! (Licinius)
2. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Cinna, que fait l'armee? (Licinius, Cinna); Air: ce n'est pas le temps d'ecouter (Cinna, Licinius)
3. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Pontife de nos dieux! (Licinius,le Souverain Pontife); Duo: C'est a toi de trembler (Licinius, le Souverain Pontife)
4. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Differons, croyez-moi, l'instant du sacrifice (Le Souverain Pontife, le chef des aruspices)
5. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Choeur et Marche funeraire: Perisse la vestale impie (Choerm la Grande Vestale)
6. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Duo: Adieu, mes tendres soeurs (Julia, la Grande Vestale)
7. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Un peupole entier demande que j'expire (Julia); Air: Toi que je laisse sur la terre (Julia)
8. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Dieux puissants de cet empire (Le Souverain Pontife, choer); Choer de Femmes: Vesta, nous t'implorons (La Grande Vestale, choer, le Sourverain Pontife, julia)
9. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Arretez, ministres de la mort! (licinius, Julia, choer, le Souverain Pontife); Final: O terreur! o disgrace! (Choer, le Souverain Pontife, Licinius, Cinna, Julia)
10. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Chants d'allegresse (Choer, Julia); Duodu Deuxieme Acte: Sur cet autel sacre (Julia, Licinius, choer)
11. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Airs de Ballet - No. 1: Larghetto sostenuto -
12. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: No. 1: Airs de Ballet - Allegretto grazioso
13. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Airs de Ballet - No. 2: Andante cantabile -
14. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: No. 2: Airs de Ballet - Allegretto
15. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Airs de Ballet - No. 3: Allegro con moto

Average customer rating: ugly men with beautiful voices....

Ah! Les Femmes Eddy Constantin Manufacturer: Universal/Polygram ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | International General | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | International General | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000084K5 Release Date: 1998-02-04

Tracks:

1. Ah! Les Femmes
2. L'homme Et L'enfant
3. L'enfant De La Balle
4. Je Vais Revoir Ma Blonde
5. Mon Ami Reveille-Toi
6. Gina
7. Ce Diable Noir
8. Il N'y A Que Toi Pour Fai
9. Old Man River
10. Cigarettes, Whisky Et P't
11. Mes Pieds
12. Si Ma Vie Recommencait
13. Et Bailler...Et Dormir
14. Je Prends Les Choses Du B
15. Les Amoureux Du Havre
16. Le T'aime Comme Ca
17. La Filles Des Bois
18. Ca Me Demange

Customer Reviews:

ugly men with beautiful voices...........2004-10-07

...and who might not make it in today's music world, where people should first of all look sexy... Eddie Constantine had an odd face, scarred by acne, and sharp eyes. Still he made it as an actor and as a singer. Not hard to believe once you listen to this voice. This hard-faced man had a really beautiful, playful voice, just right for chansons. And he really sounds like he loved singing. And as all the old chanson singers, he uses French very clearly and beautifully, you could use them very well in studying French.

I admit, I like more the bold, wicked chanson of Brel, and these songs sound old-fashioned, but if you like singers like Piaf, Montand and Aznavour, you'll probably love this, too. Especially Montand comes very easily to mind. It's interesting to hear American standards sung like this, in French and in a very French way, though Constantine sings in English, too - very French English : ) Ce diable noir (That old black magic) and Je vois revoir ma blonde (The yellow rose of Texas) are nicely done. My personal highlights are L'homme et l'enfant, (sung with his daughter) and La fille des bois. They were both old songs, when I was a child, but their Finnish versions were very popular and often played still, so I knew them, just had never heard them by Constantine. I'm glad I finally remembered this guy and heard them. Recordings are about as good as they could be, being this old, so you might keep it in mind: they didn't use multiple tracks back then.

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Anthologie de l'Opérette, 1850-1950 (Box Set) Manufacturer: Forlane ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Lehár, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Offenbach | Offenbach, Jacques | ( O ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romberg, Sigmund | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Thomas | Thomas, Ambroise | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005EBJP Release Date: 2001-04-17

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Four French Cantatas For Baritone Manufacturer: Erato ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001Z3O Release Date: 1996-02-20

Average customer rating: Wonderfully vivid and exotic. Two-and-a-half hours of beauty

Maggie Teyte: A Vocal Portrait Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Berlioz | Berlioz, Hector | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chausson, Ernest | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Elgar | Elgar, Sir Edward | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Offenbach | Offenbach, Jacques | ( O ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Pergolesi | Pergolesi, Gio Battista | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romberg, Sigmund | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Szulc, Josef Zygmunt | ( S ) | 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 Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music 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 Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00008OP19 Release Date: 2003-05-20

Customer Reviews:

Wonderfully vivid and exotic........2003-10-07

Renowned accompanist Gerald Moore's comments about the many luminaries of C20 music that he accompanied were both pertinent and perceptive. The effect that Maggie Teyte's singing had on him, he said, made the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. Listening to this excellent anthology, you might register a similar response. Try two of the songs by Reynaldo Hahn, in which she is accompanied by Gerald Moore, and you will be aware of singing that is at once a crie de coeur and ecstatic.

At an advanced age, Maggie Teyte proved to be a feisty and imperious subject in many radio interviews. She had much to tell, of course, about many of the composers with whom she worked, some of whose songs she sings here. She also admitted that recordings such as these, made late in her career, carried her name to all parts of the world and opened doors into large, well-filled concert halls. The vocal longevity was remarkable. Her last recording here, Ravel's Sheherazade, was made in her 60th year. One critic welcomed it with the description "wonderfully vivid and exotic", and that is how it still sounds to me.

You'll find many ratities here, including a clean copy of a discarded duet Maggie Teyte recorded with John McCormack. The Irish tenor holds the last note for almost half a bar longer than Maggie Teyte does - an irregularity that possibly caused the recording to remain unissued for many years.

Two-and-a-half hours of beauty.......2003-06-02

This two CD issue from Naxos of singing by Maggie Teyte (1888-1976) is a treat for two different audiences. For those of us who have long known and loved her voice, it is 2 1/2 hours of mostly French mélodies and arias sung as only she could sing them, in a pristine restoration by that wizard, Ward Marston. For those who don't know her singing, it is a fabulous introduction at budget price to a singer who put the stamp of her unmistakable personality on everything she sang with great musicality, intelligence, impeccable diction, and purity of tone throughout her range.

Included are fifteen mélodies by Debussy (Fetes galantes I & II, Trois Chansons de Bilitis, Le Promenoir de deux amants, et al.) accompanied by the inimitable Alfred Cortot. Almost all the other piano-accompanied songs are with Gerald Moore, that paragon who accompanied every important artist of his era. Also included are Ravel's Schéhérazade, some of the best known Fauré songs (Aprés un reve, Nell, Clair de lune), the delectable Psyché of Paladilhe, and three by Reynaldo Hahn (Offrande, L'Heure exquise, and Si mes vers avaient des ailes). There are assorted other songs by Purcell, Martini, Pergolesi, a couple of selections from Berlioz's Nuit d'été (Absence, and Spectre de la rose), Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Chausson, Duparc (Phydilé, L'Ivitation au voyage), Offenbach (Tu n'es pas beau), Messager. It ends with several songs in English by Elgar (Pleading), Quilter (the exquisite Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal), Thomas's Night Hymn at Sea (with John McCormack, and never before released), a song from a Kennedy Russell operetta, and Romberg's Deep in My Heart, Dear.

The last songs were recorded when she was over sixty and one cannot hear any erosion of the voice at all. It had maintained its fragile lyric beauty after more than forty years of performing.

Some of these performances are available on other labels (e.g. Pearl) but at much higher price. You simply cannot go wrong here. One again Naxos has given us an issue of major historical interest. Long may they continue this effort!

Recommended.

Scott Morrison

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Ah! Les Femmes Eddie Constantine Manufacturer: Msi Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000N0PC14 Release Date: 1998-02-04

World Music:

1. Ai Mouraria
2. At the Rio Jazz Club [Live]
3. Barbara [Import]
4. C'est Beau La Vie [Import]
5. Cajun Spirit
6. Cerisier Rose Et Pommier Blanc [Import]
7. Chatelet 93 [Live] [Import]
8. Chatterton [Import]
9. Classic Irish Songs
10. Confessions Publiques [Import]

World Music

world music

World Music

Supercharged

Prokofiev

Red Dirt Girl

At Ukiah 1959 [Live]

Mezzanine de l'Alcazar, Vol. 4 [Import]

My First Time Around

Luna

Now or Never (Bonus DVD) [Limited Edition]

Mosquitos [Import]

Mozart: Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter" [Original recording remastered]

Rome Wasn't Built in a Day [CD-single] [Import]

Mexicanazo Power

Llevame Contigo [Enhanced]

The Music Never Stopped: Roots of the Grateful Dead

Deceiver