French Opera Arias
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Composer or Director: Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Hector Berlioz, Giuseppe Verdi, Georges Bizet, Gustave Charpentier, Claude Debussy, Christoph Gluck, Jacques Offenbach
Label: EMI
Magazine Review Date: 2/1990
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: EL749863-4
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Louise, Movement: Depuis le jour |
Gustave Charpentier, Composer
Gustave Charpentier, Composer Jeffrey Tate, Conductor Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
(L') Enfant prodigue, Movement: Récit et Air de Lia, 'L'année en vain chasse l'année' |
Claude Debussy, Composer
Claude Debussy, Composer Jeffrey Tate, Conductor Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
(La) Damnation de Faust, Movement: ~ |
Hector Berlioz, Composer
Hector Berlioz, Composer Jeffrey Tate, Conductor Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
(Les) Contes d'Hoffmann, '(The) Tales of Hoffmann', Movement: Elle a fui, la tourterelle |
Jacques Offenbach, Composer
Jacques Offenbach, Composer Jeffrey Tate, Conductor Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
Iphigénie en Tauride, Movement: ~ |
Christoph Gluck, Composer
Christoph Gluck, Composer Jeffrey Tate, Conductor Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
Manon, Movement: ~ |
Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer
Jeffrey Tate, Conductor Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
(Le) Cid, Movement: ~ |
Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer
Jeffrey Tate, Conductor Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
Hérodiade, Movement: ~ |
Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer
Jeffrey Tate, Conductor Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
(Les) Pêcheurs de Perles, '(The) Pearl Fishers', Movement: ~ |
Georges Bizet, Composer
Georges Bizet, Composer Jeffrey Tate, Conductor Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
Don Carlos, Movement: Toi qui sus le néant des grandeurs |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Jeffrey Tate, Conductor Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
Composer or Director: Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Hector Berlioz, Giuseppe Verdi, Georges Bizet, Gustave Charpentier, Claude Debussy, Christoph Gluck, Jacques Offenbach
Label: EMI
Magazine Review Date: 2/1990
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 66
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 749863-2
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Louise, Movement: Depuis le jour |
Gustave Charpentier, Composer
Gustave Charpentier, Composer Jeffrey Tate, Conductor Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
(L') Enfant prodigue, Movement: Récit et Air de Lia, 'L'année en vain chasse l'année' |
Claude Debussy, Composer
Claude Debussy, Composer Jeffrey Tate, Conductor Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
(La) Damnation de Faust, Movement: ~ |
Hector Berlioz, Composer
Hector Berlioz, Composer Jeffrey Tate, Conductor Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
(Les) Contes d'Hoffmann, '(The) Tales of Hoffmann', Movement: Elle a fui, la tourterelle |
Jacques Offenbach, Composer
Jacques Offenbach, Composer Jeffrey Tate, Conductor Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
Iphigénie en Tauride, Movement: ~ |
Christoph Gluck, Composer
Christoph Gluck, Composer Jeffrey Tate, Conductor Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
Manon, Movement: ~ |
Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer
Jeffrey Tate, Conductor Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
(Le) Cid, Movement: ~ |
Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer
Jeffrey Tate, Conductor Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
Hérodiade, Movement: ~ |
Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer
Jeffrey Tate, Conductor Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
(Les) Pêcheurs de Perles, '(The) Pearl Fishers', Movement: ~ |
Georges Bizet, Composer
Georges Bizet, Composer Jeffrey Tate, Conductor Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
Don Carlos, Movement: Toi qui sus le néant des grandeurs |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Jeffrey Tate, Conductor Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
Author:
Then, interestingly, there we were, suddenly in touch with reality. This was in the final aria, Elisabeth de Valois's great solo from Act 5 of Don Carlos, let in by the back door to this French recital on the grounds that Verdi wrote it originally to a French text. Here the presence is substantial flesh and blood; the right non-self-assertive note is struck at the start, and all the changes of mood are realized with some particularity. No competition with Callas's magnificent ''pace dell'avel'' is offered in this modest submission: it is a performance in the tradition of Meta Seinemeyer and Gre Brouwenstijn, finely accompanied as are all these arias, by the Covent Garden Orchestra playing their best for Jeffrey Tate. ''All's well that ends well'' may be a profound untruth- a happy conclusion is very welcome even so.'
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