The Massenet Edition
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Label: Decca
Cat No: 4783963
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 23
Release Date: 25th June 2012
Contents
About
Richard Bonynge has been a lifelong champion of Massenet and his reference-status recordings of the ballets are included as an integral element in this edition. He also features as an accompanist to Huguette Tourangeau in a widely-admired but long out of print recording of a selection of Massenet Songs.
The 140-page booklet includes full cast lists of the operas and detailed track lists. Opera critic and writer George Hall has written an article on Massenet's life and works, and Richard Bonynge also contributes a personal note on his discovery and love of Massenet's music.
A CD-ROM contains the opera libretti and song texts with translations.
This comprehensive 23-CD set, with a wealth of glorious music, is a must for all Massenet fans and lovers of French music alike.
Contents:
CD 1 & 2
- Don Quichotte
Jean-Marie Fremeau, Regine Crespin, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Gabriel Bacquier
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Kazimierz Kord
- Hérodiade: Arias
- Le Cid: Arias
- Fantasy for cello and orchestra
Jascha Silberstein (cello), L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Richard Bonynge
CD 3-5
- Esclarmonde
Joan Sutherland, Huguette Tourangeau, Giacomo Aragall, Louis Quilico, Clifford Grant, Ryland Davies
John Alldis Choir, National Philharmonic Orchestra / Richard Bonynge
CD 6 & 7
- Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame
Roberto Alagna, Francesco Ellero d'Artegna, Stefano Antonucci, Marc Larcher
Orchestre National de Montpellier / Enrique Diemecke
CD 8-10
- Manon
Beverly Sills, Gérard Souzay, Nicolai Gedda, Gabriel Bacquier, Nico Castel, Michel Trempont
Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia Orchestra / Julius Rudel
CD 11 & 12
- Le Roi de Lahore
Luis Lima, Joan Sutherland, Sherrill Milnes, Huguette Tourangeau
National Philharmonic Orchestra / Bonynge
CD 13 & 14
- Thaïs
Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Isabelle Cals, Marie Devellereau, Stefano Palatchi
Orchestre National de Bordeaux-Aquitaine / Yves Abel
CD 15
- Thérèse
Huguette Tourangeau, Ryland Davies, Louis Quilico, Neilson Taylor
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Richard Bonynge
CD 16 & 17
- Werther
José Carreras, Frederica Von Stade, Isobel Buchanan, Thomas Allen, Robert Lloyd
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Colin Davis
CD 18
Songs
Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo-soprano) · Joan Sutherland (soprano)
Richard Bonynge (piano)
CD 19 & 20
- Manon (ballet)
Based on extracts from works by Jules Massenet, arranged and orchestrated by Leighton Lucas, with the assistance of Hilda Gaunt
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Richard Bonynge
CD 21
Le Cid - ballet music
- Scènes alsaciennes
- Scènes dramatiques
Orchestral music from Le roi de Lahore, Thaïs, Cendrillon
NPO / LSO / Bonynge
CD 22
- Le Carillon
- Cigale
National Philharmonic Orchestra / Richard Bonynge
CD 23: Rarities and historic recordings
Orchestral music from La Navarraise, Chérubin, Lamento d'Ariane
Various orchestras / Richard Bonynge
- Scènes pittoresques
- Scènes alsaciennes
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra / Albert Woolf
CD-ROM
Opera libretti, song texts & translations
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