Berlioz - Benvenuto Cellini
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Label: LSO Live
Cat No: LSO0623
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 28th April 2008
Contents
Artists
Gregory KundeLaura Claycomb
Darren Jeffery
Andrew Kennedy
Isabelle Cals
John Relyea
Peter Coleman-Wright
Jacques Imbrailo
Andrew Foster-Williams
Alasdair Elliott
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Sir Colin DavisWorks
Benvenuto Cellini, op.23 H76aArtists
Gregory KundeLaura Claycomb
Darren Jeffery
Andrew Kennedy
Isabelle Cals
John Relyea
Peter Coleman-Wright
Jacques Imbrailo
Andrew Foster-Williams
Alasdair Elliott
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Sir Colin DavisAbout
Sir Colin returned to the cycle in late-2007 with an acclaimed recording of Berlioz's oratorio 'L'enfance du Christ' and follows it here with the opera Benvenuto Cellini. Sir Colin has had a special affinity with Berlioz throughout his career, having almost single-handedly rescued many of the composer's works from obscurity.
As with so many of his compositions, Berlioz's flamboyount opera, inspired by the life of the Florentine goldsmith, proved almost impossible to cast or stage. Yet even by Berlioz's standards it contains music of incredible inventiveness and beauty. Joining Sir Colin on this new recording are a fantastic cast led by Gregory Kunde as Cellini and Laura Claycomb as Teresa.
The recording was made during edge-of-seat performances at the Barbican in London during June 2007.
Cast:
- Gregory Kunde (Cellini)
- Laura Claycomb (Teresa)
- Darren Jeffery (Balducci)
- Andrew Kennedy (Francesco)
- Isabelle Cals (Ascanio)
- John Relyea (Pope Clement VII)
- Peter Coleman-Wright (Fieramosca)
- Jacques Imbrailo (Pompeo)
- Andrew Foster-Williams (Bernardino)
- Alasdair Elliott (Cabaretier)
Slimline double case & booklet in slip case with notes in English, French & German.
Libretto in French with English translation. Sung in French.
Concert Reviews:
"In Davis's hands, its [the opera's] originality and imagination are fully vindicated. The cast attack the piece with skill and immense vigour. Gregory Kunde rises to the full stature of Berlioz's thinly disguised self-portrait of the artist as romantic hero. Davis's identification with the score brings out the best in his forces, allowing this neglected work to register as a masterpiece" - *****The Guardian
"every last detail … is painted with lively brushstrokes by the orchestra and excellent London Symphony Chorus ... Kunde gradually integrates the various parts of his tenor to triumph as the vindicated sculptor and silversmith. As Cellini's beloved, Laura Claycomb is a convincingly youthful and vulnerable Teresa, and Isabelle Cals excels in the trouser-role of Ascanio. Peter Coleman-Wright's Fieramosca is a masterpiece of coiled jealousy" - The Times
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