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Composer

Luigi Cherubini, Gaetano Donizetti, Pietro Mascagni, Giacomo Puccini, Gaspare Spontini, Giuseppe Verdi

Artists

Benjamin Bernheim tenor
ORCHESTRA DEL TEATRO COMUNALE DI BOLOGNA
Frédéric Chaslin conductor

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Label

Deutsche Grammophon
With the support of the Palazzetto Bru Zane

Release date

08/04/2022

Specifications

1 CD

Award(s)

In early 2020, when Benjamin Bernheim decided to record a programme devoted to the Italian composers who lived in Paris for Deutsche Grammophon, he asked the Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre de musique romantique française for advice. A number of exciting suggestions proved appealing: arias by composers Spontini and Cherubini, French versions of Verdi’s and Puccini’s arias, or arias specifically composed for the French versions of their operas (as was customary in Paris up until the 1960s), as well as an aria from Mascagni’s forgotten Amica. Motivated by a desire to paint a vivid picture of the output of Italian composers enjoyed by Parisians during this time period, this album invites the listener to discover a glimpse of the music which led to these composers’ wild and enduring popularity. Through Palazzetto Bru Zane’s tireless editorial work, the album began to take shape.

Scores edited and provided by the Palazzetto Bru Zane (except tracks 6–7 and 15–16)

Tracklist

1- Giacomo PUCCINI - Madame Butterfly (Act III) : Air (Pinkerton) "Adieu, séjour fleuri"
2- Gaetano DONIZETTI - La Fille du régiment (Act II) : Romance (Tonio) "Pour me rapprocher de Marie"
3- Gaetano DONIZETTI - La Favorite (Act IV) : Cavatine (Fernand) "Ange si pur que dans un songe"
4- Giuseppe VERDI - Don Carlos (Act I) : Récit et Cavatine (Don Carlos) "Fontainebleau ! forêt immense et solitaire !"
5- Giuseppe VERDI - Don Carlos (Act I) : Récit et Cavatine (Don Carlos) "Je l’ai vue"
6- Giuseppe VERDI - Don Carlos (Act II) : Scène et Duo (Rodrigue, Don Carlos) "Le voilà ! c’est l’infant ! – Ô mon Rodrigue !"
7- Giuseppe VERDI - Don Carlos (Act II) : Scène et Duo (Rodrigue, Don Carlos) "Dieu, tu semas dans nos âmes"
8- Gaetano DONIZETTI - Dom Sébastien, roi du Portugal (Act II) : Air (Dom Sébastien) "Seul sur la terre"
9- Gaspare SPONTINI - La Vestale (Act III) : Prélude, Récitatif et Air (Licinius) "Prélude"
10- Gaspare SPONTINI - La Vestale (Act III) : Prélude, Récitatif et Air (Licinius) "Qu’ai-je vu ! quels apprêts !... Julia va mourir !"
11- Giuseppe VERDI - Jérusalem (Act II) : Récit et Air (Gaston) "L’émir auprès de lui m’appelle, que dois-je craindre encor ?"
12- Giuseppe VERDI - Jérusalem (Act II) : Récit et Air (Gaston) "Je veux encor entendre ta voix"
13- Luigi CHERUBINI - Ali-Baba, ou les Quarante Voleurs (Prologue) : Prologue et Romance (Nadir) "C’en est donc fait, plus d’espérance !"
14- Luigi CHERUBINI - Ali-Baba, ou les Quarante Voleurs (Prologue) : Prologue et Romance (Nadir) "C’est de toi, ma Délie, que dépendait mon sort"
15- Pietro MASCAGNI - Amica (Act I) : Scène (Giorgio) "Amica ! Vous restez à l’écart"
16- Pietro MASCAGNI - Amica (Act I) : Scène (Giorgio) "Pourquoi garder ce silence obstiné ?"
17- Giuseppe VERDI - Les Vêpres siciliennes (Act IV) : Romance de substitution (Henri) "Ô toi que j’ai chérie"
18- Giacomo PUCCINI - Tosca (Act I) : Air (Cavaradossi) "Ô de beautés égales dissemblance féconde !"

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