Étienne Nicholas Méhul
Born: 22nd June 1763, Givet, France
Died: 18th October 1817, Paris, France
Nationality: French
Étienne Nicolas Méhul was a French composer, "the most important opera composer in France during the Revolution". He was also the first composer to be called a "Romantic". He is known particularly for his operas, written in keeping with the reforms introduced by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Étienne_Méhul
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Further Reading: Méhul
Recording of the Week,
In The Shadows with Michael Spyres
The American singer teams up with Les Talens Lyriques and Christophe Rousset to explore some of the operas which influenced Wagner - including works by Méhul, Beethoven, Meyerbeer and Spontini.
Recording of the Week,
François-Xavier Roth conducts Beethoven's Eroica Symphony
Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth return to the music of Beethoven with a dramatic, illuminating account of the Third Symphony, coupled with an energetic performance of an overture by Méhul.
All Genres: Méhul
Orchestral
Opera
All Works: Méhul
- Ariodant (1)
- Ariodant: Overture (1)
- Bion (1)
- Champs paternels (from Joseph en Égypte) (4)
- Euphrosine, ou Le tyran corrigé: Overture (1)
- Horatius Coclès (1)
- Hymne à la raison (1)
- Hymne des vingt-deux (1)
- Hymne du IX Thermidor (deuxième version) (1)
- Hymne pour la fête des époux (1)
- Joseph in Ägypten (1)
- Joseph in Ägypten: Overture (1)
- L'Irato ou L'Emporté (1)
- La Chasse Du Jeune Henri (2)
- Le 18 Fructidor (1)
- Le chant du Départ (3)
- Le chant du retour (1)
- Le Jeune Henri (overture) (1)
- Le Jeune Sage Et Le Vieux Fou (1)
- Le Trésor Supposé (2)
- Les Amazones: Overture (1)
- Les Deux Aveugles De Tolède (1)
- Mélidore Et Phrosine (1)
- Mélidore et Phrosine: Overture (1)
- O dieux, écoutez ma prière (from Ariodant) (1)
- Quelle fureur barbare!...Ô des amants le plus fidele (from Ariodant) (1)
- Stratonice (2)
- Stratonice: Overture (1)
- Symphony No. 1 in G minor (8)
- Symphony No. 2 in D major (5)
- Symphony No. 3 in C major (1)
- Symphony No. 4 in E major (1)
- Uthal (1)
- Vainement Pharaon dans sa reconnaissance (from Joseph) (2)
- Vainement Pharaon...Champs paternels (from Joseph) (1)