Gustave Charpentier: Music for the Prix de Rome
Manon Feubel, Sabine Devieilhe (sopranos), Helena Bohuszewicz (contralto), Julien Dran (tenor), Bernard Richter (tenor), Marc Barrard & Alain Buet (baritone)
Flemish Radio Choir, Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides & Brussels Philharmonic, Hervé Niquet
Two of the works here [Didon and La vie du Poete] pointed to a serious future for Charpentier in opera...the standard of performance under Herve Niquet and his chosen Belgian soloists and ensembles... — More…
Contents
Charpentier, G: Impressions d'Italie
- Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra
- Hervé Niquet
I. Serenade
II. A la Fontaine
III. A mules
IV. Sur les cimes
V. Napoli
Charpentier, G: Didon
- Manon Feubel (soprano), Marc Barrard (baritone), Julien Dran (tenor)
- Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra
- Hervé Niquet
Prelude
Scene 1: Recitative and Air: Seule, me voila seule ici (Didon)
Scene 2: Recitative: Pourquoi cette tristesse? (Didon, Enee)
Charpentier, G: La Vie du poète
- Alain Buet (baritone), Bernard Richter (tenor), Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Helena Bohuszewicz (contralto)
- Flemish Radio Choir, Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides
- Hervé Niquet
Act I Scene 1, "Enthusiasm": Douce Lumiere (Chorus of Inner Voices, The Poet)
Act II Scene 1, "Doute": Entends-tu la nuit (Voices of the Night, A Voice) - Scene 2: Scene 2: Que me reserves-tu (The Poet, Voices of the Night)
Act III: Tableau 1, "Impotence": Si l'esprit dans le vide (Voices of Malediction, The Poet)
Act III: Tableau 2, "Inebriation": Sois maudit, Dieu perfide (Voices from the Past) - Scene 2: Trille, O fille (The Poet, The Girl, Voices from the Past, Voices of Tomorrow, Inner Voices)
Charpentier, G: La Fête des myrtes
- Flemish Radio Choir, Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra
- Hervé Niquet
