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Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites

Sally Matthews (Blanche), Yann Beuron (Le Chevalier de la Force), Jean-Philippe Lafont (Le Marquis de la Force), Deborah Polaski (Madame de Croissy), Heidi Brunner (Madame Lidoine), Michelle Breedt (Mère Marie), Hendrickje van Kerckhove (Soeur Constance), Magdalena Anna Hofmann (Mere Jeanne), Christa...

Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
The most successful singers are mezzo-soprano Michelle Breedt who brings the right tone of sympathy to the role of Mere Marie, and soprano Hendricke van Kerckhove whose Soeur Contsnace is delightfully...

BBC Music Magazine, June 20123 out of 5 stars

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Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites

Sally Matthews (Blanche), Yann Beuron (Le Chevalier de la Force), Jean-Philippe Lafont (Le Marquis de la Force), Deborah Polaski (Madame de Croissy), Heidi Brunner (Madame Lidoine), Michelle Breedt (Mère Marie), Hendrickje van Kerckhove (Soeur Constance), Magdalena Anna Hofmann (Mere Jeanne), Christa...

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The most successful singers are mezzo-soprano Michelle Breedt who brings the right tone of sympathy to the role of Mere Marie, and soprano Hendricke van Kerckhove whose Soeur Contsnace is delightfully...

BBC Music Magazine, June 20123 out of 5 stars

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About

This opera was premiered in La Scala, Milan in 1957 and is currently enjoying a renaissance in many important opera houses. This is a live recording of the celebrated production from the Theater an der Wien and combines performances from 2008 and 2011.

Artists

Sally Matthews (Blanche), Yann Beuron (Le Chevalier de la Force), Jean-Philippe Lafont (Le Marquis de la Force), Deborah Polaski (Madame de Croissy), Heidi Brunner (Madame Lidoine), Michelle Breedt (Mère Marie), Hendrickje van Kerckhove (Soeur Constance), Magdalena Anna Hofmann (Mere Jeanne), Christa Ratzenbock (Soeur Mathilde)

ORF Radio Symphonieorchester Wien & Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Bertrand de Billy

  • Release date: 19th Mar 2012
  • Label: Oehms
  • Catalogue number: OC931
  • Length: 2 hours 25 minutes
  • Genre:

Contents and tracklist

Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmelites, FP 159
Work length2:25:09
  • Jean-Philippe Lafont, Sally Matthews, Yann Beuron, Deborah Polaski, Heidi Brunner, Michelle Breedt, Hendrickje van Kerckhove, Magdalena Anna Hofmann, Christa Ratzenbock, Jürgen Sacher, Matjaz Robavs, Erik Arman, Craig Smith, Dominik Koninger, Nenad Marink, Jürgen Sacher, Nenad Marinkovic, Dominik Koninger, Craig Smith, Erik Arman, Matjaz Robavs, Christa Ratzenbock, Magdalena Anna Hofmann, Hendrickje van Kerckhove, Michelle Breedt, Heidi Brunner, Deborah Polaski, Yann Beuron, Sally Matthews, Jean-Philippe Lafont
  • Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor
  • Bertrand de Billy
Act I Scene 1: Ou est Blanche? (Le Chevalier, Le Marquis)
Track length3:28
Act I Scene 1: Les soldats surviennent a temps (Le Chevalier, Le Marquis)
Track length3:48
Act I Scene 1: Blanche, votre frere aviat grand'hate de vous revoir (Le Marquis, Blanche, Le Chevalier)
Track length3:47
Act I Scene 1: Son imagination va toujours d'un extreme a l'autre (Le Marquis, Le Chevalier, Blanche, Thierry)
Track length1:21
Act I Scene 1: Je vois qu'il n'y a heuresement rien de grave (Le Marquis, Blanche)
Track length2:24
Act I Scene 1: Mon enfant cherie (Le Marquis, Blanche)
Track length2:24
Act I Scene 2: Prelude
Track length1:26
Act I Scene 2: N'allez pas croire que ce fauteuil (La Prieure, Blanche)
Track length2:41
Act I Scene 2: Je vous que les severites de notre regle (La Prieure, Blanche)
Track length1:50
Act I Scene 2: Ma fille, les bonnes gens se demandent (La Prieure, Blanche)
Track length3:02
Act I Scene 2: Vous pleurez? (La Prieure, Blanche)
Track length2:07
Act I Scene 3: Prelude
Track length2:53
Act I Scene 3: Encore ces maudites feves! (Constance, Blanche)
Track length1:53
Act I Scene 3: Vous n'avez pas honte de parler ainsi (Constance, Blanche)
Track length2:50
Act I Scene 3: Oh! Soeur Blanche (Constance, Blanche)
Track length3:08
Act I Scene 4: Prelude
Track length2:00
Act I Scene 4: Ayez la bonte de relever ce coussin (La Prieure, Mere Marie)
Track length3:19
Act I Scene 4: Je trouve que Blanche de la Force tarde beaucoup (La Prieure, Mere Marie)
Track length3:37
Act I Scene 4: Relevez-vous, ma fille (La Prieure)
Track length1:49
Act I Scene 4: Dieu se glorifie dans ses saints (La Prieure, Blanche)
Track length2:32
Act I Scene 4: Monsieur Javelinot, je vous prie de me donner (La Prieure, M. Javelinot, Mere Marie)
Track length2:27
Act I Scene 4: Mere Marie de l'Incarnation! (La Prieure, Mere Marie)
Track length1:58
Act I Scene 4: La Reverende Mere veut que vous approchiez (Mere Marie, La Prieure, Blanche)
Track length2:37
Act II Scene 1: Qui Lazarum resuscitasti a monumento foetidum (Constance, Blanche)
Track length2:13
Act II Scene I: Que faites-vous? (Mere Marie, Blanche)
Track length2:52
Act II: Interlude: Soeur Blanche, je trouve notre croix (Constance, Blanche)
Track length1:51
Act II: Interlude: Pensez a la mort de notre chere Mere (Constance, Blanche)
Track length2:29
Act II Scene 2: Mes cheres filles (La Nouvelle Prieure)
Track length5:34
Act II Scene 2: Mes Soeurs, sa Reverence vient de nous dire (Mere Marie, Les Carmelites, La Nouvelle Prieure)
Track length2:39
Act II: Interlude: Que se passe-t'il? (La Prieure, Constance, Mere Marie)
Track length2:09
Act II Scene 3: Prelude
Track length1:26
Act II Scene 3: Pourquoi vous tenez-vous ainsi? (Le Chevalier, Blanche)
Track length2:08
Act II Scene 3: Dans des temps comme ceux-ci (Le Chevalier, Blanche)
Track length3:12
Act II Scene 3: Oh! ne me quittez pas sur un adieu de facherie! (Le Chevalier, Blanche)
Track length2:30
Act II Scene 2: Remettez-vous, Soeur Blanche (Mere Marie, Blanche)
Track length1:42
Act II Scene 4: Prelude
Track length0:41
Act II Scene 4: Mes cheres filles (L'Aumonier, Les Carmelites)
Track length2:41
Act II Scene 4: Qu'allez-vous devenir? (Blanche, L'Aumonier, Constance, Mathilde, La Prieure, Mere Marie)
Track length3:11
Act II Scene 4: On a tire la clochette! (Constance, Mathilde, La Foule, L'Aumonier, Les Carmelites, Mere Marie)
Track length1:38
Act II Scene 4: Ou sont les religieuses? (Premier commissaire, Mere Marie, Deuxieme commissaire)
Track length3:40
Act II Scene 4: Mes Soeurs, notre Reverende Mere viendra bientot (Mere Jeanne, Blanche, Mere Marie, La Foule)
Track length2:09
Act III Scene 1: Prelude - Parlez-leur, mon Pere (Mere Marie, L'Aumonier, Mere Jeanne, Mathilde)
Track length4:44
Act III Scene 1: Il y a une seule opposition (Mere Marie, Mathilde, Constance, L'Aumonier)
Track length2:09
Act III: Interlude: Citoyennes, nous vous felicitons (L'Officier)
Track length2:14
Act III: Interlude: Soeur Gerald, il faut absolument prevenir le pretre (La Prieure, Mere Marie)
Track length2:06
Act III Scene 2: Prelude
Track length1:56
Act III Scene 2: C'est vous (Blanche, Mere Marie)
Track length4:04
Act III Scene 2: Soeur Blanche de l'Agonie du Christ! (Mere Marie, Blanche, La voic d'une femme)
Track length1:29
Act III Scene 2: Interlude
Track length1:12
Act III Scene 3: Mes filles, voila que s'acheve (La Prieure, Mere Jeanne, Constance, Mathilde)
Track length5:21
Act III Scene 3: Le Tribunal revolutionnaire (Le Geolier)
Track length2:18
Act III Scene 3: Mes filles, j'ai desire de tout mon coeur (La Prieure)
Track length2:24
Act III: Interlude: Elles sont condamnees a mort (L'Aumonier, Mere Marie)
Track length1:48
Act III Scene 4: Prelude
Track length2:12
Act III Scene 4: Salve Regina (La Foule, Les Carmelites, Constance, Blanche)
Track length7:06

Awards and reviews

June 2012

The most successful singers are mezzo-soprano Michelle Breedt who brings the right tone of sympathy to the role of Mere Marie, and soprano Hendricke van Kerckhove whose Soeur Contsnace is delightfully scatty, though also wise beyond her years...The Viennese ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra plays with spirit, even if the string section lacks that essentially French bite and implacability.
3 out of 5 stars

September 2012

No neutral restraint (or Brechtian distance) here but an earthy, folky quality...The conductor's pacing and range of tempi here contribute totally to the stage's mounting tension. The recording is effective, straightforward, quite close.

May 2012

The finest singing in this performance comes from its protagonist. Sally Matthews's vocal command exceeds that of any Blanche currently on CD (even EMI's legendary Denise Duval). Her lyric soprano takes on an exciting edge in Blanche's dramatic outbursts, but Matthews also boasts luminous floated pianissimos...[Michelle Breedt] certainly possesses the most beautiful voice of any recorded Marie
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