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Offer, Debussy: L'Enfant Prodigue & Ravel: L'Enfant et les sortilèges

Roberto Alagna (Azaël), Karina Gauvin (Lia), Jean-François Lapointe (Siméon), Chloé Briot (L’Enfant), Nathalie Stutzmann (Maman/Tasse chinois/Libellule), Sabine Devieilhe (Le Feu/Rossignol))

Chœur et Orchestre de Radio France, Mikko Franck

Briot is well contrasted with the excellent Nathalie Stutzmann as Maman and two other characters, while Sabine Devielhe as The Fire and François Piolino as Mr Arithmetic are first class. In the... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2017 More…

Release Date: 28th Apr 2017
Catalogue No: 9029589692
Label: Erato
Length: 88 minutes

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Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges

Work length43:04

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Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Chloé Briot (mezzo-soprano), Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), Julie Pasturaud (mezzo-soprano), Jean-François Lapointe (baritone), François Piolino (tenor), Jodie Devos (soprano), Nicolas Courjal (bass)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Maîtrise de Radio France, Choeur de Radio France
Mikko Franck

"J'ai pas envie de faire ma page" (L'enfant)

Track length2:29

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"Bébé a été sage? " (Maman)

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"Ça m'est égal!" (L'enfant)

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"Votre serviteur humble, Bergère" (La bergère, Le fauteuil, Choeur)

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"Ding, ding, ding, ding" (L'horloge comtoise, L'enfant)

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"How's your mug?" (La théière, La tasse chinoise)

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"Keng-ça-fou, mah-jong" (La théière, La tasse chinoise)

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"Oh! Ma belle tasse chinoise!" (L'enfant)

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"Arrière ! Je réchauffe les bons" (Le feu)

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"Adieu, Pastourelles!" (Choeur)

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"Ah! C'est elle! C'est elle!" (L'enfant, La princesse)

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"Toi, le coeur de la rose" (L'enfant)

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"Deux robinets coulent dans un réservoir!" (Le petit vieillard, L'enfant, Choeur)

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"Oh! Ma tête!" (L'enfant)

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"Duo miaulé" (Les chats)

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"Musique d'insectes, de rainettes" (Choeur)

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"Ah! Quelle joie de te retrouver, Jardin!" (L'enfant, L'arbre)

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"Où es-tu, je te cherche..." (La libellule, L'enfant)

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"Ronde des chauves-souris... Rends-la moi...tsk, tsk..." (La chauve-souris, L'enfant)

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Danse des rainettes

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"Sauve-toi, sotte! Et la cage? La cage?" (L'écureuil, La rainette)

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"La cage, c'était pour mieux voir ta prestesse" (L'enfant)

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"Ah ! C'est l'enfant au couteau!" (Choeur)

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"Il a pansé la plaie..." (Choeur)

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"Il est bon, l'enfant, il est sage" (Choeur, L'enfant)

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Debussy: L'Enfant Prodigue

Work length33:49

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Karina Gauvin (soprano), Jean-François Lapointe (baritone), Roberto Alagna (tenor)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Mikko Franck

Prélude

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"L'année, en vain chasse l'année" (Lia)

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"Eh bien, encore des pleurs !" (Siméon)

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Cortège et air de danse

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"Ces airs joyeux, ces chants de fête" (Azaël)

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"Je m'enfuis..." (Lia)

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"Rouvre les yeux à la lumière" (Lia, Azaël)

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"Mon fils est revenu!" (Siméon)

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"Mon coeur renaît à l'espérance" (Lia, Azaël, Siméon)

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Debussy: Debussy / Orch Matthews: Symphony in B Minor, L. 10: III. Finale

Work length11:44

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Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Mikko Franck

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Recorded live in Paris, two contrasting music dramas on the theme of an errant child, written by two supreme French composers and performed by a starry line-up of francophone singers. Mikko Franck, in his role as Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, conducts Debussy’s L’Enfant prodigue, starring Roberto Alagna and Karina Gauvin, and Ravel’s L'Enfant et les sortilèges, with Nathalie Stutzmann and Sabine Devieilhe among the singers surrounding Chloé Briot in the role of the Child.

Complementing the two vocal works is the world premiere recording, made under studio conditions, of British composer Colin Matthews’ orchestration of Debussy’s Symphony in B minor. The work, which survives only as a manuscript for piano duet, was composed even earlier than L’Enfant prodigue, when Debussy was just 18, but it was not published until 1933, 15 years after his death. This orchestration of the Symphony in B minor was first heard in 2009. Colin Matthews is something of a Debussy specialist, having made admired orchestral transcriptions of all the composer’s piano Préludes, some of which have been recorded by Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker.

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August 2017

Briot is well contrasted with the excellent Nathalie Stutzmann as Maman and two other characters, while Sabine Devielhe as The Fire and François Piolino as Mr Arithmetic are first class. In the orchestra, every note is in place – no small achievement in this fiendishly difficult piece.

June 2017

The casting [in the Ravel] is very strong, with bags of character, from Nathalie Stutzmann’s molasses contralto as Maman…to François Piolino’s demented Arithmétique and feisty teapot…Chloé Briot kicks up a storm as the Child…Franck’s cast is even more luxurious than for the Ravel. Karina Gauvin, as Lia the mother, reins in her powerful soprano for a moving opening air, while Roberto Alagna’s open-hearted, sunny tenor and excellent diction make for the best Azaël now on disc

18th May 2017

[L’Enfant Prodigue] is vivid enough, but inevitably it’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges that makes the bigger impression. In this jewel-like work in which not a note is wasted, it’s a huge advantage to have an entirely Francophone cast, and every word certainly matters here.

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