Mephistopheles And Other Bad Guys

Release Date: 17th Aug 2018
Catalogue No: PTC5186585
Label: Pentatone
Length: 57 minutes

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Excerpt, Gounod: Faust

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Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Foster
Kevin Short (bass)
Recorded: July-August 2016
Recording Venue: Palais du Pharo, Marseille, France

Le veau d'or est toujours debout

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Vous qui faites l'endormie

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Excerpt, Boito: Mefistofele

6:36

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Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Foster
Kevin Short (bass)
Recorded: July-August 2016
Recording Venue: Palais du Pharo, Marseille, France

Son lo Spirito che nega

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Ecco il mondo

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Excerpt, Beethoven: Lieder (6), Op. 75

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Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Foster
Kevin Short (bass)

No. 3, Aus Goethes Faust (Arr. D. Shostakovich for Voice & Orchestra)

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Excerpt, Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72

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Opéra de Marseille Chorus, Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Foster
Kevin Short (bass)

Ha! Welch ein Augenblick!

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Excerpt, Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384

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Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Foster
Kevin Short (bass)
Recorded: July-August 2016
Recording Venue: Palais du Pharo, Marseille, France

Wer ein Liebchen hat gefunden

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O, wie will ich triumphieren

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Excerpt, Weber: Der Freischütz

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Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Foster
Kevin Short (bass)

Schweig! Damit dich niemand warnt

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Excerpt, Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann

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Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Foster
Kevin Short (bass)
Recorded: July-August 2016
Recording Venue: Palais du Pharo, Marseille, France

Prologue. Dans les rôles d'amoureux langoureux

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Scintille, diamant

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Excerpt, Verdi: I Lombardi alla prima crociata

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Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Foster
Kevin Short (bass)

Sciagurata!

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Excerpt, Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24

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Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Foster
Kevin Short (bass)
Recorded: July-August 2016
Recording Venue: Palais du Pharo, Marseille, France

Voici des roses

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Devant la maison "Serenade of Mephistopheles"

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Getty: Mephistopheles to Faust (version for voice and orchestra)

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Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Foster
Kevin Short (bass)

Mussorgsky: Pesnya Mefistofelya v pogrebke Auerbakha (Mephistopheles's Song in Auerbach's Cellar), "Song of the Flea" (arr. I. Stravinsky for voice and orchestra)

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Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Foster
Kevin Short (bass)

Mephistopheles's Song in Auerbach's Cellar "Song of the Flea" (Arr. I. Stravinsky for Voice & Orchestra)

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Excerpt, Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress

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Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Foster
Kevin Short (bass)

I Burn, I Burn! I Freeze!

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Excerpt, Meyerbeer: Robert Le Diable

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Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Foster
Kevin Short (bass)

Voici donc les débris du monastère antique

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Excerpt, Wagner: Das Rheingold

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Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Foster
Kevin Short (bass)

Bin ich nun frei "Alberich's Curse"

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In opera, specific voice types are often associated with certain types of characters. Numerous and diverse associations exist also for the bass voice, who can be a father, a villain, an elderly man, a religious figure, a comic character—or, indeed, a combination of the above. One recurring association for this voice type, however, deserves particular attention: that with evil, wicked, even diabolical characters. It is on that immensely fascinating association that this collection of arias is focused. The nineteen selections - composed by Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Wagner, Meyerbeer, Berlioz, Gounod, Offenbach, Verdi, Boito, Mussorgsky, Stravinsky and Getty -take us on a journey through a period spanning some two hundred years, exploring how composers working in diverse national and institutional contexts and writing in an array of styles and genres exploited the bass voice to engage with the depiction of such characters.

This colourful repertoire is sung by the esteemed American bass-baritone Kevin Short, whose powerful voice is as sensuous as it is sinister. Short is accompanied by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, led by its Music Director Lawrence Foster. Earlier this year, this orchestra and conductor were hailed for their PENTATONE releases of Martina Double Concertos and A Certain Slant of Light.

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