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Georges Bizet: Djamileh, Vasco de Gama, Cantates, Musique chorale, Mélodies & Musique pour piano

Mélissa Petit (soprano), Isabelle Druet (mezzo), Cyrille Dubois (tenor), Thomas Dolié (baritone), Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth, Orchestre national de Metz Grand Est, David Reiland et al

Georges Bizet: Djamileh, Vasco de Gama, Cantates, Musique chorale, Mélodies & Musique pour piano

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As always with Bru Zane, the production values are high, both in terms of the immaculate recorded sound and the beautifully illustrated accompanying book with its scholarly articles. It all...

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Georges Bizet: Djamileh, Vasco de Gama, Cantates, Musique chorale, Mélodies & Musique pour piano

Mélissa Petit (soprano), Isabelle Druet (mezzo), Cyrille Dubois (tenor), Thomas Dolié (baritone), Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth, Orchestre national de Metz Grand Est, David Reiland et al

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No, Georges Bizet was not only the composer of Carmen, the French opera most frequently performed around the world. In a career spanning less than twenty years, he produced works in every genre: orchestral music, piano pieces, cantatas, operas, songs and more besides. He showed an early mastery of orchestration, and was soon able to give free rein to his taste for orientalism and folklore. This portrait offers a chance to discover works that were never performed during his lifetime, indeed some which had to wait until 2024 for their premiere. Of particular note is the 'ode-symphony' Vasco de Gama, which illustrates the Romantic taste for vast historical epics, and Le Retour de Virginie, a cantata for the Prix de Rome presented by the composer to his teacher in 1855. Piano music and melodies remind us that Bizet was also a sought-after salon composer, whose talent posterity has consecrated in songs like La Coccinelle and Les Adieux de l'hotesse arabe.

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Bizet: Djamileh, WD 27
Work length1:07:54
Ouverture
Track length4:46
Chœur. Le soleil s’en va
Track length2:04
Rêverie. Dans la blonde fumée
Track length2:00
Pantomime et reprise du chœur. Le soleil s’en va
Track length1:55
Dialogue. Hé ! Splendiano !
Track length1:46
Duo. Songez-y bien !
Track length3:05
Couplets et suite du duo. Tu veux savoir
Track length4:07
Dialogue. C’est elle ! Fais servir le dîner !
Track length0:06
Trio. Quelle pâleur est sur ta joue ?
Track length3:22
Trio (suite). Chère, laissons-nous vivre
Track length4:02
Ghazel. Nour-Eddin, roi de Lahore
Track length4:04
Trio (fin). L’histoire sans doute
Track length1:55
Dialogue. Je t’ai interrompue tout à l’heure
Track length0:07
Mélodrame. Ah ! je t’ai ménagé une surprise !
Track length1:27
Chœur. Salut ! Seigneur Haroun !
Track length1:50
Chœur (suite). C’est Djamileh ! venez !
Track length1:41
Dialogue. Ces paroles qu’il m’a dites
Track length1:57
Chanson. La fortune est femme
Track length1:02
Dialogue. Tu entends ? Tu as reconnu sa voix.
Track length1:05
Lamento. Sans doute, l’heure est prochaine
Track length3:20
Dialogue. Tu m’ennuies avec tes scrupules.
Track length0:04
Mélodrame. Non ! je ne veux pas
Track length1:05
Danse et Chœur. Froide et lente
Track length4:33
Dialogue. Eh bien ?
Track length0:07
Sortie d’Haroun et de ses Amis
Track length0:17
Dialogue. C’est parfait !
Track length0:40
Couplets. Il faut pour éteindre ma fièvre
Track length1:53
Dialogue. Ils sont gais.
Track length0:28
Mélodrame. Si vous saviez...
Track length0:53
Duo. Est-ce la crainte, est-ce un caprice
Track length2:39
Duo (suite). La frayeur me glace !
Track length3:28
Duo (suite). Cherchant, des monts à la plaine
Track length3:38
Duo (fin). Ta lèvre parfumée
Track length2:28
Bizet: Vasco de Gama, WD 124
Work length28:28
Introduction. Limpide et radieux
Track length8:05
Récit. La mer est immobile
Track length3:25
Boléro. La marguerite a fermé sa corolle
Track length2:34
Orage et Apparition. Amis, cessez vos chants !
Track length5:25
Récit et Prière. Que l’aspect du danger
Track length5:38
Final. Terre ! Terre !
Track length3:21
Bizet: Le Golfe de Baïa, WD 119
Work length5:41
Bizet: La Chanson du rouet, WD 120
Work length3:56
Bizet: Chœur d’étudiants, WD 111
Work length3:25
Bizet: La Mort s’avance, WD 133
Work length6:40
Bizet: Ouverture in A Minor, WD 32
Work length13:38
Bizet: Venise
Work length3:12
Bizet: Variations chromatiques, WD 54
Work length13:02
Bizet: Le Retour de Virginie, WD 117
Work length35:11
Introduction
Track length3:54
Récit. Virginie ! ô ma sœur, pourquoi rester en France ?
Track length1:16
Air. Échos de mon deuil solitaire
Track length3:45
Récit. Déjà les orangers ont fleuri quatre fois
Track length1:02
Strette. Âme de ma vie
Track length5:26
Récit. Paul, mon fils ! sois heureux !
Track length2:20
Duo. Bengalis d’alentour
Track length4:26
Récit. Mon âme était partie, on m’a rendu mon âme.
Track length0:52
Orage. Amis, entendez-vous ?
Track length2:44
Prière. Ô roi des cieux, souverain maître
Track length4:20
Orage (suite). Entendez-vous ? le canon tonne !
Track length3:29
Scène finale. Ô douleur infinie
Track length1:37
Bizet: Nocturne in D Major, WD 55
Work length5:34
Bizet: Guitare, WD 79
Work length2:11
Bizet: La Coccinelle
Work length4:36
Bizet: Vieille Chanson, WD 71
Work length3:56
Bizet: Adieux de l’hôtesse arabe, WD 72
Work length4:53
Bizet: Chanson d’avril, WD 75
Work length2:50
Bizet: Pastel, WD 107
Work length3:45
Bizet: Rose d’amour, WD 80
Work length5:19
Bizet: La Nuit, WD 100
Work length3:45
Bizet: Aimons, rêvons !, WD 102
Work length3:28
Bizet: Si vous aimez, WD 106
Work length3:32
Bizet: Clovis et Clotilde, WD 121
Work length35:12
Introduction
Track length3:37
Récit. Noble Clovis
Track length2:00
Romance. Il est si beau mon doux Sicambre
Track length3:10
Récit. Qui vois-je ?... Vous mon père !
Track length2:49
Duo et Récit. Vers toi monte notre prière
Track length5:14
Prière. Prière, ô doux souffle de l’ange !
Track length2:28
Entrée de Clovis. Ma Clotilde chérie !
Track length1:41
Duo. Paix, triomphe, espérance
Track length1:10
Récit. Mais comment laissas-tu
Track length6:16
Récit. Mon Père, en ce beau jour
Track length1:06
Strophes. Salut à toi
Track length3:36
Ensemble final. C’en est fait, oui je vole au baptême
Track length2:05
Bizet: Chasse fantastique, WD 51
Work length5:53
Bizet: La Rose et l’Abeille, WD 70
Work length6:52
Bizet: Sonnet, WD 78
Work length3:41
Bizet: Ma vie a son secret, WD 84
Work length3:36
Bizet: Le matin
Work length4:29
Bizet: Voyage, WD 98
Work length3:04
Bizet: Six Chœurs de Gounod
Work length16:07
No. 1, Faust
Track length3:38
No. 2, Ulysse (Les Suivantes)
Track length2:34
No. 3, Philémon
Track length2:10
No. 4, La Reine de Saba
Track length2:28
No. 5, Ulysse (Les Porchers)
Track length2:28
No. 6, Mireille
Track length2:49

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April 2025

As always with Bru Zane, the production values are high, both in terms of the immaculate recorded sound and the beautifully illustrated accompanying book with its scholarly articles. It all adds up to an outstanding, engrossing set, in short, that adds immeasurably to our understanding of Bizet and his world.
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