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Un pic, une éminence : il fallait bien l’occasion considérable de la célébration du centenaire de la disparition du compositeur (août 2012) pour que ce coffret de 23 CD, auxquels est adjoint un CD-ROM magistral incluant l’intégralité des textes ainsi qu’un colossal livret trilingue - tente de rendre hommage à (aisé) et réévalue (plus malcommode) l’œuvre de Jules Massenet, créateur de plus de trente opéras, de pièces pour piano, suite symphoniques, de musiques pour ballets, d’oratorios, et de centaines d’airs.
Car, de son vivant, le natif de Saint-Étienne, goûtant simultanément l’atmosphère sensuelle des salons et le recueillement qui sied aux lieux de culte, mondain et travailleur, mystique et parfaitement porté sur les choses de l’amour tout à la fois, incarnera l’archétype du compositeur pour compositeurs : lui-même considéré comme héritier spirituel de Charles Gounod, il ralliera à son extrême élégance d’écriture ses contemporains – Georges Bizet ne tarissait pas d’éloges à son encontre, et Claude Debussy revendiqua en être le continuateur, tout du moins pour son Pelléas et Mélisande – et connaîtra des succès immédiats (Werther, Manon) ou différés (Thaïs).
Mais le XXème siècle ne rendra pas toujours justice à Massenet, laissant le soin à deux Australiens (la cantatrice Dame Joan Sutherland et son chef de mari Richard Bonynge) d’interpréter encore et encore, et donc de maintenir vivace dans les mémoires, les airs du compositeur. Le phénomène d’entraînement au sein des professionnels de la profession jouera alors à plein, incitant rien moins que Roberto Alagna, Régine Crespin, Renée Fleming ou José Carerras (et jusqu’à l’impertinent Nigel Kennedy) à se pencher sur les travaux du cher Jules.
Ce coffret permet donc de retrouver non seulement tous ces immenses artistes, mais, essentiellement au jugement du mélomane, l’ensemble des facettes du compositeur. Ainsi, au côté du très wagnérien Esclarmonde, ce sera un plaisir d’une grande délicatesse d’apprécier quelques opéras peu connus ou franchement oubliés (Le Mage) ou de se voir offrir la pure joliesse de pièces à l’instar de cette « Fantaisie » en apesanteur. Une édition qui met avec bonheur l’accent sur tout un pan de la musique française, et qui incitera peut-être les scènes internationales à de nouveau faire jouer – et pas dans une proportion homéopathique – les œuvres de Jules Massenet. Et, pour l’heure, une brillante réussite.
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Don Quichotte - Poème de Henri Cain, d'après Le Lorrain - Act 1 (Jules Massenet)
Jules Massenet, Composer - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Jean-Marie Fremeau, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Annick Dutertre, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henri Cain, Author - Michele Command, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Choeur de la Radio Suisse Romande, Choir, MainArtist - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - Peyo Garazzi, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Régine Crespin, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henri Cain, Author - Choeur de la Radio Suisse Romande, Choir, MainArtist - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Marie Fremeau, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henri Cain, Author - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - Peyo Garazzi, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Nicolai Ghiaurov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gabriel Bacquier, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Henri Cain, Author - Choeur de la Radio Suisse Romande, Choir, MainArtist - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Nicolai Ghiaurov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gabriel Bacquier, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Henri Cain, Author - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Nicolai Ghiaurov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Marie Fremeau, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Régine Crespin, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henri Cain, Author - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Nicolai Ghiaurov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Jean-Marie Fremeau, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Régine Crespin, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henri Cain, Author - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Nicolai Ghiaurov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Marie Fremeau, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Régine Crespin, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Annick Dutertre, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henri Cain, Author - Michele Command, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - Peyo Garazzi, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Nicolai Ghiaurov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Régine Crespin, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henri Cain, Author - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Don Quichotte - Poème de Henri Cain, d'après Le Lorrain - Act 2 (Jules Massenet)
Jules Massenet, Composer - Nicolai Ghiaurov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gabriel Bacquier, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Henri Cain, Author - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gabriel Bacquier, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Henri Cain, Author - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Nicolai Ghiaurov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gabriel Bacquier, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Henri Cain, Author - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Henri Cain, Author - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Don Quichotte - Poème de Henri Cain, d'après Le Lorrain - Act 3 (Jules Massenet)
Jules Massenet, Composer - Nicolai Ghiaurov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gabriel Bacquier, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Henri Cain, Author - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Nicolai Ghiaurov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gabriel Bacquier, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Henri Cain, Author - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - Jacques Loreau, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henri Fessart, Singer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Pascal Beaujon, Singer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Amman, Singer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Baron, Singer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Henri Cain, Author - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - Jacques Loreau, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henri Fessart, Singer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Pascal Beaujon, Singer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Amman, Singer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Baron, Singer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Don Quichotte - Poème de Henri Cain, d'après Le Lorrain / Act 3 (Jules Massenet)
Jules Massenet, Composer - Nicolai Ghiaurov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Henri Cain, Author - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - Jacques Loreau, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henri Fessart, Singer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Pascal Beaujon, Singer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Amman, Singer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Baron, Singer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
DISQUE 2
Don Quichotte - Poème de Henri Cain, d'après Le Lorrain - Act 4 (Jules Massenet)
Jules Massenet, Composer - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Jean-Marie Fremeau, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Régine Crespin, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Annick Dutertre, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henri Cain, Author - Michele Command, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - Peyo Garazzi, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Régine Crespin, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henri Cain, Author - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Jean-Marie Fremeau, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Régine Crespin, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Annick Dutertre, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henri Cain, Author - Michele Command, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - Peyo Garazzi, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Jean-Marie Fremeau, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Régine Crespin, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Annick Dutertre, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henri Cain, Author - Michele Command, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - Peyo Garazzi, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Jean-Marie Fremeau, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Régine Crespin, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Annick Dutertre, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henri Cain, Author - Michele Command, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Choeur de la Radio Suisse Romande, Choir, MainArtist - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - Peyo Garazzi, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Nicolai Ghiaurov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gabriel Bacquier, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Henri Cain, Author - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - Aron Gestner, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marc Hutin, Singer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Nicolai Ghiaurov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gabriel Bacquier, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Jean-Marie Fremeau, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Régine Crespin, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Annick Dutertre, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henri Cain, Author - Michele Command, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Choeur de la Radio Suisse Romande, Choir, MainArtist - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - Peyo Garazzi, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Nicolai Ghiaurov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Régine Crespin, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henri Cain, Author - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gabriel Bacquier, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Jean-Marie Fremeau, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Régine Crespin, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Annick Dutertre, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henri Cain, Author - Michele Command, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - Peyo Garazzi, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gabriel Bacquier, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Henri Cain, Author - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Henri Cain, Author - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Don Quichotte - Poème de Henri Cain, d'après Le Lorrain - Act 5 (Jules Massenet)
Jules Massenet, Composer - Nicolai Ghiaurov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gabriel Bacquier, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Régine Crespin, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henri Cain, Author - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Hérodiade / Act 1 (Jules Massenet)
John Mordler, Producer, Recording Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - HENRI GREMONT, Author - Huguette Tourangeau, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author
℗ 1971 Decca Music Group Limited
John Mauceri, Conductor, MainArtist - Jules Massenet, Composer - Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - HENRI GREMONT, Author - Michael Haas, Producer - Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, Orchestra, MainArtist - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author
℗ 1996 Decca Music Group Limited
Le Cid / Act 3 (Jules Massenet)
Jules Massenet, Composer - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Michael Bremner, Producer - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Arthur Lilley, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adolphe-Philippe d'Ennery, Author - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Marie Alexandre Gallet, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author
℗ 1963 Decca Music Group Limited
Fantasy for cello & orchestra (Jules Massenet)
John Mordler, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Jascha Silberstein, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1972 Decca Music Group Limited
Thaïs / Acte Deux (Jules Massenet)
James Mallinson, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nigel Kennedy, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Stanley Goodall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anatole France, Author, Original Text Author - Louis Marie Alexandre Gallet, Author
℗ 1984 Decca Music Group Limited
DISQUE 3
Esclarmonde / Prologue (Jules Massenet)
John Alldis Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Clifford Grant, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jules Massenet, Composer - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Martin Smith, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Louis de Gramont, Author - Alfred Blau, Author - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Wade, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited
Esclarmonde / Act 1 (Jules Massenet)
Jules Massenet, Composer - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Martin Smith, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Louis de Gramont, Author - Alfred Blau, Author - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Wade, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Martin Smith, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Huguette Tourangeau, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Louis de Gramont, Author - Alfred Blau, Author - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Wade, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Martin Smith, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Huguette Tourangeau, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Louis de Gramont, Author - Alfred Blau, Author - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Wade, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited
John Alldis Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Jules Massenet, Composer - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Martin Smith, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ryland Davies, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Huguette Tourangeau, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Louis de Gramont, Author - Alfred Blau, Author - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Wade, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited
John Alldis Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Jules Massenet, Composer - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Martin Smith, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Huguette Tourangeau, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Louis de Gramont, Author - Alfred Blau, Author - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Wade, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited
Jules Massenet, Composer - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Martin Smith, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Louis de Gramont, Author - Alfred Blau, Author - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Wade, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited
John Alldis Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Jules Massenet, Composer - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Martin Smith, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Huguette Tourangeau, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Louis de Gramont, Author - Alfred Blau, Author - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Wade, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited
Esclarmonde / Act 2 (Jules Massenet)
John Alldis Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Jules Massenet, Composer - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Martin Smith, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Louis de Gramont, Author - Alfred Blau, Author - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Wade, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited
John Alldis Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Giacomo Aragall, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Martin Smith, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Louis de Gramont, Author - Alfred Blau, Author - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Wade, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited
Giacomo Aragall, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Martin Smith, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Louis de Gramont, Author - Alfred Blau, Author - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Wade, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited
John Alldis Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Giacomo Aragall, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Martin Smith, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Louis de Gramont, Author - Alfred Blau, Author - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Wade, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited
Giacomo Aragall, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Martin Smith, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Louis de Gramont, Author - Alfred Blau, Author - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Wade, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited
John Alldis Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Jules Massenet, Composer - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Martin Smith, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Louis de Gramont, Author - Alfred Blau, Author - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Wade, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited
John Alldis Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Giacomo Aragall, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Martin Smith, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Louis de Gramont, Author - Alfred Blau, Author - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Wade, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited
DISQUE 4
Esclarmonde / Act 3 (Jules Massenet)
John Alldis Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Jules Massenet, Composer - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Martin Smith, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Lloyd, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Louis de Gramont, Author - Alfred Blau, Author - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Wade, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited
Chronique
Un pic, une éminence : il fallait bien l’occasion considérable de la célébration du centenaire de la disparition du compositeur (août 2012) pour que ce coffret de 23 CD, auxquels est adjoint un CD-ROM magistral incluant l’intégralité des textes ainsi qu’un colossal livret trilingue - tente de rendre hommage à (aisé) et réévalue (plus malcommode) l’œuvre de Jules Massenet, créateur de plus de trente opéras, de pièces pour piano, suite symphoniques, de musiques pour ballets, d’oratorios, et de centaines d’airs.
Car, de son vivant, le natif de Saint-Étienne, goûtant simultanément l’atmosphère sensuelle des salons et le recueillement qui sied aux lieux de culte, mondain et travailleur, mystique et parfaitement porté sur les choses de l’amour tout à la fois, incarnera l’archétype du compositeur pour compositeurs : lui-même considéré comme héritier spirituel de Charles Gounod, il ralliera à son extrême élégance d’écriture ses contemporains – Georges Bizet ne tarissait pas d’éloges à son encontre, et Claude Debussy revendiqua en être le continuateur, tout du moins pour son Pelléas et Mélisande – et connaîtra des succès immédiats (Werther, Manon) ou différés (Thaïs).
Mais le XXème siècle ne rendra pas toujours justice à Massenet, laissant le soin à deux Australiens (la cantatrice Dame Joan Sutherland et son chef de mari Richard Bonynge) d’interpréter encore et encore, et donc de maintenir vivace dans les mémoires, les airs du compositeur. Le phénomène d’entraînement au sein des professionnels de la profession jouera alors à plein, incitant rien moins que Roberto Alagna, Régine Crespin, Renée Fleming ou José Carerras (et jusqu’à l’impertinent Nigel Kennedy) à se pencher sur les travaux du cher Jules.
Ce coffret permet donc de retrouver non seulement tous ces immenses artistes, mais, essentiellement au jugement du mélomane, l’ensemble des facettes du compositeur. Ainsi, au côté du très wagnérien Esclarmonde, ce sera un plaisir d’une grande délicatesse d’apprécier quelques opéras peu connus ou franchement oubliés (Le Mage) ou de se voir offrir la pure joliesse de pièces à l’instar de cette « Fantaisie » en apesanteur. Une édition qui met avec bonheur l’accent sur tout un pan de la musique française, et qui incitera peut-être les scènes internationales à de nouveau faire jouer – et pas dans une proportion homéopathique – les œuvres de Jules Massenet. Et, pour l’heure, une brillante réussite.
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À propos
- 23 disque(s) - 327 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 25:01:05
- 1 Livret Numérique
- Artiste principal : Various Artists
- Compositeur : Jules Massenet
- Label : Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre : Classique
© 2012 Decca Music Group Limited This Compilation ℗ 2012 Decca Music Group Limited
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