Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
Language available : english
The listener may be forgiven for not knowing that any Debussy "Edgar Allan Poe Operas" existed, for neither of the works recorded here was ever completed. Moreover, and you don't learn this unless you read the notes or have investigated for yourself, one of them was hardly begun. After the success of Pelléas et Mélisande in New York, Debussy was encouraged to adapt a pair of Poe's short stories for a new American production. Debussy needed little encouragement and quickly produced a pair of scenarios, but other projects intervened, and the operas were never finished. The more complete one is La chute de la maison Usher (The Fall of the House of Usher), for which there are substantial sketches and several full realizations including the one here by "creative musicologist" Robert Orledge. Le diable dans le beffroi is almost entirely Orledge's work, and he seems to have diverged substantially from what Debussy planned (he has solo voices where Debussy apparently intended a choral work). This puts the whole project here firmly in the speculative realm, especially inasmuch as the operas seem to have been planned as a kind of pair, with Le diable dans le beffroi as the comic counterpart to the familiar moody tale of the House of Usher. But the music, especially in the Usher work (the patchwork of parody and quotation Orledge puts together for Le diable makes the question of whether it's Debussyan less relevant), sounds like Debussy, and although the graphics credit only the Göttinger Symphonie Orchester under Christoph-Matias Mueller, there are some fine solo singers here, most of all William Dazeley as Roderick Usher. Sample the climactic final tracks of this opera for the effect. Those interested in how Debussy saw Poe, as manifested in his adaptations, will be pleased to find complete texts in English, French, and German in the booklet (Debussy worked from Baudelaire's translations). Recommended for Debussy buffs.
© TiVo
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From 13,50€/month
La chûte de la maison Usher, L. 112 (Completed & Orchestrated by R. Orledge) (Claude Debussy)
Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Lin Lin Fan, Soprano (Lady Madeline) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Virgil Hartinger, Tenor (Le médecin) - Eugene Villanueva, Baritone (L'ami) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Virgil Hartinger, Tenor (Le médecin) - Eugene Villanueva, Baritone (L'ami) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Eugene Villanueva, Baritone (L'ami) - Virgil Hartinger, Tenor (Le médecin) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Virgil Hartinger, Tenor (Le médecin) - Eugene Villanueva, Baritone (L'ami) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
William Dazeley, Baritone (Roderick) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
William Dazeley, Baritone (Roderick) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
William Dazeley, Baritone (Roderick) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
William Dazeley, Baritone (Roderick) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Virgil Hartinger, Tenor (Le médecin) - Eugene Villanueva, Baritone (L'ami) - William Dazeley, Baritone (Roderick) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
William Dazeley, Baritone (Roderick) - Eugene Villanueva, Baritone (L'ami) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Eugene Villanueva, Baritone (L'ami) - William Dazeley, Baritone (Roderick) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
William Dazeley, Baritone (Roderick) - Eugene Villanueva, Baritone (L'ami) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Eugene Villanueva, Baritone (L'ami) - William Dazeley, Baritone (Roderick) - Virgil Hartinger, Tenor (Le médecin) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Virgil Hartinger, Tenor (Le médecin) - Eugene Villanueva, Baritone (L'ami) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
William Dazeley, Baritone (Roderick) - Eugene Villanueva, Baritone (L'ami) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
William Dazeley, Baritone (Roderick) - Eugene Villanueva, Baritone (L'ami) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
William Dazeley, Baritone (Roderick) - Eugene Villanueva, Baritone (L'ami) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Eugene Villanueva, Baritone (L'ami) - William Dazeley, Baritone (Roderick) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
William Dazeley, Baritone (Roderick) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
William Dazeley, Baritone (Roderick) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
DISC 2
Le diable dans le beffroi, L. 101 (Completed & Orchestrated by R. Orledge) (Claude Debussy)
Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Eugene Villanueva, Baritone (Bourgmestre) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Kammerchor St. Jacobi Göttingen - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Eugene Villanueva, Baritone (Bourgmestre) - Lin Lin Fan, Soprano (Jeannette) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Eugene Villanueva, Baritone (Bourgmestre) - Michael Dries, Bass (Le Haut-Sonneur) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Eugene Villanueva, Baritone (Bourgmestre) - Michael Dries, Bass (Le Haut-Sonneur) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Virgil Hartinger, Tenor - (Jean) - Lin Lin Fan, Soprano (Jeannette) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Michael Dries, Bass (Le Haut-Sonneur) - Virgil Hartinger, Tenor - (Jean) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Kammerchor St. Jacobi Göttingen - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Michael Dries, Bass (Le Haut-Sonneur) - Eugene Villanueva, Baritone (Bourgmestre) - Virgil Hartinger, Tenor - (Jean) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Natalie Kundirenko, Violin - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Kammerchor St. Jacobi Göttingen - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Michael Dries, Bass (Le Haut-Sonneur) - Kammerchor St. Jacobi Göttingen - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Lin Lin Fan, Soprano (Jeannette) - Virgil Hartinger, Tenor - (Jean) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Eugene Villanueva, Baritone (Bourgmestre) - Kammerchor St. Jacobi Göttingen - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Virgil Hartinger, Tenor (Jean) - Eugene Villanueva, Baritone (Bourgmestre) - Kammerchor St. Jacobi Göttingen - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Virgil Hartinger, Tenor (Jean) - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Kammerchor St. Jacobi Göttingen - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Lin Lin Fan, Soprano (Jeannette) - Virgil Hartinger, Tenor (Jean) - Kammerchor St. Jacobi Göttingen - Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Conductor - Claude Debussy, Composer
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Albumbeschreibung
The listener may be forgiven for not knowing that any Debussy "Edgar Allan Poe Operas" existed, for neither of the works recorded here was ever completed. Moreover, and you don't learn this unless you read the notes or have investigated for yourself, one of them was hardly begun. After the success of Pelléas et Mélisande in New York, Debussy was encouraged to adapt a pair of Poe's short stories for a new American production. Debussy needed little encouragement and quickly produced a pair of scenarios, but other projects intervened, and the operas were never finished. The more complete one is La chute de la maison Usher (The Fall of the House of Usher), for which there are substantial sketches and several full realizations including the one here by "creative musicologist" Robert Orledge. Le diable dans le beffroi is almost entirely Orledge's work, and he seems to have diverged substantially from what Debussy planned (he has solo voices where Debussy apparently intended a choral work). This puts the whole project here firmly in the speculative realm, especially inasmuch as the operas seem to have been planned as a kind of pair, with Le diable dans le beffroi as the comic counterpart to the familiar moody tale of the House of Usher. But the music, especially in the Usher work (the patchwork of parody and quotation Orledge puts together for Le diable makes the question of whether it's Debussyan less relevant), sounds like Debussy, and although the graphics credit only the Göttinger Symphonie Orchester under Christoph-Matias Mueller, there are some fine solo singers here, most of all William Dazeley as Roderick Usher. Sample the climactic final tracks of this opera for the effect. Those interested in how Debussy saw Poe, as manifested in his adaptations, will be pleased to find complete texts in English, French, and German in the booklet (Debussy worked from Baudelaire's translations). Recommended for Debussy buffs.
© TiVo
Details of original recording : Live Recording : 10 & 11 December 2013, Stadthalle Göttingen (Germany)
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 44 track(s)
- Total length: 01:28:26
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Lin Lin Fan
- Composer: Claude Debussy
- Label: Pan Classics
- Area: France
- Genre: Klassiek Opera Volledige opera's
- Period: Modern Style
2016 Pan Classics 2016 Pan Classics
Improve album information
Why buy on Qobuz...
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.