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The majority of singers who have released recitals of this kind (and The French Collection is indeed a recital, recorded in a single day in 2014, not a collection of previously recorded material) are French, but there's a long tradition of non-French singers who have mastered the subtle art of 19th century French opera, so different from the requirements of Wagnerian heroics or Italian melodic display. Polish tenor Piotr Beczala is the latest entrant in the tradition, and though he's new to the music -- mostly he has specialized in Russian and Italian music -- the results are impressive. In fact he's weakest in the Frenchified Italian arias by Verdi and Donizetti: there's nothing to object to in his readings, but little that stands out. With the French material the situation is something else again. Sample the second part of the number from La dame blanche by the under-heard François-Adrien Boieldieu, where Beczala gets the chance to display a truly awesome pianissimo. Another major strength is Berlioz, where he has the relaxed control over the long line without which the music fatally bogs down. Really throughout Beczala is both dramatically and vocally convincing, and he gets exciting support from the Orchestre de L'Opéra National de Lyon under Alain Altinoglu, sounding great in an auditorium in its home city. A superior recording of its type.
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Werther / Act III (Jules Massenet)
Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Alain Altinoglu, Conductor, MainArtist - Piotr Beczala, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Le Cid / Act III (Jules Massenet)
Jules Massenet, Composer - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestra, MainArtist - Adolphe-Philippe d'Ennery, Author - Alain Altinoglu, Conductor, MainArtist - Piotr Beczala, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Louis Marie Alexandre Gallet, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24 / Part 3 (Hector Berlioz)
Hector Berlioz, ComposerLyricist - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestra, MainArtist - Almire Gandonnière, Author - Alain Altinoglu, Conductor, MainArtist - Piotr Beczala, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - GERARD DE NERVAL, Translator - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Béatrice et Bénédict / Act I (Hector Berlioz)
William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Hector Berlioz, Composer, Author - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alain Altinoglu, Conductor, MainArtist - Piotr Beczala, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Don Carlos / Act I (Giuseppe Verdi)
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestra, MainArtist - Friedrich Schiller, Author, Original Text Author - Joseph Méry, Author - Alain Altinoglu, Conductor, MainArtist - Camille du Locle, Author - Piotr Beczala, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
La Dame blanche / Act II (François Adrien Boieldieu)
Eugene Scribe, Author - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alain Altinoglu, Conductor, MainArtist - Piotr Beczala, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - François-Adrien Boieldieu, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
La favorite / Act IV (Gaetano Donizetti)
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Eugene Scribe, Author - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alphonse Royer, Author - Gustave Vaëz, Author - Alain Altinoglu, Conductor, MainArtist - Piotr Beczala, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Roméo et Juliette / Act III (Charles Gounod)
Charles Gounod, Composer - Michel Carre, Author - Jules Barbier, Author - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alain Altinoglu, Conductor, MainArtist - Piotr Beczala, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Faust, CG 4 / Act III (Charles Gounod)
Charles Gounod, Composer - Michel Carre, Author - Jules Barbier, Author - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alain Altinoglu, Conductor, MainArtist - Piotr Beczala, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Carmen / Act II (Georges Bizet)
Georges Bizet, Composer - Henri Meilhac, Author - Ludovic Halevy, Author - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alain Altinoglu, Conductor, MainArtist - Piotr Beczala, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Prosper Mérimée, Author, Original Text Author - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Dom Sébastien, Roi de Portugal / Act II (Gaetano Donizetti)
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Eugene Scribe, Author - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alain Altinoglu, Conductor, MainArtist - Piotr Beczala, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Henri Foucher, Author, Original Text Author
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Manon / Act V (Jules Massenet)
Jules Massenet, Composer - Philippe Gille, Author - Henri Meilhac, Author - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestra, MainArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alain Altinoglu, Conductor, MainArtist - Piotr Beczala, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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The majority of singers who have released recitals of this kind (and The French Collection is indeed a recital, recorded in a single day in 2014, not a collection of previously recorded material) are French, but there's a long tradition of non-French singers who have mastered the subtle art of 19th century French opera, so different from the requirements of Wagnerian heroics or Italian melodic display. Polish tenor Piotr Beczala is the latest entrant in the tradition, and though he's new to the music -- mostly he has specialized in Russian and Italian music -- the results are impressive. In fact he's weakest in the Frenchified Italian arias by Verdi and Donizetti: there's nothing to object to in his readings, but little that stands out. With the French material the situation is something else again. Sample the second part of the number from La dame blanche by the under-heard François-Adrien Boieldieu, where Beczala gets the chance to display a truly awesome pianissimo. Another major strength is Berlioz, where he has the relaxed control over the long line without which the music fatally bogs down. Really throughout Beczala is both dramatically and vocally convincing, and he gets exciting support from the Orchestre de L'Opéra National de Lyon under Alain Altinoglu, sounding great in an auditorium in its home city. A superior recording of its type.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:43
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Piotr Beczala
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Klassiek
© 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin, Under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin, Under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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