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The music of Etienne-Nicolas Méhul has been largely forgotten, but early music conductor Christophe Rousset and his ensemble Les Talens Lyriques seem intent on a revival with this sumptuously presented (hardbound and numbered, and yet for all that a strong seller) recording of the opera Uthal (1806). Although commissioned by the Opéra-Comique, it is no comedy, but rather a story from Scottish legend about the titular warrior usurper. As was noted in the 19th century by Berlioz, among others, the plot is murky at best, and, curiously for a tragic opera, the music is interrupted by spoken dialogue, even at the putative climax. The music, however, holds one's attention. There are lots of unusual sonorities, starting with the fact that the orchestra doesn't have any violins (it's supposed to represent the misty Scottish moors). The chorus has a big role, and many of its numbers are gorgeous (sample the "Hymne au sommeil"). The arias look forward to Weber, and back to Gluck. The booklet contains fascinating essays on the work, in French and English, including the one by Berlioz, and the whole thing qualifies as an undeniably interesting curiosity.
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Uthal (Etienne-Nicolas Mehul)
Les Talens Lyriques - Christophe Rousset, Conductor - Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, Composer - James Macpherson, Lyricist - Jacques-Maximilien Benjamin Bins Comte de Saint-Victor, Lyricist
2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane / Sémele Proyectos Musicales 2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française
Jean-Sébastien Bou, Baritone (Larmor) - Karine Deshayes, Soprano (Malvina, Larmor's daughter) - James Macpherson, Lyricist - Jacques-Maximilien Benjamin Bins Comte de Saint-Victor, Lyricist
2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane / Sémele Proyectos Musicales 2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française
Jean-Sébastien Bou, Baritone (Larmor) - Karine Deshayes, Soprano (Malvina, Larmor's daughter) - Les Talens Lyriques - Christophe Rousset, Conductor - Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, Composer - James Macpherson, Lyricist - Jacques-Maximilien Benjamin Bins Comte de Saint-Victor, Lyricist
2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane / Sémele Proyectos Musicales 2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française
Jean-Sébastien Bou, Baritone (Larmor) - Karine Deshayes, Soprano (Malvina, Larmor's daughter) - James Macpherson, Lyricist - Jacques-Maximilien Benjamin Bins Comte de Saint-Victor, Lyricist
2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane / Sémele Proyectos Musicales 2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française
Reinoud Van Mechelen, Tenor (Barde) Jacques Belobo-Greg, Bass (Barde) Artavazd Sargsyan, Tenor (Barde) Philippe-Nicolas Martin, Baritone (Barde) - Jean-Sébastien Bou, Baritone (Larmor) - Karine Deshayes, Soprano (Malvina, Larmor's daughter) - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Les Talens Lyriques - Christophe Rousset, Conductor - Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, Composer - James Macpherson, Lyricist - Jacques-Maximilien Benjamin Bins Comte de Saint-Victor, Lyricist
2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane / Sémele Proyectos Musicales 2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française
Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Les Talens Lyriques - Christophe Rousset, Conductor - Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, Composer - James Macpherson, Lyricist - Jacques-Maximilien Benjamin Bins Comte de Saint-Victor, Lyricist
2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane / Sémele Proyectos Musicales 2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française
Jean-Sébastien Bou, Baritone (Larmor) - Karine Deshayes, Soprano (Malvina, Larmor's daughter) - James Macpherson, Lyricist - Jacques-Maximilien Benjamin Bins Comte de Saint-Victor, Lyricist
2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane / Sémele Proyectos Musicales 2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française
Jean-Sébastien Bou, Baritone (Larmor) - Karine Deshayes, Soprano (Malvina, Larmor's daughter) - Sébastien Droy, Tenor (Ullin, Larmor's faithful bard) - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Les Talens Lyriques - Christophe Rousset, Conductor - Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, Composer - James Macpherson, Lyricist - Jacques-Maximilien Benjamin Bins Comte de Saint-Victor, Lyricist
2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane / Sémele Proyectos Musicales 2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française
Karine Deshayes, Soprano (Malvina, Larmor's daughter) - Les Talens Lyriques - Christophe Rousset, Conductor - Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, Composer - James Macpherson, Lyricist - Jacques-Maximilien Benjamin Bins Comte de Saint-Victor, Lyricist
2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane / Sémele Proyectos Musicales 2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française
Reinoud Van Mechelen, Tenor (Barde) - Artavazd Sargsyan, Tenor (Barde) - Philippe-Nicolas Martin, Baritone (Barde) - Jacques Belobo-Greg, Bass (Barde) - Les Talens Lyriques - Christophe Rousset, Conductor - Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, Composer - James Macpherson, Lyricist - Jacques-Maximilien Benjamin Bins Comte de Saint-Victor, Lyricist
2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane / Sémele Proyectos Musicales 2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française
Karine Deshayes, Soprano (Malvina, Larmor's daughter) - James Macpherson, Lyricist - Jacques-Maximilien Benjamin Bins Comte de Saint-Victor, Lyricist
2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane / Sémele Proyectos Musicales 2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française
Yann Beuron, Tenor (Uthal, husband of Malvina) - Les Talens Lyriques - Christophe Rousset, Conductor - Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, Composer - James Macpherson, Lyricist - Jacques-Maximilien Benjamin Bins Comte de Saint-Victor, Lyricist
2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane / Sémele Proyectos Musicales 2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française
Yann Beuron, Tenor (Uthal, husband of Malvina) - Karine Deshayes, Soprano (Malvina, Larmor's daughter) - James Macpherson, Lyricist - Jacques-Maximilien Benjamin Bins Comte de Saint-Victor, Lyricist
2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane / Sémele Proyectos Musicales 2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française
Karine Deshayes, Soprano (Malvina, Larmor's daughter) - Yann Beuron, Tenor (Uthal, husband of Malvina) - Reinoud Van Mechelen, Tenor (Barde) - Artavazd Sargsyan, Tenor (Barde) - Philippe-Nicolas Martin, Baritone (Barde) - Jacques Belobo-Greg, Bass (Barde) - Sébastien Droy, Tenor (Ullin, Larmor's faithful bard) - Jean-Sébastien Bou, Baritone (Larmor) - Les Talens Lyriques - Christophe Rousset, Conductor - Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, Composer - James Macpherson, Lyricist - Jacques-Maximilien Benjamin Bins Comte de Saint-Victor, Lyricist
2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane / Sémele Proyectos Musicales 2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française
Jean-Sébastien Bou, Baritone (Larmor) - Yann Beuron, Tenor (Uthal, husband of Malvina) - Karine Deshayes, Soprano (Malvina, Larmor's daughter) - Sébastien Droy, Tenor (Ullin, Larmor's faithful bard) - Philippe-Nicolas Martin, Baritone (Barde) - Les Talens Lyriques - Christophe Rousset, Conductor - Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, Composer - James Macpherson, Lyricist - Jacques-Maximilien Benjamin Bins Comte de Saint-Victor, Lyricist
2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane / Sémele Proyectos Musicales 2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française
Jean-Sébastien Bou, Baritone (Larmor) - Reinoud Van Mechelen, Tenor (Barde) - Artavazd Sargsyan, Tenor (Barde) - Philippe-Nicolas Martin, Baritone (Barde) - Jacques Belobo-Greg, Bass (Barde) - Karine Deshayes, Soprano (Malvina, Larmor's daughter) - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Les Talens Lyriques - Christophe Rousset, Conductor - Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, Composer - James Macpherson, Lyricist - Jacques-Maximilien Benjamin Bins Comte de Saint-Victor, Lyricist
2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane / Sémele Proyectos Musicales 2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française
Karine Deshayes, Soprano (Malvina, Larmor's daughter) - Philippe-Nicolas Martin, Baritone (Le Barde) - Les Talens Lyriques - Christophe Rousset, Conductor - Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, Composer - James Macpherson, Lyricist - Jacques-Maximilien Benjamin Bins Comte de Saint-Victor, Lyricist
2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane / Sémele Proyectos Musicales 2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française
Philippe-Nicolas Martin, Baritone (Le Barde) - Karine Deshayes, Soprano (Malvina, Larmor's daughter) - Reinoud Van Mechelen, Tenor (Barde) - Artavazd Sargsyan, Tenor (Barde) - Jacques Belobo-Greg, Bass (Barde) - Les Talens Lyriques - Christophe Rousset, Conductor - Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, Composer - James Macpherson, Lyricist - Jacques-Maximilien Benjamin Bins Comte de Saint-Victor, Lyricist
2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane / Sémele Proyectos Musicales 2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française
Jean-Sébastien Bou, Baritone (Larmor) - Karine Deshayes, Soprano (Malvina, Larmor's daughter) - James Macpherson, Lyricist - Jacques-Maximilien Benjamin Bins Comte de Saint-Victor, Lyricist
2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane / Sémele Proyectos Musicales 2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française
Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Les Talens Lyriques - Christophe Rousset, Conductor - Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, Composer - James Macpherson, Lyricist - Jacques-Maximilien Benjamin Bins Comte de Saint-Victor, Lyricist
2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane / Sémele Proyectos Musicales 2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française
Jean-Sébastien Bou, Baritone (Larmor) - Yann Beuron, Tenor (Uthal, husband of Malvina) - Karine Deshayes, Soprano (Malvina, Larmor's daughter) - James Macpherson, Lyricist - Jacques-Maximilien Benjamin Bins Comte de Saint-Victor, Lyricist
2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane / Sémele Proyectos Musicales 2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française
Jean-Sébastien Bou, Baritone (Larmor) - Yann Beuron, Tenor (Uthal, husband of Malvina) - Karine Deshayes, Soprano (Malvina, Larmor's daughter) - Sébastien Droy, Tenor (Ullin, Larmor's faithful bard) - Philippe-Nicolas Martin, Baritone (Le Barde) - Reinoud Van Mechelen, Tenor (Barde) - Artavazd Sargsyan, Tenor (Barde) - Jacques Belobo-Greg, Bass (Barde) - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Les Talens Lyriques - Christophe Rousset, Conductor - Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, Composer - James Macpherson, Lyricist - Jacques-Maximilien Benjamin Bins Comte de Saint-Victor, Lyricist
2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane / Sémele Proyectos Musicales 2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française
Album review
The music of Etienne-Nicolas Méhul has been largely forgotten, but early music conductor Christophe Rousset and his ensemble Les Talens Lyriques seem intent on a revival with this sumptuously presented (hardbound and numbered, and yet for all that a strong seller) recording of the opera Uthal (1806). Although commissioned by the Opéra-Comique, it is no comedy, but rather a story from Scottish legend about the titular warrior usurper. As was noted in the 19th century by Berlioz, among others, the plot is murky at best, and, curiously for a tragic opera, the music is interrupted by spoken dialogue, even at the putative climax. The music, however, holds one's attention. There are lots of unusual sonorities, starting with the fact that the orchestra doesn't have any violins (it's supposed to represent the misty Scottish moors). The chorus has a big role, and many of its numbers are gorgeous (sample the "Hymne au sommeil"). The arias look forward to Weber, and back to Gluck. The booklet contains fascinating essays on the work, in French and English, including the one by Berlioz, and the whole thing qualifies as an undeniably interesting curiosity.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:25
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Les Talens Lyriques Choeur de Chambre de Namur Christophe Rousset
- Composer: Etienne-Nicolas Mehul
- Label: Bru Zane
- Genre: Classical Opera Full Operas
2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane / Sémele Proyectos Musicales 2016 Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française
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