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Here is a refreshing recording, offering a selection of a dozen of Offenbach’s overtures, carefully omitting some of his most famous pieces to give the listener a pleasant feeling of discovery with regard to an otherwise well-known and recorded composer. Who could pretend to know Les Bavards, Les Bergers, Monsieur et Madame Denis or Le Roi Carotte. Titles that invariably highlight the prolixity of the bourgeois entertainer that was Jacques Offenbach.
Composed once the artist had finished the overall work, all these pieces can be assimilated to “potpourri overtures”. They borrow and combine the themes later developed by the singers, which serve as a refrain for the listener. Very few composers escaped the rule, with the notable exceptions of Mozart whose overtures are most often pieces in their own right, and Beethoven who, after composing three overtures for his only opera piece, wrote the one for Fidelio, which didn’t prefigure any of the themes to come.
After the social satire characterised by a series of works incorporating the current context and jeering at politics and morals, Offenbach had to shift his focus following the fall of the Second French Empire, and opted to write fantasies and comic operas, up until his latest masterpieces. This album offers a panorama of Offenbach’s many styles, juxtaposing plagiarism, parody, the spirit of dance, and an innate sense of melody. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Les Bavards (Jacques Offenbach)
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Howard Griffiths, Conductor - Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2019 CPO (P) 2019 CPO
Les Bergers (Jacques Offenbach)
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Howard Griffiths, Conductor - Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2019 CPO (P) 2019 CPO
Le Roi Carotte (Jacques Offenbach)
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Howard Griffiths, Conductor - Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2019 CPO (P) 2019 CPO
Monsieur Choufleuri restera chez lui, le… (Jacques Offenbach)
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Howard Griffiths, Conductor - Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2019 CPO (P) 2019 CPO
Les brigands (Jacques Offenbach)
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Howard Griffiths, Conductor - Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2019 CPO (P) 2019 CPO
Ba-Ta-Clan (Jacques Offenbach)
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Howard Griffiths, Conductor - Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2019 CPO (P) 2019 CPO
Geneviève de Brabant (Jacques Offenbach)
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Howard Griffiths, Conductor - Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2019 CPO (P) 2019 CPO
Monsieur et Madame Denis (Jacques Offenbach)
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Howard Griffiths, Conductor - Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2019 CPO (P) 2019 CPO
La Créole (Jacques Offenbach)
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Howard Griffiths, Conductor - Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2019 CPO (P) 2019 CPO
La Princesse de Trebizonde (Jacques Offenbach)
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Howard Griffiths, Conductor - Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2019 CPO (P) 2019 CPO
Madame Favart (Jacques Offenbach)
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Howard Griffiths, Conductor - Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2019 CPO (P) 2019 CPO
L'ile de Tulipatan (Jacques Offenbach)
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Howard Griffiths, Conductor - Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2019 CPO (P) 2019 CPO
Album review
Here is a refreshing recording, offering a selection of a dozen of Offenbach’s overtures, carefully omitting some of his most famous pieces to give the listener a pleasant feeling of discovery with regard to an otherwise well-known and recorded composer. Who could pretend to know Les Bavards, Les Bergers, Monsieur et Madame Denis or Le Roi Carotte. Titles that invariably highlight the prolixity of the bourgeois entertainer that was Jacques Offenbach.
Composed once the artist had finished the overall work, all these pieces can be assimilated to “potpourri overtures”. They borrow and combine the themes later developed by the singers, which serve as a refrain for the listener. Very few composers escaped the rule, with the notable exceptions of Mozart whose overtures are most often pieces in their own right, and Beethoven who, after composing three overtures for his only opera piece, wrote the one for Fidelio, which didn’t prefigure any of the themes to come.
After the social satire characterised by a series of works incorporating the current context and jeering at politics and morals, Offenbach had to shift his focus following the fall of the Second French Empire, and opted to write fantasies and comic operas, up until his latest masterpieces. This album offers a panorama of Offenbach’s many styles, juxtaposing plagiarism, parody, the spirit of dance, and an innate sense of melody. © François Hudry/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:57:46
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt Howard Griffiths
- Composer: Jacques Offenbach
- Label: CPO
- Area: Allemagne
- Genre: Classical Symphonic Music Overtures
- Period: Romantic Music
(C) 2019 CPO (P) 2019 CPO
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