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MASSENET The Massenet Edition
13 August 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Jules Massenet (born 12 May 1842).
Massenet is best-known for his operas and this set contains his two most famous - Manon and Werther as well as rarer works which owe their modern revivals and recordings during the 1970s to the advocacy of Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge.
Richard Bonynge has been a lifelong champion of Massenet and his reference-status recordings od the ballets are included as an integral element in this edition. He also features as an accompanist to Huguette Tourangeau in a widely-admired but long out of print recording of a selection of Massenet Songs.
The 140-page booklet includes full cast lists of the operas and detailed track lists.
Opera critic and writer George Hall has written an article on Massenet's life and works.
Richard Bonynge also contributes a personal note on his discovery and love of Massenet's music.
A CD-ROM contains the opera libretti and Song texts with translations.
This comprehensive 23-CD set with a wealth of glorious music is a must for all Massenet fans and lovers of French music alike.
CD 1 & 2 Don Quichotte Ghiaurov · Bacquier · Crespin OSR / Kord + Arias from Hérodiade & Le Cid Fantasy for cello and orchestra Silberstein / OSR / Bonynge CD 3-5 Esclarmonde Sutherland · Tourangeau · Aragall NPO / Bonynge CD 6 & 7 Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame Alagna · Ellero d'Artegna ONM / Diemecke CD 8-10 Manon Sills · Souzay · Gedda Bacquier New PO / Rudel CD 11 & 12 Le Roi de Lahore Lima · Sutherland · Milnes · Tourangeau NPO / Bonynge CD 13 & 14 Thaïs Fleming · Hampson · Sabbatini Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine / Abel CD 15 Thérèse Tourangeau New PO / Bonynge CD 16 & 17 Werther Carreras · Von Stade · Buchanan Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Davis CD 18 Songs Tourangeau · Sutherland Richard Bonynge piano CD19 & 20 Manon - ballet Based on extracts from works by Jules Massenet, arranged and orchestrated by Leighton Lucas, with the assistance of Hilda Gaunt Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Bonynge
CD 21 Le Cid - ballet music Scènes alsaciennes Scènes dramatiques Orchestral music from Le roi de Lahore, Thaïs, Cendrillon NPO / LSO / Bonynge CD 22 Le Carillon Cigale NPO / Bonynge CD 23 Rarities and historic recordings Orchestral music from La Navarraise, Chérubin, Lamento d'Ariane various orchestras / Bonynge Scènes pittoresques Scènes alsaciennes Paris Conservatoire Orchestra / Albert Woolf CD-ROM Opera libretti, Song texts & translations
Decca 23cds 4783963
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