Charles Gounod Essentials

Charles Gounod Essentials

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The operas of Charles Gounod are sumptuous affairs, with ripe banks of rhythmic strings; soft, pillowy harmonies; and the fragrant (and distinctly French) melodic aura of doomed romance. Best known for the operatic retelling of tragedies such as Romeo and Juliet or Faust, Gounod crafts lilting phrases and arresting climaxes that bring out the high drama in these familiar tales, lending them fresh piquancy. His most familiar melody is perhaps the slowly unfolding Ave Maria, a magic spell of unwinding beauty he cast over Bach's Prelude in C Major.

Sanctus

Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Franz Crass, Chœurs René Duclos, Jean-Claude Hartemann, Heinz Hoppe, Pilar Lorengar

5:15

Ave Maria (Arr. for Cello and Piano)

Kathryn Stott, Yo-Yo Ma

2:43

Ah, Je Veux Vivre

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Renée Fleming

3:43

Va! je t'ai pardonné - Nuit d'hyménée

Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, Staatskapelle Dresden, Nicola Luisotti

13:23

Waltz

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

5:27

"Faites-lui mes aveux"

Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Elīna Garanča, Yves Abel

4:21

Faust, Act I: Avant de Quitter Ces Lieux

Constantine Orbelian, Russia Spiritual Revival Choir, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russia Philharmonia

4:14

'Vin ou biere'.

Georges Prêtre, Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris, David Bell, Marc Vento, Paris Opera Orchestra

5:15

'Nous, nous retrouvons mes amis!...Ainsi que la brise egere...Ne permettrez vous pas, ma belle demoiselle'

David Bell, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Mirella Freni, Paris Opera Orchestra, Michèle Command, Georges Prêtre, Plácido Domingo

9:08

'Quel trouble inconnu me penetre!...Salut! demeure chaste et pure'

Georges Prêtre, David Bell, Plácido Domingo, Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris, Paris Opera Orchestra

5:32

'Alerte, alerte...Anges purs, anges radieux...Christ est ressuscite'

Georges Prêtre, Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Paris Opera Orchestra, Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris, David Bell

5:17

No. 19, "Où suis-je?...O ma lyre immortelle"

Sonya Yoncheva, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Frédéric Chaslin

7:20

O légère hirondelle

Enrique Mazzola, Olga Peretyatko, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester

3:06