Charles Gounod Essentials

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Charles Gounod Essentials

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

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

5:15

Ave Maria (Arr. for Cello and Piano)

Yo-Yo Ma, Kathryn Stott

2:43

Ah, Je Veux Vivre

Sir Charles Mackerras, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Renée Fleming

3:43

Va! je t'ai pardonné - Nuit d'hyménée

Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, Nicola Luisotti, Staatskapelle Dresden

13:23

Waltz

Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan

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, Russia Philharmonia, Dmitri Hvorostovsky

4:14

'Vin ou biere'.

Marc Vento, David Bell, Paris Opera Orchestra, Georges Prêtre

5:15

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

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

9:08

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

David Bell, Plácido Domingo, Paris Opera Orchestra, Georges Prêtre

5:32

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

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

5:17

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

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Frédéric Chaslin, Sonya Yoncheva

7:20

O légère hirondelle

Enrique Mazzola, Olga Peretyatko, NDR Symphony Orchestra

3:06