Ils Chantent Les Femmes [Import]

1. Belle

2. Le Loup La Biche Et Le Chevalier

3. A Toi

4. J'aime Les Filles

5. Belinda

6. Femme Liberee

7. La Fille Que J'aime

8. Trace De Toi

9. Aline

10. Ma Petite Fille De Reve

11. Butterfly

12. Madame

13. Le Geant De Papier

14. Et Tu Danses Avec Lui

15. Vanina

16. Elle Danse Marie

17. Une Belle Historie

18. Pour Le Plaisir

19. Michele

20. A Toutes Les Filles

Ils Chantent Les Femmes,Various Artists,Sony Music Media,World Music

Average customer rating: A very exciting recording "Marche pour la Cérémonie Turque" 10 thumbs up! Gorgeous Swing for Le Roi-Soleil The Sun King's Most Beloved Composer Really Shines in this Performance! Recommended highly

Jean-Baptiste Lully: L'Orchestre du Roi Soleil Manufacturer: Alia Vox Spain ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Lully | Lully, Jean-Baptiste | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Lully: Les Divertissements de Versailles Lully - Ballet Music for the Sun King / Mary Enid Haines · Aradia Baroque Ensemble · Kevin Mallon François Couperin: Les Concerts Royaux Vivaldi: La Viola da Gamba in Concerto Lully: Le Roi Danse ASIN: B000031WY0 Release Date: 1999-10-12

Tracks:

1. Premiere Ste 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme': Ov
2. Premiere Ste 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme': Gavotte
3. Premiere Ste 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme': Canaries
4. Premiere Ste 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme': Marche Pour La Ceremonie Turque
5. Premiere Ste 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme': Premier Air Des Espagnols: Sarabande
6. Premiere Ste 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme': Second Air Des Espagnols: Gigue
7. Premiere Ste 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme': L'Entree Des Scaramouches, Trivelins Et Arlequins
8. Premiere Ste 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme': Chaconne Des Scaramouches, Trivelins Et Arlequins
9. Deuxieme Ste 'Le Divertissement Royal': Danse De Neptune
10. Deuxieme Ste 'Le Divertissement Royal': Les Suivants De Neptune
11. Deuxieme Ste 'Le Divertissement Royal': Prld Des Trompettes Et Autres Instruments Pour Mars
12. Deuxieme Ste 'Le Divertissement Royal': Les Hommes Et Femmes Armes
13. Deuxieme Ste 'Le Divertissement Royal': Rondeau Du Mariage Force
14. Deuxieme Ste 'Le Divertissement Royal': Second Air ('Le Mariage Force')
15. Deuxieme Ste 'Le Divertissement Royal': Bourree Du Mariage Force
16. Deuxieme Ste 'Le Divertissement Royal': Bourree Du Divertissement De Chambord
17. Deuxieme Ste 'Le Divertissement Royal': Sym Des Plaisirs
18. Deuxieme Ste 'Le Divertissement Royal': Les Esclaves
19. Deuxieme Ste 'Le Divertissement Royal': Menuet Pour Les Trompettes
20. Troisime Ste 'Alceste': Marche Des Combattans
21. Troisime Ste 'Alceste': Menuet
22. Troisime Ste 'Alceste': Loure Pour Les Pecheurs
23. Troisime Ste 'Alceste': Echos
24. Troisime Ste 'Alceste': Rondeau De La Gloire
25. Troisime Ste 'Alceste': La Pompe Funebre
26. Troisime Ste 'Alceste': Rondeau Pour La Fete Marine
27. Troisime Ste 'Alceste': Les Vents
28. Troisime Ste 'Alceste': La Fete Infernale: 1er Air
29. Troisime Ste 'Alceste': 2eme Air, Les Demons
30. Troisime Ste 'Alceste': Marche Des Assiegeants
31. Chaconne De L'Amour Medecin

Customer Reviews:

A very exciting recording.......2006-09-23

This is a marvellous introduction to the French Baroque music, 17th century music and the music from the operas of Jean-Baptiste Lully. I bought this CD because I love Lully and because I am a fan of Jordi Savall and his Concert des Nations.

So what is on this CD?

Well, for your money you get some excellent recordings of orchestral movements from the operas of Jean-Baptiste Lully. These movements are in the various dance forms popular in the French court in the 17th century. The music is colourful, rhythmic and stylish. Lully was a great tunesmith and he had a great feel for dance.

Please, if you buy no other CD of Lully's music in your life, please consider this one.

"Marche pour la Cérémonie Turque" 10 thumbs up!.......2006-08-17

If you love Lully's music you will give it 10 stars. Great recording too!

Gorgeous Swing for Le Roi-Soleil.......2006-03-25

Although I used to study music and I knew his name, I hadn't listened Jean-Baptiste Lully's music. I listened to music of Ramaeu, Vivaldi, Purcell, J.S.Bach, and Handel but no Lully's.
First time I listened his music was from French film "Le Roi Danse" which was a story about Lully's life with Louis XIV and Moliere. Music impressed me so much that even I thought it was not by Lully, but it was.

So I bought this CD to listen in a complete way to "la musique pour le roi-soleil (the music for the sun king)". I would say, the music is like as gorgeous as Château de Versailles. The first suit "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (The Bourgeois Gentleman)" is called as the masterpiece of Lully and Moliere collaboration. I love fourth piece, Marche pour la C?r?monie turque (March for the Turkish ceremony)" which was also used in the film, and 13th melancholy piece is also my favorite.

My impression of Lully's music is swing, suppose French baroque style upright swing. Lully himself danced balley and he composed many pieces for ballet for Louis XIV dances. "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" is also a ballet, a comedy-ballet. Listening to his music, tapping feet, I wonder the ballet at that time focused on jump rather than turn, step, or movement.
Performance by Le Concert De Nations is also impressive and commentary by Philippe Beaussant is interesting as a view of music history.

One another I like about this CD is the package. It is paper three-fold and put the music score inside, very fashionable. The front picture if the King family is gorgeous too. Usually I drop packages to change to thin plastic cases but I will keep this package.

The Sun King's Most Beloved Composer Really Shines in this Performance!.......2005-10-13

As the main reviewer mentions, the French Baroque style is completely original in its sound so that even one with little familiarity in Baroque styles will recognize instantly. Jean-Baptiste Lully's music is probably the most regal, warm, and literally gay of all the Baroque music composed in France, but also one of the least performed. Lully is actually a very underrated composer and this album is probably the best example of how underrated he has remained which is unfortunate because his work is highly original and as complex as any other contemporary Baroque work. Jordi Savall and Le Concert Des Nations are undisputably a very few the very best performers of French Baroque pieces and each use 17th-18th century authentic instruments. The recording quality of this album is also stupendous. This album is a gem for anyone looking to expand their horizons in Baroque music or curious about French Baroque specifically.

Jean-Baptiste Lully was actually of Italian origins and his French style was influenced in some parts by his native Italy but mostly by French Late Renaissance and very early Baroque folkloric styles. Lully was active in the mid-17th century in the court of Louis XIV, The Bourbon Sun King and founder of Versailles who, in addition to having reigned for about 75 years, was the greatest patron of the arts and sciences in Europe during his time. This is of course music for the Sun King and so the pieces usually have a regal Baroque weightiness to them in trying to portray the absolute monarch as the mighty Jove who appeared as thunder but who moved on in his royal procession as regally and lightly as a cloud. Such techniques in the strings were mostly imitated and refined by contemporaries and used in later German Baroque concerto works such those of Bach, Telemann, and Handel. This regal weightiness is also carried by a lot of brass but Lully always presents his brass arrangements lightly unlike his heavier German and especially English Baroque counterparts. Accentuating its classicist themes, the music simultaneously conveys both the typical aristocratic fluff of the Bourbon court as well as its weighty Olympian pageantry demonstrated in his Turkish procession. In other parts, some of the ballad pieces make one feel as if they have just left the stuffy aristocratic halls of Versailles to join some jovial musketeers merrily drinking in a common nearby tavern instead. Lully's music is highly unique, expressive, and generally jovial with a lot of tonality: he uses a lot of period dances for his pieces such as sarabandes, gavottes, etc. There's also a lot more use of the viola da gamba, lute, and various percussion than other contemporary Baroque pieces but somewhat typical in French ones. The most moving pieces in these arrangements might just be those for solo Baroque violin and lute or a small accompaniment: they are very expressive and as hauntingly beautiful and divine as any of Biber's comparable works or those of Marais. Lully was simply a genius in very evocative music that seemed to defy its own excess demands for pomp and frivolity. He is certainly one of the most innovate composers of the Baroque period. Lully is actually the main founder of both modern ballet and opera as forms of art which he first performed in the court of Versailles as distinctive musical repertoires incorporating theatrical and dance forms. Louis XIV was indeed so enamoured with Lully's majestic works that he ignored Cardinal Mazarin's resentments and France's own capital laws against homosexuality so that he could keep him under the patronage of his court. Although tragic, Lully's death is somewhat ironically as fatalistic as many of the classicist subjects of his ballets and operas: as if he had been a gifted muse who rendered Apollo jealous and so was struck down by Fate. While passionately conducting a piece using a heavy set staff weighing several pounds, he accidentally crushed his foot and died of gangrene soon after. He was an artist who died from his passion in a true sense and this is always a touching end for an artist in terms of posterity. He was replaced by Marin Marais as court composer whose pieces are also exquisitely performed by Jordi Savall solo on the viola and with Le Concert Des Nations for his orchestral works.

Lully was definitely an accomplished master of music and very original. A composer who is more obscure simply for the fact that he's not played as much as Bach or Vivaldi and that the French Baroque is not as common in performance circles. Lully however was certainly no less accomplished in his genius than any other of the great Baroque masters. Although many French composers such as Marais and Rameau would imitate his expressive style throughout the 18th century particularly in their operas and ballets, none of them could ever match it. In terms of French Baroque, I strongly recommend you get every piece you can by Jordi Savall and Le Concert Des Nations as they are few of the very foremost experts on performing in the French style. Another decent group is Les Arts Florrisants who have done various French Baroque performances. There are few other groups and artists that perform Lully or any French Baroque besides the latter anyway and most of them that do don't even compare to them. Their CDs are typically more expensive than the common labels and might have to be ordered but the quality of the performances and the recordings are really worth every penny believe me. Many of Savall's earlier performances are also starting to become hard to find.

Recommended highly.......2002-04-16

I am not as familiar as some with the music of Lully, but enough to know where Handel must have taken some of his points when he himself became the master splendour and majesty in music!

The music is astounding to say the very least. Though I am still quite partial to the 'Handelian' brand of grandeur, Lully also seems to have stolen my heart with this most royal and dignified collection of pieces, a fascinating and important compilation. I commend warmly the performers and conductor for an astounding example of excellence in interpretation, and recommend highly this recording to all.

Average customer rating: A beautiful rare gem from the soundtracks universe A perfect way to introduce yourself to the Clemencic Consort

Molière (1978 Film) Jean-Baptiste Lully , Henry Purcell , René Clemencic , and Alfred Deller Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Lully | Lully, Jean-Baptiste | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Soundtracks | Imports | Stores | Music CDs Under $7 | Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B00004TVG8 Release Date: 2000-09-25

Tracks:

1. Nicomede
2. Rencontre Des Italiens
3. L'Ecole Des Femmes
4. L'Homme Oiseau
5. La Chanson De La Mere
6. La Foire De Saint-Laurent/Premiere Partie/Deuxieme Partie
7. Theme De L'Amour
8. La Foire De Toulouse
9. La Voyage
10. Armande
11. La Princesse Elide
12. Carnaval Et Revolte
13. Armande
14. La Mort De Madeleine
15. Le Combat Des Enfants
16. La Chambre Aux Miroirs
17. La Mort De Moliere: Henry Purcell, Extrait De King Arthur

Customer Reviews:

A beautiful rare gem from the soundtracks universe.......2006-03-18

I bought this CD with certain hesitation because it is a soundtrack. However, when hearing it the subtle sounds, the masterful interpretations, the beautiful voices of Marjorie Vance and Elisabeth Guy-Kummer and the master direction of Rene Clemencic, moved my soul tremendously. La Princesse Elide, Carnaval et Revolte, Armande and La Mort de Moliere will be, for sure, amongst the favourites of most listeners of this not to be missed album, a rare find in Amazon.com although normal in Amazon.fr. And hear carefully to the compelling percussions in La Foire de Toulouse. Buy and enjoy.

A perfect way to introduce yourself to the Clemencic Consort.......2003-11-12

The early-music group led by Rene Clemencic puts on a tremendous performance in this soundtrack disc of the 1978 film MOLIERE. This compilation allows you to sample the consort's instrumentals (uniquely historical) their lively interpretations, excellent vocals by the Deller consort, plus original Clemencic compositions. A great way to introduce yourself to this reknowned group of international artists.

Average customer rating: Bizet: Les Pêcheurs De Perles My review middle of the road performance Opera to love Wonderful piece of work

Bizet: Les Pêcheurs des perles; Ivan IV Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / James, Lewis, Baker, Herincx ASIN: B000002SFC Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Les Pechuers De Perles: Prld - Comic Opr Nat Theatre Orch/Pierre Dervaux
2. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.1. Choeur: Sur la greve en feu - Ernest Blanc/Nicolai Gedda/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
3. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.1. Scene et choeur: Amis, interrompez vos danses - Ernest Blanc/Nicolai Gedda/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
4. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.1. Recit et reprise du choeur danse: Demeure parmi nous, Nadir - Ernest Blanc/Nicolai Gedda/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
5. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.2. Recit: Cest toi qu'enfin je revois - Ernest Blanc/Nicolai Gedda
6. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.2. Duo: Au fond du temple saint - Ernest Blanc/Nicolai Gedda
7. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.3. Recit: Que vois-je? - Ernest Blanc/Nicolai Gedda
8. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.3. Choeur: Elle vient... Sois la bienvenue - Ernest Blanc/Janine Micheau/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
9. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.3. Scene et choeur: Seule au milieu de nous - Ernest Blanc/Janine Micheau/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
10. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.4. Recit: A cette voix - Nicolai Gedda
11. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.4. Romance: Je crois encore entendre - Nicolai Gedda
12. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.5. Scene et choeur:Le ciel est bleu - Nicolai Gedda/Jacques Mars/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
13. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.5. Air et choeur: O Dieu Brahma! - Janine Micheau/Nicolai Gedda/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
14. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act II, No.6. Entracte, scene et choeur: L'ombre descend des cieux - Janine Micheau/Nicolai Gedda/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
15. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act II, No.7. Recit et cavatine: Me voila seule dans la nuit - Janine Micheau
16. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act II, No.8. Chanson: De mon amie - Janine Micheau/Nicolai Gedda
17. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act II, No.9. Duo: Leila! Dieu puissant - Janine Micheau/Nicolai Gedda
18. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act II, No.10. Final: Ah! Revenez a la raison - Janine Micheau/Nicolai Gedda/Jacques Mars

Tracks:

1. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.10. Final: Arretez! C'est a moi d'ordonner - Ernest Blanc/Janine Micheau/Nicolai Gedda/Jacques Mars/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
2. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.11. Entracte, recit et air L'orages'est calme...o Nadir - Ernest Blanc
3. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.12. Recit: Qu'ai-je vu? - Ernest Blanc/Janine Micheau
4. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.12. Duo: Jefremis, je chancelle - Janine Micheau/Ernest Blanc
5. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.12. Scene:Entends au loin... - Jaques Mars/Janine Micheau/Ernest Blanc
6. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.13. Choeur danse:Des que le soleil - Comic Opr Nat Theatre Orch/Pierre Dervaux
7. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.14. Scene et choeur: Sombres divinites - Jaques Mars/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux/Ernest Blanc
8. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.15. Trio: O lumiere sainte - Janine Micheau/Nicolai Gedda/Ernest Blanc
9. Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.16. Final: Cesont eux, les voici - Ernest Blanc/Nicolai Gedda/Janine Micheau/Jacques Mars/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
10. Ivan IV: Act I, Duo: Puisses-tu voir longtemps encore - Janine Micheau/Michel Senechal
11. Ivan IV: Act I, Final du premier tableau: Victoire! Victorie! Chantez! - Pierre Savignol/Henre Legay/Nat Chor de la R.T.F./Georges Tzipine
12. Ivan IV: Act I, Serenade: Ouvre ton coeur a l'amour qui m'enflamme - Michel Senechal
13. Ivan IV: Act I, Recit et chand du Cosak: Et c'est un chant de femmes... - Michel Roux/Louis Noguera/Nat Chor de la R.T.F./Georges Tzipine
14. Ivan IV: Act II, Choeur danse: Sous nos pas resonnent... - Nat Orch de la R.T.F./Georges Tzipine
15. Ivan IV: Act III, Air de Mare: II me semble parfois que mavie est un songe - Janine Micheau
16. Ivan IV: Act III, Recit et air d'Igor: La vengeance va donc etre enfin satisfaite...Pourquoi me verr - Henri Legay
17. Ivan IV: Act III, Duo: Marie ! Igor! - Henri Legay/Janine Micheau
18. Ivan IV: Act III, Final: Voyez! Ah! Mon epouse... - Janine Micheau/Henri Legay/Michel Senechal/Michel Roux/Pierre Savignol/Louis Noguera...
19. Ivan IV: Act IV, Final: A mort! A mort! - Janine Micheau/Henri Legay/Michel Senechal/Michel Roux/Pierre Savignol/Louis Noguera...

Customer Reviews:

Bizet: Les Pêcheurs De Perles.......2004-02-03

Advice for the San Diego gentleman: listen to the recording first before sending in your comments. It's laughable to blindly defend Nicolai Gedda's singing in Nadir's role without even listening to the recording!

While I gave this recording five stars for its glorious sound and very good performance from all stars including Mr. Nicolai Gedda, he does indeed sound a bit strained in the romance "Je crois encore entendre". This is not surprising since Bizet wrote this passage in extremely high notes!

I highly recommend this recording to all Bizet fans.

My review.......2003-02-17

Nicolai Gedda is my favorite tenor in the non-Italian repertory. He excelled in French, German, and operetta roles, both French and Viennese. Even though I have not listened to this recording yet, I am sure that he does a good job in this recording of Bizet's second most popular opera after the ubiquitous "Carmen". He was a great Don José, the best non-French one who ever recorded the role (no offense to Corelli, Domingo, and Vickers). It is fair to assume that he does a good job with the demanding role of Nadir. To say that he sometimes sounds a bit strained in this role is blasphemous. He excelled in roles that had high tessituras. He had great success in "Le Postillon de Lonjumeau", "Oberon", and "Benvenuto Cellini". This recording was made in October 1960. Gedda was only at the beginning of his glorious prime. Do not believe the person who said he sounds strained in this role. He is biased against Gedda, who happens to be one of his fellow countrymen. Gedda also was very committed dramatically to each and every role that he sung. To say that he sings Nadir's aria without any emotions is false exaggeration in the greatest sense. Gedda was a superb interpreter of French roles and it can be assumed, on my part that is, that he gives an above-average performance in this opera. Remember, I have not listened to this recording yet.

middle of the road performance.......2001-11-06

This is a perfect example of studio recordings with opera stars that ought to be very good, but somehow fails. There is nothing obviously 'wrong' with this recording, but it surely doesn't engage either.

The voices are generally good - Gedda's Nadir is smooth and beautiful, idiomatic in style, if sometimes a little strained under pressure - and that's not strange - Nadir's writing is very high. The romance 'je crois entendre encore' is however a wonder of precision and smoothness, technically perfect indeed, but it's rather hard to imagine that he sings a romance when there's no trace of feelings there. Janine Micheau on the other side is as always rather dry in tone, but perfectly french in style, and her vibrato is not as wide as it sometimes could be - and her performance is, I think, the most 'felt' of the three main roles. Ernest Blanc as Zurga is also rather unengaged, although with a firm and effective voice. The conducting is also rather uninspired, and perhaps that's the main problem, cause an uninspired conductor can damage a whole performance.

There are at least three better recordings according to my taste, and one of them stand clearly ahead of the other: the live recording from 1959 with Vanzo/Micheau/Baquier and Rosenthal as conductor, available here on Amazon.com. A typically french performance with all the positive effects of a live recording captured in good sound and hardly none of the negative ones, combined with wonderful singers in their prime. Vanzo, as Nadir, is alone worth the purchase (it's also budget priced!). Thereafter I think the two mono recordings from Philips (Simoneau/Alarie/Bianco/Fournet) and EMI (Legay/Angelici/Dens/Cluytens) are good. There are studio recording with more modern sound, but they all let you down in one way or the other - you might as well go for this one in comparission to them.

Compared to other more modern stereo versions, this one has the great advantage of giving us highlights from the very rare Bizet opera 'Ivan IV' with an other conductor and different cast. For the real Bizet fans this alone might be worth the purchase, but if you just want a good version of this lovely opera, go for one of the three I've mentioned above.

Opera to love.......2000-04-19

Bizet wrote some of the most beautiful melodies in classical music, and this opera abounds with some of his best. Filled with breathtaking arias, the exotic setting of Ceylon and glorious poetry, The Pearl Fishers is more lush and visceral than Carmen. James Michener's The Drifters was my introduction to this opera; in the Winona Ryder version of Little Women, Gabriel Byrne as Professor Baehr takes Jo to a production of Les Pecheurs de Perles. This is a wonderful recording of a very accessible piece of music.

Wonderful piece of work.......1998-12-07

This wonderful piece of work by Bizet is not as popular as Carmen, and this is a pity, for the melodies and voice registers used by the composers are really talking to the soul. This version, although not recent, is the best I know by the quality of performers and sound recording. Definitely worth buying.

Average customer rating:

Spontini - Le Vestale / Huffstodt, Michaels-Moore, Kavrakos, D. Graves, Teatro alla Scala, Muti Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ASIN: B000002AR4 Release Date: 1995-10-31

Tracks:

1. La Vestale: Ouverture
2. La Vestale: Act One: La nuit acheve sa carriere (Licinius)
3. La Vestale: Act One: Pres de ce temple auguste (Cinna, Licinius); Air: Dans le sien d'un ami Fidele (Cinne, Licinius)
4. La Vestale: Act One: Duo: Quand l'amitie seconde mon courage (Licinius, Cinna)
5. La Vestale: Act One: Hymne du matin: Fille du ciel (Choer, la Grande Vestale, Julia)
6. La Vestale: Act One: Pour la derniere fois (La Grande Vestale, Julia)
7. La Vestale: Act One: Air: L'Amour est un monstre barbare (La Grande Vestale, Julia)
8. La Vestale: Act One: O d'un pouvoir funeste, invincible ascendant! (Julia, choer); Air: Licinius, je vais donc te revoir (Julia, choer)
9. La Vestale: Final: De lauriers couvrons les chemins (Choer, Licinius)
10. La Vestale: Final: Sur le depot de la flamme immortelle La Grande Vestale, Licinius, Cinna, choer)
11. La Vestale: Final: Grands dieux! soutenez ma faiblesse (Julia, Licinius, la Grande Vestale, le Souverain Pontife, Cinna, choer, un consul)
12. La Vestale: Final: La paix est en ce jour le prix de vos conquetes (choer)
13. La Vestale: Ballet: No. 1: Allegro marziale
14. La Vestale: Ballet: No. 2: Presto - Allegretto spirituoso
15. La Vestale: Ballet: No. 3: Andante con moto - Andante un poco lento
16. La Vestale: Ballet: Allegro con brio
17. La Vestale: Ballet: No. 4: Allegro brillante - Andante cantabile
18. La Vestale: Ballet: Allegretto con spiritu
19. La Vestale: Ballet: No. 5: Allegro marziale - Andante cantabile
20. La Vestale: Ballet: No. 6: Allegro moderato
21. La Vestale: Ballet: Peuple, cessez vos jeux (Le Souverain Pontife, choer)

Tracks:

1. La Vestale: Act Two: Hymne du soir: Feu createur (Choer, la Grande Vestale)
2. La Vestale: Act Two: Air: Toi que j'implore avec affroi (Julia)
3. La Vestale: Act Two: Air: Impitoyables dieux! (Julia)
4. La Vestale: Act Two: Julia - Je l'entends (Licinius, Julia); Air: Les dieux prendront pitie (Licinius, Julia); Duo: Quel trouble... Quels transports... (Licinius, Julia)
5. La Vestale: Act Two: Suis moi! (Cinna, Licinius, Julia); Trio: Ah! si je te suis chere (Julia, Licinius, Cinna, choer)
6. La Vestale: Act Two: Il vivra ... D'un oeil ferme (Julia, choer)
7. La Vestale: Act Two: Les dieux demandent vengeance (Choer)
8. La Vestale: Act Two: O crime! o desepoir! (Le Souverain Pontife, Julia, la Grande Vestale, choer); Final: Sa bouche a pronoce l'arret (La Grande Verstale, le Souverain Pontife, choer)
9. La Vestale: O des infortunes deesse tutelaire! (Juilia)
10. La Vestale: Nommez le mortel temeraire (Le Souverain Pontife, Julia, choer)

Tracks:

1. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Qu'ai-je vu! quels apprets! (Licinius); Air: Julia va Mourir! (Licinius)
2. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Cinna, que fait l'armee? (Licinius, Cinna); Air: ce n'est pas le temps d'ecouter (Cinna, Licinius)
3. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Pontife de nos dieux! (Licinius,le Souverain Pontife); Duo: C'est a toi de trembler (Licinius, le Souverain Pontife)
4. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Differons, croyez-moi, l'instant du sacrifice (Le Souverain Pontife, le chef des aruspices)
5. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Choeur et Marche funeraire: Perisse la vestale impie (Choerm la Grande Vestale)
6. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Duo: Adieu, mes tendres soeurs (Julia, la Grande Vestale)
7. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Un peupole entier demande que j'expire (Julia); Air: Toi que je laisse sur la terre (Julia)
8. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Dieux puissants de cet empire (Le Souverain Pontife, choer); Choer de Femmes: Vesta, nous t'implorons (La Grande Vestale, choer, le Sourverain Pontife, julia)
9. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Arretez, ministres de la mort! (licinius, Julia, choer, le Souverain Pontife); Final: O terreur! o disgrace! (Choer, le Souverain Pontife, Licinius, Cinna, Julia)
10. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Chants d'allegresse (Choer, Julia); Duodu Deuxieme Acte: Sur cet autel sacre (Julia, Licinius, choer)
11. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Airs de Ballet - No. 1: Larghetto sostenuto -
12. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: No. 1: Airs de Ballet - Allegretto grazioso
13. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Airs de Ballet - No. 2: Andante cantabile -
14. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: No. 2: Airs de Ballet - Allegretto
15. La Vestale: Troisieme Acte: Airs de Ballet - No. 3: Allegro con moto

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Lully: L'Orchestre du Roi Soleil Jean-Baptiste Lully , Jordi Savall , and Le Concert des Nations Manufacturer: Alia Vox Spain ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Orchestra of Louis XIII Elizabethan Consort Music Vivaldi: La Viola da Gamba in Concerto Boccherini: Fandango, Sinfonie & La Musica Notturna di Madrid La Folia, 1490-1701 ASIN: B000071XA6 Release Date: 2003-04-08

Average customer rating: Superb singing and interpretation. Wonderful accompaniment

French & Spanish Songs Manufacturer: Testament ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chausson, Ernest | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Turina | Turina, Joaquin | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000007NKT Release Date: 1998-05-12

Tracks:

1. Trois Chansons De Bilitis: I. La Flute De Pan
2. Trois Chansons De Bilitis: II. La Chevalure
3. Trois Chansons De Bilitis: III. Le Tombeau Des Naiades
4. Mandoline
5. Cinq Poemes De Baudelaire: III. Le Jet D'eau
6. Trois Ballades De Francois Villon: III. Ballade Des Femmes De Paris
7. Fetes Galantes (1st. Series): I. En Sourdine
8. Fetes Galantes (1st. Series): II. Fantoches
9. Fetes Galantes (1st. Series): III. Clair De Lune
10. Chere Nuit
11. Ici-Bas!, Op.8 No.3
12. Apres Un Reve, Op.7 No.1
13. Les Temps Des Lilas
14. La Vie Anterieure
15. Phidyle
16. Oure Ton Coeur
17. El Combat Del Somni: I. Damunt De Tu Nomes Les Flores
18. El Combat Del Somni: II. Aquesta Nit Un Mateix Vent
19. El Combat Del Somni: III. Jo Et Pressentia Com La Mar
20. Romance De Solita
21. Cinco Canciones Negras: IV. Cancion De Cuna Para Dormir A Un Negrito
22. Cinco Canciones Negras: V. Canto Negro
23. Farruca
24. La Giralda
25. El Vito

Customer Reviews:

Superb singing and interpretation. Wonderful accompaniment.......1998-10-29

Nan Merriman not only has the voice but the appropriate style in these French and Spanish songs. No wonder she was a favorite of Toscannini. The playing of accompanist Gerald Moore is refined and displays why he was so great at his art. Testament has done a great job with the audio. Any lover of fine singing and the lied should have this CD in their collection.

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Femmes ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00009R9UL Release Date: 2003-05-19

Tracks:

1. Femmes (instrumental)
2. Ch Ici, Ch Las
3. Fais Do Do Waltz A Femmes original!
4. Indian On A Stump (Indien Sur Le Chicot)
5. Tit Galope Pour La Pointe Aux Pins
6. Crawfish Waltz (La Valse d'reuvisses)
7. J'ai Vu Le Loup, Le Renard et La Belette
8. Midland Two-Step
9. Enterre Moi Pas (instrumental)
10. Jolie Blonde
11. Eunice Two-Step
12. Tes Parent Veulent Plus Me Voir
13. Lache Pas La Patate
14. Grand Mamou
15. Port Arthur Blues (Blues de Port Arthur)
16. Saturday Night Two-Step A Femmes original!
17. Bonsoir Moreau

Album Description

Les Femmes d'Enfer (Pacific Northwest's only all-gal Cajun dance band) play fiery, spirited traditional and original Cajun and Zydeco two-steps and waltzes in the true style of southern Louisiana. Plus wonderful, tradition-inspired original songs written by guitarist Laurie Hampton. Happy, high-energy music and sweet harmonies.

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Boieldieu: Concerto for harp Op77; Sonata in G Op8/2 Manufacturer: Pavane ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Harp | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004TYAV Release Date: 2000-06-28

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Campra - Cantatas française / Feldman · Visse · Gardeil · Les Arts Florissants · Christie André Campra , William Christie , Jill Feldman , Dominique Visse , Les Arts Florissants , Jean-François Gardeil , and John Holloway Manufacturer: Hmf Musique D'abord ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Christie, William | ( C ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Choruses | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Choruses | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004TVGM Release Date: 2000-08-15

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Campra: Cantatas françaises / Christie, Les Arts Florissants André Campra , William Christie , Jill Feldman , Dominique Visse , and Jean-François Gardeil Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music | Baroque | Classical | General | Modern & 20th Century | Romantic | Sinfonia | Sinfonia Concertante General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Christie, William | ( C ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Choruses | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Choruses | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B0000007NJ Release Date: 1992-12-09

Tracks:

1. Cantates francaises: Arion. - Cinquieme cantante avec flute, basse de viole et clavecin
2. Cantates francaises: La dispute de l'amour et de l'hymen - Quatrieme cantate avec violon, flute, basse de violon, flute, basse de viole et clavecin
3. Cantates francaises: Les femmes - Cantate pour basse avec deux violons, basse de viole et clavecin
4. Cantates francaises: Enee et Didon - Sixieme cantate a deux voix avec basse de viole et clavecin

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