Edgard Doneux, Louis de Froment - Grétry: Richard Cœur de Lion & Rousseau: Le Devin du village (2002)
Edgard Doneux, Louis de Froment - Grétry: Richard Cœur de Lion & Rousseau: Le Devin du village (2002)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 683 Mb | Total time: 79:23+54:11 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI Classics | # 5 75266 2 | Recorded: 1956, 1978
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 683 Mb | Total time: 79:23+54:11 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI Classics | # 5 75266 2 | Recorded: 1956, 1978
Gretry's "Richard Coeur De Lion" (1784), a rousing tale about the rescue of the crusader king Richard the Lionheart by his faithful troubadour Blondel, is a minor masterpiece, the greatest French opera comique of the Ancien Regime. Gretry wasn't an eighteenth century composer of the calibre of Mozart, Rameau or his contemporary Gluck, but his music seduced audiences with its charm and tunefulness and in this opera he provided a great deal more. Blondel's stirring aria of loyalty to his king, "O Richard, oh mon roi", was so powerful it was used as an anthem by the royalists in the 1790s and promptly banned by the revolutionary authorities. The romance "Une fievre brulante" (which recurs throughout the opera in a very early anticipation of the Wagnerian leitmotif) is a superb melody too, sentimental in the best sense of the word. The only aria most people today are likely to be familiar with is "Je crains de lui parler la nuit", the song the old countess sings to herself just before she is murdered in Tchaikovsky's "Queen of Spades", but there are also lively peasant dances and choruses, catchy duets and trios and a barnstorming finale in which King Richard's loyal followers overrun the castle where he is being held and free him from its dungeon.
This re-release of a Belgian recording from the 1970s finally gives us a chance to hear this delightful opera in a decent recording. You could make a few criticisms of the performance: Doneux is better conducting the forthright music, as he can be rhythmically unyielding in the more lyrical moments; as Blondel, Michel Trempont is occasionally gruff (but it could be argued this is not inappropriate to the role); the chorus could do with a bit more presence. But this is a vast improvement on the only previously available version, a rather rough and ready (if enthusiastic) live recording on Nuova Era.
EMI have managed to squeeze the entire opera onto a single CD. They also give us a second disc containing another historically important French opera of the time, Jean-Jacques Rousseau's "Le Devin du Village" ("The Village Soothsayer"). Rousseau is deservedly more famous as a philosopher than as a musician and this isn't quite the musical treat Gretry's piece was, but it is an entertaining enough trifle. Louis de Froment with his soloists Nicolai Gedda and Janine Micheau give us the best recording we are ever likely to get of it in this mono version from the 1950s.
Performer:
Grétry - Richard Cœur de Lion:
Laurette - Mady Mesplé
Richard, Guillot - Charles Burles
La Comtesse Marguerite - Danièlle Perriers
Blondel - Michel Trempont
Antonio - Jacqueline Sternotte
Colette, La femme de Mathurin - Monique Bost
Williams, Urbain - Jean van Gorp
Un Paysan - Jules Bastin
Mathurin, Charles, Florestan - Ludovic de San
Chœur de l'Institut Supérieur de Musique d'Eglise et de Pédagogie
Orchestre de Chambre de la Radio Télévision Belge
Conductor - Edgard Doneux
Rousseau - Le Devin du village:
Colette - Janine Micheau
Colin - Nicolai Gedda
Le Devin - Michel Roux
Chœur Raymond Saint-Paul
Orchestre de Chambre Louis de Froment
Conductor - Louis de Froment
Track List:
CD1:
André Modeste Grétry - Richard Cœur de Lion
01. Acte I. Ouverture & Introduction: Chantons, chantons, célébrons ce bon ménage (Chœur, Colette, Le vieux Mathurin, La femme de Mathuren)
02. Dialogue: Antonio, qu'entends-je? (Blondel, Antonio)
03. Couplets: La danse n'est pas ce que j'aime (Antonio)
04. Monologue: Va, mon fils… Oui, voilà des tours (Blondel)
05. Air: O Richard, ô mon Roi! (Blondel)
06. Quatuor: Quoi ! De la part du gouverneur? (Williams, Guillot, Blondel, Laurette)
07. Dialogue: Rentrez dans la maison (Williams, Blondel)
08. Air: Je crains de lui parler la nuit (Laurette)
09. Dialogue: Vous l'aimez donc bien, belle Laurette? (Blondel, Laurette)
10. Chanson: Un bandeau couvre les yeux (Blondel, Laurette)
11. Dialogue: Ah ! Voici je ne sais combien de personnes (Laurette, Blondel, La Comtesse, Antonio, Un Domestique)
12. Chanson: Que le sultan Saladin rassemble (Blondel, Chœur)
13. Acte II. Entracte: Ronde de nuit
14. Dialogue: L'aurore va se lever (Florestan, Richard)
15. Air: Si l'univers entier m'oublie (Richard)
16. Dialogue: Mon garçon, j'aime á respirer (Richard, Blondel, Antonio)
17. Duo: Une fièvre brûlante (Richard, Blondel)
18. Chœur des Soldats: Sais-tu, connais-tu, qui peut t'avoir répondu?
19. Dialogue: Voici monsieur le Gouverneur (Un Soldat, Blondel, Florestan)
20. Finale: Ah! Monseigneur! (Blondel, Antonio, Le Gouverneur, Chœur)
21. Act III. Trio: Il faut que je lui parle (Blondel, Charles, Urbain)
22. Dialogue: Sire Williams (La Dame de compagnie, La Comtesse, Williams, Les Chevaliers, Le Sénéchal, Béatrix)
23. Ensemble: Oui, chevaliers (Blondel, La Comtesse, Chœur)
24. Dialogue: Ah! Chevaliers (La Comtesse, Le Sénéchal, Blondel, Williams, 2 Chevaliers)
25. Trio: Le Gouverneur, pendant la danse (Williams, Laurette, Blondel)
26. Ronde & Chœur: Et zic et zic et zic (Un paysan, Chœur)
27. Danses
28. Chœur: Que Richard à l'instant (Williams, Florestan, Chœur)
29. Marche
30. Finale: O ma chère Comtesse (Tous)
CD2:
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Le Devin du village
01. Ouverture
02. J'ai perdu tout mon bonheur (Colette)
03. Elle compte dans sa main (Le Devin)
04. Perdrai-je Colin sans retour? (Colette, Le Devin)
05. Air: Si des galants (Colette)
06. Je vous rendrai le sien (Le Devin)
07. Air: Je vous rendrai le sien (Le Devin)
08. J'ai tout su de Colin (Le Devin)
09. L'amour et vos leçons (Colin, Le Devin)
10. Air: Non, non, Colette n'est pas trompeuse (Colin)
11. Ce n'est point un berger (Le Devin, Colin)
12. Air: Je vais revoir ma charmante maîtresse (Colin)
13. Je l'aperçois (Colin, Colette)
14. Ma Collette, êtes-vous fâchée?
15. Air: Ta foi m'est point ravie (Colin)
16. Hélas! (Colette, Colin)
17. Duetto: Tant qu'à mon Colin (Colette, Colin)
18. A jamais, Colin (Colin, Colette)
19. Je vous ai délivrés (Le Devin, Colin)
20. Colin revient à la bergère (Chœur, Le Devin)
21. Romance: Dans ma cabane obscure (Colin)
22. Pantomime
23. Il faut tous (Le Devin, Chœur)
24. Air: Quand on sait bien aimer, que la vie est charmante (Colette)
25. Allons danser (Colette)
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Edgard Doneux, Louis de Froment - Grétry: Richard Cœur de Lion & Rousseau: Le Devin du village (2002)
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