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The Massenet Edition | Decca 4783963

The Massenet Edition

Label: Decca

Cat No: 4783963

Barcode: 0028947839637

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 23

Release Date: 25th June 2012

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About

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 of 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, and 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.

Contents:
CD 1 & 2
- Don Quichotte
Jean-Marie Fremeau, Regine Crespin, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Gabriel Bacquier
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Kazimierz Kord

- Hérodiade: Arias
- Le Cid: Arias

- Fantasy for cello and orchestra
Jascha Silberstein (cello), L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Richard Bonynge

CD 3-5
- Esclarmonde
Joan Sutherland, Huguette Tourangeau, Giacomo Aragall, Louis Quilico, Clifford Grant, Ryland Davies
John Alldis Choir, National Philharmonic Orchestra / Richard Bonynge

CD 6 & 7
- Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame
Roberto Alagna, Francesco Ellero d'Artegna, Stefano Antonucci, Marc Larcher
Orchestre National de Montpellier / Enrique Diemecke

CD 8-10
- Manon
Beverly Sills, Gérard Souzay, Nicolai Gedda, Gabriel Bacquier, Nico Castel, Michel Trempont
Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia Orchestra / Julius Rudel

CD 11 & 12
- Le Roi de Lahore
Luis Lima, Joan Sutherland, Sherrill Milnes, Huguette Tourangeau
National Philharmonic Orchestra / Bonynge

CD 13 & 14
- Thaïs
Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Isabelle Cals, Marie Devellereau, Stefano Palatchi
Orchestre National de Bordeaux-Aquitaine / Yves Abel

CD 15
- Thérèse
Huguette Tourangeau, Ryland Davies, Louis Quilico, Neilson Taylor
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Richard Bonynge

CD 16 & 17
- Werther
José Carreras, Frederica Von Stade, Isobel Buchanan, Thomas Allen, Robert Lloyd
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Colin Davis

CD 18
Songs
Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo-soprano) · Joan Sutherland (soprano)
Richard Bonynge (piano)

CD 19 & 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 / Richard 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
National Philharmonic Orchestra / Richard Bonynge

CD 23: Rarities and historic recordings
Orchestral music from La Navarraise, Chérubin, Lamento d'Ariane
Various orchestras / Richard Bonynge

- Scènes pittoresques
- Scènes alsaciennes
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra / Albert Woolf

CD-ROM
Opera libretti, song texts & translations

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