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Hahn - L’Ile du reve (CD + Book) | Bru Zane BZ1042

Hahn - L’Ile du reve (CD + Book)

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Label: Bru Zane

Cat No: BZ1042

Barcode: 9788409217861

Format: CD + Book

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 23rd October 2020

Contents

Artists

Helene Guilmette
Ludivine Gombert
Anaik Morel
Cyrille Dubois
Thomas Dolie
Artavazd Sargsyan
Choeur du Concert Spirituel
Munchner Runfunkorchester

Conductor

Herve Niquet

Works

Hahn, Reynaldo

L'Ile du reve

Artists

Helene Guilmette
Ludivine Gombert
Anaik Morel
Cyrille Dubois
Thomas Dolie
Artavazd Sargsyan
Choeur du Concert Spirituel
Munchner Runfunkorchester

Conductor

Herve Niquet

About

‘To have written that, you must be a poet’, Massenet told Reynaldo Hahn when he read through the score of L’Île du rêve. Composed when the young man was not yet eighteen years old, this ‘curtain-raiser’ already had the qualities of the great works of the period. It reveals the colouristic talents of Bizet, the passionate outbursts of Massenet and even the prosodic originality of the young Debussy. The plot recounts a French naval officer’s love affair with a young Polynesian girl he has to abandon. This subject – also treated musically by Puccini (Madama Butterfly) and Delibes (Lakmé) – is approached in an almost Symbolist style: the Romanticism of the music contrasts with a contemplative, introspective treatment of the narration. This is where the youthful Hahn particularly shines: in the very first bars (the hymn to Bora-Bora), in the various love scenes for Loti and Mahénu (notably the duet ‘Restons encore les paupières mi-closes’) and even in the neo-Handelian prelude to Act Two.

Cast:
- Mahénu: Hélène Guilmette
- Téria, Faïmana: Ludivine Gombert
- Oréna: Anaïk Morel
- Loti: Cyrille Dubois
- Taïrapa, Henri (officer), 3rd Officer: Thomas Dolié
- Tsen Lee, Kerven, 2nd Officer: Artavazd Sargsyan

Reviews

This exotic “idylle polynésienne” is a rediscovered gem about interracial love, packed with exotic atmosphere and sensuous melody. Niquet conducts stylishly and the soloists, deliciously led by Hélène Guilmette and Cyrille Dubois, are near ideal.  Hugh Canning
The Sunday Times 25 October 2020

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