Jean-Claude Casadesus - Werther - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Pelleas Et Melisande Act I - Scene 1 A Forest 2. Pelleas Et Melisande Scene 2 A Room in the Castle 3. Pelleas Et Melisande Scene 3 In Front of the Castle 4. Pelleas Et Melisande Act II - Scene 1 A Fountain in the Park 5. Pelleas Et Melisande Scene 2 A Room in the Castle 6. Pelleas Et Melisande Scene 3 Outside a Cave 1. Pelleas Et Melisande Acte III - Scene I One of the Towers of the Castle 2. Pelleas Et Melisande Scene II The Castle Vaults 3. Pelleas Et Melisande Scene III A Terrace at the Entrance to the Vaults 4. Pelleas Et Melisande Scene IV In Front of the Castle 1. Pelleas Et Melisande Acte IV - Scene 1 A Room in the Castle 2. Pelleas Et Melisande Scene 2 3. Pelleas Et Melisande Scene 3 & 4 A Fountain in the Park 4. Pelleas Et Melisande Acte V A Chamber in the Castle

Berlioz's L'Enfance Du Christ is probably known primarily due to it's famous InchShepherd's ChorusInch but it is a piece that once listeners discover it, they realize a true golden gem has been found. It is primarily a choral work which tells the story of what are called the Infancy Narratives in the New Testament. Scenes of the work are taken from both the scriptures and legends and include Herod visiting a soothsayer which predicts the birth of the Messiah, the Annunciation (Mary learning of the birth of Jesus), the birth itself, and the flight into Egypt. This recording by the Orchestre National du Lille under the direction of Jean-Claude Casadesus captures both the beauty and scope of the work. Album Tracks 1. Part 1. Herod's Dream. in the Manger 2. Part 1. Herod's Dream. Scene 1. Nocturnal March. Who Comes? 3. Part 1. Herod's Dream. Scene 2. Herod's Aria. Always This Dream! 4. Part 1. Herod's Dream. Scene 3. Lord! 5. Part 1. Herod's Dream. Scene 4. Herod and the Soothsayers. the Wise Men of Judaea, O King 6. Part 1. Herod's Dream. Scene 4. Herod and the Soothsayers. the Voice Speaks the Truth, Lord 7. Part 1. Herod's Dream. Scene 5. the Stable in Bethlehem. O My Dear Son 8. Part 1. Herod's Dream. Scene 6. Joseph! Mary! Listen to Us! 9. Part 2. the Flight Into Egypt. Scene 1. Overture 10. Part 2. the Flight Into Egypt. Scene 1. the Shepherd's Farewell to the Holy Family. He Goes Away Fa 11. Part 2. the Flight Into Egypt. Scene 1. the Holy Family's Repose. the Pilgrims, Having Come 1. Part 3. The Arrival at Sais. For Three Days 2. Part 3. The Arrival at Sais. Scene 1. Within the City of Sais. In This Huge City 3. Part 3. The Arrival at Sais. Scene 2. In the House of the Ishmaelites. Come in, Come in, Poor Hebre 4. Part 3. The Arrival at Sais. Scene 2. In the House of the Ishmaelites. Great God! What Distress! 5. Part 3. The Arriv

Album Tracks 1. Plains of Hungary 2. Peasants' Dance 3. Another Part of the Plain 4. Hungarian March 5. North Germany Faust Alone in His Study 6. Easter Hymn 7. Helas! Doux Chants Du Ciel 8. Faust, Mephistopheles 9. Auerbach's Cellar in Leipzig 10. Chorus of Drinkers 11. Brander's Song 12. Fugue on Brander's Song 13. 'Vrai Dieu! Messieurs 14. Mephistopheles' Song 15. Assez! Fuyons Ces Lieux 16. Woods and Meadows on the Banks of the Elbe 17. Chorus of Gnomes and Sylphs Faust's Dream Chorus 18. Dance of the Sylphs 19. Margarita! Qu' Ai-Je Vu? 20. Finale Soldiers' Chorus/Students' Chorus 1. Drums and Trumpets Play the Retreat 2. Marguerite's Room 3. Je L'entends! 4. Que L'air Est Etouffant! 5. The King of Thule Medieval Song 6. Evocation 7. Minuet of the Wills-O'-The-Wisp 8. Maintenant, Chantons 9. Serenade of Mephistopheles and Chorus of Wills-O'-The-Wisp 10. Duet 11. Trio and Chorus 12. Chorus of Neighbours in the Street 13. Romance 14. Chorus of Soldiers 15. Invocation to Nature 16. Recitative and Chase 17. The Ride to the Abyss 18. Pandemonium Chorus of the Damned and the Demons 19. Epilogue on Earth 20. In Heaven 21. Margarita's Glorification