Massenet / Cerda / Di Stefano / Prado - Werther - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Jules Massenet Act One Vorspiel 2. Jules Massenet Act One Assez! Assez! (Werther) 3. Jules Massenet Act One Je Ne Sait (Werhter) 4. Jules Massenet Act One Jesus Vient de Naitre! (Werther, Charlotte) 5. Jules Massenet Act One Sophie! 6. Jules Massenet Act One Il Faut Nous Separer (Charlotte, Werther) 7. Jules Massenet Act Two Vorspiel - Allez! Chantez L'office 8. Jules Massenet Act Two Trois Mois! (Charlotte) 9. Jules Massenet Act Two Un Autre Est Son Epoux! (Werther) 10. Jules Massenet Act Two Au Bonheur Don't Mon Ame Est Pleine (Albert, Werther) 11. Jules Massenet Act Two Frere Voyez! (Werther) 12. Jules Massenet Act Two Ai-Je Dit Vrai! (Werther, Charlotte) 13. Jules Massenet Act Two Oui, Ce Qu'elle M'ordonne (Werther) 14. Jules Massenet Act Two Mais Venez Donc! (Werther, Charlotte) 1. Jules Massenet Act Three Vorspiel 2. Jules Massenet Act Three Werther! Werther! (Charlotte) 3. Jules Massenet Act Three Bonjour, Grand Soeur! (Charlotte) 4. Jules Massenet Act Three Ah! Mon Courage M'abandonne! (Charlotte) 5. Jules Massenet Act Three Oui, C'est Moi! (Werther, Charlotte) 6. Jules Massenet Act Three Ah! Moi! Moi! Dans Ses Bras! (Charlotte, Werther) 7. Jules Massenet Act Three Werther Est de Retour (Charlotte) 8. Jules Massenet Act Four First Tableau - Zwischenspiel 9. Jules Massenet Act Four Second Tableau - Werther! Werther! Rien! (Charlotte, Werther) 10. Jules Massenet Act Four Noel! Noel! Noel! (Charlotte, Werther)

Album Tracks 1. Ballo Di Mantova A-Dur 2. Allegro 3. Pastorale 4. Konzert FÜR Orgel (Nach Judas MacCabäus HWV 63 (Oratorium)) 5. Concerto Grosso G-Moll Op. 6 NR. 8 InchFatto Per la Notte Di NataleInch 6. Toccata 7. Elevatione 8. Sonate FÜR Orgel NR. 3 9. Andante Voce Umana 10. Andante Rondo 11. Thema Und Variationen Über Die Romanze L'amor Marinato Von Mozart 12. Sonata Per Il Giorno Della Consacrazione Della Nuova Cattedrale Di Bosa

Massenet's Werther is one of those masterpieces that were rejected or shunned at the time of their creation. Sketched in the 1880s, the score was turned down by the director of the Opera-Comique and had to make do with a premiere in German, far from Paris, before finally being heard in Paris in 1893. It gradually established itself as one of the composer's most personal works, in which he showed himself to be as fine a colourist as he was a master of the art of the 'motif de rappel'. In adapting Goethe's novel, Massenet and his librettists gave greater prominence to the character of Charlotte, thus placing the struggle between duty and passion at the centre of the narrative. The role of Werther, originally assigned to a tenor, was also sung by the baritone Mattia Battistini with the composer's approval. Provided the singer makes skilful use of voix mixte, this version gives the work a melancholy colouring ideal for portraying it's hero's suicidal temperament. Tassis Christoyannis follows this approach in exemplary fashion, opposite the reserved yet moving Charlotte of Veronique Gens. Both singers give the text the preponderant role allotted to it by French operatic tradition. Album Tracks 1. Werther, opera~Prélude 2. Werther, opera~Acte premier. Scène Assez! Assez!... 3. Werther, opera~Acte premier. Scène Bravo pour les enfants! 4. Werther, opera~Acte premier. Scène et Air Alors, c'est bien ici 5. Werther, opera~Acte premier. Scène Charlotte! Charlotte! 6. Werther, opera~Acte premier. Scène Arrivez donc, Brühlmann! 7. Werther, opera~Acte premier. Scène Ô spectacle idéal 8. Werther, opera~Acte premier. Scène Sophie! 9. Werther, opera~Acte premier. Air Elle m'aime... elle pense à moi!... 10. Werther, opera~Acte premier. Clair de lune Il faut nous séparer 11. Werther, opera~Acte premier. Clair de lune - Suite Hélas! oui... mes enfants.