à la Gloire de Dieu

Track Listings
1. Charles IVES: The Unanswered Question    
2. Samuel BARBER: Agnus Dei    
3. Igor STRAVINSKY: Symphony of Psalms    
4. Michael TIPPETT: Five Negro Spirituals from 'A Child of Our Time'    
5. Francis POULENC : Sept Répons des Tenèbres    

Editorial Reviews
Gramophone, March 15, 2003
"The Sixteen give a deeply committed and technically brilliant reading of this extremely difficult repertoire."

Album Description
This recording draws together some truly great choral pieces - from Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms through Barber's Agnus Dei, the moving choral setting of his ever-popular Adagio for Strings. Here the most prominent new world composers of the time, Ives and Barber, are brought together with old world counterparts, Poulenc and Stravinsky, in a disc of deeply felt music expressing each composers' perception of the spirituality of life. Straddling the two worlds is Michael Tippett's set of spiritual settings from "A Child of Our Time".

à la Gloire de Dieu, Music, Samuel Barber, Charles Ives, Francis Poulenc, Igor Stravinsky, Michael Tippett, Harry Christophers, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Ruth Dean, Carys-Anne Lane, Libby Crabtree, Neil MacKenzie, Robert Evans, Sally Bruce-Payne, 20th/21st Century Orchestral Music, 20th/21st Century Symphony, Choral, Classical, Classical Vocals, Mass Section, Orchestral, Sacred Choral Music, Secular Choral Music a capella, Symphonic
Messiaen par lui-même
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Messiaen and I genuflect in different ways
  • Worth It!
  • What does it matter if it's mono?
  • Profound Music, Profound Peformance. Poor Recording.
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 Messiaen par lui-même

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ASIN: B000002SBX
Release Date: 1992-05-12

Tracks:

  1. Le Banquet Celeste (1926)
  2. Diptyque (Essai sur la vie terrestre et l'eternite religieuse) (1929)
  3. Apparition de l'Eglise Eternelle (1931)
  4. L'Ascension I: I. Majeste du Christ demandant sa gloire a son pere
  5. L'Ascension II: II. Alleluias sereins d'une ame qui desire le Ciel
  6. L'Ascension III: III. Transports de joie d'une ame devant la gloire du Christ qui set la sienne
  7. L'Ascension IV: IV. Priere du Christ montant vers son Pere

Tracks:

  1. La Nativite du Seigneur: I. La Vierge et l
  2. La Nativite du Seigneur: II. Les Bergers
  3. La Nativite du Seigneur: III. Desseins Eternels
  4. La Nativite du Seigneur: IV. Le Verbe
  5. La Nativite du Seigneur: V. Les Enfants de Dieu
  6. La Nativite du Seigneur: VI. Les Anges
  7. La Nativite du Seigneur: VII. Jesus accepte la souffrance
  8. La Nativite du Seigneur: VIII. Les Mages
  9. La Nativite du Seigneur: IX. Dieu parmi nous

Tracks:

  1. Les Corps glorieux: I. Subtilite des Corps glorieux
  2. Les Corps glorieux: II. Les Eaux de la Grace
  3. Les Corps glorieux: III. L'Ange aux parfums
  4. Les Corps glorieux: IV. Combat de la mort et de la vie
  5. Les Corps glorieux: V. Force et Agilite des Corps glorieux
  6. Les Corps glorieux: VI. Joie et clarte des Corps glorieux
  7. Les Corps glorieux: VII. Le Mystere de la Sainte-Trinite

Tracks:

  1. Messe de la Pentecote: I: Entree
  2. Messe de la Pentecote: II: Offertoire
  3. Messe de la Pentecote: III: Consecration
  4. Messe de la Pentecote: IV: Communion
  5. Messe de la Pentecote: V: Sortie
  6. Livre d'orgure: I: Reprises par interversion
  7. Livre d'orgure: II: Premiere piece en trio
  8. Livre d'orgure: III: Les Mains de l'abime
  9. Livre d'orgure: IV: Chants d'oiseaux
  10. Livre d'orgure: V: Deuxieme piece en trio
  11. Livre d'orgure: VI: Les Yeux dans les roues
  12. Livre d'orgure: VII: Soixante-quatre durees

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Messiaen and I genuflect in different ways.......2006-02-08

I stumbled across a short biography of Messiaen in a literary journal. A devout Catholic, Messiaen was purportedly commited to preservation of medieval sacred music -- which led me to pick up this album -- and yet all I find is that composed some of the most minimalistic modern 'music' that I've ever heard. According to musical theorists, there is a beauty in the mathematical algorithms that he exercises on his keyboard, but in no way does that beauty extend into a melodic piece. This is not sacred gregorianesque music, this is not heavenly plainsong, this is not glorious baroque. If Messiaen truly did intend this to be sacred music, all I can say is that he and I genuflect in different ways.

5 out of 5 stars Worth It!.......2005-12-15

When I approached this set I too was worried about the mono recording and the quality of the sound, but then I realized it's Messiaen himself playing his works. The Deutche-Grammaphone box set looks wonderful but to hear the compser play his music as he intended is worth more than stereo.

The music itself is some of the best 20th century classical/experimental. Messiaen's organ works are special. He used a church organ in the way his contemporaries were using tape machines, sine generators, filters and early modular synthesizers. The result is highly luminous and cerebral. The music drifts in and out structure and dissonance. One of the great characteristics about these works is that they all flow from one sound source(the organ), which gives off a feeling of sonic autonomy as if the music were a completely self-perpetuating entity, always existing. Who knew an organ could facilitate so many tones and resonances? "Soixante-quatre durées" is the pinnacle of his experimental endevours.

5 out of 5 stars What does it matter if it's mono?.......2005-03-10

This is a monumental masterful monolithic monstrosity of a set of cd's (pardon the alliteration). Messiaen was truly an organist at heart, and his organ works are truly organ works. He never wrote as some did, with no knowledge of the instrument. He had been organist at Saint-Trinité for twenty-plus years before this recording, and he has inspired me to learn some of these pieces myself. There is so much to say about these amazing discs, but I will limit myself to saying that no matter what people say about mono recordings or unadvanced compositions, from Le banquet céleste to the Livre pour orgue, Messiaen's genius shines through. My personal favorite is the opener, Le banquet céleste. It touches a certain place in your soul left for whatever deity you worship. Buy this recording, because it is such a bargain for a master of his art in the 20th century.

5 out of 5 stars Profound Music, Profound Peformance. Poor Recording........2001-08-24

One of the peculiarities of the twentieth century is the presence of recordings. If Mendelssohn had wished to hear Bach perform, it was too late; the secrets that Bach held playing his music were forever lost to him. Not many recognized Messiaen during his lifetime as the genius performer and composer that he was, and so now that the chance to hear him in person has passed, those interested must turn to recordings. How fortunate we are to have the recordings, though! It is good that we have records of titans like Bartok, Ives and Messiaen in our vaults! This is a must for any musician and a worthwhile listen for any `layman.' Messiaen was one of the most influential teachers of music in the Twentieth century and has left us some of the most important ovure from the epoch. Listening to a modernist perform his modern works, there is none of the coldness that comes from performers playing the music without understanding it, none of the feeling of listening to a trained bird. Messiaen plays expressing complex and powerful emotions; faith, awe, terror, mystery, majesty. The drawback is, of course, the poor recording that blunts the powerful timbres of the organ. But comparing Messiaen's performance with any that I have heard, I would take this recording before any of the other recordings of Messiaen's music. It is very powerful. Listen especially to the `Pentacost Mass.'One of the best recordings I own. One of the few profound performances recorded.

5 out of 5 stars Invaluable.......1999-11-29

A must for organists who play Messiaen's works. How fortunate that we have a recording of Messiaen playing his own organ compositions. Although the performances aren't perfect they are extremely helpful, especially regarding tempii .. when he notes "extremement lent", he means it !
Berlioz: The Complete Operas
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    		Berlioz: The Complete Operas

    Manufacturer: Philips
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    ASIN: B000025VM7
    Release Date: 2002-03-11

    Tracks:

    1. Overtura
    2. Scena1a
    3. Scena1b
    4. Scena2a
    5. Scena2b
    6. Scena3a
    7. Scena3b
    8. Scena3c
    9. Scena4a
    10. Scena4bscena5
    11. Scena6
    12. Scena7a
    13. Scena7b
    14. Scena8a
    15. Scena8b
    16. Scena8c9y10a
    17. Scena10by11
    18. Scena12a
    19. Scena12b
    20. Scena13finale_a
    21. Scena13finale_b
    22. Scena13finale_c
    23. Scena13finale_d
    24. Scena13finale_e
    25. Scena13finale_f
    26. Tableau_bild3_a
    27. Tableau_bild3_b
    28. Tableau_bild3_c
    29. Tableau_bild3_d
    30. Tableau_bild3_e
    31. Tableau_bild3_f
    32. Tableau_bild3_g
    33. Tableau_bild3_h
    34. Tableau_bild3_i
    35. Finale_a
    36. Finale_b
    37. Tableau_bild4_a
    38. Tableau_bild4_b
    39. Tableau_bild4_c
    40. Tableau_bild4_d
    41. Tableau_bild4_e
    42. Tableau_bild4_f
    43. Tableau_bild4_g
    44. Tableau_bild4_h
    45. Finale
    46. Overtura
    47. Actoprimero_a
    48. Actoprimero_b
    49. Actoprimero_c
    50. Actoprimero_d
    51. Actoprimero_e
    52. Actoprimero_f
    53. Actoprimero_g
    54. Actoprimero_h
    55. Actoprimero_i
    56. Actoprimero_j
    57. Actoprimero_k
    58. Actoprimero_l
    59. Actoprimero_m
    60. Entreacto
    61. Acto_segundo_a
    62. Acto_segundo_b
    63. Acto_segundo_c
    64. Acto_segundo_d
    65. Acto_segundo_e
    66. Acto_segundo_f
    67. Acto_segundo_g
    68. Acto_segundo_h
    69. Acto_segundo_i
    70. Acto_segundo_j
    71. Acto_segundo_k
    72. Ha! Ha! Apr Dix Ans
    73. Les Grecs Ont Disparu...Malheureux Roi!...Chore...C'est Lui!
    74. Reviens Toi, Vierge Ador!...Pauvre e ar!...Si Tu M'aimes, Va -T'en...Mais Le Ciel Et La T
    75. Dieux Protecteurs De La Ville ernelle
    76. Combat De Ceste - Pas De Lutteurs
    77. Andromaque Et Son Fils!
    78. Du Peuple Et Des Soldats
    79. Chiment Effroyable!
    80. Que La Dsse Nous Prote...A Cet Object SacrFormez Corte, Enfant S
    81. Non, Je Ne Verrai Pas La Dlorable Fe
    82. De Mes Sens erdus...
    83. Introduction Orchestrale...O Lumie De Troie!...Ah!...Fuis, Fils De V us
    84. Quelle Espance Encor Est Permise...Le Salut Des Vaincus Est De N'enp Lus Attendre
    85. Ah! Puissante Cybe
    86. Tous Ne Piront Pas...O Digne Soeur D'hector
    87. Complices De Sa Gloire...Le Tror! Le Tror!
    88. De Carthage Les Cieux
    89. Gloire Didon
    90. Nous Avons Vu Finir Sept Ans Peine...Chers Tyriens
    91. Entr Des Constructeurs
    92. Entr Des Matelots
    93. Entr Des Laboureurs
    94. Peuple! Tous Les Hinneurs...Gloire Didon
    95. Les Chants Joyeux...Sa Voix Fait Nare Dans Mon Sein
    96. Echapp Grand Peine...Errante Sur Les Mers.
    97. J'rouve Une Soudaine Et Vive Impatience
    98. Auguste Reine, Un Peuple Errant Et Malheureux
    99. J'ose Peine Annoncer La Terrible Nouvelle!...Annonce Nos Troyensl 'Entreprise Nouvelle...Des Ar
    100. Chasse Royale Et Orage - Pantomime
    101. Dites, Narbal, Qui Cause Vos Alarmes-
    102. De Quels Revers Menaces-Tu Carthage...Vaine Terreur
    103. Marche Pour L'entr De La Reine
    104. Pas Des Alms
    105. Danse Des Esclaves
    106. Pas D'esclaves Nubiennes
    107. Assez, Ma Soeur...O Blonde C
    108. Pardonne, Iopas...O Pudeur! Tous Conspire
    109. Mais Bannissons Ces Tristes Souvenirs...Tout N'est Que Paix Et Charme
    110. Nuit D'ivresse Et D'extase Infinie!
    111. Vallon Sonore
    112. Prarez Tout, Il Faut Partir Enfin...Chaque Jour Voit Grandir La ColRe Des Dieux
    113. Par Bacchus! Ils Sont Fous Avec Leur Italie!...
    114. Inutiles Regrets!...Ah! Quand Viendra L'instant Des Supres Adieux
    115. En!...
    116. Debout, Troyens, eillez-Vous, Alerte!...Alerte!...Entendez-Vouz, Ami S, La Voix D'en-
    117. Errante Sur Tes Pas...Italie!
    118. Va, Ma Soeur, L'implorer
    119. En Mer, Voyez! Six Vaisseaux!...Dieux Immortels! Il Part!...
    120. Ah! Ah! Je Vais Mourir...
    121. Adieu, Fie Cit
    122. Dieux De L'oubli, Dieux Du Tare...S'il Faut Enfin Qu'en Aborde En Italie
    123. Pluton...Semble M're Procipe...
    124. Ah! Au Secours! Au Secours! La Reine S'est Frapp...Rome...Rome...Im Mortelle!...Haine ernelle
    Rogues: Noël anciens
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      ASIN: B000004A2X
      Release Date: 1995-12-12
      Moussorgski - Boris Godounov / Raimondi, Wischnewskaja, Plishka, Gedda, Dubosc, Cowan, Rostropovitch (1989 film)
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Stellar performance of Russia's National opera masterpiece!!
      • a solid, exciting production, supurb sound
      		 Moussorgski - Boris Godounov / Raimondi, Wischnewskaja, Plishka, Gedda, Dubosc, Cowan, Rostropovitch (1989 film)
      Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky , Mstislav Rostropovitch , Ruggero Raimondi , Galina Wischnewskaja , Wyatscheslaw Polozov , Paul Plishka , Nicolai Gedda , Catherine Dubosc , and Richard Cowan
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      1. Russian Album

      ASIN: B000005E6S
      Release Date: 1992-05-01

      Tracks:

      1. Boris Godounov: Introduction orchestrale: Scene - Eh bien, qu'avez-vous?
      2. Boris Godounov: A quis nous abandonnes-tu ?
      3. Boris Godounov: Fideles croyants, notre boiar reste inexorable
      4. Boris Godounov: Tu as entendu les hommes?
      5. Boris Godounov: Scene du Couronnement, Coronation Scene
      6. Boris Godounov: Mon ame est en peine
      7. Boris Godounov: Encore un dernier recit
      8. Boris Godounov: O Dieu de force, Dieu de Justice
      9. Boris Godounov: Tu as ecrit toute la nuit
      10. Boris Godounov: Oh, je me souviens - Ouglich
      11. Boris Godounov: On sonne les matines - Boris, tout tremble devant toi
      12. Boris Godounov: J'ai pris un caneton gris
      13. Boris Godounov: Peuple chretien, bonnes gens aimes de Dieu
      14. Boris Godounov: Dans la bonne ville de Kazan
      15. Boris Godounov: Pour moi!
      16. Boris Godounov: Qui etes-vous? - D'humbles pelerins, de saints moines
      17. Boris Godounov: Que faites-vous, maudits coquins - Fuite de Grigori

      Tracks:

      1. Boris Godounov: Ou est mon fiance?
      2. Boris Godounov: Oh, c'est assez, Princesse - Chanson du Moustique, Mosquito Song
      3. Boris Godounov: Ah, Nounou, en voila un conte, Jeu de la Main chaude, The Hand-Clapping Game
      4. Boris Godounov: Qu'y a-t-il?
      5. Boris Godounov: Comme c'est bien, mon fils!
      6. Boris Godounov: Aie, chut! - Qu'y a-t-il donc?
      7. Boris Godounov: A cause de notre Perroquet
      8. Boris Godounov: Mon fils, mon cher enfant!
      9. Boris Godounov: Tsarevitch, obeis!
      10. Boris Godounov: Tu ne me crois donc pas?
      11. Boris Godounov: Assez, ah, je suffoque!
      12. Boris Godounov: Au bord de la Vistule bleue
      13. Boris Godounov: Cela suffit!
      14. Boris Godounov: Je n'ai pas besoin de toi aujourd'hui, Rouzia
      15. Boris Godounov: Ah! Mon Dieu! Cest vous, mon Pere!
      16. Boris Godounov: A minuit, dans le jardin
      17. Boris Godounov: Prends-garde, Tsarevitch - La Polonnaise - Nous aurons bientot conquis la Moscovie

      Tracks:

      1. Boris Godounov: Elle! Marina!
      2. Boris Godounov: Eh bien, la messe est-elle finie?
      3. Boris Godounov: Trrr, trrr, trrr
      4. Boris Godounov: Aaah! Boris! Ils ont offense L'Innocent!
      5. Boris Godounov: Nobles Boiars!
      6. Boris Godounov: Eh bien, passons au vote
      7. Boris Godounov: Que dites-vous la, Boiars!
      8. Boris Godounov: Arriere, arriere
      9. Boris Godounov: Auguste Souverain - Mon recit sera simple et bref
      10. Boris Godounov: J'etouffe
      11. Boris Godounov: Pleurez, bonnes gens
      12. Boris Godounov: Amene-le par ici
      13. Boris Godounov: Trrr...le bonnet de fer
      14. Boris Godounov: Le ciel et la lune se sont eteints
      15. Boris Godounov: Hardi! notre male temerite
      16. Boris Godounov: Domine, salvum fac regem
      17. Boris Godounov: Qui le Malin nous envoie-t-il encore

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Stellar performance of Russia's National opera masterpiece!!.......2004-07-02

      Let's start with the quibbles, on account of their relative insignificance: 1) I miss the real bells used on the Gjórgiev (especially!!!) and the Abbado recordings (the samples I got to hear alerted me to this - the chimes used here sound poor by comparison); 2) the Russian original-language libretto is incomplete (were more space allowed here, I'd have published the missing parts in the original Russian). [I recommend downloading the libretto from other websites - and then piecing in the few things that are otherwise absent from the regular-performance libretto from the booklet supplied - Rostropóvich's reading gives this opera (a composite of the 1868 and 1872 versions) as completely as possible (the réprise of the Simpleton's scene in the last tableau, originally salvaged from the St. Vasíljiy's (Basil's) tableau cut in the 1872 version and which however was reinstated in this recording, could have been omitted consequently - though I'm glad it wasn't!).] 3) I wish the orchestra (very good indeed!!!) could be heard more even when the singers are in full voice (this defect relative to Culshaw's Wagner recordings - my standard in taste - also afflicts Rostropóvich's otherwise superb recording of Shostakóvich's "Lady Macbeth of Mcjénsk").

      Otherwise, a very powerful reading with everybody in peak form fully deserving a full 5 stars - even the venerable arch-star of Russian soprani from 1952-82 (from her début with the Boljshóy to her retirement from live operatic performances - of course she was forced out of the Boljshóy in 1974 into exile...) Vishñévskaja, who was close to being 61 years of age at the time of this recording, comes off as well as everybody else (you could hardly tell her age)! Another success is that of Mira Zakai as one of the nurses (in Act II) - she's much better here than in Solti's recording of Mahler's 2nd Symphony with the CSO (where she sounds so uninvolved as well as plain when compared to Helen Watts or Maureen Forester). Gedda sings the Simpleton's part as movingly as could be anticipated from somebody who has given so much of his career to the Russian repertoire, while Plishka gives a wonderfully warm Pimjén. As to Ruggero Raimondi - wow, what a wonderfully evocative portrayal of the demented Carj (C pronounced as 'ts' like in "bolts"; 'j' just softens the 'r' somewhat...)!!! One doesn't need a bassus profundus (which he's not - though his low notes lack nothing!) to do justice to this rôle after all...

      Finally, regarding the version of the score being used: while it's indeed based on the 1872 "definitive" version, much stuff cut therefrom which was in the 1868 original version makes it into the recording (not a note is cut from the score). While obviously the earlier version of Act II as well as a few other snippets in Act I (when Grigóriy wakes up) are superseded (the latter's snippets are merely the same music given to offstage choir instead of the strings as done initially), other things (e.g., the dismissal of the crowd in the Prologue's 1st scene, the scene in front of St. Vasíljiy's Cathedral) are fully reinstated - all of this can be vouched for from the full score 2-book set published by Oxford University Press giving Musórgskiy's original version.

      Most definitely recommended in all events and regards!!! [Hopefully Erato will reissue this recording as it's amply deserving!]

      5 out of 5 stars a solid, exciting production, supurb sound.......2000-07-29

      Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov is so rich that it never can be encompassed by one interpretation, however strong. It's worth having two or more versions, including this one, conducted by Rostropovitch, on hand. Here's how it stacks up with two other fine quality, stereo recordings using Mussorgsky's original orchestration: Abbado's and Gergiev's.

      Rostropovitch and the ensemble under his baton, provide both a polished orchestral presentation and dynamic drama dominated by one of the best Borises of the digital age. The story and the music reinforce one another seamlessly.

      The dramatic presentation in the Rostropovitch version is much more exciting than that in the Abbado version, which focuses more on creating a flawlessly recorded, stunning symphonic and choral atmosphere. In the Rostropovitch version, beautiful children's voices add both an innocent element to Mussorgsky's dark drama and another stunning instrument to the orchestration. In the perfectly polished Abbado version, adult women with full voices flawlessly sing the children's roles.

      Rostropovitch's production lacks some of raw dramatic heft of Gergiev versions, but it has more polish. The Gergiev CD set offers two complete versions, both Mussorgsky's 1868 version and the 1873, each complete and with different casts, making it a bargain, if such a thing can be said about overpriced classical music CDs. The Rostropovitch version contains only the 1872 score.

      I have all three versions and listen to all of them with great pleasure. If, heaven forbid, I could only have one, this version conducted by Rostropovitch might be it. It would be a tough call to make.
      Operamania (Box Set)
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      • Best of the Best
      		 Operamania (Box Set)

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      ASIN: B0000582FG
      Release Date: 2002-10-29

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Best of the Best.......2005-10-02

      First rate selections, performed by first rate musicians.
      Here are some of the most haunting melodies ever created.
      Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila
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        		Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila

        Manufacturer: Video Artists Int'l
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        1. Rise Stevens in Opera and Song

        ASIN: B000003LJP
        Release Date: 1994-12-27

        Tracks:

        1. Act I: Dieu! Dieu D'Israel! - New Orleans Opr Chor/Renato Cellini
        2. Act I: Arretez, O Mes Freres! - Ramon Vinay/New Orleans Opr Chor/Renato Cellini
        3. Act I: Implorons A Genoux Le Seigneur... - Ramon Vinay/New Orleans Opr Chor/Renato Cellini
        4. Act I: Qui Donc Eleve Ici La Voix? - Arthur Cosenza/Ramon Vinay/New Orleans Opr Chor/Renato Cellini
        5. Act I: Que Vois-je! Abimelech! - Joseph Mordino/Thomas Carter/Joseph Knight/Tony Lopez
        6. Act I: Maudite A Jamais Soit La Race... - Joseph Mordino/Tony Lopez/Thomas Carter/Joseph Knight
        7. Act I: Humne De Joie, Humne De Delivrance... - New Orleans Opr Chor/Renato Cellini/Ara Berberian
        8. Act I: Voici Le Printemps Nous Portant Des Fleurs... - New Orleans Opr Chor/Renato Cellini
        9. Act I: Je Viens Celebrer La Victoire... - Rise Stevens/Ramon Vinay/Ara Berberian
        10. Act I: Dance Of The Priestesses Of Dagon - New Orelans Opr Orch/Renato Cellini
        11. Act I: Printemps Qui Commence... - Rise Stevens/Ara Berberian
        12. Act II: Prld - New Orelans Opr Orch/Renato Cellini
        13. Act II: Samson, Recherchant Ma Presence... Amour! Viens Aider Ma Faiblesse! - Rise Stevens
        14. Act II: J'ai Gravi La Montagne... - Joseph Mordino/Rise Stevens
        15. Act II: Il Faut, Pour Assouvir Ma Haine... - Rise Stevens/Joseph Mordino
        16. Act II: En Ces Lieux, Malgre Moi... - Ramon Vinay/Rise Stevens
        17. Act II: Mon Coeur S'ouvre A Ta Voix... - Rise Stevens/Ramon Vinay

        Tracks:

        1. Act II: Mais!... Non! Que Dis-je, Helas! - Rise Stevens/Ramon Vinay
        2. Act III: Vois Ma Misere, Helas! - Ramon Vinay/New Orleans Opr Chor/Renato Cellini
        3. Act III: L'aube Qui Blanchit Defa Les Coteaux... - New Orleans Opr Chor/Renato Cellini
        4. Act III: Bacchanale - New Orelans Opr Orch/Renato Cellini
        5. Act III: Salut! Salut Au Juge D'Israel... - Joseph Mordino/New Orleans Opr Chor/Renato Cellini
        6. Act III: L'ame Triste Jusqu'a La Mort... - Ramon Vinay/Rise Stevens/New Orleans Opr Chor/Renato Cellini /Joseph Mordino
        7. Act III: Gloire A Dagon Vainqueur! - Joseph Mordino/Rise Stevens/New Orleans Opr Chor/Renato Cellini
        Lully - Phaëton / Crook, Smith, Yakar, Gens, Théruel, Fouchécourt, Naouri, Huttenlocher, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Minkowski
        Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
        • Phaeton is Great!
        • Sonorous tranport to the Versailles of Louis XIV
        		 Lully - Phaëton / Crook, Smith, Yakar, Gens, Théruel, Fouchécourt, Naouri, Huttenlocher, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Minkowski
        Jean-Baptiste Lully , Marc Minkowski , Howard Crook , Rachel Yakar , Jennifer Smith , Les Musiciens du Louvre , Véronique Gens , Gérard Theruel , Jean-Paul Fouchécourt , Philippe Huttenlocher , Laurent Naouri , Jérôme Varnier , Florence Couderc , Michel Laplénie , Eric Bellocq , Virginie Pochon , Béatrice Di Carlo , and Ensemble Vocal Sagittarius
        Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
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        ASIN: B000005EAR
        Release Date: 1994-06-07

        Tracks:

        1. Phaeton: Overture
        2. Phaeton: 'Cherchons al paix dans cet asile' (Troupe d' Astree)
        3. Phaeton: 'Dans cette paisible Retraite' (Ritournelle - Astree)
        4. Phaeton: 'Dans ces lieux, tout rit sans cesse' (Troupe d' Astree)
        5. Phaeton: 'Que les mortels se rejouissent' (Choeur)
        6. Phaeton: 'Un heros qui merite une gloire immortelle'
        7. Phaeton: 'Suivons de Heros, suivez-nous'
        8. Phaeton: Air pour les suivants de Saturne
        9. Phaeton: 'Plaisirs venez sans crainte' (Bourree-Choeur)
        10. Phaeton: 'On a vu ce Heros terrible dans al Guerre'
        11. Phaeton: Reprise de l'overture
        12. Phaeton: Act I, Scene 1: 'Heureuse une ame indifferente'
        13. Phaeton: Act I, Scene 2: 'Je ne vous croyais pas dans ce lieu solitaire'
        14. Phaeton: Act I, Scene 3: 'Vous passiez sans me voir'
        15. Phaeton: Act I, Scene 4: 'Vous paraissez chagrin, mon Fils'
        16. Phaeton: Act I, Scene 5: 'Heurex, qui peut voir du Rivage' (Protee es sa suite)
        17. Phaeton: Act I, Scene 5: 'Prenez soin sur ces bords des troupeaux de Neptune'
        18. Phaeton: Act I, Scene 6: 'Vous avec qui le sang me lie'
        19. Phaeton: Act I, Scene 7: 'Que Protee avec nous partage'
        20. Phaeton: Act I, Scene 7: 'Le Plaisir est necessaire'
        21. Phaeton: Act I, Scene 7: 'Vos jeux ont des appas, je les quitte avec peine'
        22. Phaeton: Act I, Scene 7: 'C'est un secret qu'il faut qu'on vous arrache'
        23. Phaeton: Act I, Scene 8: 'Le sort de Phaeton se decouvre a mes yeux'
        24. Phaeton: Act I, Scene 8: Reprise
        25. Phaeton: Act II, Scene 1: 'Protee en a trop dit, je fremis du danger'
        26. Phaeton: Act II, Scene 2: 'Il me fuit, I'inconstant!'
        27. Phaeton: Act II, Scene 3: 'Que l'incertitude est un rigoreux tournment'
        28. Phaeton: Act II, Scene 4: 'Quel Malheur'
        29. Phaeton: Act II, Scene 4: 'Que mon sort serait doux'

        Tracks:

        1. Phaeton: Act II, Scene 5: 'Roys qui pour Souverain devez me reconnaitre'
        2. Phaeton: Act II, Scene 5: 'Que de tous cotes on entende le nom de Phaeton'
        3. Phaeton: Act II, Scene 5: Chaconne
        4. Phaeton: Act II, Scene 5: Petit Air pour les mesmes
        5. Phaeton: Act III, Scene 1: 'Ah Phaeton est-il possible...'
        6. Phaeton: Act III, Scene 1: 'Pour regir l'Univers les Destins m'ont fait naitre'
        7. Phaeton: Act III, Scene 2: 'Suivez-la, ma presence irrite ses douleurs'
        8. Phaeton: Act III, Scene 3: 'Songez-vous qu'Isis est ma Mere?'
        9. Phaeton: Act III, Scene 4: Marche
        10. Phaeton: Act III, Scene 4: Air pour les mesmes
        11. Phaeton: Act III, Scene 4: 'O vous pour qui l'Amour des plus beaux de ser noeuds'
        12. Phaeton: Act III, Scene 4: 'Nous reverons votre puissance'
        13. Phaeton: Act III, Scene 4: 'Vous qui servez Isis'
        14. Phaeton: Act III, Scene 5: Entree des Furies
        15. Phaeton: Act III, Scene 6: 'Le Ciel trouble votre bonheur'
        16. Phaeton: Act III, Scene 6: 'Vous etes son Fils, je le jure'
        17. Phaeton: Act III, Scene 6: 'Ce Dieu semble approuver le serment que je fais'
        18. Phaeton: Act IV, Scene 1: 'Sans le Dieu qui vous eclaire'
        19. Phaeton: Act IV, Scene 1: 'C'est par vous, o Soleil, que le Ciel s'illumine'
        20. Phaeton: Act IV, Scene 1: 'Redoublez la Rejouissance'
        21. Phaeton: Act IV, Scene 1: Air
        22. Phaeton: Act IV, Scene 1: 'Dans ce Palais, bravez I'Envie' (Air, Choeur)
        23. Phaeton: Act IV, Scene 2: 'Dans ce Palais, bravez l'Envie' (Air, Choeur)
        24. Phaeton: Act IV, Scene 2: 'C' est toi que j'en atteste'
        25. Phaeton: Act IV, Scene 2: 'Tous mes Tresors vous sont ouverts'
        26. Phaeton: Act IV, Scene 2: 'Allez repandre la lumiere'n (Choeur)
        27. Phaeton: Act V, Scene 1: 'Assemblez-vous, Habitants de ces lieux'
        28. Phaeton: Act V, Scene 2: 'Dieu qui vous declarez mon Pere'
        29. Phaeton: Act V, Scene 3: 'O rigoureux martyre'
        30. Phaeton: Act V, Scene 3: 'Dieu! Epaphus!'
        31. Phaeton: Act V, Scene 3: 'Helas, une chaine si belle'
        32. Phaeton: Act V, Scene 4: 'Que l'on chante, que tout reponde'
        33. Phaeton: Act V, Scene 4: Bourre - Premier Air
        34. Phaeton: Act V, Scene 4: 'Ce beau jour ne permet qu'a l'Aurore'
        35. Phaeton: Act V, Scene 5: 'Changer ces doux concerts en des plaintes funebres '
        36. Phaeton: Act V, Scene 5: 'C' est votre secours que j'implore'
        37. Phaeton: Act V, Scene 5: 'Dieu qui lancez le tomerre'

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Phaeton is Great!.......1999-12-11

        This is a great opera. I think Phaeton is Lully's best opera. This one is exciting and fresh. The music and singing are very good. There are many memorable moments in Phaeton. Track 23 of disc 1 and track 24 of disc 2 prove that Lully is the baroque master. Baroque doesn't get any more powerful than those tracks! The opera's last track will have you remember the name Lully. The music is quite fitting for the time of King Louis XIV.

        4 out of 5 stars Sonorous tranport to the Versailles of Louis XIV.......1999-09-15

        A musically balanced realisation of a classic Baroque opera on modern instruments. Lack of a visual focus always makes some of the interlude music seem superfluous. Notes in English and German expain the background to the work and the composer .

        There is a translation of the libretti in English and German, the French text is printed in antique script in (old) French.
        Russian Popular & Sacred Songs
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          		Russian Popular & Sacred Songs

          Manufacturer: Polygram Records
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B000001GL8
          Release Date: 1995-03-14

          Tracks:

          1. L'Etoile brillante
          2. Chanson du vaillant major
          3. Chant des matelots
          4. Chant du Terek-Pluss
          5. Chant de marche dans la campagne
          6. Sur la montagne
          7. Chant des brigands
          8. Fille simplette dans un cimetiere, de nuit
          9. Plainte de jeune fille ukrainienne
          10. Liutenant Tschitschereff
          11. Le coeur brise
          12. Printemps dans la foret
          13. Le Safran rouge
          14. Valse ancienne
          15. La recolte des framboises
          16. Bandura
          17. Marche des cavaliers
          18. Le long de la route
          19. Les nuits moscovites
          20. Deux chants cosaques
          21. Adieu

          Tracks:

          1. Dieu soit avec nous
          2. Deux chants liturgiques
          3. Hymne de No
          4. Hymne a la Vierge Marie
          5. Ciel et Terre (Vepres ukrainiennes)
          6. Tchedrik (Vepres ukrainiennes)
          7. A Jerusalem, sonnent les cloches (Vepres ukrainiennes)
          8. Canon d'Andreas Kritzky
          9. Hymne funebre
          10. Cherubin (Hymne)
          11. Gloire a la resurrection (Chant tire de la messe de Paques)
          12. Premier Hymne de Paques
          13. Psaume de Paques
          14. Deuxieme hymne de Paques
          15. Ave Maria
          16. Notre Pere
          17. Litanie de la grande liturgie de Saint Jean
          18. Dieu, Sauve ton peuple
          19. Credo
          20. Premier Psaume de David
          Le Chant français, 1948-1965
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            		Le Chant français, 1948-1965

            Manufacturer: EMI
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            ASIN: B000093U3N
            Release Date: 2004-01-07
            à la Gloire de Dieu
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              		à la Gloire de Dieu

              Manufacturer: CORO
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD

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              ASIN: B00008ZZ26
              Release Date: 2003-06-01

              Tracks:

              1. Charles IVES: The Unanswered Question
              2. Samuel BARBER: Agnus Dei
              3. Igor STRAVINSKY: Symphony of Psalms
              4. Michael TIPPETT: Five Negro Spirituals from 'A Child of Our Time'
              5. Francis POULENC : Sept Rns des Tenes

              Album Description

              This recording draws together some truly great choral pieces - from Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms through Barber's Agnus Dei, the moving choral setting of his ever-popular Adagio for Strings. Here the most prominent new world composers of the time, Ives and Barber, are brought together with old world counterparts, Poulenc and Stravinsky, in a disc of deeply felt music expressing each composers' perception of the spirituality of life. Straddling the two worlds is Michael Tippett's set of spiritual settings from "A Child of Our Time".

              Track Listings:

              1. Lalo: Violin Concerto in F, Op. 20 / Concerto russe, Op. 29 / Scherzo in D minor / Le roi d'Ys Overture / Charlier
              2. Lars-Erik Larsson: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
              3. Lasso: Chansons And Madrigals
              4. Live From The Holland Liszt Festival, Duos for Two Pianos and Piano, Four-Hands
              5. Loewe: Lieder und Balladen, Vol.7
              6. Manuel M. Ponce Vol. I
              7. Matthews: Fourth sonata for orchestra; Broken Symmetry
              8. Mozart: Complete Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin, Vol. 1; Mannheim Sonatas
              9. Mozart: Davidde Penitente Kv469, Ave Verum Corpus Kv618 [Import]
              10. Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 18 & 19 [Import]

              Track Listings

              track listings

              Track Listings

              Fuzz, Flaykes, & Shakes, Vol. 2: The Day Breaks at Dawn

              Dynamic Organ Music Series Volume 2

              Good Hands

              Ast

              Sur O No Sur [Import]

              In Crowd [Import]

              Let's Face the Music and Dance [Import]

              Hommage à Revueltas

              Hopeful Ramantic

              I Love Being Here With You

              Julie Ruin

              Extrano a Mi Pueblo

              Estrellas de Espana

              Maple Room

              Brassy and Sassy