French Opera Overtures / Järvi, Estonian National Symphony
Details
- Composer
- Daniel Auber, Alexandre Lecocq, Jean Planquette
- Artist
- Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Chandos
- Released
- Jul 05, 2024
- Catalog #
- CHAN 20318
- UPC
- 095115231821
About
The nineteenth-century French opera overture was for many years looked down on by certain music critics (and musicians) - largely as the genre turned its back on the historical adherence to strict musical form (fugue, sonata form, etc.). Percy Scholes, in the 1955 Oxford Companion to Music, had the following to say: 'a cheap but not always ineffective type of opera overture is that of the pot-pourri or medley - little more than a string of tunes from the work to follow.' These overtures were incredibly popular in their time, and the revival of this repertoire is long overdue.
Daniel Auber composed more than fifty operas, some for the Paris Opera and some for the Opera Comique. His Grand Opera La Muette de Portici famously sparked the Belgian revolution in 1830, which led to the country's independence in 1839. Les Cloches de Corneville was by far the most successful of Planquette's twenty-four operas, receiving some 400 consecutive performances. Alexandre Lecocq's La Fille de Madame Angot was premiered in Brussels in 1872 and is set in post-revolutionary Paris. The Overture is followed here by numbers put together by Gordon Jacob, in his re-orchestration of material taken mainly from the opera, for Leonide Massine's ballet Mam'zelle Angot, which closely follows the action of the opera.
Tracklist 19 tracks
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1 Le domino noir, S. 30: Overture 06:55
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Le domino noir, S. 30: Overture
- Duration
- 06:55
- Composer
- Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
- Ensemble
- Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Neeme Järvi
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2 La Muette de Portici, S. 16: Overture 08:05
- Track
- 2
- Title
- La Muette de Portici, S. 16: Overture
- Duration
- 08:05
- Composer
- Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
- Ensemble
- Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Neeme Järvi
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3 Les diamants de la couronne, S. 34: Overture 06:54
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Les diamants de la couronne, S. 34: Overture
- Duration
- 06:54
- Composer
- Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
- Ensemble
- Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Neeme Järvi
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4 Les cloches de Corneville: Overture 06:08
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Les cloches de Corneville: Overture
- Duration
- 06:08
- Composer
- Robert Planquette
- Ensemble
- Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Neeme Järvi
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5 Overture: Allegro moderato - Allegro moderato - Cadenza ad libitum - Allegro molto - Più allegro 02:24
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Overture: Allegro moderato - Allegro moderato - Cadenza ad libitum - Allegro molto - Più allegro
- Duration
- 02:24
- Composer
- Charles Lecocq
- Ensemble
- Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Neeme Järvi
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6 Act I: Allegro - Allegro moderato 03:00
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Act I: Allegro - Allegro moderato
- Duration
- 03:00
- Composer
- Charles Lecocq
- Ensemble
- Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Neeme Järvi
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7 Act I: Allegretto - Più mosso 01:15
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Act I: Allegretto - Più mosso
- Duration
- 01:15
- Composer
- Charles Lecocq
- Ensemble
- Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Neeme Järvi
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8 Act I: Mazurka: [Allegro vivace] 01:14
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Act I: Mazurka: [Allegro vivace]
- Duration
- 01:14
- Composer
- Charles Lecocq
- Ensemble
- Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Neeme Järvi
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9 Act I: Andantino - Tempo di Valse - Più mosso 02:57
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Act I: Andantino - Tempo di Valse - Più mosso
- Duration
- 02:57
- Composer
- Charles Lecocq
- Ensemble
- Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Neeme Järvi
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10 Act I: Tempo di Marcia - Coda 01:52
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Act I: Tempo di Marcia - Coda
- Duration
- 01:52
- Composer
- Charles Lecocq
- Ensemble
- Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Neeme Järvi
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11 Act I: Allegro vivace 02:28
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Act I: Allegro vivace
- Duration
- 02:28
- Composer
- Charles Lecocq
- Ensemble
- Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Neeme Järvi
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12 Act I: Allegretto 01:40
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Act I: Allegretto
- Duration
- 01:40
- Composer
- Charles Lecocq
- Ensemble
- Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Neeme Järvi
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13 Act II: Allegro - Tempo di Gavotta - Allegro - Tempo di Gavotta - 01:59
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Act II: Allegro - Tempo di Gavotta - Allegro - Tempo di Gavotta -
- Duration
- 01:59
- Composer
- Charles Lecocq
- Ensemble
- Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Neeme Järvi
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14 Act II: Allegretto - Più mosso - Tempo di Galop - 01:52
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Act II: Allegretto - Più mosso - Tempo di Galop -
- Duration
- 01:52
- Composer
- Charles Lecocq
- Ensemble
- Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Neeme Järvi
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15 Act II: Allegro - Tempo di Valse - 04:08
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Act II: Allegro - Tempo di Valse -
- Duration
- 04:08
- Composer
- Charles Lecocq
- Ensemble
- Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Neeme Järvi
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16 Act II: Allegro - Presto 01:49
- Track
- 16
- Title
- Act II: Allegro - Presto
- Duration
- 01:49
- Composer
- Charles Lecocq
- Ensemble
- Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Neeme Järvi
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17 Act II: Adagio 03:46
- Track
- 17
- Title
- Act II: Adagio
- Duration
- 03:46
- Composer
- Charles Lecocq
- Ensemble
- Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Neeme Järvi
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18 Act II: Allegro moderato - Più mosso - Allegro - Allegro moderato - Vivo - Più mosso - 06:19
- Track
- 18
- Title
- Act II: Allegro moderato - Più mosso - Allegro - Allegro moderato - Vivo - Più mosso -
- Duration
- 06:19
- Composer
- Charles Lecocq
- Ensemble
- Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Neeme Järvi
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19 Act II: Finale: Allegro molto - Vivo 02:51
- Track
- 19
- Title
- Act II: Finale: Allegro molto - Vivo
- Duration
- 02:51
- Composer
- Charles Lecocq
- Ensemble
- Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Neeme Järvi