Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25, H. 130

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Chandos
Release Date
March 15, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BERLIOZ, HECTOR
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Malbourne Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Davis
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 15, 2019
    • UPC
      095115522820
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHSA 5228(2)
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Part I: Le songe d'Hérode: Dans la crèche, en ce temps (Narrator)

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Andrew Staples

      Conductor: Andrew Davis

    2. Part I: Le songe d'Hérode: Scene 1: Marche nocturne

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Davis

    3. Part I: Le songe d'Hérode: Scene 1: Qui vient (Centurion, Polydorus)

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Andrew Goodwin, Shane Lowrencev

      Conductor: Andrew Davis

    4. Part I: Le songe d'Hérode: Scene 2: Toujours ce rêve - Ô misère des rois (Hérode)

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Matthew Brook

      Conductor: Andrew Davis

    5. Part I: Le songe d'Hérode: Scene 3: Seigneur! - Ah! c'est toi, Polydore (Polydorus, Hérode)

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Shane Lowrencev, Matthew Brook

      Conductor: Andrew Davis

    6. Part I: Le songe d'Hérode: Scene 4: Les sages de Judée (Soothsayers, Hérode)

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Matthew Brook

      Conductor: Andrew Davis

    7. Part I: Le songe d'Hérode: Scene 4: La voix dit vrai, Seigneur (Soothsayers, Hérode)

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Matthew Brook

      Conductor: Andrew Davis

    8. Part I: Le songe d'Hérode: Scene 4: Eh bien, par le fer qu'ils périssent (Hérode, Soothsayers)

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Matthew Brook

      Conductor: Andrew Davis

    9. Part I: Le songe d'Hérode: Scene 5: Ô mon cher fils (Marie, Joseph)

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Sasha Cooke, Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Andrew Davis

    10. Part I: Le songe d'Hérode: Scene 6: Joseph! Marie! Écoutez-nous! (Angels, Marie, Joseph)

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Sasha Cooke, Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Andrew Davis

    11. Part II: La Fuite en Égypte: Overture

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Davis

    12. Part II: La Fuite en Égypte: Scene 1: Il s'en va loin de la terre (The Shepherds' Farewell) (Chorus)

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Davis

    13. Part II: La Fuite en Égypte: Scene 1: Les pèlerins étant venus (Narrator, Angels)

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Andrew Staples

      Conductor: Andrew Davis

    14. Part III: L'arrivée à Saïs: Depuis trois jours (Narrator)

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Andrew Staples

      Conductor: Andrew Davis

    15. Part III: L'arrivée à Saïs: Scene 1: Dans cette ville immense (Marie, Joseph, Chorus)

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Sasha Cooke, Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Andrew Davis

    16. Part III: L'arrivée à Saïs: Scene 2: Entrez, pauvres Hébreux (Le Maître de maison, Ismaélites)

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Matthew Brook

      Conductor: Andrew Davis

    17. Part III: L'arrivée à Saïs: Scene 2: Sur vos traits fatigués (Le Maître de maison, Joseph, Ismaélites)

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Matthew Brook, Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Andrew Davis

    18. Part III: L'arrivée à Saïs: Scene 2: Trio des Ismaélites

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Davis

    19. Part III: L'arrivée à Saïs: Scene 2: Vous pleurez, jeune mère (Le Maître de maison, Marie, Joseph, Ismaélites)

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Matthew Brook, Sasha Cooke, Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Andrew Davis

    20. Part III: L'arrivée à Saïs: Scene 3: Ce fut ainsi que par un infidèle (Narrator, Chorus)

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Andrew Staples

      Conductor: Andrew Davis


Berlioz wrote his own text for L'Enfance du Christ, which he composed in 1853 and 1854. It was first performed at the Salle Herz, Paris on 10 December 1854, with Berlioz conducting. He described the work as a Trilogie sacrée. The first of it's three sections depicts King Herod ordering the massacre of all newborn children in Judaea; the second shows Mary, Joseph, and Jesus setting out for Egypt to avoid the slaughter, having been warned by angels; and the final section portrays their arrival in the Egyptian town of Saïs where they are given refuge by a family of Ishmaelites. Berlioz was not religious as an adult but remained all his life susceptible to the beauty of the religious music that had enraptured him as a child. Sir Andrew Davis conducts the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and MSO Chorus and an outstanding team of soloists in this Surround Sound SACD recording.