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Bizet: L’arlesienne, Op. 23
SOMM Recordings

Bizet: L’arlesienne, Op. 23

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Composer
Georges Bizet
Artist
Jacques Noureddine, Jon Tolansky
Format
CD
Label
SOMM Recordings
Released
Oct 11, 2024
Catalog #
SOMMCD 0682
UPC
748871068223

About

SOMM RECORDINGS is delighted to announce a revelatory new perspective on Georges Bizet's much-loved L'Arlesienne with the re-issue of his complete stage music for Alphonse Daudet's play and a new dramatization of Daudet's original short story by Jon Tolansky. First staged in 1872, L'Arlesienne is, as Tolansky remarks in his illuminating notes, an "evocative and poignant tale about broken love set in a small Provençal community". One that inspired Bizet "to compose some of the most heartrendingly poignant tones he ever created". More familiar in the two Suites extracted from the theatrical score, L'Arlesienne is heard here in it's original, complete version, reconstructed by Dominique Riffaud in a rare, 1985 recording by Orfeon Donostiarra and Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse conducted by Michel Plasson. A bonus track features a new adaptation of Daudet's short story, dramatized and narrated by Tolansky, and illustrated by musical excerpts from Bizet's incidental music. The Minuetto from L'Arlesienne was featured on SOMM's Favourite Orchestral Classics by the Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and Iain Sutherland (ARIADNE 5012), hailed "an exquisite collection" by Classical Music Daily, while two pieces from Carmen were given a mischievous jazz treatment on the Art Deco Trio's Classical Changes (SOMMCD 0663), declared by Gramophone as "exemplary". A noted, widely published and broadcast music commentator and documentary maker, Jon Tolansky's previous SOMM collaborations include Mahler Pioneers (SOMM Ariadne 5022-2), hailed as "a major addition to the catalogue" by OperaWire, and the International Classical Music Award-nominated Serge Koussevitzky Conducts the London Philharmonic - Live (SOMM Ariadne 5017-2). More recently his exclusive interview with Ian Partridge was featured in the Gramophone Editor's Choice release of the tenor's Schubert songs accompanied by his sister, Jennifer Partridge, Stimme Der Liebe (SOMMCD 0670).

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 Act I: Prelude 06:34
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act I: Prelude
    Duration
    06:34
    Composer
    Georges Bizet
    Performer
    Jacques Noureddine
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de Chambre national de Toulouse
    Conductor
    Michel Plasson
  2. 2 Act I: Trois melodrames 02:01
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act I: Trois melodrames
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Georges Bizet
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de Chambre national de Toulouse
    Conductor
    Michel Plasson
  3. 3 Act I: Choeur et melodrames - Melodrames et choeur final 03:24
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act I: Choeur et melodrames - Melodrames et choeur final
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Georges Bizet
    Ensemble
    Orfeón Donostiarra, Orchestre de Chambre national de Toulouse
    Conductor
    Michel Plasson
  4. 4 Act II: Entracte - Chorus: Pastorale 05:18
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act II: Entracte - Chorus: Pastorale
    Duration
    05:18
    Composer
    Georges Bizet
    Ensemble
    Orfeón Donostiarra, Orchestre de Chambre national de Toulouse
    Conductor
    Michel Plasson
  5. 5 Act II: Trois melodrames 01:53
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act II: Trois melodrames
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Georges Bizet
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de Chambre national de Toulouse
    Conductor
    Michel Plasson
  6. 6 Act II: Chorus - Deux melodrames - Finale 04:11
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act II: Chorus - Deux melodrames - Finale
    Duration
    04:11
    Composer
    Georges Bizet
    Ensemble
    Orfeón Donostiarra, Orchestre de Chambre national de Toulouse
    Conductor
    Michel Plasson
  7. 7 Act III: Melodrame Final 03:34
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act III: Melodrame Final
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Georges Bizet
    Performer
    Jacques Noureddine
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de Chambre national de Toulouse
    Conductor
    Michel Plasson
  8. 8 Act IV: Entra'acte: Tempo di menutteo vivo - Carillon 04:32
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act IV: Entra'acte: Tempo di menutteo vivo - Carillon
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Georges Bizet
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de Chambre national de Toulouse
    Conductor
    Michel Plasson
  9. 9 Act IV: Mélodrame 06:47
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act IV: Mélodrame
    Duration
    06:47
    Composer
    Georges Bizet
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de Chambre national de Toulouse
    Conductor
    Michel Plasson
  10. 10 Act IV: Mélodrame - Choral Finale 02:19
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act IV: Mélodrame - Choral Finale
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Georges Bizet
    Ensemble
    Orfeón Donostiarra, Orchestre de Chambre national de Toulouse
    Conductor
    Michel Plasson
  11. 11 Act V: Entracte et Chorus - Deux Mélodrames - Finale 11:03
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act V: Entracte et Chorus - Deux Mélodrames - Finale
    Duration
    11:03
    Composer
    Georges Bizet
    Ensemble
    Orfeón Donostiarra, Orchestre de Chambre national de Toulouse
    Conductor
    Michel Plasson
  12. 12 L'Arlésienne (music by G. Bizet) (adapted by J. Tolansky) 21:28
    Track
    12
    Title
    L'Arlésienne (music by G. Bizet) (adapted by J. Tolansky)
    Duration
    21:28
    Performer
    Jon Tolansky
    Ensemble
    Orfeón Donostiarra, Orchestre de Chambre national de Toulouse
    Conductor
    Michel Plasson