Charles Silver: La Belle au bois dormant

$42.99
Label
Bru Zane
Release Date
May 8, 2026
Format
Added to Cart! View cart or continue shopping.


    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Charles Silver
    • PERFORMER
      Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian National Choir, Gyorgy Vashegyi, Guylaine Girar
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 08, 2026
    • UPC
      8055776010267
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BZ1064
    • LABEL
      Bru Zane
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Prologue: Introduction

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    2. Prologue: Marche du Baptême

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    3. Prologue: Vous, dont le dévouement (Le Roi, La Reine, Chorus)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Dolié, Guylaine Girard

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    4. Prologue: Scene et entrée des fees: Pour mieux réaliser l'espoir (La Reine, Le Roi, Chorus)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Guylaine Girard, Thomas Dolié

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    5. Prologue: Scene des dons: À ton appel qui nous convie (La Fée Primevère, La Reine, Le Roi)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Kate Aldrich, Guylaine Girard, Thomas Dolié

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    6. Prologue: Entrée d'Urgèle: Ah! La fée Urgèle! (Urgèle, La Reine, Le Roi, Chorus)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Kate Aldrich, Guylaine Girard, Thomas Dolié

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    7. Act I: Prelude

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    8. Act I: Vos beaux yeux restent voiles (Dame Gudule, Le Page, Chorus)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Kate Aldrich, Clémence Tilquin

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    9. Act I: Dame Gudule, avec sa robe de Damas (Le Page, Dame Gudule, Aurore)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Clémence Tilquin, Kate Aldrich, Guylaine Girard

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    10. Act I: Air du Page: Il part où l'honneur l'appelle (Le Page)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Clémence Tilquin

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    11. Act I: Ces pages ont vraiment un aplomb (Le Grand Sénéchal, Le Page, Dame Gudule)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Adrien Fournaison, Clémence Tilquin, Kate Aldrich

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    12. Act I: Toujours pensive (Le Roi, Aurore, Chorus)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Dolié, Guylaine Girard

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    13. Act I: Divertissement: Allons, Princesse, éveillez-vous! (Le Roi, Chorus)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Dolié

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    14. Act I: Qui donc vient à cette heure (Le Roi, Le Grand Sénéchal)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Dolié, Adrien Fournaison

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    15. Act I: Entrée du chevalier: Ô Roi, salut! (Le Chevalier, Le Roi)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Adrien Fournaison, Thomas Dolié

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    16. Act I: Air du Jardin: Quelle force inconnue (Aurore)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Dolié

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    17. Act I: Duo du Jardin: De quelle puissance étranger (Aurore, Le Chevalier)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Guylaine Girard, Julien Dran

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    18. Act I: Duo du jardin - Suite: Que fait un prince? (Aurore, Le Chevalier)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Guylaine Girard, Julien Dran

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    19. Act I: Duo du jardin - Suite: L'amour! … Que dit l'amour? (Aurore, Le Chevalier)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Guylaine Girard, Julien Dran

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    20. Act I: Duo du jardin - Suite: Quelquefois, dans mon âme (Aurore, Le Chevalier)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Guylaine Girard, Julien Dran

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    21. Act I: Malédiction d'Urgèle: Ah! Qu'ai-je donc? (Aurore, Le Chevalier, Urgèle)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Guylaine Girard, Julien Dran, Kate Aldrich

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    22. Act I: Scene du sommeil: Rassurez-vous, ce n'est point le trépas (La Fée Primevère, Chorus)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Clémence Tilquin

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    23. Act II: Entrance: La Chasse

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    24. Act II: Amis, buvons encore! (Éloi, Chorus)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Adrien Fournaison

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    25. Act II: Ronde: Ah! (Chorus)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    26. Act II: La belle fille aux yeux futés (Barnabé, Jacotte)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    27. Act II: Entrée du Prince: Chut! … Écoutez! … (Éloi, Le Prince, Jacotte, Barnabé, Chorus)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Adrien Fournaison, Julien Dran, Clémence Tilquin, Matthieu Lécroart

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    28. Act II: Il veut rire! (Éloi, Le Prince, Chorus)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Adrien Fournaison, Julien Dran

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    29. Act II: Arioso: Personne n'y pénètre! (Le Prince)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Julien Dran

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    30. Act II: Comment savoir? (Barnabé, Jacotte)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Matthieu Lécroart, Clémence Tilquin

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    31. Act II: Oh! Une sorcière! (Barnabé, Urgèle, Jacotte)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Matthieu Lécroart, Kate Aldrich, Clémence Tilquin

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    32. Act II: Quel moyen imaginer (Jacotte, Barnabé)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Clémence Tilquin, Matthieu Lécroart

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    33. Act II: Duet: C'est moi - Vas-tu rester dans la cour? (Jacotte, Barnabé)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Clémence Tilquin, Matthieu Lécroart

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    34. Act II: Je ne puis vaincre ma pensée! (Le Prince)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Julien Dran

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    35. Act II: Apparition: Viens, je suis la Jeunesse (Aurore, Le Prince)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Guylaine Girard, Julien Dran

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    36. Act II: Prince, voici l'heure (Le Prince, Un Seigneur, Chorus)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Julien Dran, Adrien Fournaison

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    37. Act II: Barnabé! Barnabé! (Jacotte, Éloi, Chorus)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Clémence Tilquin, Adrien Fournaison

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    38. Act III: Prelude et Air: À moi lutins (Urgèle)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Kate Aldrich

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    39. Act III: C'est ici que sommeille (Barnabé, Urgèle, Chorus)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Clémence Tilquin, Kate Aldrich

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    40. Act III: Pantomime: Le feu ne brille plus! … (Urgèle, La Fée Primevère)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Kate Aldrich, Clémence Tilquin

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    41. Act III: Ballet général

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    42. Act III: Les routes devant moi (Le Prince, Barnabé)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Julien Dran, Matthieu Lécroart

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    43. Act III: Ce rustaud est l'instrument (Le Prince, Barnabé, Jacotte, La Fée Primevère)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Julien Dran, Matthieu Lécroart, Clémence Tilquin

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    44. Act III: Je vais donc écarter le voile du mystère! … (Le Prince)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Julien Dran

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    45. Act IV: Prelude

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    46. Act IV: C'est ici que sommeille (Chorus)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    47. Act IV: Air: Quel calme autour de moi! (Le Prince)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Julien Dran

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    48. Act IV: Réveil: Qu'ai-je donc? … (Aurore)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Guylaine Girard

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    49. Act IV: Duet: Quand cette étrange nuit (Aurore, Le Prince)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Guylaine Girard, Julien Dran

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    50. Act IV: Mes amis, voici votre Reine! (Le Prince, Aurore, Chorus)

      Composer: Charles Silver

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Julien Dran, Guylaine Girard

      Conductor: György Vashegyi


Largely forgotten today, the composer Charles Silver was one of the most promising students of Jules Massenet, whose elegant style and effective dramatic gestures he fully mastered. His opera La Belle au bois dormant (Sleeping Beauty), based on Perrault's tale, testifies to these skills with it's colourful, lively and surprisingly modern music: the influence of Puccini is evident. The libretto enriches the original story with delightful comic touches from the characters of Jacotte and Barnabe, who provide a light-hearted counterpoint to the fairytale plot. Although it enjoyed a successful first run in Marseille in 1902, the opera unfortunately never received a Parisian premiere, which hindered it's wider dissemination despite an acclaimed revival at the Theâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels. Accessible, refined and treating a universal theme, this score deserves a second chance that just might - who knows? - earn it a place on the international operatic stage.