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Charles Silver: La Belle au bois dormant

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Composer
Charles Silver
Artist
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian National Choir, Gyorgy Vashegyi, Guylaine Girar
Format
CD
Label
Bru Zane
Released
May 08, 2026
Catalog #
BZ1064
UPC
8055776010267

About

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.

Tracklist 50 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Prologue: Introduction 00:28
    Track
    1
    Title
    Prologue: Introduction
    Duration
    00:28
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  3. 2 Prologue: Marche du Baptême 01:39
    Track
    2
    Title
    Prologue: Marche du Baptême
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  4. 3 Prologue: Vous, dont le dévouement (Le Roi, La Reine, Chorus) 03:02
    Track
    3
    Title
    Prologue: Vous, dont le dévouement (Le Roi, La Reine, Chorus)
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Thomas Dolié, Guylaine Girard
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  5. 4 Prologue: Scene et entrée des fees: Pour mieux réaliser l'espoir (La Reine, Le Roi, Chorus) 02:25
    Track
    4
    Title
    Prologue: Scene et entrée des fees: Pour mieux réaliser l'espoir (La Reine, Le Roi, Chorus)
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Guylaine Girard, Thomas Dolié
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  6. 5 Prologue: Scene des dons: À ton appel qui nous convie (La Fée Primevère, La Reine, Le Roi) 02:55
    Track
    5
    Title
    Prologue: Scene des dons: À ton appel qui nous convie (La Fée Primevère, La Reine, Le Roi)
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Kate Aldrich, Guylaine Girard, Thomas Dolié
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  7. 6 Prologue: Entrée d'Urgèle: Ah! La fée Urgèle! (Urgèle, La Reine, Le Roi, Chorus) 02:12
    Track
    6
    Title
    Prologue: Entrée d'Urgèle: Ah! La fée Urgèle! (Urgèle, La Reine, Le Roi, Chorus)
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Kate Aldrich, Guylaine Girard, Thomas Dolié
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  8. 7 Act I: Prelude 04:07
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act I: Prelude
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  9. 8 Act I: Vos beaux yeux restent voiles (Dame Gudule, Le Page, Chorus) 01:47
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act I: Vos beaux yeux restent voiles (Dame Gudule, Le Page, Chorus)
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Kate Aldrich, Clémence Tilquin
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  10. 9 Act I: Dame Gudule, avec sa robe de Damas (Le Page, Dame Gudule, Aurore) 01:43
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act I: Dame Gudule, avec sa robe de Damas (Le Page, Dame Gudule, Aurore)
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Clémence Tilquin, Kate Aldrich, Guylaine Girard
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  11. 10 Act I: Air du Page: Il part où l'honneur l'appelle (Le Page) 01:35
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act I: Air du Page: Il part où l'honneur l'appelle (Le Page)
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Clémence Tilquin
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  12. 11 Act I: Ces pages ont vraiment un aplomb (Le Grand Sénéchal, Le Page, Dame Gudule) 00:59
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act I: Ces pages ont vraiment un aplomb (Le Grand Sénéchal, Le Page, Dame Gudule)
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Adrien Fournaison, Clémence Tilquin, Kate Aldrich
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  13. 12 Act I: Toujours pensive (Le Roi, Aurore, Chorus) 05:43
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act I: Toujours pensive (Le Roi, Aurore, Chorus)
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Thomas Dolié, Guylaine Girard
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  14. 13 Act I: Divertissement: Allons, Princesse, éveillez-vous! (Le Roi, Chorus) 03:09
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act I: Divertissement: Allons, Princesse, éveillez-vous! (Le Roi, Chorus)
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Thomas Dolié
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  15. 14 Act I: Qui donc vient à cette heure (Le Roi, Le Grand Sénéchal) 02:18
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act I: Qui donc vient à cette heure (Le Roi, Le Grand Sénéchal)
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Thomas Dolié, Adrien Fournaison
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  16. 15 Act I: Entrée du chevalier: Ô Roi, salut! (Le Chevalier, Le Roi) 03:01
    Track
    15
    Title
    Act I: Entrée du chevalier: Ô Roi, salut! (Le Chevalier, Le Roi)
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Adrien Fournaison, Thomas Dolié
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  17. 16 Act I: Air du Jardin: Quelle force inconnue (Aurore) 04:30
    Track
    16
    Title
    Act I: Air du Jardin: Quelle force inconnue (Aurore)
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Thomas Dolié
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  18. 17 Act I: Duo du Jardin: De quelle puissance étranger (Aurore, Le Chevalier) 02:39
    Track
    17
    Title
    Act I: Duo du Jardin: De quelle puissance étranger (Aurore, Le Chevalier)
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Guylaine Girard, Julien Dran
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  19. 18 Act I: Duo du jardin - Suite: Que fait un prince? (Aurore, Le Chevalier) 01:45
    Track
    18
    Title
    Act I: Duo du jardin - Suite: Que fait un prince? (Aurore, Le Chevalier)
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Guylaine Girard, Julien Dran
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  20. 19 Act I: Duo du jardin - Suite: L'amour! … Que dit l'amour? (Aurore, Le Chevalier) 01:04
    Track
    19
    Title
    Act I: Duo du jardin - Suite: L'amour! … Que dit l'amour? (Aurore, Le Chevalier)
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Guylaine Girard, Julien Dran
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  21. 20 Act I: Duo du jardin - Suite: Quelquefois, dans mon âme (Aurore, Le Chevalier) 03:29
    Track
    20
    Title
    Act I: Duo du jardin - Suite: Quelquefois, dans mon âme (Aurore, Le Chevalier)
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Guylaine Girard, Julien Dran
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  22. 21 Act I: Malédiction d'Urgèle: Ah! Qu'ai-je donc? (Aurore, Le Chevalier, Urgèle) 02:18
    Track
    21
    Title
    Act I: Malédiction d'Urgèle: Ah! Qu'ai-je donc? (Aurore, Le Chevalier, Urgèle)
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Guylaine Girard, Julien Dran, Kate Aldrich
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  23. 22 Act I: Scene du sommeil: Rassurez-vous, ce n'est point le trépas (La Fée Primevère, Chorus) 02:57
    Track
    22
    Title
    Act I: Scene du sommeil: Rassurez-vous, ce n'est point le trépas (La Fée Primevère, Chorus)
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Clémence Tilquin
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  24. Disc 2
  25. 1 Act II: Entrance: La Chasse 03:33
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act II: Entrance: La Chasse
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  26. 2 Act II: Amis, buvons encore! (Éloi, Chorus) 01:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act II: Amis, buvons encore! (Éloi, Chorus)
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Adrien Fournaison
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  27. 3 Act II: Ronde: Ah! (Chorus) 00:53
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act II: Ronde: Ah! (Chorus)
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  28. 4 Act II: La belle fille aux yeux futés (Barnabé, Jacotte) 01:50
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act II: La belle fille aux yeux futés (Barnabé, Jacotte)
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  29. 5 Act II: Entrée du Prince: Chut! … Écoutez! … (Éloi, Le Prince, Jacotte, Barnabé, Chorus) 03:13
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act II: Entrée du Prince: Chut! … Écoutez! … (Éloi, Le Prince, Jacotte, Barnabé, Chorus)
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Adrien Fournaison, Julien Dran, Clémence Tilquin, Matthieu Lécroart
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  30. 6 Act II: Il veut rire! (Éloi, Le Prince, Chorus) 01:47
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act II: Il veut rire! (Éloi, Le Prince, Chorus)
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Adrien Fournaison, Julien Dran
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  31. 7 Act II: Arioso: Personne n'y pénètre! (Le Prince) 01:04
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act II: Arioso: Personne n'y pénètre! (Le Prince)
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Julien Dran
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  32. 8 Act II: Comment savoir? (Barnabé, Jacotte) 01:15
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act II: Comment savoir? (Barnabé, Jacotte)
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Matthieu Lécroart, Clémence Tilquin
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  33. 9 Act II: Oh! Une sorcière! (Barnabé, Urgèle, Jacotte) 03:45
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act II: Oh! Une sorcière! (Barnabé, Urgèle, Jacotte)
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Matthieu Lécroart, Kate Aldrich, Clémence Tilquin
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  34. 10 Act II: Quel moyen imaginer (Jacotte, Barnabé) 02:04
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act II: Quel moyen imaginer (Jacotte, Barnabé)
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Clémence Tilquin, Matthieu Lécroart
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  35. 11 Act II: Duet: C'est moi - Vas-tu rester dans la cour? (Jacotte, Barnabé) 02:40
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act II: Duet: C'est moi - Vas-tu rester dans la cour? (Jacotte, Barnabé)
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Clémence Tilquin, Matthieu Lécroart
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  36. 12 Act II: Je ne puis vaincre ma pensée! (Le Prince) 01:57
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act II: Je ne puis vaincre ma pensée! (Le Prince)
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Julien Dran
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  37. 13 Act II: Apparition: Viens, je suis la Jeunesse (Aurore, Le Prince) 03:57
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act II: Apparition: Viens, je suis la Jeunesse (Aurore, Le Prince)
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Guylaine Girard, Julien Dran
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  38. 14 Act II: Prince, voici l'heure (Le Prince, Un Seigneur, Chorus) 01:29
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act II: Prince, voici l'heure (Le Prince, Un Seigneur, Chorus)
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Julien Dran, Adrien Fournaison
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  39. 15 Act II: Barnabé! Barnabé! (Jacotte, Éloi, Chorus) 02:07
    Track
    15
    Title
    Act II: Barnabé! Barnabé! (Jacotte, Éloi, Chorus)
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Clémence Tilquin, Adrien Fournaison
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  40. 16 Act III: Prelude et Air: À moi lutins (Urgèle) 02:27
    Track
    16
    Title
    Act III: Prelude et Air: À moi lutins (Urgèle)
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Kate Aldrich
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  41. 17 Act III: C'est ici que sommeille (Barnabé, Urgèle, Chorus) 01:43
    Track
    17
    Title
    Act III: C'est ici que sommeille (Barnabé, Urgèle, Chorus)
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Clémence Tilquin, Kate Aldrich
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  42. 18 Act III: Pantomime: Le feu ne brille plus! … (Urgèle, La Fée Primevère) 02:05
    Track
    18
    Title
    Act III: Pantomime: Le feu ne brille plus! … (Urgèle, La Fée Primevère)
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Kate Aldrich, Clémence Tilquin
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  43. 19 Act III: Ballet général 05:03
    Track
    19
    Title
    Act III: Ballet général
    Duration
    05:03
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  44. 20 Act III: Les routes devant moi (Le Prince, Barnabé) 02:55
    Track
    20
    Title
    Act III: Les routes devant moi (Le Prince, Barnabé)
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Julien Dran, Matthieu Lécroart
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  45. 21 Act III: Ce rustaud est l'instrument (Le Prince, Barnabé, Jacotte, La Fée Primevère) 04:40
    Track
    21
    Title
    Act III: Ce rustaud est l'instrument (Le Prince, Barnabé, Jacotte, La Fée Primevère)
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Julien Dran, Matthieu Lécroart, Clémence Tilquin
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  46. 22 Act III: Je vais donc écarter le voile du mystère! … (Le Prince) 02:28
    Track
    22
    Title
    Act III: Je vais donc écarter le voile du mystère! … (Le Prince)
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Julien Dran
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  47. 23 Act IV: Prelude 02:45
    Track
    23
    Title
    Act IV: Prelude
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  48. 24 Act IV: C'est ici que sommeille (Chorus) 01:29
    Track
    24
    Title
    Act IV: C'est ici que sommeille (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  49. 25 Act IV: Air: Quel calme autour de moi! (Le Prince) 03:13
    Track
    25
    Title
    Act IV: Air: Quel calme autour de moi! (Le Prince)
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Julien Dran
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  50. 26 Act IV: Réveil: Qu'ai-je donc? … (Aurore) 05:18
    Track
    26
    Title
    Act IV: Réveil: Qu'ai-je donc? … (Aurore)
    Duration
    05:18
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Guylaine Girard
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  51. 27 Act IV: Duet: Quand cette étrange nuit (Aurore, Le Prince) 04:07
    Track
    27
    Title
    Act IV: Duet: Quand cette étrange nuit (Aurore, Le Prince)
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Guylaine Girard, Julien Dran
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi
  52. 28 Act IV: Mes amis, voici votre Reine! (Le Prince, Aurore, Chorus) 01:33
    Track
    28
    Title
    Act IV: Mes amis, voici votre Reine! (Le Prince, Aurore, Chorus)
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Performer
    Julien Dran, Guylaine Girard
    Ensemble
    Hungarian National Chorus, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    György Vashegyi