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Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande / Dumoussaud, Opéra National de Bordeaux

$26.99

Details

Composer
DEBUSSY, CLAUDE
Artist
Dumoussaud
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Sep 10, 2021
Catalog #
ALPHA752
UPC
3760014197529

About

The Covid pandemic caused the cancellation of the performances of Pelléas et Mélisande at the Opéra National de Bordeaux, which approached Alpha in order to make an audio recording of this masterpiece. So here is that unexpected but highly anticipated new version, with an exceptional cast and a young conductor, Pierre Dumoussaud, whose calling card it is fast becoming, since he has already conducted it in many houses. ‘His conducting calls for nothing but praise, striking a fine balance between analytical clarity and theatrical life, while at the same time bringing out the extraordinary modernity of this intoxicating music’, wrote Christian Merlin in Le Figaro of one of his staged performances. The ‘disarming sincerity’ of Pelléas (Stanislas de Barbeyrac), the ‘constant emotion’ of Mélisande (Chiara Skerath), the ‘bitingly intense singing’ of Golaud (Alexandre Duhamel) – these are some of the comments elicited by the 2018 performances in the staging of Philippe Béziat and Florent Siaud, the intended revival of which this year was prevented by the health emergency. The album cover features a photo from that memorable production.

Tracklist 40 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Act I Scene 1: Je ne pourrai plus sortir de cette foret (Golaud) 03:52
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Je ne pourrai plus sortir de cette foret (Golaud)
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Alexandre Duhamel
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  3. 2 Act I Scene 1: Pourquoi pleures-tu? (Golaud, Melisande) 06:32
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Pourquoi pleures-tu? (Golaud, Melisande)
    Duration
    06:32
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Alexandre Duhamel, Chiara Skerath
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  4. 3 Act I Scene 1: Je suis perdu aussi (Golaud) 01:33
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Je suis perdu aussi (Golaud)
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Alexandre Duhamel
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  5. 4 Act I Scene 2: Voici ce qu'il ecrit a son frere (Pelleas, Genevieve) 02:56
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Voici ce qu'il ecrit a son frere (Pelleas, Genevieve)
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Janina Baechle
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  6. 5 Act I Scene 2: Qu'en dites vous? (Genevieve, Arkel, Pelleas) 05:24
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Qu'en dites vous? (Genevieve, Arkel, Pelleas)
    Duration
    05:24
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Janina Baechle, Jerome Varnier, Stanislas de Barbeyrac
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  7. 6 Act I: Interlude 00:44
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act I: Interlude
    Duration
    00:44
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  8. 7 Act I Scene 3: Il fait sombre dans les jardins (Melisande, Genevieve, Pelleas) 02:40
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act I Scene 3: Il fait sombre dans les jardins (Melisande, Genevieve, Pelleas)
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Chiara Skerath, Janina Baechle, Stanislas de Barbeyrac
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  9. 8 Act I Scene 3: Hoe! Hisse hoe! Hoe! Hoe! (Melisande, Pelleas) 04:04
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act I Scene 3: Hoe! Hisse hoe! Hoe! Hoe! (Melisande, Pelleas)
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Chiara Skerath, Stanislas de Barbeyrac
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  10. 9 Act II Scene 1: Vous ne savez pas ou je vous ai menee? (Pelleas, Melisande) 03:37
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Vous ne savez pas ou je vous ai menee? (Pelleas, Melisande)
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Chiara Skerath
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  11. 10 Act II Scene 1: C'est au bord d'une fontaine aussi qu'l vous a trouvee? (Pelleas, Melisande) 02:58
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: C'est au bord d'une fontaine aussi qu'l vous a trouvee? (Pelleas, Melisande)
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Chiara Skerath
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  12. 11 Act II: Interlude 00:44
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act II: Interlude
    Duration
    00:44
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  13. 12 Act II Scene 2: Ah! Ah! Tout va bien, cela ne sera rien (Golaud, Melisande) 08:40
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Ah! Ah! Tout va bien, cela ne sera rien (Golaud, Melisande)
    Duration
    08:40
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Alexandre Duhamel, Chiara Skerath
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  14. 13 Act II Scene 2: Voyons donnez moi ta main (Golaud, Melisande) 02:58
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Voyons donnez moi ta main (Golaud, Melisande)
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Alexandre Duhamel, Chiara Skerath
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  15. 14 Act II: Interlude 01:33
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act II: Interlude
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  16. 15 Act II Scene 3: Oui, c'est ici, nous y sommes (Pelleas, Melisande) 05:11
    Track
    15
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Oui, c'est ici, nous y sommes (Pelleas, Melisande)
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Chiara Skerath
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  17. 16 Act III Scene 1: Mes longs cheveux descendent (Melisande, Pelleas) 06:10
    Track
    16
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Mes longs cheveux descendent (Melisande, Pelleas)
    Duration
    06:10
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Chiara Skerath, Stanislas de Barbeyrac
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  18. 17 Act III Scene 1: Je les tiens dans les mains (Melisande, Pelleas) 05:03
    Track
    17
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Je les tiens dans les mains (Melisande, Pelleas)
    Duration
    05:03
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Chiara Skerath, Stanislas de Barbeyrac
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  19. 18 Act III Scene 1: Que faites-vous ici? (Melisande, Pelleas) 03:22
    Track
    18
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Que faites-vous ici? (Melisande, Pelleas)
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Chiara Skerath, Stanislas de Barbeyrac
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  20. 19 Act III Scene 2: Prenez garde; par ici, par ici (Golaud, Melisande, Pelleas) 03:18
    Track
    19
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: Prenez garde; par ici, par ici (Golaud, Melisande, Pelleas)
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Alexandre Duhamel, Chiara Skerath, Stanislas de Barbeyrac
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  21. Disc 2
  22. 1 Act III Scene 3: Interlude - Ah! Je respire enfin! (Pelleas, Golaud) 04:29
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act III Scene 3: Interlude - Ah! Je respire enfin! (Pelleas, Golaud)
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Alexandre Duhamel
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  23. 2 Act III Scene 3: Interlude 01:07
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act III Scene 3: Interlude
    Duration
    01:07
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  24. 3 Act III Scene 4: Viens, nous allons nous asseoir ici, Yniold (Golaud, Yniold) 05:42
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act III Scene 4: Viens, nous allons nous asseoir ici, Yniold (Golaud, Yniold)
    Duration
    05:42
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Alexandre Duhamel, Maëlig Querré
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  25. 4 Act III Scene 4: Qu'ils s'embrassent, petit père? (Yniold, Golaud) 04:59
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act III Scene 4: Qu'ils s'embrassent, petit père? (Yniold, Golaud)
    Duration
    04:59
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Maëlig Querré, Alexandre Duhamel
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  26. 5 Act IV Scene 1: Ou vas-tu? (Pelleas, Melisande) 02:51
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act IV Scene 1: Ou vas-tu? (Pelleas, Melisande)
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Chiara Skerath
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  27. 6 Act IV Scene 2: Maintenant que le pere de Pelleas est sauve et que la maladie (Arkel, Melisande) 05:50
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act IV Scene 2: Maintenant que le pere de Pelleas est sauve et que la maladie (Arkel, Melisande)
    Duration
    05:50
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Jerome Varnier, Chiara Skerath
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  28. 7 Act IV Scene 2: Pelleas part ce soir (Golaud, Arkel, Melisande) 03:18
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act IV Scene 2: Pelleas part ce soir (Golaud, Arkel, Melisande)
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Alexandre Duhamel, Jerome Varnier, Chiara Skerath
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  29. 8 Act IV Scene 2: Ne mettez pas ainsi la main a la gorge (Golaud, Arkel, Melisande) 03:37
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act IV Scene 2: Ne mettez pas ainsi la main a la gorge (Golaud, Arkel, Melisande)
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Alexandre Duhamel, Jerome Varnier, Chiara Skerath
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  30. 9 Act IV: Interlude 01:14
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act IV: Interlude
    Duration
    01:14
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  31. 10 Act IV Scene 3: Oh! Cette pierre est lourde … (Yniold, Le berger) 03:52
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act IV Scene 3: Oh! Cette pierre est lourde … (Yniold, Le berger)
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Jean-Vincent Blot, Maëlig Querré
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  32. 11 Act IV Scene 4: C'est le dernier soir … (Pelleas, Melisande) 03:51
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act IV Scene 4: C'est le dernier soir … (Pelleas, Melisande)
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Chiara Skerath
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  33. 12 Act IV Scene 4: Nous sommes venus ici il y a bien longtemps (Melisande, Pelleas) 02:09
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act IV Scene 4: Nous sommes venus ici il y a bien longtemps (Melisande, Pelleas)
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Chiara Skerath, Stanislas de Barbeyrac
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  34. 13 Act IV Scene 4: On dirait que ta voix a passe sur la mer au printemps! (Pelleas, Melisande) 04:07
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act IV Scene 4: On dirait que ta voix a passe sur la mer au printemps! (Pelleas, Melisande)
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Chiara Skerath
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  35. 14 Act IV Scene 4: Quel est ce bruit? On ferme le portes (Pelleas, Melisande) 04:22
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act IV Scene 4: Quel est ce bruit? On ferme le portes (Pelleas, Melisande)
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Chiara Skerath
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  36. 15 Act V Scene 1: Ce n'est pas de cette petite blessure qu'elle peut mourir (Le medecin, Arkel, Golaud) 03:10
    Track
    15
    Title
    Act V Scene 1: Ce n'est pas de cette petite blessure qu'elle peut mourir (Le medecin, Arkel, Golaud)
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Jean-Vincent Blot, Jerome Varnier, Alexandre Duhamel
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  37. 16 Act V Scene 1: Attention: je crois … (Le medecin, Melisande, Arkel) 05:50
    Track
    16
    Title
    Act V Scene 1: Attention: je crois … (Le medecin, Melisande, Arkel)
    Duration
    05:50
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Jean-Vincent Blot, Chiara Skerath, Jerome Varnier
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  38. 17 Act V Scene 1: Melisande, as tuq … (Golaud, Melisande) 03:02
    Track
    17
    Title
    Act V Scene 1: Melisande, as tuq … (Golaud, Melisande)
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Alexandre Duhamel, Chiara Skerath
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  39. 18 Act V Scene 1: Non, non, nous n'avons pas été coupables (Melisande, Golaud) 02:16
    Track
    18
    Title
    Act V Scene 1: Non, non, nous n'avons pas été coupables (Melisande, Golaud)
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Chiara Skerath, Alexandre Duhamel
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  40. 19 Act V Scene 1: Qu'avez-vous fait? Vous allez la tuer (Arkel, Golaud, Melisande) 02:46
    Track
    19
    Title
    Act V Scene 1: Qu'avez-vous fait? Vous allez la tuer (Arkel, Golaud, Melisande)
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Jerome Varnier, Alexandre Duhamel, Chiara Skerath
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  41. 20 Act V Scene 1: Qu'y a-t-il? (Golaud, Le medecin, Arkel) 02:16
    Track
    20
    Title
    Act V Scene 1: Qu'y a-t-il? (Golaud, Le medecin, Arkel)
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Alexandre Duhamel, Jean-Vincent Blot, Jerome Varnier
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud
  42. 21 Act V Scene 1: Attention … attention (Arkel, Le medecin) 06:09
    Track
    21
    Title
    Act V Scene 1: Attention … attention (Arkel, Le medecin)
    Duration
    06:09
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Jerome Varnier, Jean-Vincent Blot
    Ensemble
    Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud