Gounod: Cantates et musique sacree / Niquet, Brussels Philharmonic

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Ediciones Singulares
Release Date
February 2, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      GOUNOD, CHARLES
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Flemish Radio Choir, Brussels Philharmonic
    • PERFORMER
      Niquet
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 02, 2018
    • UPC
      9788469758069
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ES1030
    • LABEL
      Ediciones Singulares
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Prélude

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    2. Recitative: Il ne vient pas! … L'heure s'avance …

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Gabrielle Philiponet, Sébastien Droy

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    3. Recitative and Duet: C'est moi … c'est Rizzio …

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Gabrielle Philiponet, Sébastien Droy

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    4. Recitative: En vain ton amour me rassure!

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Gabrielle Philiponet

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    5. Cantabile: Adieu, douce et belle patrie

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Gabrielle Philiponet, Sébastien Droy

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    6. Recitative: Mais le temps fuit …

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Gabrielle Philiponet, Sébastien Droy

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    7. Aria: Il n'est plus! … Vengeance!

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Gabrielle Philiponet, Sébastien Droy

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    8. Prélude

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    9. Recitative: La nuit a déployé ses voiles

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Judith van Wanroij, Yu Shao

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    10. Recitative: Je n'entends plus de bruit

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Judith van Wanroij, Yu Shao

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    11. Duet: Non, Zelmire, un Abencérage

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Judith van Wanroij, Yu Shao, Nicolas Courjal

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    12. March and Recitative: Veillez, soldats!

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Judith van Wanroij, Yu Shao, Nicolas Courjal

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    13. Trio: Sauve Alamir

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Judith van Wanroij, Yu Shao, Nicolas Courjal

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    14. Trio (suite): Zelmire, en de plus doux moments

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Judith van Wanroij, Yu Shao, Nicolas Courjal

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    15. Trio (suite): La route est ouverte

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Judith van Wanroij, Yu Shao, Nicolas Courjal

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    16. Trio (suite): Dieu qui lis dans les cœurs

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Judith van Wanroij, Yu Shao, Nicolas Courjal

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    17. Prélude

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    18. Recitative: Le soleil descend sous les eaux

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    19. Aria: S'il savait que sa mère a pleuré son absence!

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    20. Recitative: Un bruit, au loin, dans les arbres résonne

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Yu Shao

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    21. Hymn and Duet: À genoux!

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Yu Shao

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    22. Recitative: Sais-tu bien ce que c'est

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Yu Shao

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    23. Duet: Là-haut, je le vois!

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Yu Shao

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    24. Kyrie

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Flemish Radio Choir

      Performer: Francois Saint-Yves

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    25. Gloria

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Flemish Radio Choir

      Performer: Francois Saint-Yves

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    26. Credo

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Flemish Radio Choir

      Performer: Francois Saint-Yves

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    27. Sanctus

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Flemish Radio Choir

      Performer: Francois Saint-Yves

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    28. Benedictus

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Flemish Radio Choir

      Performer: Francois Saint-Yves

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    29. Agnus Dei

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Flemish Radio Choir

      Performer: Francois Saint-Yves

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    30. Christus factus est

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Judith van Wanroij

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    31. Hymne sacrée

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Flemish Radio Choir, Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Judith van Wanroij, Caroline Meng, Artavazd Sargsyan, Alexandre Duhamel

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    32. Kyrie

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Flemish Radio Choir, Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Caroline Meng, Artavazd Sargsyan

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    33. Gloria

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Flemish Radio Choir, Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Caroline Meng, Artavazd Sargsyan

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    34. Credo

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Flemish Radio Choir, Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Caroline Meng, Artavazd Sargsyan

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    35. Offertoire

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Flemish Radio Choir, Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Caroline Meng, Artavazd Sargsyan

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    36. Sanctus

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Flemish Radio Choir, Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Caroline Meng, Artavazd Sargsyan

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    37. Agnus Dei

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Flemish Radio Choir, Brussels Philharmonic

      Performer: Caroline Meng, Artavazd Sargsyan

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet


An icon of French Romanticism thanks to the enduring popularity of his operas Faust and Roméo et Juliette, Charles Gounod competed three times for the prestigious Prix de Rome between 1837 and 1839. Thus he composed three unpublished cantatas for soloists and orchestra, including Marie Stuart et Rizzio and La Vendetta, which he never had the opportunity to hear in performance. Revealed for the first time, these three cantatas, fine examples of French Romanticism, show a young composer with a remarkable flair for opera. In the end Fernand won him the coveted prize, carrying with it the privilege of a three-year stay (from 1840) at the Villa Medici in Rome. While there he produced several sacred compositions, which have also remained unknown until now. His splendid Messe vocale for unaccompanied choir, written in a neo-Palestrinian style, deserves a place on the programme of every vocal ensemble.

REVIEWS:

Although all the cantatas on Disc One tug with tension, the most poignant display of Gounod’s might falls inside Fernand. Akin to Karine Deshayes, Judith Van Wanroij’s Zelmire reveals remarkable, flexible dramatic delivery, and a buoyantly light timbre. Her lover, Alamir (sung by tenor Yu Shao), shines inside the lyrically French passages with excellent enunciation while Nicolas Courjal sings with such sensitivity to draw out the selfless tendencies of the Spaniard, Fernand. The music’s orchestral interludes anticipate Faust, yet there is a marked feel of Félicien David and his Herculanum. Brilliant from beginning to end.

The four selections on the second CD give variety through mixed voices and soothing organ accompaniment by François Saint-Yves. Hervé Niquet’s direction is pristine and well-reflected through the Flemish Radio Choir with well-balanced and attentive diction upon every turn of the page. Each composition suffuses platonic rapture: undemanding on the ear, lyrically light, sweet in melody.

Anyone who cherishes the magnificence of Charles Gounod would be well to collect this little treasure.

– ConcertoNet.com (Christie Grimstad)

Music-making, at least here, is first-rate with orchestra, choir, and soloists all of the highest quality. Packaging is plush, with bound booklets in French and English containing much biographical and detailed musical information on the artists, their early musical careers, and the music included on the discs. At least with Gounod, one can hear the young composer’s increasing aptitude and increasing confidence as his skills are honed, first in the parochial French competitions and then in the real world of paid artistic commissions. I would guess we are all generally pleased that Gounod eventually abandoned the relatively modestly remunerative life of ecclesiastical music to turn to operatic blockbusters such as Faust and Roméo et Juliet, but these pleasant and melodious apprentice works also deserve to be heard, to be heard in quality productions, and to take their rightful place in the pantheon of recorded music. Highly recommended.

-- Fanfare