La Comedie Humaine - Chansons balzaciennes

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Alpha
Release Date
November 29, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Various
    • PERFORMER
      Lucile Richardot, Cyrille Dubois, Jerome Varnier, Les Lunaisiens, Arnaud Marzorati
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 29, 2024
    • UPC
      3701624511053
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA1105
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Tableau de Paris: Cinq heures du matin

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Desaugiers

      Ensemble: Lunaisiens

      Performer: Lucile Richardot, Cyrille Dubois, Arnaud Marzorati, Jerome Varnier

      Conductor: Arnaud Marzorati

    2. Le Livre

      Composer: Pierre Dupont

      Ensemble: Lunaisiens

      Performer: Lucile Richardot

      Conductor: Arnaud Marzorati

    3. Les Relieurs

      Composer: Emile Debraux

      Ensemble: Lunaisiens

      Performer: Cyrille Dubois, Arnaud Marzorati, Jerome Varnier

      Conductor: Arnaud Marzorati

    4. Amours et Folie

      Composer: Daniel-François-Esprit Auber

      Ensemble: Lunaisiens

      Performer: Lucile Richardot

      Conductor: Arnaud Marzorati

    5. Le Corps et l'Ame

      Composer: Pierre Jean de Béranger

      Ensemble: Lunaisiens

      Performer: Jerome Varnier

      Conductor: Arnaud Marzorati

    6. Ne poursuivons plus la gloire

      Composer: Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

      Ensemble: Lunaisiens

      Performer: Cyrille Dubois, Arnaud Marzorati, Jerome Varnier

      Conductor: Arnaud Marzorati

    7. Les Chapeaux

      Composer: Emile Debraux

      Ensemble: Lunaisiens

      Performer: Arnaud Marzorati

      Conductor: Arnaud Marzorati

    8. Les Escargots

      Composer: Pierre Jean de Béranger

      Ensemble: Lunaisiens

      Performer: Lucile Richardot

      Conductor: Arnaud Marzorati

    9. Les Louis d'Or

      Composer: Pierre Dupont

      Ensemble: Lunaisiens

      Performer: Cyrille Dubois

      Conductor: Arnaud Marzorati

    10. L'Or

      Composer: Pierre Jean de Béranger

      Ensemble: Lunaisiens

      Performer: Jerome Varnier

      Conductor: Arnaud Marzorati

    11. Cadet Buteux au Faubourg du Temple

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Desaugiers

      Ensemble: Lunaisiens

      Performer: Cyrille Dubois, Arnaud Marzorati, Jerome Varnier

      Conductor: Arnaud Marzorati

    12. Chanson

      Composer: Eugène-François Vidocq

      Ensemble: Lunaisiens

      Performer: Arnaud Marzorati

      Conductor: Arnaud Marzorati

    13. Madame Barbe Bleue

      Composer: Alexandre Pierre Joseph Doche

      Ensemble: Lunaisiens

      Performer: Lucile Richardot

      Conductor: Arnaud Marzorati

    14. Les Quatre Ages Historiques

      Composer: Pierre Jean de Béranger

      Ensemble: Lunaisiens

      Performer: Cyrille Dubois

      Conductor: Arnaud Marzorati

    15. Ma Grand-Mère

      Composer: Pierre Jean de Béranger

      Ensemble: Lunaisiens

      Performer: Lucile Richardot

      Conductor: Arnaud Marzorati

    16. Tableau de Paris: À cinq heures du soir: Conclusion

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Desaugiers

      Ensemble: Lunaisiens

      Performer: Lucile Richardot, Cyrille Dubois, Arnaud Marzorati, Jerome Varnier

      Conductor: Arnaud Marzorati


Arnaud Marzorati and his singers, 'Les Lunaisiens', are unrivalled specialists in the popular French songs of the past centuries. Here they tackle two great monuments of 19th-century France: the writer Honore de Balzac, and songwriter Pierre-Jean de Beranger, a poet and composer highly famed in his day for his genius in depicting society in all it's social diversity, from the poorest to the very richest. During this period Balzac was also making his sharply drawn portrayals of more than 5,000 characters in the course of his great opus of around 90 novels bearing the overall title of The Human Comedy. Here the 'Lunaisiens' have recorded musical settings of a wide selection of witty and often satirical verse, reflecting all the Parisian themes that obsessed Balzac: social climbing, money and greed, corruption, love and betrayal. With the participation of Lucile Richardot and Cyrille Dubois, Arnaud Marzorati and his ensemble give an enthusiastic account of Balzac's extraordinary human menagerie. As Marzorati concludes: 'The Human Comedy was greatly inspired by song.'