Massenet: Werther (Baritone Version)

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Bru Zane
Release Date
May 24, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Jules Massenet
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Gyorgy Vashegyi, Tassis Christoyannis, Veronique Gens, He
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 24, 2024
    • UPC
      8055776010168
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BZ1056
    • LABEL
      Bru Zane
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Prélude

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    2. Act I Scene 1: Assez! Assez! m'ecouterat-on cette fois? (Le Bailli, Les enfants)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Budapest Zoltan Kodaly School Children's Choir, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Matthieu Lécroart

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    3. Act I Scene 2-3: Bravo pour les enfants! (Le Bailli, Schmidt, Johann, Sophie,les enfants)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Budapest Zoltan Kodaly School Children's Choir, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Matthieu Lécroart, Artavazd Sargsyan, Laurent Deleuil, Hélène Carpentier

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    4. Act I Scene 4: Aria: Alors, c'est bien ici la maison du Bailli? (Werther)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Tassis Christoyannis

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    5. Act I Scene 5: Charlotte! Charlotte! (Charlotte, le Bailli, les Enfants)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Budapest Zoltan Kodaly School Children's Choir, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Matthieu Lécroart

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    6. Act I Scene 6: Arrivez donc, Brühlmann! (Le Bailli, Brühlmann, Käthchen, Charlotte, Werther, Sophie)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Matthieu Lécroart, Laurent Deleuil, Tassis Christoyannis, Véronique Gens, Hélène Carpentier

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    7. Act I Scene 6-7: Ô spectacle idéal d'amour d'amour et d'innocencel (Werther, le Bailli, Charlotte, Sophie)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Tassis Christoyannis, Matthieu Lécroart, Véronique Gens, Hélène Carpentier

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    8. Act I Scene 8: Sophie! Albert! Toi de retour! (Albert, Sophie)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Dolié, Hélène Carpentier

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    9. Act I Scene 9: Aria: Elle m'aime! elle pense á moi! (Albert)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Dolié

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    10. Act I Scene 10: Il faut nous séparer (Charlotte, Werther)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Tassis Christoyannis

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    11. Act I Scene 10: Hélas! oui … Mes enfants … (Charlotte, Werther)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Tassis Christoyannis

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    12. Act I Scene 10: Rêve! Extase! (Charlotte, Werther)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Tassis Christoyannis

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    13. Act I Scene 11: Charlotte, Albert est de retour! (Charlotte, Werther, le Bailli)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Tassis Christoyannis, Matthieu Lécroart

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    14. Act II: Prélude

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    15. Act II Scene 1: Vivat Bacchus! Semper vivat! (Johann, Schmidt)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Laurent Deleuil, Artavazd Sargsyan

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    16. Act II Scene 1: Allez! chantez l'office (Johann, Schmidt)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Laurent Deleuil, Artavazd Sargsyan

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    17. Act II Scene 2: Trois mois! Voici trois mois … (Charlotte, Albert)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Thomas Dolié

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    18. Act II Scene 3: Un autre est son epoux! (Werther)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Tassis Christoyannis

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    19. Act II Scene 4: Si Käthchen reviendra, je vous dis! (Johann, Schmidt)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Laurent Deleuil, Artavazd Sargsyan

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    20. Act II Scene 5: Duo: Au bonheur dont mon âme est pleinee (Albert, Werther)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Dolié, Tassis Christoyannis

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    21. Act II Scene 6: Aria: Frère, voyez le beau bouquet!! (Sophie)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Hélène Carpentier

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    22. Act II Scene 6: Heureux! Pourrai-je l'être encore? (Werther, Albert, Sophie)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Tassis Christoyannis, Thomas Dolié, Hélène Carpentier

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    23. Act II Scene 7: Ai-je dit vrai? (Werther, Charlotte)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Tassis Christoyannis, Véronique Gens

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    24. Act II Scene 7: Ah! Qu'il est loin ce jourrr (Werther, Charlotte)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Tassis Christoyannis, Véronique Gens

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    25. Act II Scene 7: Werther! … N'est-il donc pas d'autre femmee (Werther, Charlotte)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Tassis Christoyannis, Véronique Gens

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    26. Act II Scene 8: Oui, ce qu'elle m'ordonne pour son repos (Werther)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Tassis Christoyannis

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    27. Act II Scene 8: Lorsque l'enfant revient (Werther)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Tassis Christoyannis

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    28. Act II Scene 9: Mais venez donc! le cortège s'approche (Sophie, Werther, Charlotte, Albert)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Hélène Carpentier, Tassis Christoyannis

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    29. Act III: Prélude

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    30. Act III Scene 1: Werther! Werther! … (Charlotte)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Véronique Gens

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    31. Act III Scene 2: Bonjour, grande soeur! (Sophie, Charlotte)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Hélène Carpentier, Véronique Gens

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    32. Act III Scene 2: Ah! Le rire est beni (Sophie)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Hélène Carpentier

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    33. Act III Scene 2: Écoute! je suis d'âge à savoir les raisons (Sophie, Charlotte)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Hélène Carpentier, Véronique Gens

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    34. Act III Scene 2: Aria: Va! laisse couler mes larmes! (Charlotte)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Véronique Gens

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    35. Act III Scene 2: Tiens! Charlotte crois moi, ne reste pas ici (Sophie, Charlotte)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Hélène Carpentier, Véronique Gens

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    36. Act III Scene 3: Ah! Mon courage m'abondonne! (Charlotte)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Véronique Gens

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    37. Act III Scene 3: Duo: Ciel! Werther! (Charlotte, Werther)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Tassis Christoyannis

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    38. Act III Scene 3: Toute mon âme est là! (Werther)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Tassis Christoyannis

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    39. Act III Scene 3: Duo: N'achevez pas! (Charlotte, Werther)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Tassis Christoyannis

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    40. Act III Scene 3: Duo: Ah! moi! moi! dans ses bras! (Charlotte, Werther)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Tassis Christoyannis

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    41. Act III Scene 3: Arioso: Rien! … pas un mot … elle se tait (Werther)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Tassis Christoyannis

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    42. Act III Scene 4: Werther est de retour … (Albert, Charlotte)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Dolié, Véronique Gens

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    43. Act IV: Symphony: La Nuit de Noël

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    44. Act IV: Werther! … Werther! … Rien! (Charlotte, Werther)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Tassis Christoyannis

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    45. Act IV: Charlotte! Ah! C'est toi! (Charlotte, Werther)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Tassis Christoyannis

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    46. Act IV: À cette heure supreme, je suis heureux! (Charlotte, Werther)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Tassis Christoyannis

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    47. Act IV: Noël! Noël! Noël! Noël! (Les Enfants, Sophie, Charlotte, Werther)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Budapest Zoltan Kodaly School Children's Choir, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Hélène Carpentier, Véronique Gens, Tassis Christoyannis

      Conductor: György Vashegyi

    48. Act IV: Ah! … Ses yeux se ferment! … sa main se glace … (Charlotte, Werther, les Enfants)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Budapest Zoltan Kodaly School Children's Choir, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Tassis Christoyannis

      Conductor: György Vashegyi


Massenet's Werther is one of those masterpieces that were rejected or shunned at the time of their creation. Sketched in the 1880s, the score was turned down by the director of the Opera-Comique and had to make do with a premiere in German, far from Paris, before finally being heard in Paris in 1893. It gradually established itself as one of the composer's most personal works, in which he showed himself to be as fine a colourist as he was a master of the art of the 'motif de rappel'. In adapting Goethe's novel, Massenet and his librettists gave greater prominence to the character of Charlotte, thus placing the struggle between duty and passion at the centre of the narrative. The role of Werther, originally assigned to a tenor, was also sung by the baritone Mattia Battistini with the composer's approval. Provided the singer makes skilful use of voix mixte, this version gives the work a melancholy colouring ideal for portraying it's hero's suicidal temperament. Tassis Christoyannis follows this approach in exemplary fashion, opposite the reserved yet moving Charlotte of Veronique Gens. Both singers give the text the preponderant role allotted to it by French operatic tradition.