Messager: Passionnément / Blunier, Munich Radio Orchestra

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Bru Zane
Release Date
June 11, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MESSAGER, ANDRE
    • PERFORMER
      Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Blunier
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 11, 2021
    • UPC
      9788409291038
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BZ1044
    • LABEL
      Bru Zane
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Act I: Terre, terre droit devant nous ! (Ketty, Julia, Stevenson, Harris)

      Composer: André Messager

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Nicole Car, Éric Huchet, Armando Noguera

      Conductor: Stefan Blunier

    2. Act I: Quand l'Éternel, au Paradis (Ketty)

      Composer: André Messager

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Véronique Gens

      Conductor: Stefan Blunier

    3. Act I: Il ne faut pas croire aux serments des femmes (Ketty, Stevenson)

      Composer: André Messager

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Éric Huchet

      Conductor: Stefan Blunier

    4. Act I: Si l'Amérique est le plus grand pays du monde (Stevenson)

      Composer: André Messager

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Éric Huchet

      Conductor: Stefan Blunier

    5. Act I: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Julia)

      Composer: André Messager

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Nicole Car

      Conductor: Stefan Blunier

    6. Act I: Pour sortir, en toute saison (Hélène)

      Composer: André Messager

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Stefan Blunier

    7. Act I: Dès que l'âge sème sur nous des fils d'argent (Ketty, Julia, Robert)

      Composer: André Messager

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Etienne Dupuis, Nicole Car

      Conductor: Stefan Blunier

    8. Act I: Dites-vous que c'était un rêve (Ketty, Robert)

      Composer: André Messager

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Etienne Dupuis

      Conductor: Stefan Blunier

    9. Act II: Non ! je n'ai pas souvenance (Ketty, Robert, Stevenson)

      Composer: André Messager

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Etienne Dupuis, Éric Huchet

      Conductor: Stefan Blunier

    10. Act II: Ah ! Madame, j'ai comme un pressentiment (Hélène)

      Composer: André Messager

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Stefan Blunier

    11. Act II: Je lui ai dit (Ketty, Robert)

      Composer: André Messager

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Etienne Dupuis

      Conductor: Stefan Blunier

    12. Act II: Nous apportons vos valises (Ketty, Julia, Stevenson, Robert, Harris)

      Composer: André Messager

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Etienne Dupuis, Nicole Car, Éric Huchet, Armando Noguera

      Conductor: Stefan Blunier

    13. Act II: Moi, toute la vie, je me la représente (Julia)

      Composer: André Messager

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Nicole Car

      Conductor: Stefan Blunier

    14. Act II: Voulez-vous bien signer ces pièces (Stevenson, Robert)

      Composer: André Messager

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Etienne Dupuis, Éric Huchet

      Conductor: Stefan Blunier

    15. Act II: Puisqu'elle ne peut elle-même (Julia, Robert)

      Composer: André Messager

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Etienne Dupuis, Nicole Car

      Conductor: Stefan Blunier

    16. Act II: Non, non, vous n'irez pas là-bas (Ketty, Julia, Robert, Harris)

      Composer: André Messager

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Etienne Dupuis, Nicole Car, Armando Noguera

      Conductor: Stefan Blunier

    17. Act III: Entracte

      Composer: André Messager

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Stefan Blunier

    18. Act III: J'ai lu, dans la Sainte Écriture (Julia)

      Composer: André Messager

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Etienne Dupuis, Nicole Car

      Conductor: Stefan Blunier

    19. Act III: Oh ! oui, mon bonheur fut immense (Ketty)

      Composer: André Messager

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Véronique Gens

      Conductor: Stefan Blunier

    20. Act III: Cette nuit, la chose est trop forte (Julia, Robert, Harris)

      Composer: André Messager

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Etienne Dupuis, Nicole Car, Armando Noguera

      Conductor: Stefan Blunier

    21. Act III: N'imaginez pas qu'il m'en coûte (Hélène)

      Composer: André Messager

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Stefan Blunier

    22. Act III: Julia, jusqu'à cette heure il me semble (Stevenson)

      Composer: André Messager

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Éric Huchet

      Conductor: Stefan Blunier

    23. Act III: Le bon et le doux vin de France (Ketty, Julia, Stevenson, Robert)

      Composer: André Messager

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Véronique Gens, Etienne Dupuis, Nicole Car, Éric Huchet

      Conductor: Stefan Blunier


Shortlisted for the Gramophone Awards!

Normandy in the Années Folles. Romantic encounters, changes of identity and unexpected comic twists: in Passionnément, André Messager places himself at the intersection of café-concert, American popular music and French operetta. The score is swept along with great spirit by Véronique Gens, Étienne Dupuis, Nicole Car and a team of enthusiastic soloists accompanied by the Münchner Rundfunkorchester under Stefan Blunier. As witty as Messager’s music, the libretto, with its flavor of boulevard theatre, offers a genuine manifesto of the French spirit in the years after the First World War.

REVIEW:

Heading the cast is the distinguished soprano Véronique Gens in the role of Ketty, an American, former music-hall star. Gens sings beautifully, displaying her artistry and providing the subtleties to capture each mood. Undoubtedly the best-known aria from Passionnément is the act two waltz-song where Robert is missing being with Ketty (Margaret) and is anxious that his love for her should be reciprocated. Clearly savouring the celebrated waltz-song, Dupuis sings with warmth, successfully creating an entirely captivating mood.

This revival of Passionnément was recorded live during concert performances in 2020 at the Prinzregententheater, Munich and broadcast live. From what I understand to be a tricky live acoustic, the sound engineers have achieved successful results. As usual, the book is a bilingual edition (English and French) and it's hard to find fault with such detailed and extensive notes. Included is the complete libretto both sung and spoken, a synopsis and five interesting and helpful booklet essays. Bringing its 'French opera' series up to volume 28, Bru Zane's release of Messager's feelgood musical comedy Passionnément receives my wholehearted endorsement.

– MusicWeb International