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Offenbach: Fables de la Fontaine / Deshayes, Heck, Rouen Haute-Normandie Opera Orchestra
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Offenbach: Fables de la Fontaine / Deshayes, Heck, Rouen Haute-Normandie Opera Orchestra

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Details

Composer
OFFENBACH, JACQUES
Artist
Deshayes, Haeck
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Oct 11, 2019
Catalog #
ALPHA553
UPC
3760014195532

About

A grasshopper, a milkmaid’s pail, a shepherd, a fox, a country mouse, a cobbler... These are just some of the diverse and varied characters from the famous Fables that Jacques Offenbach decided to set to music in 1842, some 150 years after they were written by Jean de La Fontaine. With their vivid texts featuring talking animals and stock characters, the Fables offered an allegorical and didactic way of alluding to the court and the mores of the time. Offenbach chose six of the 240 Fables of la Fontaine to set as mélodies. Here the conductor Jean-Pierre Haeck presents them in his own orchestration performed by the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen and the mezzo-soprano Karine Deshayes, who excels in this repertory. To complete the programme, the singer performs numbers from Offenbach’s opéra-bouffe Boule-de-neige and the orchestra plays movements from the ballet Le Papillon, offering listeners a recording as refined as it is witty.

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 Overture 04:55
    Track
    1
    Title
    Overture
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie
    Conductor
    Jean-Pierre Haeck
  2. 2 La valse du divorce 03:14
    Track
    2
    Title
    La valse du divorce
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Performer
    Karine Deshayes
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie
    Conductor
    Jean-Pierre Haeck
  3. 3 No. 1. Le berger et la mer 04:18
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 1. Le berger et la mer
    Duration
    04:18
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Performer
    Karine Deshayes
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie
    Conductor
    Jean-Pierre Haeck
  4. 4 No. 2. Le corbeau et le renard 02:26
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 2. Le corbeau et le renard
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Performer
    Karine Deshayes
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie
    Conductor
    Jean-Pierre Haeck
  5. 5 No. 3. La cigale et la fourmi 04:46
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 3. La cigale et la fourmi
    Duration
    04:46
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Performer
    Karine Deshayes
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie
    Conductor
    Jean-Pierre Haeck
  6. 6 No. 4. La laitière et le pot au lait 04:41
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 4. La laitière et le pot au lait
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Performer
    Karine Deshayes
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie
    Conductor
    Jean-Pierre Haeck
  7. 7 No. 5. Le rat de ville et le rat des champs 02:05
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 5. Le rat de ville et le rat des champs
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Performer
    Karine Deshayes
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie
    Conductor
    Jean-Pierre Haeck
  8. 8 No. 6. Le savetier et le financier 08:02
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 6. Le savetier et le financier
    Duration
    08:02
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Performer
    Karine Deshayes
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie
    Conductor
    Jean-Pierre Haeck
  9. 9 Ouverture 05:57
    Track
    9
    Title
    Ouverture
    Duration
    05:57
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie
    Conductor
    Jean-Pierre Haeck
  10. 10 C'est l'Espagne 02:55
    Track
    10
    Title
    C'est l'Espagne
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Performer
    Karine Deshayes
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie
    Conductor
    Jean-Pierre Haeck
  11. 11 Les deux aveugles: Overture 03:25
    Track
    11
    Title
    Les deux aveugles: Overture
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie
    Conductor
    Jean-Pierre Haeck
  12. 12 Madame Favart: Overture 04:43
    Track
    12
    Title
    Madame Favart: Overture
    Duration
    04:43
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie
    Conductor
    Jean-Pierre Haeck
  13. 13 M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le … : Overture 02:01
    Track
    13
    Title
    M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le … : Overture
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie
    Conductor
    Jean-Pierre Haeck
  14. 14 Schuler Polka 02:05
    Track
    14
    Title
    Schuler Polka
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie
    Conductor
    Jean-Pierre Haeck