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Massenet: Visions, Overtures (2), Espada, & Les Erinnyes Suite / Tingaud, RSNO

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Details

Composer
MASSENET, JULES
Artist
Tingaud
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Oct 09, 2020
Catalog #
8574178
UPC
747313417872

About

Jules Massenet is famous for his series of 27 operas that include Manon and Werther, but he also wrote a significant portfolio of orchestral music which include ballets, orchestral suites and incidental music. The works presented here show his versatility and lyricism and include the one-act ballet Espada, saturated in Iberian color and beguiling rhythms, as well as Les Érinnyes (‘The Furies’) with a vivid sequence of contrasting themes. Modeled after Liszt, Visions is a poème-symphonique of both ethereal and dramatic power.

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REVIEW:

Between JoAnn Falletta and Jean-Luc Tingaud, Naxos seems to be cornering the market when it comes to unusual but worthy repertoire. Tingaud’s specialty, unsurprisingly, has (thus far) focused on French music, and this Massenet collection includes some pretty nifty and rare titles. Visions, for example, is a symphonic poem in Lisztian style dating from 1891, and it’s an imposing and impressive fourteen-minute hunk of good, romantic music. Brumaire is a powerful, militant overture that belies the composer’s reputation as little more than a soft orchestral voluptuary.

The Espada Suite is another in the seemingly endless series of French works with a Spanish flavor, and it’s none the worse for that. Best of all, perhaps, is the incidental music to Érinnyes (The Furies). Dating from 1876, this substantial half hour of music features an extended “Scène religieuse” and a three-movement divertissement full of memorable and vigorous ideas. The program concludes with the darkly dramatic overture Phèdre–like all of the music here very well played and conducted with real conviction. The sonics, too, do the music proud. I love this stuff, and I suspect that you will too.

– ClassicsToday.com (David Hurwitz)

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 Brumaire, ouverture pour le drame d'Edouard Noël 10:05
    Track
    1
    Title
    Brumaire, ouverture pour le drame d'Edouard Noël
    Duration
    10:05
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Ensemble
    Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jean-Luc Tingaud
  2. 2 Visions 14:05
    Track
    2
    Title
    Visions
    Duration
    14:05
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Poppy Shotts, Maya Iwabuchi
    Ensemble
    Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jean-Luc Tingaud
  3. 3 I. Panaderos 01:53
    Track
    3
    Title
    I. Panaderos
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Ensemble
    Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jean-Luc Tingaud
  4. 4 II. Boléro 02:01
    Track
    4
    Title
    II. Boléro
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Ensemble
    Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jean-Luc Tingaud
  5. 5 III. Toréador et andalouse 03:43
    Track
    5
    Title
    III. Toréador et andalouse
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Ensemble
    Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jean-Luc Tingaud
  6. 6 IV. La danse de la mercédès 02:36
    Track
    6
    Title
    IV. La danse de la mercédès
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Ensemble
    Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jean-Luc Tingaud
  7. 7 I. Prélude 05:05
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Prélude
    Duration
    05:05
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Ensemble
    Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jean-Luc Tingaud
  8. 8 II. Scène religieuse, invocation 07:35
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Scène religieuse, invocation
    Duration
    07:35
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Ensemble
    Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jean-Luc Tingaud
  9. 9 III. Entr'acte 04:45
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Entr'acte
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Ensemble
    Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jean-Luc Tingaud
  10. 10 IV. Divertissement: Allegro 05:09
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Divertissement: Allegro
    Duration
    05:09
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Ensemble
    Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jean-Luc Tingaud
  11. 11 IV. Divertissement: Andante 03:33
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Divertissement: Andante
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Ensemble
    Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jean-Luc Tingaud
  12. 12 IV. Divertissement: Allegro très décidé 04:48
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Divertissement: Allegro très décidé
    Duration
    04:48
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Ensemble
    Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jean-Luc Tingaud
  13. 13 Phèdre: Overture 09:20
    Track
    13
    Title
    Phèdre: Overture
    Duration
    09:20
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Ensemble
    Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jean-Luc Tingaud