| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file) |
| Contents |
Les nuits d'été. Villanelle (2:12) ; Le spectre de la rose (6:11) ; Sur les lagunes (5:46) ; Absence (5:22) ; Au cimetiére (5:44) ; L'île inconnue (3:31) / original poems by Théophile Gautier -- Melodies. La belle voyageuse / Thomas Gounet, after Thomas Moore (4:23) ; La captive / Victor Hugo (3:49) ; Le matin / Adolphe de Bouclon (6:29) ; La mort d'Ophélie / Ernest Legouvé, after Shakespeare (8:17) ; La belle Isabeau / Alexandre Dumas père (4:56) -- Roméo et Juliette. Strophes / words by Emile Deschamps (6:21) |
| Notes |
The 1st work, a song cycle for soprano and orchestra; the 1st, 3rd, 6th, originally with piano accompaniment; the 7th, an excerpt from the composer's dramatic symphony Romeo et Juliette, based on Shakespeare's tragedy |
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Previously released in 1990 (1st and 7th works) and 1994 (2nd-6th works) |
| Performer |
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano ; Cord Garben, piano (2nd-6th works) ; Torleif Thedéen, cello (3rd work) ; Royal Opera Chorus, Stockholm (6th work) ; RIAS Kammerchor (7th work) ; Berliner Philharmoniker ; James Levine, conductor (1st, 7th works) |
| Event |
The 1st and 7th works recorded in Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin 1988 November |
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The 2nd-6th works recorded Sveriges Riksradio, Studio 2, Stockholm 1991 February |
| Notes |
Sung in French |
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Hard copy version record |
| Subject |
Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872 -- Musical settings
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Deschamps, Émile, 1791-1871 -- Musical settings
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet -- Musical settings
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Deschamps, Émile, 1791-1871 fast |
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Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872 fast |
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Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare, William) fast |
| Subject |
Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra.
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Song cycles.
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Songs (Medium voice) with piano.
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Symphonies -- Excerpts.
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Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with piano.
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Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
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Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra
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Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with piano
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Song cycles
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Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra
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Songs (Medium voice) with piano
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Symphonies -- Excerpts
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Streaming audio
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excerpts.
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Excerpts
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Musical settings
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Musical settings.
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Excerpts.
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Mises en musique.
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Extraits.
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Streaming audio
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| Author |
Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872, author.
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Deschamps, Émile, 1791-1871, author.
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Otter, Anne Sofie von, singer
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Garben, Cord, instrumentalist
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Thedéen, Torleif, 1962- instrumentalist.
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Levine, James, 1943-2021, conductor.
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Adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Romeo and Juliet.
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Container of (expression): Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.
Nuits d'été; arranged
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Container of (work): Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.
Irlande. Belle voyageuse.
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Container of (work): Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.
Captive, mezzo-soprano, piano, cello.
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Container of (work): Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.
Fleurs des landes. Matin.
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Container of (work): Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.
Mort d'Ophélie, soprano, piano.
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Container of (work): Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.
Belle Isabeau.
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Container of (work): Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.
Roméo et Juliette. Strophes.
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Berliner Philharmoniker, performer.
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RIAS-Kammerchor, performer.
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Kungliga Teatern (Stockholm, Sweden). Kör, performer.
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