Composer: Vincenzo Bellini, Hector Berlioz, Gaetano Donizetti, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Charles François Gounod, Jacques Halévy, Jules Emile Frederic Massenet, Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, Charles Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer: Marina Viotti
Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques
Conductor: Christophe Rousset
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Aparté
Catalogue: AP290
Release: 2022
Size: 1.48 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41, Act 1
01. No. 6: “Qu’entends-je ? … Amour, viens rendre à mon âme” (Orphée)
Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Act 1
02. No. 3: Se Romeo t’uccise un figlio… La tremenda ultrice spada (Romeo)
Massenet: Marie-Magdeleine, Act 1
03. No. 2: “Ô mes sœurs” (Méryem)
Halévy: La Juive, Act 2
04. No. 10: “Il va venir !” (Rachel)
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1
05. No. 5: “Una voce poco fa” (Rosina)
06. Rossini: Semiramide Overture
Rossini: Semiramide, Act 1
07. “Bel raggio lusinghier” (Semiramide)
Donizetti: La favorite, Act 3
08. No. 11: “L’ai-je bien entendu ? … Ô mon Fernand… Venez cruels” (Léonor)
Donizetti: La favorite
09. Overture
Berlioz: Les Troyens, H 133, Act 5
10. No. 2: “Ah, ah, je vais mourir… Adieu fière cité” (Didon)
Gounod: Sapho, CG 1, Act 3
11. No. 19: “Où suis-je ? … Ô ma lyre immortelle” (Sapho)
Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act 2
12. No. 10: “Samson recherchant ma présence… Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse” (Dalila)
Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques make a foray into the Romantic repertoire with this tribute to Pauline Viardot, who was not only the most influential singer of the nineteenth century, but also a pedagogue and composer, whose gifts, personality and incomparable aura made her one of the leading figures of French Romanticism.
Together the mezzo-soprano Marina Viotti and Christophe Rousset retrace Pauline Viardot’s versatile career and, taking up her great roles, present a musical portrait of a unique performer, who was unanimously acclaimed by the audiences of her time.