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A Tribute to Pauline Viardot (24/96 FLAC)

A Tribute to Pauline Viardot (24/96 FLAC)
A Tribute to Pauline Viardot (24/96 FLAC)

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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.

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