Composer: André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry
Performer: Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Marguerite Krull, Karim Sulayman, Randall Scarlata, Jeffrey Thompson, Douglas Williams, Elizabeth Calleo
Orchestra: Opera Lafayette Orchestra
Conductor: Ryan Brown
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8660305
Release: 2012
Size: 353 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Le Magnifique
01. Ouverture
Act I
02. Scene 1: Marche: Andante
03. Scene 1: Tempo giusto
04. Scene 1: Marche
05. Scene 1: Duo: C’est lui (Alix, Clementine)
06. Scene 2: Ariette: Pourquoi donc ce Magnifique (Clementine)
07. Scene 4: Duo: Ma chere enfant (Aldobrandin, Clementine)
08. Scene 6: Ariette: Ah, c’est un superbe cheval (Fabio)
09. Scene 7: Trio: Vous m’etonnez, vous badinez (Aldobrandin, Le Magnifique, Fabio)
Act II
10. Scene 3: Ariette: Ah! Si jamais je cours les mers (Laurence)
11. Scene 6: Duo: Je ne sais pourquoi je pleure (Clementine, Alix)
12. Scene 10: Ariette: Quelle contrainte! (Clementine)
13. Scene 11: Trio: Clementine, mettez-vous la (Aldobrandin, Le Magnifique, Fabio)
14. Entracte (la fanfare des Courses)
Act III
15. Scene 1: Ariette: Ah! Que je me sens coupable! (Clementine)
16. Scene 4: Duo: Te voila donc (Alix, Laurence)
17. Scene 6: Ariette: O ciel! Quel air de courroux! (Alix)
18. Scene 8: Ariette: Jour heureux! (Clementine)
19. Scene 13: Finale: Ne me bats pas (Fabio, Laurence, Horace, Aldobrandin, Le Magnifique, Clementine, Alix)
André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry was the greatest French composer of opéra-comique in the eighteenth century. His librettist for Le Magnifique, Jean-Michel Sedaine, took a tale by La Fontaine and fashioned it into a compelling libretto. Grétry responded with an outstanding score, including one of the first programmatic overtures in musical history. His expressive love music, and extended preludes and postludes, add to the theatrical variety of this important and varied opera.