Composer: Charles François Gounod
Performer: Erin Morley, Javier Camarena, Michèle Losier, Laurent Naouri
Orchestra: Hallé Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Mark Elder
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Opera Rara
Catalogue: ORC53
Release: 2015
Size: 1.36 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
La Colombe
CD 01
Act 1
01. Introduzione
02. “Sylvie, Sylvie! Venez-la ma mignonne!” (Mazet)
03. “Voila qui est fait” (Mazet)
04. “Qu’il garde son argent!” (Mazet, Horace, Maître Jean)
05. “Voyons, seigneur, ecoutez un momentLa raison” (Mazet, Horace, Maître Jean)
06. “Les amoureux” (Maître Jean)
07. “Allons retrouver madameLa comtesse” (Maître Jean)
08. “Je veux interroger ce jeune homme” (Sylvie, Mazet)
09. “Ah! Les femmes! Les femmes” (Sylvie, Mazet)
10. “Et ton maitre partage” (Sylvie, Mazet)
11. “O vision enchanteresse!” (Sylvie, Mazet, Horace)
12. “Bref, cher seigneur, je suis tout a fait ravie” (Sylvie, Mazet, Horace)
13. “O douce joie! Sylvie, Mazet, Horace, Maître Jean”
CD 02
Act 2
01. Entr’acte
02. “Le grand art de cuisine” (Maître Jean)
03. “Les fournisseurs refusent” (Maître Jean)
04. “Il faut d’abord dresserLa table!” (Mazet, Horace)
05. “Me voila retombee dans une etrange reverie!” (Sylvie)
06. “Que de reves charmants emportes sans retour!” (Sylvie)
07. “Je vous cherche depuis une heure” (Sylvie)
08. “Ces attraits que chacun admire” (Horace)
09. “La deesse aujourd’hui se nomme Amynte” (Horace)
10. “Mais non, quand nous aurons dine” (Horace)
11. “Helas, seigneur, pardonnez-moi” (Horace)
12. “Apaisez, blanche colombe” (Sylvie, Mazet, Horace, Maître Jean)
Following his award-winning recording of Donizetti’s Les Martyrs, Sir Mark Elder’s second Opera Rara release of 2015 features an rare recording Gounod’s delightful opera La Colombe (“The Dove”). Sir Mark and the Halle Orchestra are joined by a wonderful cast, led by two of the most acclaimed young singers in the world today.
Since graduating from the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program in 2010, Erin Morley has risen to become one of today’s most most sought after coloratura sopranos. Alongside Erin is Mexican tenor Javier Camerena, one of only three singers in 70-years to sing an encore at the Metropolitan Opera during two consecutive performances of Rossini’s “la Cenerentola” (those two other encore singers were Juan Diego Florez and Luciano Pavarotti).