Composer: Charles François Gounod
Performer: Gabrielle Philiponet, Sébastien Droy, Judith van Wanroij, Yu Shao, Nicolas Courjal, Chantal Santon-Jeffery, François Saint-Yves, Caroline Meng, Artavazd Sargsyan, Alexandre Duhamel, Flemish Radio Choir
Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Hervé Niquet
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Bru Zane
Catalogue: ES10308RSK
Release: 2018
Size: 2.07 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Marie Stuart et Rizzio
01. I. Prélude
02. II. Il ne vient pas! L’heure s’avance
03. III. C’est moi… c’est Rizzio
04. IV. En vain ton amour me rassure!
05. V. Adieu, douce et belle patrie
06. VI. Mais le temps fuit
07. VII. Il n’est plus! Vengeance!
Fernand Suite
08. I. Prélude
09. II. La nuit a déployé ses voiles
10. III. Je n’entends plus de bruit
11. IV. Non, Zelmire, un Abencérage
12. V. March – Veillez, soldats!
13. VI. Sauve Alamir
14. VII. Zelmire, en de plus doux moments
15. VIII. La route est ouverte
16. IX. Dieu qui lis dans les cœurs
La vendetta
17. I. Prélude
18. II. Le soleil descend sous les eaux
19. III. S’il savait que sa mère a pleuré son absence!
20. IV. Un bruit, au loin, dans les arbres résonne
21. V. À genoux!
22. VI. Sais-tu bien ce que c’est
23. VII. Là-haut, je le vois!
CD 02
Messe vocale
01. I. Kyrie
02. II. Gloria
03. III. Credo
04. IV. Sanctus
05. V. Benedictus
06. VI. Agnus Dei
07. Christus factus est
08. Hymne sacrée
Messe de Saint Louis des Français
09. I. Kyrie
10. II. Gloria
11. III. Credo
12. IV. Offertoire
13. V. Sanctus
14. VI. Agnus Dei
An icon of French Romanticism thanks to the enduring popularity of his operas Faust and Roméo et Juliette, Charles Gounod competed three times for the prestigious Prix de Rome between 1837 and 1839. Thus he composed three unpublished cantatas for soloists and orchestra, including Marie Stuart et Rizzio and La Vendetta, which he never had the opportunity to hear in performance. Revealed for the first time, these three cantatas, fine examples of French Romanticism, show a young composer with a remarkable flair for opera. In the end Fernand won him the coveted prize, carrying with it the privilege of a three-year stay (from 1840) at the Villa Medici in Rome. While there he produced several sacred compositions, which have also remained unknown until now. His splendid Messe vocale for unaccompanied choir, written in a neo-Palestrinian style, deserves a place on the programme of every vocal ensemble.