℗ 2020 Naxos
Released June 12, 2020
Duration 1h 51m 11s
Record Label Naxos
Catalogue No. 8.660464-65
Genre Classical (Opera)
 

Massenet: Don César de Bazan (1888 Version)

Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes, Mathieu Romano

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Don César de Bazan (1888 Version)  
1.1
Overture
Jules Massenet; Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes; Mathieu Romano
5:48
Don César de Bazan, Act I Scene 1 (1888 Version)  
1.2
Dès que ton tambour sonne
Jules Massenet; Elsa Dreisig; Ensemble Aedes; Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes; Mathieu Romano
5:34
1.3
C'est elle!
Jules Massenet; Elsa Dreisig; Thomas Bettinger; Christian Helmer; Ensemble Aedes; Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes; Mathieu Romano
8:21
Don César de Bazan, Act I Scene 2 (1888 Version)  
1.4
Partout où l'on chante
Jules Massenet; Laurent Naouri; Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes; Mathieu Romano
3:30
Don César de Bazan, Act I Scene 6 (1888 Version)  
1.5
Le voilà!
Jules Massenet; Laurent Naouri; Christian Helmer; Marion Lebègue; Christian Rodrigue Moungoungou; Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes; Mathieu Romano
6:53
Don César de Bazan, Act I Scene 8 (1888 Version)  
1.6
Bohème charmante
Jules Massenet; Laurent Naouri; Christian Helmer; Elsa Dreisig; Marion Lebègue; Ensemble Aedes; Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes; Mathieu Romano
7:20
Don César de Bazan, Act II (1888 Version)  
1.7
Entr'acte
Jules Massenet; Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes; Mathieu Romano
1:59
Don César de Bazan, Act II Scene 1 (1888 Version)  
1.8
Dors, ami
Jules Massenet; Marion Lebègue; Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes; Mathieu Romano
4:01
1.9
Riche, j'ai semé les richesses
Jules Massenet; Laurent Naouri; Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes; Mathieu Romano
2:31
Don César de Bazan, Act II Scene 2 (1888 Version)  
1.10
Me marier!
Jules Massenet; Laurent Naouri; Christian Helmer; Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes; Mathieu Romano
7:20
Don César de Bazan, Act II Scene 6 (1888 Version)  
1.11
À boire, amis
Jules Massenet; Laurent Naouri; Christian Helmer; Ensemble Aedes; Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes; Mathieu Romano
13:51
Don César de Bazan, Act II Scene 9 (1888 Version)  
1.12
Rien ne peut le défendre
Jules Massenet; Marion Lebègue; Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes; Mathieu Romano
2:25
Don César de Bazan, Act II Scene 10 (1888 Version)  
1.13
Grand Dieu!
Jules Massenet; Laurent Naouri; Elsa Dreisig; Christian Helmer; Marion Lebègue; Ensemble Aedes; Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes; Mathieu Romano
4:11
Don César de Bazan, Act III (1888 Version)  
2.1
Entr'acte Sevillana
Jules Massenet; Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes; Mathieu Romano
2:32
Don César de Bazan, Act III Scene 1 (1888 Version)  
2.2
Cette splendeur
Jules Massenet; Elsa Dreisig; Ensemble Aedes; Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes; Mathieu Romano
4:20
Don César de Bazan, Act III Scene 2 (1888 Version)  
2.3
Que de ta lèvre en fleur
Jules Massenet; Thomas Bettinger; Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes; Mathieu Romano
2:24
Don César de Bazan, Act III Scene 3 (1888 Version)  
2.4
Qui je suis?
Jules Massenet; Laurent Naouri; Thomas Bettinger; Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes; Mathieu Romano
6:20
Don César de Bazan, Act III Scene 5 (1888 Version)  
2.5
Je m'en souviens
Jules Massenet; Laurent Naouri; Elsa Dreisig; Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes; Mathieu Romano
6:59
Don César de Bazan, Act IV (1888 Version)  
2.6
Entr'acte
Jules Massenet; Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes; Mathieu Romano
2:00
Don César de Bazan, Act IV Scene 1 (1888 Version)  
2.7
Aux cœurs les plus troublés
Jules Massenet; Elsa Dreisig; Marion Lebègue; Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes; Mathieu Romano
3:46
Don César de Bazan, Act IV Scene III (1888 Version)  
2.8
Je pénétrai
Jules Massenet; Laurent Naouri; Elsa Dreisig; Thomas Bettinger; Marion Lebègue; Ensemble Aedes; Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes; Mathieu Romano
9:06
Digital Booklet
Don César de Bazan is an opéra-comique with a narrative of dashing Spanish chivalry and romance. Its plot revolves around deception and comedies of reversed identity, with a struggle between true nobility and wicked selfishness maintaining an animated momentum throughout. This was the young Jules Massenet’s first full-length opera and yet it is filled with the composer’s mature symphonic style, his gift for melody, feeling for the picturesque, and vivacity of rhythm. These distinctive qualities reveal an operatic feast whose time has at last arrived.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Naxos Studio Masters
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DR
Album average
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1.1
Overture
-1.00-22.11-17.814
1.2
Dès que ton tambour sonne
-1.00-22.69-17.913
1.3
C'est elle!
-1.00-26.46-22.617
1.4
Partout où l'on chante
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1.5
Le voilà!
-1.00-22.90-18.814
1.6
Bohème charmante
-1.00-23.78-19.314
1.7
Entr'acte
-5.50-34.32-29.719
1.8
Dors, ami
-1.53-28.15-24.213
1.9
Riche, j'ai semé les richesses
-1.00-23.66-19.814
1.10
Me marier!
-1.00-25.15-21.315
1.11
À boire, amis
-1.00-22.72-17.913
1.12
Rien ne peut le défendre
-2.43-25.84-21.214
1.13
Grand Dieu!
-1.00-24.17-19.213
2.1
Entr'acte Sevillana
-1.00-22.99-17.414
2.2
Cette splendeur
-2.40-25.78-21.313
2.3
Que de ta lèvre en fleur
-1.95-26.80-22.215
2.4
Qui je suis?
-1.00-23.21-18.714
2.5
Je m'en souviens
-1.00-21.56-17.413
2.6
Entr'acte
-11.87-41.80-38.98
2.7
Aux cœurs les plus troublés
-1.00-23.95-20.114
2.8
Je pénétrai
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