Danse, mon coeur danse

About the Artist
France Bourque-Moreau lives in Montreal, Quebec and for the past twenty-five years has been active in Canada and abroad teaching folk dances for children and conducting special seminars to train school teachers in this field.

Her current repertoire includes hundreds of dances and singing/games from all parts of the world especially designed and adapted to various age and experience levels. Ms. Bourque-Moreau also puts emphasis on the French and French-Canadian repertoire wich is widely used in the Canadian school curriculum.

Product Description:
Sixteen rounds, songs and dancing games chosen from traditional French-Canadian repertoire: La petite boiteuse - L'omelette au lard - La vieille Bastringue - Que sais-tu bien faire ? Valse de l'amitié - La noce des oiseaux- Cassons les oeufs - Les Saluts Lundi, jour de lavage - Marion danse - Un air trompeur - La petite souris grise La laine des moutons - La danse des mouchoirs - Jeu à trois - Bien travailler

Danse, mon coeur danse,France Bourque-Moreau

Average customer rating: the most sensetive music ever Cool Camille Astounding!!! Great Selections, So-So Collection Classical is the best

Saint-Saëns: Greatest Hits Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music French Horn | Brass | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Flute | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music National Philharmonic Orchestra London | ( N ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music New York Philharmonic Orchestra | ( N ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Concertos | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Concertos | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Operas | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Operas | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music $6.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music National Philharmonic Orchestra London | ( N ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music New York Philharmonic Orchestra | ( N ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Rimsky-Korsakov: Greatest Hits Debussy's Greatest Hits Sergei Rachmaninoff: Greatest Hits Grieg: Greatest Hits Mendelssohn: Greatest Hits ASIN: B000002C61 Release Date: 1995-11-14

Tracks:

1. Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale
2. Carnival Of The Animals (Chamber Version): No. 13. The Swan
3. Carnival Of The Animals (Chamber Version): No. 14: Finale
4. Dance Macabre, Op.40
5. Suite algerienne, Op. 60: Marche militaire francaise
6. Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, Op.28
7. Samson et Dalila: 'Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix'
8. Concert Piece For Horn & Orchestra, Op.94
9. Romance, Op.37
10. Piano Concerto No.2 In G Minor, Op.22: III. Presto
11. Symphony No.3 In C Minor, Op.78 'Organ': II. Allegro moderato - Presto - Maestoso - Allegro

Customer Reviews:

the most sensetive music ever.......2005-10-26

This music take me away from every day troubles and brings my soul to a beutiful world of music.Saint-Saent's vision of music is different, his creations are sensitive and intence. He is agreat talent.

Cool Camille.......2003-03-06

I think that the sound of Saint Saens Music is very unique. I think that anyone out there wanting to listen to some excellent writing I assure you that Saint Saens has written it. On behalf of Amazon I would definitely rate this music 5 stars. I thank Amazon for a perfect portrayal of his works. You shoppers out there might want to take a look at buying this.

RIGHT AWAY!!!
-Nick

Astounding!!!.......2000-10-06

I have come accross very few CD's that have 74 minutes of music that I enjoy. This CD is one of those. Mason Jones does a great job on Morceau, everyone likes danse bachannalle, the piano concerto is great, it's just a really enjoyable CD to own. I recommend it highly, it's one of my favorites.

Great Selections, So-So Collection.......2000-06-23

As all good elementary school music teachers know, Saint-Saëns could evoke emotions from a rock. I don't know if it's his masterful command (or creation) of the idioms of music, or whether it's the formal structure of his compositions, but there's never any confusion about how one feels when listening to this Apollo.

This Sony recording supposedly collects his best. It does and it doesn't. The "Danse Macabre"--a perennial Saint Saëns fave--is definitely better than any others on the market--crisper, livelier, and ... er... creepier. And the Bacchanale is also superbly done. (Don't take my word for it though--you can compare these yourself from the various samples.) But as great as these individual pieces are, Sony failed to bring to the "Swan" the rest of the zoo from "Carnivale des Animaux," and, worse, they forgot the "Aquarium," too! Plus, the "Organ Symphony" *must* be heard in its entirety to sound like the serious piece of music that it is.

I haven't found the noumenal Saint-Saëns collection yet. But this one surely isn't phenomenal.

Classical is the best.......2000-06-22

It's composition very good. Thanks Sony for this great album.

Average customer rating: This one'll get ya going. TIME TRAVEL Interesting variety A trip through history Overrated

Music Of The Crusades Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Walther v. der Vogelweide | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Sinners & Saints: The Ultimate Medieval and Renaissance Music Collection Music for a Medieval Banquet Codex Faenza: Instrumental Music of the Early 15th Century Music of the Troubadours Medieval Dance Music ASIN: B0000041XJ Release Date: 1991-04-05

Tracks:

1. Music Of The Crusades: La quinte estampie real
2. Music Of The Crusades: Pax in nomine Domini!
3. Music Of The Crusades: Parti de mal - Third Crusade
4. Music Of The Crusades: Chevalier, mult estes guariz - Second Crusade
5. Music Of The Crusades: Chanterai por mon corage - Third Crusade
6. Music Of The Crusades: Danse real
7. Music Of The Crusades: Sede, Syon, in pulvere
8. Music Of The Crusades: Palastinalied - Sixth Crusade
9. Music Of The Crusades: Condicio - O nacio - Mane prima
10. Music Of The Crusades: O tocius Asie - Crusade of 1248
11. Music Of The Crusades: La uitime estampie real
12. Music Of The Crusades: Cum sint difficilia - Crusade of 1248
13. Music Of The Crusades: Li noviaus tens - Le Chatelain de Coucy - Third Crusade
14. Music Of The Crusades: Fortz chausa es (Gaucelm Faidit) - Lament On The Death Of Richard Coeur - de - Lion
15. Music Of The Crusades: Je ne puis - Amors me tienent - Veritatem
16. Music Of The Crusades: Ahi! Amours - Third Crusade
17. Music Of The Crusades: La tierche estampie real
18. Music Of The Crusades: Ja nus hons pris - Song Of Captivity
19. Music Of The Crusades: Au tens plain do felonnie - Crusade fo 1239

Customer Reviews:

This one'll get ya going........2007-05-19

For early music people, this is another great compilation of stuff you just like to put on in the background while doing your daily routine. Good times.

TIME TRAVEL.......2006-08-15

LIKE A TRIP BACK IN TIME. FROM THE FIRST NOTES, I WAS TRANSPORTED.

Interesting variety.......2006-03-28

One of the problems I have with many early music CDs is an emphasis on one place in a time period. This reissue manages to avoid that flaw by including minnesinger, troubador, trouvere, and instrumental pieces, though the liner notes could easily have told us which of the pieces were troubador, and which trouvere, instead of just the tantalizing "two are troubador (written in langue d'oc)" without identifying which.

As a sampler, it is excellent, though the vocal pieces tend to be somewhat slow--not all the lyrics seem consistent with that delivery, so this is probably an artist's choice. It would be interesting to hear the same pieces performed now, 30 years later, with 30 years of new scholarship. Ah well, nothing is perfect!

A trip through history.......2005-09-29

The time of the Crusades spanned several centuries, from the time Pope Urban II called upon Christendom to fight for Jerusalem until the thirteenth century (this does not include the numerous minor, unnumbered crusades, sometimes against other Christians). The Crusades became for many in the Middle Ages a romantic ideal; the appeal for those who would join the Crusades was two-fold, both riches in this world and salvation in the next.

In this collection, the texts of the songs are primarily contemporary with the Crusades, although a few come from later troubadour and folk songs. Some songs here directly relate to the Crusades in content (for example, Pax in nomine Domini!), whereas others are songs contemporary with and popular among the Crusaders, but have no direct relation to the Crusades. 'Ja nus hons pris' is one such song, which has origins attributed to one of the most famous of the Crusaders, Richard the Lionhearted.

One of the problems with music from this time period is that very little written material exists. What music notation there is often is reminiscent of Gregorian chant - there are markers for pitch, but nothing for rhythmic values, melodies, etc. Similarly, the types of instruments are often not listed for particular songs, so it becomes educated guesswork as to the instruments used - lutes, rebec, wind instruments, percussion, etc.

The performances here are wonderful and full. The Early Music Consort of London recorded this first for vinyl in 1970; this CD is a reissue, well engineered. David Munrow was the director as well as performer on recorder, fluet, shawm, crumhorn and bagpipes. Munrow's talents are well suited to this kind of medieval music. Among the other performers are soprano Christina Clarke, counter tenors James Bowman and Charles Brett, tenor Nigel Rogers and baritone Geoffrey Shaw. Musicians include Eleanor Sloan on treble rebec, Oliver Brookes on bass rebec, James Tyler on lute and citole, Gillian Reid on the bells, Christopher Hogwood on harp, organ, nakers and tabor, and James Blades on nakers and tabor.

This recording is superb, a great addition to an early music library, and a joy to have as a CD - I had the vinyl of this, but over time it warped in storage, and I was very sad to have lost such a brilliant collection of music. Here it is again, restored and full of power and life.

Overrated.......2005-03-03

Note that I am a harsh reviewer, especially for music... but there are a lot of problems with this CD and there are better other there.

It is certainly interesting music and it does have historical value, but it is by no means unique.

Here are my criticisms:

1)
All of the 19 tracks are short. They range from 1-4 minutes with an average of around 2 1/2 minutes per track.

2)
This wouldn't be all that bad, except that none of those 19 tracks really stood out. They are all slow-paced and generic with little feeling of variety. Essentially, despite being a fan of the genre, I just couldn't get 'into' any of the music. It was not at all inspiring.

3)
One of my favorite things about medieval/renaissance music is the excellent balance and combination of voice talent and instruments.
This CD did not come through at all in that area, however.
The majority of this CD was the mellow, slow-paced singing that many people associate with the genre.
However, whenever the singers got going, the relatively few instruments all disappeared entirely, leaving you with just the singers (who weren't powerful enough to carry the show alone).


If you are a fan of the genre, then you might want to add this to your collection just because it isn't very expensive.

However, if you are merely interested in trying out the archaic music genre, then I defintely would recommend:
"Sinners & Saints - The Ultimate Medieval and Renaissance Music Collection"
*instead* of this one.
I gave Sinners & Saints a 5/5 - It was the CD that this one should've been.

Average customer rating: Revelatory. A primary source for interpreting Debussy

Claude Debussy: The Composer as Pianist Manufacturer: Pierian ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Maurice Ravel: The Composer as Pianist and Conductor Bartók Plays Bartók Alexander Scriabin: The Composer as Pianist The Composer as Pianist Prokofiev Plays Prokofiev ASIN: B00005IC03 Release Date: 2000-09-26

Customer Reviews:

Revelatory........2004-01-27

Debussy lived into the age of recording, but the primary documents of his playing are his Welte-Mignon piano rolls. The Welte-Mignon contraption was a mechanical "player" which you set before a regular piano. It differed from the familiar player piano in that it could reproduce not only dynamics but touch and pedal technique. Mahler also recorded some of his pieces in this way. The problem with these things is their extreme fussiness. There's a problem with getting them to play at the intended speeds. You don't know, for example, how fast or slow Debussy intended, say, "La cathedrale engloutie" simply by looking at the roll. Also, apparently Welte-Mignon players were fitted to the individual piano. However, Pierian has used the talents of an engineer, Kenneth Caswell, who has devoted decades to the innards of the player, and the results have won the imprimatur of Harold Schoenberg himself, formerly a severe critic of modern Welte-Mignon reproduction. That's good enough for me.

All that said, I consider this one of the ten most important releases in the history of recording, even though I don't know what the other nine would be. Debussy is one of the master composers of keyboard music, along with Scarlatti, Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms, Schumann, Liszt, Bartok, Ravel, and Prokofiev. So the recording is the equivalent of having Bach play the Goldbergs for you. Does Debussy differ from benchmark performances, like Gieseking? Not to take anything away from Gieseking, but, yes, he does. I can describe it as an extreme inwardness, as if the composer were communing with himself. The fingerwork isn't as sure as some, but the outstanding feature of the playing is its outstanding singing or, considering the composer's subtle temperament, humming. I can't imagine anybody interested in Debussy's piano music passing up this CD.

We also get Debussy's acoustic recordings as Mary Garden's accompanist in the Ariettes oubliees and in an extract from Pelleas. These to me have more problems than the rolls, mainly because the sound is so crude, but I make that judgment precisely because I have the rolls. Without Caswell's dedication, I'd have been extremely grateful for the acoustic recordings.

A primary source for interpreting Debussy.......2002-07-02

This is an album of Debussy's piano works played by Debussy himself. Most of the pieces are from rolls recorded by Debussy and played on Ken Caswell's beautifully and carefully restored Welte reproducing piano. There are also four acoustic recordings of Debussy vocal works, with Debussy playing piano.

The Welte reproducing piano records and plays back many aspects of piano playing (dynamics and touch) at remarkably high fidelity for the time. Thus these piano rolls are primary documents showing how Debussy intended his works to be played. While these recordings to not have the fidelity of modern acoustic recordings, it is possible to detect pedaling, tempo and dynamics. This recording has been the basis of scholarly research, such as the essay by Cecilia Denoyer in the book "Debussy in Performance", edited by James Briscoe.

The acoustic recordings of the vocal works are of much lower fidelity, but do give a sense of Debussy's feel of the piano.

If you are studying Debussy's piano works and want to know how to interpret his notation, this album is for you. If you just want to listen to Debussy's piano works, a modern recording may be more musically pleasing, but you may still enjoy hearing the pieces as they were played by the master himself.

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Great Women Composers (Box Set) Louise Farrenc , Ethel Smyth , Clara Schumann-Wieck , Anna Bon di Venezia , Johannes Goritzki , Konstanze Eickhorst , Sabine Dreier , Karin Ott , and Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des NDR Manufacturer: Cpo Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Quintets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gluck | Gluck, Christoph W. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Clara Wieck Schumann | Schumann, Clara Wieck | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music Scherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00006L70Z Release Date: 2002-10-22

Average customer rating: Gardiner the Champion

Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide / Gardiner [Highlights] Christoph Willibald Gluck , Monteverdi Choir , Opéra de Lyon , John Eliot Gardiner , José van Dam , Anne-Sofie von Otter , Lynne Dawson , John Aler , Bernard Deletré , Gilles Cachemaille , René Schirrer , Guillemette Laurens , and Ann Monoyios Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Gluck | Gluck, Christoph W. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Monteverdi Choir | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Otter, Anne Sophie von | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000005EE3 Release Date: 1995-07-18

Tracks:

1. Ov - Orch De L'Opr De Lyon/John Eliot Gardiner
2. Act I, Scene 1. Air: 'Brilliant Auteur De La Lumiere' - Jose Van Dam
3. Act I, Scene 2. Chor: 'C'est Trop Faire De Resistance' - Jose Van Dam/Gilles Cachemaille/Ann Monoyios/Isabelle Eschenbrenner
4. Act I, Scene 2: 'D'une Sainte Terreur'/Duo: 'Tu Veux Que Par Ma Main Tremblante' - Gilles Cachemaille/Jose Van Dam
5. Act I, Scene 2. Chor: 'Nommez-nous La Victime' - Ann Monoyios/Isabelle Eschenbrenner
6. Act I, Scene 4. Air: 'Au Faite Des Grandeurs' - Gilles Cachemaille
7. Act I, Scene 4. Chor: 'Que D'attraits!' - Ann Monoyios/Isabelle Eschenbrenner
8. Act I, Scene 6. Air: 'Armez-vous D'un Noble Courage' - Anne Sofie Von Otter
9. Act I, Scene 7. Air: 'Helas! Mon Coeur Sensible!' - Lynne Dawson
10. Act I, Scene 8. Air: 'Cruelle, Non Jamais' - John Aler
11. Act I, Scene 8. Duo: 'Ne Doutez Jamais De Ma Flamme' - John Aler/Lynne Dawson
12. Act II, Scene 1. Chor: 'Rassurez-Vous, Belle Princesse'/'Vous Essayez En Vain'... - Lynne Dawson
13. Act II, Scene 1. Air: 'Par La Crainte Et Par L'esperance' - Lynne Dawson
14. Act II, Scene 3: 'Chantez, Celebrez Votre Reine' - John Aler
15. Act II, Scene 3. Air: 'Achille Est Couronne' - Ann Monoyios
16. Act II, Scene 3: 'Ami Sensible, Ennemi Redoutable' - Monteverdi Chor
17. Act II, Scene 3: Air Gai (Danse) - Orch De L'Opr De Lyon/John Eliot Gardiner
18. Act II, Scene 3. Air: Pour Les Esclaves (Allegretto) - Orch De L'Opr De Lyon/John Eliot Gardiner
19. Act II, Scene 3. Quatuor: 'Jamais A Tes Autels' - Lynne Dawson/Anne Sofie Von Otter/John Aler/Bernard Deletre
20. Act II, Scene 4. Air: 'Par Un Pere Cruel' - Anne Sofie Von Otter
21. Act II, Scene 4. Trio: 'C'est Mon Pere, Seigneur' - Lynne Dawson/Anne Sofie Von Otter/John Aler
22. Act II, Scene 6. Duo: 'De Votre Audace Temeraire'/'Je N'ai Qu'un Mot A Vous Dire'... - Jose Van Dam/John Aler
23. Act II, Scene 6. Air: 'O Toi, L'objet Le Plus Aimable' - Jose Van Dam
24. Act III, Scene 3. Air: 'Il Faut, De Mon Destin' - Lynne Dawson
25. Act III, Scene 3: 'Adieu: Conservez Dans Votre Ame' - Lynne Dawson
26. Act III, Scene 3. Air: 'Calchas, D'un Trait Mortel Perce' - John Aler
27. Act III, Scene 5. Air: 'Adieu, Vivez Pour Oreste'/'Lui, Par Qui Le Couteau'... - Lynne Dawson/Anne Sofie Von Otter/Ann Monoyios/Isabelle Eschenbrenner
28. Act III, Scene 6: 'Ma Fille, Je La Vois' - Anne Sofie Von Otter
29. Act III, Scene 6. Air: 'Jupiter, Lance La Foudre' - Anne Sofie Von Otter
30. Act III, Scene 9. Quatuor: 'Mon Coeur Ne Saurait Contenir' - Lynne Dawson/Anne Sofie Von Otter/John Aler/Jose Van Dam
31. Act III, Scene 9. Chor: 'Jusque Aux Voutes Etherees' - Ann Monoyios/Isabelle Eschenbrenner

Customer Reviews:

Gardiner the Champion.......2006-10-01

Normally I avoid highlight recordings, being a completist in such matters, more oriented to plots, settings. texts and themes than to performances. I purchased this highlight record, however, because I was already familiar with the opera from Wagner's German version on RCA vinyl and wanted to see what Gardiner does with it. Gardiner had already won my respect with versions of Handel's Hercules and Solomon on vinyl boxed sets. In response to the German version, I found the music a bit stodgy; but in Gardiner's version of the original French everything glows brilliantly. Unlike the more exciting Iphigenie en Tauride, the earlier opera possesses a highly ceremonial character that some might find stilted. Nevertheless Gardiner makes a brilliant case for it. He is in fact the champion of 18th century music offering fine examples of Mozart's Idomeneo and La Clemenza di Tito. William Christie has done the same thing for the 17th century and Rameau in the 1730s. These revivalists have shifted my focus back from the 19th century to serious opera composed before 1800.

Average customer rating: Mondonville You should try him!

Mondonville - Titon et l'Aurore / Fouchécourt, Napoli, Smith, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Minkowski [highlight] Jean-Joseph Cassanea de Mondonville , Marc Minkowski , Jean-Paul Fouchécourt , Catherine Napoli , Philippe Huttenlocher , Jennifer Smith , Ann Monoyios , Ensemble vocal Françoise Herr , and Les Musiciens de Louvre Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Mondonville: 6 Sonates, Op. 3 ASIN: B000005EE8 Release Date: 1995-06-06

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. 'Esprits Soumis A Mon Empire, Eqe Ce Peuple S'Anime'
3. 'Air Pour Les Esprits Du Feu'
4. Recit: 'Soyez De L'Univers Le Plus Parfait Ouvrage'
5. Lent
6. Air Leger
7. Air Pour Les Graces
8. Premiere Et Deuxieme Gavottes
9. Ariette: 'Jeunes Mortels, Liverz Vos Armes Aux Douceurs De La Volupte'
10. Air
11. 'Que L'Aurore Tarde A Paraitre'
12. Musette: 'Votre Coeur, Aimable Aurore'
13. Air Pour Les Patres
14. Ariette: 'Venez Sous Ce Riant Feuillage'
15. Air Leger
16. 'Fiers Aquilons, Soumis A Mon Obeissance'
17. 'Quel Succes, Quel Bonheur!'
18. Air: 'Tout Favorise Dans Ce Jour Mes Feux Et Ma Vengeance'
19. 'Vents Furieux, Sortez De La Grotte Profonde'
20. Air Pour Les Vents
21. Air Lent Et Tres Doux
22. 'Que Je Plains Les Coeurs Amoureux'
23. Ritournelle
24. 'Avez-Vous Triomphe Du Rival Que J'Abhore!'
25. 'Ne Craignez Aucun Retour'
26. 'Pour Le Sauver, Vous Cherchez Un Detour'
27. Recit: 'Connaissez Votre Erreur'
28. 'Ah! Quel Plaisir Dans Nos Malheurs'
29. 'Que Vois-Je?'
30. Prelude: 'Quel Dieu M'Anime Et Me Rend La Clarte?'
31. Duo: 'Amour, Amour, Apres Tant De Bienfaits'
32. Rondeau En Chaconne
33. Ariette: 'Du Dieu Des Coeurs, On Adore L'Empire'
34. Contre-danse

Customer Reviews:

Mondonville You should try him!.......2006-08-17

Great melody, Great instrument music, Innovative style. You guys out there should try this guy!

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Danse, mon coeur danse ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00008TNRO Release Date: 2003-03-24

Tracks:

1. La petite boiteuse
2. L'Omelette au lard
3. La vielle bastringue
4. Que sais-tu bien faire?
5. Valse de l'amiti
6. La noce des oiseaux
7. Cassons des oeufs
8. Les saluts
9. Lundi, jour de lavage
10. Marion danse
11. Un air ronpeur
12. Petite souris grise
13. La laine des moutons
14. La danse des mouchoirs
15. Jeux rois
16. Bien travailler

Album Description

Sixteen rounds, songs and dancing games chosen from traditional French-Canadian repertoire: La petite boiteuse - L'omelette au lard - La vieille Bastringue - Que sais-tu bien faire ? Valse de l'amitié - La noce des oiseaux- Cassons les oeufs - Les Saluts Lundi, jour de lavage - Marion danse - Un air trompeur - La petite souris grise La laine des moutons - La danse des mouchoirs - Jeu à trois - Bien travailler

Average customer rating: Fine performance of unjustly neglected songs

Pauline Viardot-Garcia: Songs Manufacturer: Cpo Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Gluck | Gluck, Christoph W. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Jommelli, Niccolò | ( J ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001RSA Release Date: 1995-01-25

Tracks:

1. Madrid
2. Ser
3. Havanaise
4. Bonjour Mon Coeur
5. Grands Oiseaux Blancs
6. La Petite Chevriere
7. La Chene Et Le Roseau
8. Chanson De La Pluie
9. L'Enfant Et La Mere
10. Desespoir
11. Adieu Les Beaux Jours
12. Scene D'Hermione
13. Seize Ans Op.50, 2
14. La Danse Op.50, 1
15. L'Oiselet Op.68, 2
16. Aime-Moi Op.33, 2
17. La Calandrina
18. L'Espoir Renait Dans Mon Ame

Customer Reviews:

Fine performance of unjustly neglected songs.......2000-05-31

Pauline Viardot (1821-1910) was a member of the important musical Garcia family, a close friend of George Sand and Frederic Chopin(the four vocal arrangments of his mazurkas on this CD were originally performed by Viardot with Chopin himself accompanying), an intimate of Ivan Turgenev, and a musical influence on such composers as Saint-Saens and Gounod. As the sister of Maria Malibran, she was a highly accomplished singer, and her songs, while often vocally demanding, allow the singer to express the words with melodic lines that are friendly to the voice (and to the ear). Karin Ott, who has performed the Queen of the Night under Karajan, has the coloratura technique required to make the music sparkle and sizzle where it needs to, as well as a good sense of phrasing and of the French language (she is Swiss). The only fault I can find is that once in a while I would like to hear a warmer bel canto sound in the higher registers. Still, she has admirably achieved her goal of introducing this underappreciated composer to today's audiences. If you are interested in bel canto era music, or in hearing the music that George Sand would have listened to in her home, you should listen to this CD.

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Massenet: Esclarmonde Jules Massenet , Patrick Fournillier , Denia Mazzola Gavazzeni , José Sempere , Christian Tréguier , Hélène Perraguin , Jean-Philippe Courtis , Guy Gabelle , Franz Liszt Symphony Orchestra , and Massenet Festival Choir Manufacturer: Koch Schwann (Germ.) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001SS8 Release Date: 1995-03-21

Tracks:

1. Esclarmonde: 'Dignitaires! . . . Guerriers!'
2. Esclarmonde: 'O divine Esclarmonde!'
3. Esclarmonde: 'Roland! Roland! Comme ce nom me trouble'
4. Esclarmonde: 'O ma soeur, ma tendre souveraine'
5. Esclarmonde: 'Ah! trop malheureuse Esclarmonde!'
6. Esclarmonde: 'Salut, imperatrice auguste et veneree'
7. Esclarmonde: 'C'est en fait! Je ne resiste plus!'
8. Esclarmonde: 'Esprits de l'air! Esprits de l'onde!'
9. Esclarmonde: 'Roland! Roland! Roland! - Dans la foret des Ardennes - Sonne, o cor - Adieu, Parseis!'
10. Esclarmonde: Danse des Esprits
11. Esclarmonde: 'Ou suis-je! Dans ce sejour inconnu'
12. Esclarmonde: 'Sois benie, o magie! - Nuit veneree, o Nuit'
13. Esclarmonde: 'Quelle forme vers moi se penchait tout a l'heure'
14. Esclarmonde: 'Si tu m'acceptes pour epouse - Voici le divin moment - Hymen! Hymenee!'
15. Esclarmonde: Entr'acte
16. Esclarmonde: 'Helas! Ma bien-aimee! - Chere epouse, o chere maitresse'
17. Esclarmonde: 'Ami, songe au serment - Le chef des Sarrasins - Chaque nuit, chre amant'
18. Esclarmonde: 'Ecoute encore! - Vierges au coeur innocent'
19. Esclarmonde: 'O glaive, a ton aspect je m'incline! - Garde-toi d'oublier ton serment!'

Tracks:

1. Esclarmonde: 'O blois, miserable cite! - O mon peuple'
2. Esclarmonde: 'Kyrie eleison - Mettez en Dieu votre esperance'
3. Esclarmonde: 'ENtendez-vous? Tout espoir est perdu! - Roi Cleomer, je viens connaitre la reponse'
4. Esclarmonde: 'Oui, c'est moi! Reprends espoir, o noble roi - Jeunes guerriers, prenez vos armes!'
5. Esclarmonde: 'Mais tandis que Roland va combattre - Dieu de misericorde!'
6. Esclarmonde: 'Victoire! Victoire!'
7. Esclarmonde: 'Noble heros! - Son epoux? Que repondre! - Que dit-il? Par quel mystere?'
8. Esclarmonde: 'Pour tout autre que toi, Roland'
9. Esclarmonde: 'Gloire! chantons notre victoire! - Ah! loin de cette foule et de son allegresse'
10. Esclarmonde: Entr'acte
11. Esclarmonde: 'Gloire, chantons notre victoire!'
12. Esclarmonde: 'Le peuple delivre - La nuit bientot sera venue'
13. Esclarmonde: 'Mon files! Je te benis! - Quoi! Vous ici, mon Pere'
14. Esclarmonde: 'Je ne m'appartiens plus'
15. Esclarmonde: 'A genoux! Je ne saurais t'absoudre!'
16. Esclarmonde: 'Ah! Roland! - Ah! c'est elle!'
17. Esclarmonde: 'Au nom du Pere, au nom du Fils - Roland! Tu m'as trahie!'
18. Esclarmonde: 'Regarde-les ces yeux'
19. Esclarmonde: 'Non! Tu ne seras pas a mes transports ravie1 - Arriere! Arriere! Saisissez-la!'

Tracks:

1. Esclarmonde: Danse des Nymphes et Sylvains
2. Esclarmonde: 'Entendez tous ce que ma voix proclame'
3. Esclarmonde: 'Oui, le delai marque s'avance'
4. Esclarmonde: 'C'est en vous que j'espere'
5. Esclarmonde: 'Le temps vont s'accomplir - Sort mysterieux auqel j'obeis - Que vois-je? Eneas! Parseis!
6. Esclarmonde: 'Elle a voulu choisir elle-meme un epoux! - Grace pour elle! Pitie! - Esprits de l'air! Esprits de l'onde'
7. Esclarmonde: 'D'une longue torpeur je sens que je meveille - En retrouvant la vie et la pensee'
8. Esclarmonde: 'Ou suis-je maintenant? - Obeis! Esclarmonde! C'est l'inflexible loi!'
9. Esclarmonde: 'Donc pour sauver la vie a celui que j'adore'
10. Esclarmonde: 'J'accomplirai le sacrifice! - C'est elle! Ma bien-aimee!'
11. Esclarmonde: 'Jadis, j'etais digne de toi - Ne plus te voir!'
12. Esclarmonde: 'Ah! Malheureuse! Au trepas, Roland par moi livre - Reponds! Reponds! Reponds! - Disparue! Maudite!'
13. Esclarmonde: 'Dignitaires! Guerriers! - O divine Esclarmonde! - Aupres d'elle amenez le vainqueur'
14. Esclarmonde: 'Qu'importe que je me nomme! - O joie! Il refuse! - O folie! Il refuse!'
15. Esclarmonde: 'Esclarmonde! O ciel! C'est toi que j'adorais! - O divine Esclarmonde! O valeureux heros!'

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Rossini - Soirée musicale / van Grootel · Tro Santafé · Perdigón · R. de Andrés · J. Reynolds Gioachino Rossini , Suze van Grootel , Silvia Tro Santafé , Jorge Perdión , Ramón de Andrés , and Julian Reynolds Manufacturer: Globe ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Caprices | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000508WF Release Date: 2000-10-17

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