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Susan Graham - Berlioz: Les nuits d'été (1997)

Susan Graham - Berlioz: Les nuits d'été (1997)

BAND/ARTIST: Susan Graham

  • Title: Berlioz: Les nuits d'été
  • Year Of Release: 1997
  • Label: Sony Classical
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks)
  • Total Time: 01:01:24
  • Total Size: 252 Mb
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Tracklist:

Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, H 81 (Hector Berlioz)
1. I. Villanelle (Voice) 02:23
2. II. Le spectre de la rose (Voice) 06:45
3. III. Sur les lagunes: lamento (Voice) 05:53
4. IV. Absence (Voice) 05:35
5. V. Au cimetière: claire de lune (Voice) 05:53
6. VI. L'île inconnue (Voice) 03:42
7. La damnation de Faust, Op. 24, Quatrième partie, Scène 15: D'amour l'ardente flamme (Romance) (Voice) 07:52
8. Benvenuto Cellini, Act IV, Scene 1: Mais qu'ai-je donc? (Air) (Voice) 05:46
9. Les Troyens, Acte cinquième, Deuxième tableau: Ah ah! Je vais mourir (Monologue) (Voice) 03:43
10. Les Troyens, Acte cinquième, Deuxième tableau: Adieu, fière cité (Air) (Voice) 03:47
11. Béatrice et Bénédict, Acte deuxième, Scène 2: Dieu! Que viens-je d'entendre? (Air) (Voice) 10:05

Performers:
Susan Graham (mezzo)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
John Nelson

On casual listen, Graham can seem like yet another pretty voice. And it is extremely pretty. But there's an intelligence and learnedness that can only make her more interesting as time goes on. As is, her performances are slightly undercooked, though there are some moments during Les Nuits d'été as passionate and committed as one could want. The arias added to fill out the disc aren't heard in optimal performances, but show what riches lie in Berlioz's neglected operatic output, namely Ascanio's lighthearted aria from Benvenuto Cellini and the long soliloquy from Beatrice and Benedict. -- David Patrick Stearns




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