Juan Diego Flórez - L'Amour (2014) [HDTracks]

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Artist: Juan Diego Flórez
Title: L'Amour
Year Of Release: 2014
Label: Decca
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) [24Bit/96kHz]
Total Time: 01:07:40
Total Size: 1,26 GB (d.booklet)
WebSite: Album Preview

Recorded: Teatro Manzoni, Bologna, 3, 5, 8, 11, 13 & 16 July 2013.

AllMusic Review by Blair Sanderson:

On L'Amour, his 2014 release on Decca, Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez presents a delightful collection of 12 virtuoso arias from French operas of the 19th century, demonstrating both his skill in bel canto ornamentation and his impeccable delivery. The selections are drawn from both well-known and obscure operas, including Boieldieu's La Dame blanche, Bizet's La jolie fille de Perth, Donizetti's La favorita (set to a French libretto), Berlioz's Les Troyens, Adam's Le Postillon de Lonjumeau, Delibes' Lakmé, Massenet's Werther, Thomas' Mignon, Offenbach's La belle Hélène, and Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, showing the variety of expressions and styles of the period. These arias are ideal for a light tenor voice, and Flórez soars with ease in his upper tessitura, gaining power the higher he goes, though his lowest notes need more support. His voice has a bright, open quality that works well in lyrical music, and he could play youthful romantic roles for some time to come with his great flexibility and energy. Flórez is accompanied by the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, who give a truly operatic experience to this disc, and the vibrant performances provide more than an accompaniment for Flórez. Decca's recorded sound is full and rich.

Tracklist:

François-Adrien Boiëldieu (1775-1834)
La Dame blanche
1. A quel plaisir 04:48
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
La jolie fille de Perth, Act 2
2. Elle est là ...A la voix d'un amant fidèle 05:47
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
La Favorita, Act 1
3. Un ange, une femme inconnue 09:36
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Les Troyens Act 4
4. O blonde Cérès 04:32
Adolphe Charles Adam (1803-1856)
Le Postillon de Lonjumeau, Act 1
5. Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire 03:59
Léo Delibes (1836-1891)
Lakmé, Act 1
6. Prendre le dessin d'un bijou... Fantaisie aux divins 05:34
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Werther, Act 1
7. O Nature, pleine de grâce 04:54
Werther, Act 3
8. Toute mon âme est là! Pourquoi me réveiller, ô souffle de printemps? 03:07
Ambroise Charles Louis Thomas (1811-1896)
Mignon, Act 1
9. Oui je veux par le monde promener librement mon humeur vagabonde! 04:47
François-Adrien Boiëldieu (1775-1834)
La Dame blanche
10. Maintenant, observons … Viens, gentille dame 08:38
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
La belle Hélène, Act 1
11. A Mont Ida, trois déesses 03:54
Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Roméo et Juliette, CG 9, Act 2
12. L'amour! L'amour! ...Ah! lève-toi, soleil! 04:45
Edouard Lalo (1823-1892)
Le Roi d'Ys, Act 3
13. Puisqu'on ne peut flêchir ces jalouses gardiennes - vainement ma bien aimée 03:26

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Juan Diego Flórez, tenor
Sergey Artamonov, bass
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Orchestra
Roberto Abbado, conductor

Juan Diego Flórez - L'Amour (2014) [HDTracks]

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