Marc Minkowski - Jacques Offenbach: Orphee aux Enfers (1998)

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Artist: Orchestre de Chambre de Grenoble, Choeur De l'Opéra National De Lyon, Marc Minkowski
Title: Jacques Offenbach: Orphee aux Enfers
Year Of Release: 1998
Label: Warner Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, artwork)
Total Time: 01:50:14
Total Size: 643 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

CD 1
1-1 Ouverture 3:05

Act 1:
1-2 Qui Suis-Je? Du Theatre Antique 1:45
1-3 La Femme Dont Le C?ur Reve, Eurydice 2:24
1-4 Il Est Sorti!, Eurydice, Orphee 2:02
1-5 Ah! C'Est Ainsi!, Orphee, Eurydice 5:17
1-6 Oh Venus, Belle Deesse, Eurydice, Orphee 1:22
1-7 J'Ai Peur..., Eurydice 0:25
1-8 Ballet Pastoral 1:45
1-9 Moi, Je Suis Aristee, Chanson D'Aristee 3:37
1-10 Voila! Voila Ce Que Je Dis... 1:27
1-11 Allons! Allons!, Aristee, Eurydice 1:03
1-12 La Mort M'Apparait Souriante, Eurydice 2:17
1-13 Crac! C'Est Bon!, Aristee 1:55
1-14 Libre! O Bonheur!, Orphee, Choeur 2:02
1-15 C'Est L'Opinion Publique, Opinion Publique 1:35
1-16 Viens! Viens! 0:57
1-17 Viens! Viens! C'Est L'Honneur 2:01
1-18 Dormons, Dormons, Choeur 4:46

Act 1: Tableau 2
1-19 Les Heures 2:01
1-20 Par Saturne, Quel Est Ce Bruit? 2:50
1-21 Ah! Pauvre Acteon! 3:22
1-22 Eh Hop! Eh Hop! 2:10
1-23 Et Pluton?, Jupiter, Mercure, Junon 0:53
1-24 Salut Au Puissant Maitre 1:06
1-25 Heureuses Divinites, Air En Prose De Pluton 2:03
1-26 As-Tu Bientot Fini, Jupiter, Pluton 1:25
1-27 Aux Armes, Les Dieux 1:34
1-28 Une Sedition!,Tous 1:19
1-29 Pour Seduire Alcmene 2:27
1-30 Je Suis A Bout De Forces! 1:46
1-31 Il Approche! Il S'Approche! 4:19
1-32 Gloire! Gloire A Jupiter, Tous 2:33

CD 2
Act 1: Tableau 3
2-1 Entr'Acte 0:50
2-2 Ah ! Quelle Triste Destinee 2:10
2-3 Voila Deux Jours Que Je Suis Seule 1:54
2-4 Quand J'Etais Roi De Beotie 1:43
2-5 Va-T'En, Je Te Dis, Tu Sens Le Vin 4:24
2-6 Pour Attirer Du Fond De Sa Retraite 2:45
2-7 A La Une... A La Deux... A La Trois 0:11
2-8 Il M'A Semble Sur Mon Epaule 5:00
2-9 Ah, Je Le Savais Bien 3:11
2-10 Ballet Des Mouches (Galop) 1:52

Act 1: Tableau 4
2-11 Entr'Acte 2 0:59
2-12 Vive Le Vin! Vive Pluton! 2:04
2-13 Allons, Ma Belle Bacchante 1:01
2-14 J'Ai Vu Le Dieu Bacchus 2:15
2-15 Maintenant, Je Veux 1:17
2-16 La La La. Le Menuet N'Est Vraiment Si Charmant 1:24
2-17 Ce Bal Est Original 1:48
2-18 Et Maintenant, Fuyons 0:56
2-19 La Position Se Tend 1:22
2-20 Oui, Je Suis Convaincu 1:00
2-21 Ne Regarde Pas En Arriere! 2:36

The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is one of opera's most potent archetypes, the subject of the earliest experiments in the genre by Peri and Monteverdi. But Offenbach's wickedly witty operetta uses it as a vehicle to lampoon stuffy artistic conventions as well as the social and political realities of Paris in the Second Empire. In this sublimely ridiculous scenario, Eurydice is a flighty flirt only too happy to be separated from husband Orpheus, a dullard violin teacher, when Pluto kidnaps her into his realm. At the promptings of the moralistic figure Public Opinion, Orpheus reluctantly plays out the prescribed mythic pattern of trying to reclaim his wife, while a depraved assortment of gods intervenes. The collision here of sacrosanct myth with opera buffa seems almost to anticipate aspects of Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos; there is, to be sure, no mistaking an artistic lineage that leads to the romps of Gilbert and Sullivan. Marc Minkowski teases Offenbach's over-the-top parodies (an irreverent quote of Gluck's "Che faro senza Eurydice," for example) and stylistic gear-changes into an irresistibly fizzy concoction, using essentially the original 1858 version with additions from the expanded score of 1874. The orchestra brings out the exuberance of Offenbach's persistent dance rhythms--whether waltz based or in the famous can-can galop of the bacchanalian finale--as well as the tune-rich nature of the score. And the cast sparkles, featuring the crystalline acrobatics of Natalie Dessay's Eurydice, Ewa Podles in dusky, scornful contralto as Public Opinion, and Laurent Naouri as a horny Jupiter--to mention just a few of the treats in store here. -- Thomas May

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