New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Darrell Ang - Meyerbeer: Overtures and Entr’actes from the French Operas (2014) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Robert le Diable: Overture
02. L'étoile du Nord: Overture
03. Les Huguenots: Overture
04. Les Huguenots, Act I: Orgie
05. Les Huguenots, Act II: Entr'acte
06. Les Huguenots, Act V: Entr'acte
07. Les Huguenots, Act V: Ballet
08. L'Africaine: Overture
09. L'Africaine, Act II: Entr'acte
10. L'Africaine, Act III: Entr'acte
11. L'Africaine, Act V: Entr'acte
12. L'Africaine, Act V: Grand scène du mancenillie
13. Dinorah, "Le pardon de Ploërmel": Overture
14. Dinorah, "Le pardon de Ploërmel", Act II: Entr'acte
15. Dinorah, "Le pardon de Ploërmel", Act III: Entr'acte
16. Le Prophète: Overture
17. Le Prophète, Act IV: Coronation March


Giacomo Meyerbeer’s eminence as an operatic composer was such that the works he wrote for the Paris Opéra between 1831 and 1865—Robert le Diable, Les Huguenots, L’Africaine and Le Prophète—were among the most spectacular and popular, well into the twentieth century. These overtures and orchestral pieces illustrate the power of Meyerbeer’s writing, his sense of drama, his orchestral colouring, and his melodic beauty. L’Etoile du Nord and Dinorah, written for the Opéra Comique, are lighter in tone, but notable for their programmatic inventiveness.

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