Orchestre National de Lille, Choeur Régional Nord – Pas-de-Calais, Jean-Claude Casadesus - Bizet: Clovis et Clotilde & Te Deum (2010) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Clovis et Clotilde: Introduction
02. Clovis et Clotilde, Scene 1: Recit: Noble Clovis (Clotilde)
03. Clovis et Clotilde, Scene 1: Romance. Il est si beau (Clotilde)
04. Clovis et Clotilde, Scene 2: Duo. Que vois-je! (Clotilde, Remy)
05. Clovis et Clotilde, Scene 2: Recit: Reine, je vais pour vous (Remy)
06. Clovis et Clotilde, Scene 3: Priere! Priere! (Clotilde)
07. Clovis et Clotilde, Scene 4: Duo. Ma Clotilde cherie! (Clovis, Clotilde)
08. Clovis et Clotilde, Scene 4: Duo (suite): Paix, triomphe, esperance! [Clotilde, Clovis]
09. Clovis et Clotilde, Scene 4: Duo (suite): Mais comment laissas-tu [Clotilde, Clovis]
10. Clovis et Clotilde, Scene 4: Duo (suite): Ta douce aurore [Clotilde]
11. Clovis et Clotilde, Scene 5: Recit: Mon pere, en ce beau jour (Clotilde, Remy)
12. Clovis et Clotilde, Scene 5: Strophes: Salut a toi (Remy)
13. Clovis et Clotilde: Ensemble final: C'en est fait (Clovis, Clotilde, Remy)
14. Te Deum laudamus
15. Te Deum: Tu rex gloriae, Christe
16. Te Deum: Te ergo quaesumus
17. Te Deum: Fiat misericordia tua


This fascinating disc presents the young Georges Bizet’s first composition after having won the prestigious Prix de Rome, the grandiose Te Deum, which remained unpublished until 1971, and his Prix de Rome cantata Clovis et Clotilde, which recounts the tale of the Frankish King Clovis’s conversion to Christianity by his wife Clotilde. Both scores are abundantly theatrical, as one would expect from the future composer of Carmen (8.660005–07), and are performed by three outstanding young singers and two internationally renowned French ensembles directed by the distinguished conductor Jean-Claude Casadesus.

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