Hervé Niquet - Camille Saint-Saëns: Music for the Prix de Rome (2011)

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Artist: Hervé Niquet
Title: Camille Saint-Saëns: Music for the Prix de Rome
Year Of Release: 2011
Label: Glossa
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 01:54:03
Total Size: 548 mb
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):

CD 1:
01. Ivanhoë, cantata for soloists & orchestra- Prélude [0:04:37.24]
02. Ivanhoë, cantata for soloists & orchestra- Récit. D'où vient que par moment [0:01:42.28]
03. Ivanhoë, cantata for soloists & orchestra- Prière. Sion, berceau de mon enfance [0:01:33.01]
04. Ivanhoë, cantata for soloists & orchestra- Récit. Rebecca! [0:01:37.43]
05. Ivanhoë, cantata for soloists & orchestra- Récit. Au mont Carmel en Palestine [0:02:14.15]
06. Ivanhoë, cantata for soloists & orchestra- Duo. Juste ciel que j'implore [0:02:24.08]
07. Ivanhoë, cantata for soloists & orchestra- Duo. J'ai prié trop longtemps [0:01:35.22]
08. Ivanhoë, cantata for soloists & orchestra- Trio. Ivanhoé!... Quoi!... Lui! [0:01:31.12]
09. Ivanhoë, cantata for soloists & orchestra- Chant et Trio. Oui, malgré mon jeune âge [0:04:30.61]
10. Ivanhoë, cantata for soloists & orchestra- Récit. À travers les vitraux [0:02:55.25]
11. Ivanhoë, cantata for soloists & orchestra- Air. Près du bûcher en flamme [0:02:44.29]
12. Ivanhoë, cantata for soloists & orchestra- Final. Mais que vois-je? [0:01:43.73]
13. Le retour de Virginie, for chorus- Prélude [0:03:06.16]
14. Le retour de Virginie, for chorus- Danse de nègres [0:02:27.08]
15. Le retour de Virginie, for chorus- Récit. Virginie! [0:01:11.71]
16. Le retour de Virginie, for chorus- Air. Échos de mon deuil solitaire [0:04:13.68]
17. Le retour de Virginie, for chorus- Scène et Duo. Mon fils!... Sois heureux [0:05:10.51]
18. Le retour de Virginie, for chorus- Récit et Duo. Mon âme était partie [0:02:51.37]
19. Le retour de Virginie, for chorus- Récit. Amis, entendez-vous la tempête naissante [0:02:09.68]
20. Le retour de Virginie, for chorus- Prière. Ô roi des cieux [0:02:13.22]
21. Le retour de Virginie, for chorus- Finale. Entendez-vous? [0:03:40.64]
22. Le retour de Virginie, for chorus- Finale. Mon fils, elle est au ciel [0:01:27.37]

CD 2:
01. Ode à Sainte-Cécille. for solo voice, chorus & orchestra [0:06:22.56]
02. Chœur de Sylphes, for soprano, mezzo-soprano, chorus & orchestra [0:05:00.04]
03. Messe solenelle, for voices, chorus, orchestra & organ, Op. 4- Credo [0:08:48.61]
04. Messe solenelle, for voices, chorus, orchestra & organ, Op. 4- Agnus Dei [0:04:26.01]
05. Inviolata, motet for alto & organ in D major [0:05:51.65]
06. Tantum ergo, motet for 2 sopranos, alto, organ & chorus ad lib in E flat major [0:02:44.68]
07. Ave Maria, motet for chorus, Op. 145 [0:04:34.06]
08. O salutaris, motet for alto & organ in E flat major [0:02:12.52]
09. Deus Abraham, motet for alto & organ in F major [0:03:09.38]
10. O salutaris, motet for alto & organ in A major [0:03:43.08]
11. Ave Maria, motet for 2 altos & organ in A major [0:04:27.49]
12. Ave verum corpus, motet for 4 voices [0:05:15.09]

Personnel:
Julie Fuchs - soprano
Marina de Liso - mezzo-soprano
Sollenn' Lavanant Linke - mezzo-soprano
Bernard Richter - tenor
Pierre-Yves Pruvot - baritone
Nicolas Courjal - bass
Flemish Radio Choir
Brussels Philharmonic
Hervé Niquet - conductor

Camille Saint-Saëns and the Prix de Rome… surely a strange bringing together of ideas, given that the composer never gained that coveted award and consequently never took up residence in the famous Villa Medici? All the same, Saint-Saëns entered the competition on two separate occasions and, peculiarly in the history of the competition, twelve years apart: firstly in 1852 and then in 1864. On the first occasion he was still an adolescent, devoted to worshipping the memory of the great Mendelssohn; behind him, by the time of the second occasion, were already a number of his masterpieces later to be confirmed by posterity – and he had become acquainted with Verdi and had also discovered Wagner. If the music he composed for the competition in 1864 was not deemed worthy of being awarded a prize, perhaps that was due to it being full of a troubling and disquieting sense of modernity: there is clearly nothing that the cantata Ivanhoé need fear in a comparison with Il Trovatore… In the period between the two competitions Saint- Saëns concurrently secured for himself a reputation in church music based on a plentiful collection of magnificent motets; proof that it is possible to be successful in religious academicism and unsuccessful in its lyric counterpart (provided we set aside Samson et Dalila!) Hervé Niquet, the Brussels Philharmonic and Glossa are now presenting the second volume in their survey of music composed for the Prix de Rome with the majority of such pieces being previously unrecorded and definitely demanding to become much better-known.

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