Fabio Luisi - Verdi: Jerusalem (2000)

Artist: Fabio Luisi
Title: Verdi: Jerusalem
Year Of Release: 2000
Label: Philips
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 47:45 + 48:14 + 72:28
Total Size: 794 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Verdi: Jerusalem
Year Of Release: 2000
Label: Philips
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 47:45 + 48:14 + 72:28
Total Size: 794 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Disc: 1
1. Act One: Intro
2. Act One: Non, Ce Bruit, Ce N'est Rien
3. Act One: Adieu, Mon Bien-Aime... Adieu, Je Pars, Helene
4. Act One: Ave Maria
5. Act One: Le Lever Du Soleil
6. Act One: Enfin Voici Le Jour Propice
7. Act One: Avant Que Nous Partions Pour La Croisade Sainte
8. Act One: Je Tremble Encore
9. Act One: A Vous, Comte, Jusqu'au Trepas
10. Act One: Cite Du Seigneur!
11. Act One: Viens! O Pecheur Rebelle
12. Act One: Oh! Dans L'ombre, Dans Le Mystere
13. Act One: Je T'attendais
14. Act One: Fier Soldat De La Croisade
15. Act One: Ah! Viens, Demon, Esprit Du Mal
16. Act One: Mais Quel Tumulte!
Disc: 2
1. Act Two, Scene 1: Grace! Mon Dieu!
2. Act Two, Scene 1: O Jour Fatal! O Crime!
3. Act Two, Scene 1: Du Secours! O Mon Dieu, Faut-il Mourir Ainsi!
4. Act Two, Scene 1: Loin Des Croises, Madame
5. Act Two, Scene 1: Quelle Ivresse! Bonheur Supreme!
6. Act Two, Scene 1: O Mon Dieu! O Mon Dieu, Vois Notre Misere!
7. Act Two, Scene 1: Ecoutez! Ce Sont Eux!... Marche
8. Act Two, Scene 1: Dieu Soit Loue! Du Fer D'un Assassin...
9. Act Two, Scene 1: Le Seigneur Nous Promet La Victoire
10. Act Two, Scene 2: L'Emir Aupres De Lui M'appelle
11. Act Two, Scene 2: Je Veux Encore Entendre Ta Voix
12. Act Two, Scene 2: Prisonnier Dans Ramla
13. Act Two, Scene 2: Helene! - O Ciel! Gaston!
14. Act Two, Scene 2: Dans La Honte Et L'epouvante
15. Act Two, Scene 2: Une Pensee Amere Me Rapelle Mon Pere
16. Act Two, Scene 2: Aux Armes!
Disc: 3
1. Act Three, Scene 1: O Belle Captive
2. Act Three, Scene 1: Ballet: Pas De Quatre: Andante -
3. Act Three, Scene 1: Ballet: Pas De Quatre: Allegro -
4. Act Three, Scene 1: Ballet: Pas De Quatre: Allegro/Scherzando - Allegro -
5. Act Three, Scene 1: Ballet: Pas De Quatre: Galop
6. Act Three, Scene 1: Ballet: Pas De Deux: Allegro Moderato Assai -
7. Act Three, Scene 1: Ballet: Pas De Deux: Allegro Non Troppo -
8. Act Three, Scene 1: Ballet: Pas De Deux: Tempo Di Valzer -
9. Act Three, Scene 1: Ballet: Pas De Deux: Allegro Vivace
10. Act Three, Scene 1: Ballet: Pas Solo: Andante -
11. Act Three, Scene 1: Ballet: Pas Solo: Scherzando -
12. Act Three, Scene 1: Ballet: Pas Solo: Allegro Moderato -
13. Act Three, Scene 1: Ballet: Allegro
14. Act Three, Scene 1: Ballet: Pas D'ens: Allegro
15. Act Three, Scene 1: Les Chretiens! Ils Sont La!
16. Act Three, Scene 1: Que M'importe La Vie
17. Act Three, Scene 1: On S'egorge! On Se Tue!
18. Act Three, Scene 2: Marche Funebre
19. Act Three, Scene 2: Barons Et Chevaliers, Devant Vous Je Proteste
20. Act Three, Scene 2: O Mes Amis, Mes Freres D'armes
21. Act Three, Scene 2: Qu'on Execute La Sentence
22. Act Four, Scene 1: Voici De Josaphat La Lugubre Vallee
23. Act Four, Scene 1: Saint Ermite, C'est Vous!
24. Act Four, Scene 1: C'est Lui!
25. Act Four, Scene 1: Dieu Nous Separe, Helene
26. Act Four, Scene 1: La Bataille
27. Act Four, Scene 2: La Bataille Est Gagnee!
Giuseppe Verdi's first big Paris hit, Jérusalem is an 1847 rewrite of I Lombardi. Along with a new French text, the action is clarified, characters and scenes are dropped, the tenor role is beefed up, and the obligatory ballet is added, among other changes. It's a more coherent opera in this version, although Italian audiences have clung to I Lombardi, which is still mounted on the world's stages. The Philips team, however, makes a powerful case for this French grand opera story of betrayal, love, war and rescue, penitence, and vindication painted in primary colors on a canvas of Crusaders and villains, rousingly set to effective, if blunt, music.
Fabio Luisi conducts a vigorous performance and draws excellent work from orchestra and chorus. The smaller roles are generally adequately cast. Marina Mescheriakova is an excellent Hélène, the plucky heroine who follows her exiled fiancé to the Holy Land. Her lustrous soprano voice shines with true Verdian flavor. As Gaston, the tenor hero, Marcello Giordani, is first-rate, tender in his soft singing, tossing off ringing high notes in his heroic passages. An excellent performance of an opera well worth hearing. --Dan Davis
Fabio Luisi conducts a vigorous performance and draws excellent work from orchestra and chorus. The smaller roles are generally adequately cast. Marina Mescheriakova is an excellent Hélène, the plucky heroine who follows her exiled fiancé to the Holy Land. Her lustrous soprano voice shines with true Verdian flavor. As Gaston, the tenor hero, Marcello Giordani, is first-rate, tender in his soft singing, tossing off ringing high notes in his heroic passages. An excellent performance of an opera well worth hearing. --Dan Davis