Gounod - St. Cecilia Mass / Hendricks, Dale, Lafont, Pretre
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Composer: Charles GounodConductor: Georges Pretre
Orchestra: Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique
Performer: Barbara Hendricks
Performer: Jean-Philippe Lafont
Performer: Laurence Dale
Performer: Choeurs de Radio-France
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- No. 1, Kyrie
- No. 2, Gloria
- No. 3, Credo
- No. 3, Invocation - Offertoire
- No. 4, Sanctus
- No. 5, Benedictus
- No. 6, Agnus Dei
- No. 7, Domine Salvum
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Free Music Review: Highly enjoyable - and in style
Hit: 5 Stars
I disagree with a previous reviewer that this Pretre recording is inferior to the Hartemann recording. For me, the ungainly, Germanically throaty tenor of Heinz Hoppe there quite spoils the elegance and delicacy of the movements he sings in and Laurence Dale is far more in style and pleasing on the ear. The pacing is broader and more majestic in the Pretre - surprising for a conductor who was too often choppy and rushed in his tempi - and the sound, while not as detailed as in the Hartemann set, is grand and spacious. Both soprano soloists are lovely but I find Hendricks' silvery, shimmering tone marginally more ethereal than that of Lorengar. (There is no doubt, however, that Crass is preferable to Lafont in the baritone part - not that the latter lets the side down.)
The couplings might decide which you go for, however; if you a complete work rather than various Gounod "bon-bons", then Barbirolli's "Petite Symphonie" will be what you want; otherwise I'd stick with the HMV compilation, which features some lovely sentimental stuff.
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