Massenet: Werther
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Composer: Jules MassenetConductor: Georges Pr?tre
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris [members of]
Performer: Andre Mallabrera
Performer: Christos Grigoriou
Performer: Jean-Christophe Benoit
Performer: Mady Mespl?
Performer: Nicolai Gedda
Performer: Roger Soyer
Performer: Victoria de Los Angeles
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2003-10-07
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Prelude
- Assez ! Assez !... Noel ! Jesus Vient De Naitre
- Bravo Pour Les Enfants !
- Alors, C'est Bien Ici... Je Ne Sais Si Je Veille
- Jesus Vient De Naitre !
- Arrivez Donc, Bruhlmann !... O Spectacle Ideal D'amour
- Sophie !... Albert ! Toi De Retour ?... Quelle Priere De Reconnaissance Et D'amour
- Interlude : Clair De Lune
- Il Faut Nous Separer... Ah ! Pourvu Que Je Voie Ces Yeux
- Mais Vous Ne Savez Rien De Moi... Mon Ame A Reconnu Votre Ame
- Reve ! Extase ! Bonheur !
- Charlotte ! Charlotte ! Albert Est De Retour !
- Prelude
- Vivat Bacchus !
- Trois Mois ! Voici Trois Mois Que Nous Sommes Unis !
- Un Autre Est Son Epoux !... J'aurais Sur Ma Poitrine
- Si !... Kathchen Reviendra, Je Vous Dis !
- Au Bonheur Dont Mon Ame Est Pleine... Mais Celle Qui Devint Ma Femme
- Frere, Voyez !... Du Gai Soleil, Plein De Flamme
- Ai-je Dit Vrai ?
- Ah ! Qu'il Est Loin Ce Jour... N'est-il Donc Pas D'autre Femme
- Oui, Ce Qu'elle M'ordonne... Lorsque L'enfant Revient
- Mais Venez Donc ! Le Cortege S'approche
- Prelude
- Werther ! Werther !... Qui M'aurait Dit La Place
- Ces Lettres !
- Bonjour, Grande Soeur !... Mais Souffres-tu?
- Ah ! Le Rire Est Beni, Joyeux, Leger, Sonore !
- Va ! Laisse Couler Mes Larmes !... Les Larmes Qu'on Ne Pleure Pas
- Tiens, Charlotte, Crois-moi, Ne Reste Pas Ici
- Ah! Mon Courage M'abandonne ! Seigneur Dieu !
- Ciel ! Werther !... Oui, C'est Moi !
- Pourquoi Cette Parole Amere ?
- Toute Mon Ame Est La !... Pourquoi Me Reveiller
- Ciel ! Ai-je Compris ?
- Ah ! Moi ! Moi, Dans Ses Bras !
- Werther Est De Retour
- Interlude Symphonique : La Nuit De Noel
- Werther !... Werther !... Rien !
- A Cette Heure Supreme... Oui, Du Jour Meme Ou Tu Parus
- Noel ! Noel ! Noel !
- Ah ! Ses Yeux Se Ferment !... La-bas, Au Fond Du Cimetiere
Free Music Notes for Massenet: Werther
Free Music Review: A "soprano" Werther that has become a classic
Hit: 5 Stars
This 1968 recording of Wether was de los Angeles's last complete opera recording. The role of Charlotte ranges low enough that it is usually sung by a mezzo (at the premiere, the singer was listed as a contralto), but a few sopranos have sung it on recordings. The best is de los Angeles because of her immediately winning voice, with its many shades of longing, fragility, sensuality, and above all a heartbreaking vulnerability. She may not have the complete range demanded, but one listen to her reunion with the dying Wether in Act 4 and there is no doubt about her dramatic rightness.
Gedda was caught in best voice and sings with much more than his usual degree of passion. No baritone has recorded the role, though Thomas Hampson sings it at the Met (the composer sanctioned and I believe rearranged the art for baritone), but so many kinds of tenors have sung it, ranging from a Tristan heldentenor at the Vienna premiere to a light lyric tenor like the renowned Georges Thill in the 1931 first recording, that the role hs become a chameleon, like Don Jose in Carmen. Gedda's lyric tenor has a heavier timbre, and he sounds nearly perfect. He sings his dying scene with incredible musicality, finding many shades of emotion where others find only melodramatic pathos.
As for recording and conductor, both are very good. I am not remotely a Pretre fan and will always hold against him the crude conducting on Callas's famous Carmen recording, but here he is supple, sensitive, and passionate by turns. The Orchestre de Paris plays beautifully, and EMI's stereo sound has held up quite well. The microphones are noticeably close to the singers, which for me adds to the inensity in a positive way. The lesser roles are sung by French speakers, quite well from top to bottom, but for some curious reason the lead roles are almost never given to French singers. Gedda and de los Angeles cope very credibly in their Parisian surroudnings.
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