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Gluck - Iphigénie en Tauride / Delunsch · Keenlyside · Beuron · Naouri · Cousin · Les Musiciens du Louvre · Minkowski

Christoph Willibald Gluck, Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre
Gluck - Iphigénie en Tauride / Delunsch · Keenlyside · Beuron · Naouri · Cousin · Les Musiciens du Louvre · Minkowski
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (25) - Disc #1
1. Act One: Scene 1: Introduction
2. Act One: Scene 1: Le calme reparait
3. Act One: Scene 1: O songe affreux! nuit effroyable!
4. Act One: Scene 1: O race de Pelops
5. Act One: Scene 1: Air: O toi qui prolongeas mes jours
6. Act One: Scene 1: Quand verrons-nous tarir nos pleurs?
7. Act One: Scene 2: Dieux! le malheur en tous lieux suit mespas
8. Act One: Scene 2: Air: De noirs pressentiments
9. Act One: Scene 3: Les dieux apaisent leur courroux/Act One: Scene 4: Et vous a vos dieux tutelaires
10. Act One: Ballet
11. Act One: Scene 5: Malhaureaux! quel dessein a vous-memes contraire
12. Act One: Scene 6: Il nous fallait du sang
13. Act Two Scene 1: Quel silence effrayant!
14. Act Two Scene 1: Air: Dieux qui me poursuivez
15. Act Two Scene 1: Quel langage accablant
16. Act Two Scene 1: Air: Unis des la plus tendre enfance
17. Act Two Scene 2: Etrangers malheureux, il faut vous separer!
18. Act Two Scene 3: Dieux protecteurs de ces affreux rivages
19. Act Two Scene 3: Air: Le calme rentre dans mon coeur!
20. Act Two Scene 4: Vengeons et la nature et les dieux en courroux!
21. Act Two Scene 5: Je vois toute l'horreur
22. Act Two Scene 6: O ciel! de mes tourments
23. Act Two Scene 6: Patrie infortunee
24. Act Two Scene 6: Honorez avec moi ce heros qui n'est plus!
25. Act Two Scene 6: Air avec choeur: Contemplez ces tristes apprets
Track Listings (21) - Disc #2
1. Act Three: Scene 1: Je cede a vos desirs
2. Act Three: Scene 2: Voici ces captifs malheureux
3. Act Three: Scene 3: Trio: Je pourrais du tyran tromper la barbarie
4. Act Three: Scene 4: Duo: Et tu pretends encore que tu m'aimes
5. Act Three: Scene 4: Quoi! je ne vaincrai pas ta constance funeste?
6. Act Three: Scene 4: Air: Ah! mon ami, j'implore ta pitie!
7. Act Three: Scene 5: Malgre toi, je saurai t'arracher au trepas!
8. Act Three: Scene 5: Quoi? toujours a mes voeux vous etes insensible?
9. Act Three: Scene 6: Puisque le ciel a vos jours s'interesse
10. Act Three: Scene 7: Divinite des grandes ames
11. Act Four: Scene 1: Non, cet affreux devoir je ne puis le remplir
12. Act Four: Scene 2: O Diane, sois-nous propice
13. Act Four: Scene 2: La force m'abandonne
14. Act Four: Scene 2: Que ces regrets touchants
15. Act Four: Scene 2: Hymne: Chaste fille de Latone
16. Act Four: Scene 2: Quel moment! dieux puissants, secourez-moi!
17. Act Four: Scene 2: Ah! Laissons-la ce souvenir fureste
18. Act Four: Scene 4: De tes forfaits la trame est decouverte
19. Act Four: Scene 6: Arretez! ecoutez mes decrets eternels!
20. Act Four: Scene 7: Air: Dans cet objet touchant
21. Act Four: Scene 7: Les dieux, longtemps en courroux

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CD Details

All Artists: Christoph Willibald Gluck, Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Mireille Delunsch, Simon Keenlyside, Yann Beuron, Laurent Naouri, Alexia Cousin, Claire Delgado-Boge, Nicki Kennedy
Title: Gluck - Iphigénie en Tauride / Delunsch · Keenlyside · Beuron · Naouri · Cousin · Les Musiciens du Louvre · Minkowski
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Archiv Prod Import
Release Date: 3/1/2001
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Symphonies
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 028947113324

Synopsis

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Following the success of 1999's thrilling Armide, Marc Minkowski and his excellent cast fully convey the power and drama of Gluck's masterpiece. They pull you into the story (based on a play by Euripides) through the emotional truth of their interpretation. The opening quiet strings create an air of mystery dispelled by a ferocious storm magnificently conveyed by these early-music specialists. Within a few phrases of Iphigénie's opening lament, Delunsch creates a believable, sympathetic character. Keenlyside as Oreste and Beuron as his sidekick, Pylade, pack a ton of emotion into their singing, too. Minkowski takes chances, going for the emotional jugular in ways that some may find excessive. But the stakes involved for these characters are of the life-and-death variety, and this recording gets that across as no other does. A more contained version by Martin Pearlman's Boston Baroque on Telarc, boasting another outstanding Iphigénie in Christine Goerke, will appeal to those who find Minkowski overly forceful. I'd hate to be without either. --Dan Davis

CD Reviews

The ultimate recording

nicngu | 05/13/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre have done it again : there are few baroque ensembles who are able to bring so much life in a recording. Thanks to outstanding singing, playing and directing, this recording of Gluck's masterpiece (his best opera if you ask me !) is truly a theatre experience. This is much better than anything recorded before : the Muti/Scala Sony recording with Vaness was always a bit too "exotic", and the Boston Baroque for Pearlmann (with Goerke) are too boring for words. The Gardiner version (with modern instruments) on Philips was the only recommandable version so far, but Diana Montaigue is no match for Delunsch. What is more, the cast is outstanding. The soloists all have a perfect command of the language (Keenlyside, the only non-native speaker of the cast, included), and, what is more, a perfect understanding the verses they declaim : finally a recording that will not make French ears cringe. Naouri's bass, somewhat lacking in colour, might not be my favourite but is very suitable as the barbaric king Thoas. Beuron's Pylade is generous and moving. Keenlyside's portrayal of the tortured Oreste is breathtaking throughout : there is so much suffering in the voice. Delunsch, whom I found slightly distant in the concert hall, here just blows away any reservations I might have had : her Iphigénie is of classical grandeur and her singing superb... Listen to her big 2nd act aria with choir, the famous "O malheureuse Iphigénie..." and you will be sold ! If you are not moved, this is just not the work for you !"

Exceptionnel

Constantin Declercq | 10/14/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Cette version est la meilleure des versions officielles, et de très loin. Comme d'habitude Minkowski a le sens du théâtre et son orchestre accompagne parfaitement les sentiment exprimés que ce soit l'angoisse ou la méditation. Les chanteurs et les choeurs sont en symbiose parfaite avec cette vision de l'oeuvre, ce qui leur fait éviter le piège de la théâtralité froide. Mireille Delunsch est parfaite : elle compense ce qu'elle n'a pas en puissance (et que le rôle ne demande d'ailleurs pas) par une émotion et une intelligence du rôle rares. De toutes les chanteuses qui ont chanté Iphigénie elle est la plus émouvante et attachante. La clarté de son timbre et son phrasé participent à cette impression. «Ô malheureuse Iphigénie» en devient superbe de sensibilité et d'intensité. Les autres chanteurs sont aussi excellents."