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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Araiza, Ramey, Lind, Norman, Studer, von Otter; Tate [Highlights]

Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Araiza, Ramey, Lind, Norman, Studer, von Otter; Tate [Highlights]
Jacques Offenbach, Jeffrey Tate, Francisco Araiza, Samuel Ramey, Dresden Staatskapelle, Leipzig Radio Symphony Chorus, Anne-Sofie von Otter, Eva Lind, Jessye Norman, Ricardo Cassinelli, Georges Gautier, Cheryl Studer, Felicity Palmer

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Track Listing

  1. Act 1:Prld; Glou, glou, glou! Je suis la biere! - Broadcast Chor of Leipzig/Jorg-Peter Weigle
  2. Act 1: La verite, dit-on, sortait d'un puits - Anne Sofie von Otter/Broadcast Chor of Leipzig/Jorg-Peter Weigle
  3. Act 1: Voyons; 'Pour hoffmann'! - Samuel Ramey
  4. Act 1: Drig, drig, drig, maitre Luther - Samuel Ramey/Rolf Tomaszewski/Broadcast Chor of Leipzig/Jorg-Peter Weigle
  5. Act 1: Il Etait une fais a la cour d'Eisenach (La legende de Kleinzach) - Francisco Araiza/Broadcast Chor of Leipzig/Jorg-Peter Weigle/Peter Menzel
  6. Act 2: Entr'acte - State SO of Dresden/Jeffrey Tate
  7. Act 2: Allons! courage et confidance! - Francisco Araiza/Anne Sofie von Otter
  8. Act 2: Une poupee aux yeux d'email - Francisco Araiza/Anne Sofie von Otter
  9. Act 2: Je me nomme Coppelius - Samuel Ramey/Francisco Araiza/Anne Sofie von Otter
  10. Act 2: Non, aucun hote vraiment - Broadcast Chor of Leipzig/Weigle/Cassinelli/Otter/Araiza/Gauntier/Lind
  11. Act 2: Les oiseax dans la charmille - Eva Lind/Broadcast Chor of Leipzig/Jorg-Peter Weigle
  12. Act 3: Entracte-Romance; Elle a fui la tourterelle - Jessye Norman
  13. Act 3: Jour et nuit, je me mets en quatre - Georges Gautier
  14. Act 3: C'est une chanson d'amour - Francisco Araiza/Jessye Norman
  15. Act 3: Ta mere? Oses-tu l'invoquer? - Felicity Palmer/Broadcast Chor of Leipzig/Weigle
  16. Act 4: Entr' acte (Barcarolle)-Messirurs, silence!-Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour - Francisco/Otter/Studer/Broadcast Chor of Leipzig/Weigle
  17. Act 4: Amis, l'amour tendre et reveur - Studer/Otter/Broadcast Chor of Leipzig/Weigle/Araiza
  18. Act 4: Ton ami dit vrai - Cheryl Studer/Francisco Araiza
  19. Act 4: O Dieu, di quelle ivresse - Francisco Araiza
  20. Act 4: Jusque la, cependant - Cheryl Studer/Francisco Araiza

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #598566 in Music
  • Released on: 1994-01-18
  • Number of discs: 1

Editorial Reviews

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On paper, this Hoffmann looks close to ideal, though all sorts of problems take it out of the running for all but the most dedicated Hoffmann scholars. It's the first recording of the Michael Kaye edition, based on recently discovered sketches of the unfinished opera. However, the cast often sounds like it's learning it in the studio. Just hearing all these voices in the same cast might be a treat. But one can't listen very long without encountering Francisco Araiza in the title role, who sounds like he's had a few too many lessons with a bad voice teacher: His sound is pinched and eccentric, quite unlike his vocal production before or since. Even the normally stylish conductor Jeffrey Tate seems at a loss to liven things up. --David Patrick Stearns