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Gounod - Mireille / Freni, Vanzo, van Dam, Bacquier, Rhodes, Capitole de Toulouse, Plasson

Gounod - Mireille / Freni, Vanzo, van Dam, Bacquier, Rhodes, Capitole de Toulouse, Plasson
Charles Gounod, Michel Plasson, Mirella Freni, Gabriel Bacquier, Orchestre et Choeur du Capitole de Toulouse, Jane Rhodes, Marc Vento, José van Dam, Alain Vanzo, Christine Barbaux, Michèle Command

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Track Listing

Disc 1:

  1. Ouverture
  2. Act 1: No. 1, "Chantez, chantez, Magnanarelles..."
  3. Act 1: No. 2, "C'est donc vrai?..."
  4. Act 1: No. 3, "Est-elle jeune et belle?..."
  5. Act 2: No. 4, "La farandole joyeuse et folle..."
  6. Act 2: No. 4, "La brise est douce et parfumée..."
  7. Act 2: No. 4, "Place, place aux coureurs!..."
  8. Act 2: No. 4, "Eh bien!... Mireille, tu ne les suis donc pas?"
  9. Act 2: No. 5, "Voici la saison, mignonne..."
  10. Act 2: No. 5, "Que j'épouse et que j'aime un autre que Vincent..."
  11. Act 2: No. 6, "Mon coeur ne peut changer!"
  12. Act 2: No. 6, "Ourrias! Pouqoui fuir si vite à mon approche?"
  13. Act 2: No. 7, "Si les filles d'Arles sont reines..."
  14. Act 2: No. 7, "Adieu!... Permettez-moi de fuir..."
  15. Act 2: No. 8, "Un père parle en père..."
  16. Act 3: No. 9, "Voici le Val d'Enfer..."

Disc 2:

  1. Act 3: No. 10, "Ils s'éloignent!"
  2. Act 3: No. 11, "Ah! qu'ai-je fait?"
  3. Act 4: No. 12, "Amis, voici la moisson faite!"
  4. Act 4: No. 13, Musette
  5. Act 4: No. 14, "Le jour se lève..."
  6. Act 4: No. 15, "Heureux petit berger..."
  7. Act 4: No. 15, "Mireille! Qui m'appelle?"
  8. Act 4: No. 16, "Ah! parle encore! achève!..."
  9. Act 4: No. 16, Introduction
  10. Act 4: No. 17, "Voici la vaste plaine..."
  11. Act 5: No. 18, "Ô vous qui du haut des cieux..."
  12. Act 5: No. 19, "Mon coueur est plein d'un noir souci!"
  13. Act 5: No. 20, "Ah! la voici! c'est elle!..."

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #211563 in Music
  • Released on: 2002-08-05
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Format: Import

Customer Reviews

Beautiful Rarity5
What a charming opera this is. There are many beautiful melodies which, for Gounod, is not surprising. Mirella Freni has exactly what Mireille needs, a spinto voice with agility and charm. Only one minor blip at the beginning of the opera finds her hoarse on one note. Should have been fixed. This is a difficult role and friends of Gounod thought it was unsingable for a purely lyric voice of the first Mireille.
I love Vanzo and he does not disappoint here. Beautiful legato, strong top notes and expressive singing.
Van Dam is his usual wonderful self, menacing and strong as the villain. Great conducting to boot.
Enjoy!

Gounod Musical Magic5
Although Gounod's Faust and Romeo and Juliet are far more well-known, this opera is an unjustly overlooked little gem of lyrical French romantic opera. Melodic in the extreme, it's very easy to listen to.
Mirela Freni gives a gorgeous performance, up to her usual standards. The late Alain Vanzo was one of the last great French tenors in the tradition of Georges Thill, and Vanzo's light, lyrical and extremely musical tenor is a delight to hear and a wonderful counterpoint to Freni's more Italianate lyrico-spinto soprano. Two excellent basses round out the cast, Belgian Jose van Dam and one of my favorites, Gabriel Bacquier, who can also be heard in to great advantage in recordings of operas by Massenet and Delibes. The sound quality is excellent and if you like French romantic opera, as I do, this is a "must-have".