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Massenet - Amoureuse: Sacred and Profane Arias

The Richard Bonynge Edition
SACD Hybrid Multi-channel

Rosamund Illing (soprano)
Richard Bonynge (conductor)
The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

 Price: AU$26.00

 

"Rosamund Illing - we do appreciate her full and brilliant tone - sings them with sincerity. Her voice shows many colours, her diction is refined ... her charm is evident ... Bonynge weaves a voluptuous accompaniment around the singer ... 4 Diapasons"
 
As a CD, Amoureuse has been included in the annual 'Best CDs and DVDs yearbook' from Gramophone since 2004. 
 
Now remastered and remixed for SACD surround sound from the original master tapes, Melba's new Amoureuse is beautifully packaged with a new cover and label artwork by Ken Cato together with a newly revised full-colour booklet containing numerous additional illustrations.  

On this superb disc of rare Massenet songs you will enjoy the beautiful voice of Rosamund Illing, one of Australia's most distinguished and versatile operatic artists, and a fine interpreter of the French lyric repertoire. She is joined by the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge. 

"Massenet was the musical historian of the female soul ... his music is vibrant with sensations and embraces which we wish would last forever ..."
Claude Debussy

"A celebration of the feminine spirit ... 74 minutes of music by an acknowledged master of writing for voice and theatre, while finding much, perhaps most, of it simultaneously unfamiliar and delicious. Vandamme's production of this disc follows her organisation's excellent video documentary on Massenet's life and music."
Roger Covell, Sydney Morning Herald, 15 April 2000 (on the original CD)
 
 
Track listing:
  1. Sainte Thérèse Prie (3'29")
  2. Amoureuse (3'06") Listen now (MP3 546K)
  3. La Grand' Tante: Je Vais Bientôt Quitter (2'46")
  4. Marie Magdeleine: O Mes Soeurs (4'43")
  5. Eve: O Nuit (2'57")
  6. La Vierge: O Mon Fils (5'10")
  7. La Vierge: Rêve Infini (5'08")
  8. Hérodiade: Il Est Doux, Il Est Bon (4'53")
  9. Le Cid: Plus De Tourments (3'03")
  10. Le Cid: Pleurez Mes Yeux (5'00")
  11. Sapho: Ce Que J'Appelle Beau (2'33")
  12. Sapho: Ah, Vous Avez Parlé (3'07")
  13. Sapho: Solitude-Demain, Je Partirai (5'56")
  14. Sapho: Vais-je Rester Ici? (4'02")
  15. Grisélidis: Loÿs! Loÿs! (3'51")
  16. Chérubin: Vous Parlez De Péril (1'54")
  17. Ariane: Avec Tes Compangnes Guerrières (3'18")
  18. Ariane: Je Comprends Un Héros! (4'32")
  19. Ariane: Ils Mentaient! A Quoi Bon (6'05")

    Total Time: 75'41"

 

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