Joyce DiDonato - Berlioz: Romeo & Juliette, Cleopatre - Import 2 CD

Credits:

Joyce DiDonato

Description:

The most vivid, searing, and intense performance of Berlioz ever by John Nelson, an authority on Berlioz performance John Nelson, an authority on Berlioz performance, has recorded for Erato such major works as "The Trojans," "The Eternal Punishment of Faust," "Benvenuto Cellini," "The Requiem," "Te Deum," and " Harold of Italy," and other major works, all of which are among the finest Berlioz recordings ever made. In this album, "Romeo and Juliet" and "Cleopatra's Death" have been chosen, and as before, Joyce DiDonato, the world's queen of mezzos, deploys her extraordinary vocal abilities, from the stunning low register to the boldly projected high notes, to represent the supreme tragic works with passionate intensity and delicacy. The work is a masterpiece of passionate intensity and delicacy. John Nelson said of the work, "In a word, originality!.... He has broken with all existing traditions in orchestration, structure, harmony, language, and narrative. His music is fresh and surprises us with its unspeakable beauty." In this performance, the soloist and Strasbourg Philharmonic Berlioz not only brought back the colors as intended, but also found another side to the music that had not been there before with the utmost dynamics and agility and attention to various parts. The interpretation is a 21st century one that finds another side of the music that has not been there before.The concert held during the recording was acclaimed for "John Nelson's ability to oversee the augmented Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra with maximum enthusiasm and sensitivity," and for "encountering a vivid and searing intensity never before seen in the orchestra. Only imported copies handled by Warner Music Japan come with a Japanese manual, lyrics translation, and obi. The Japanese-language commentary includes a newly written commentary by Hiroyuki Yagi. Warner Music Japan

Tracklisting:

1.Romeo et Juliette~1. Introduction. Combats - Tumulte - Intervention du Prince
2.Romeo et Juliette~1. Introduction. Prologue. D'ancennes haines endormies
3.Romeo et Juliette~1. Introduction. Strophes. Premiers transports que nul n'oublie!
4.Romeo et Juliette~1. Introduction. Recitatif. Bientot de Romeo la pale reverie
5.Romeo et Juliette~1. Introduction. Scherzetto. Mab, la messagere fluette et legere
6.Romeo et Juliette~2. Romeo seul - Tristesse - Bruit lointain de bal et ce concert
7.Romeo et Juliette~2. Grande Fete chez Capulet
8.Romeo et Juliette~3. Scene d'amour. Nuit sereine - Le Jardin de Capulet, silencieux et desert. Ohe! Capulets, bonsoir, bonsoir!
9.Romeo et Juliette~3. Scene d'amour. Scene d'amour
10.Romeo et Juliette~4. La Reine Mab, ou la Fee des Songs. Scherzo
11.Romeo et Juliette~5. Convoi funebre de Juliette. Marche fuguee. Jetez des fleurs pour la vierge expiree
12.Romeo et Juliette~6. Romeo au tombeau des Capulets
13.Romeo et Juliette~6. Invocation - Reveil de Juliette