Benvenuto Cellini2007 – Berlioz’s flamboyant opera Benvenuto Cellini is inspired by the life of the legendary Florentine goldsmith and Renaissance figure. Its first performances in Paris during 1838-39 were disastrous as it proved too great a challenge for the musicians of the day. Yet even by Berlioz’s high standards it contains music of exceptional inventiveness and beauty. The Daily Telegraph:

“Compared with The Damnation of Faust, Béatrice et Benedict and The Trojans, Benvenuto Cellini has always been Berlioz’s Cinderella opera, a strange mixture of farcical comedy and hymn to the supremacy of art. But Colin Davis vindicates its dramatic qualities magnificently in this recording, despite the fact that it derives from concert performances. Its success is partly down to the vibrant playing of the LSO, but also to the way the cast members seem to interact vocally as if they were on stage. And the cast itself, mainly of younger singers, is very fine indeed, led by the resolute Cellini of Gregory Kunde.”

Details

  • Composer: Hector Berlioz
  • Title: Benvenuto Cellini
  • Cast:

    Sir Colin Davis conductor
    Gregory Kunde Cellini
    Laura Claycomb Teresa
    Darren Jeffery Balducci
    Peter Coleman-Wright Fieramosca
    Andrew Kennedy Francesco
    Isabelle Cals Ascanio
    Jacques Imbrailo Pompeo
    John Relyea Pope Clement VII
    Andrew Foster-Williams Bernardino
    Alasdair Elliott Cabaretier
    London Symphony Chorus Chorus
    London Symphony Orchestra

  • Additional information:

    Benvenuto Cellini: Ouverture    10:08
    Benvenuto Cellini: Teresa!    01:32
    Benvenuto Cellini: Enfin il est sorti    02:17
    Benvenuto Cellini: Les belles fleurs!    04:13
    Benvenuto Cellini: Quand j'aurai votre âge    03:50
    Benvenuto Cellini: Cellini!    06:35
    Benvenuto Cellini: Ah! mourir, chère belle    06:58
    Benvenuto Cellini: Ciel! Nous sommes perdus!    02:19
    Benvenuto Cellini: A nous, voisines et servantes!    01:06
    Benvenuto Cellini: Ah! maître drôle, ah, libertin!    02:07
    Benvenuto Cellini: Une heure encore    05:57
    Benvenuto Cellini: A boire, à boire    03:49
    Benvenuto Cellini: Amis, avant qu'on recommence    03:10
    Benvenuto Cellini: Cette somme t'est due    01:32
    Benvenuto Cellini: Oui, oui cette somme ètait due    04:30
    Benvenuto Cellini: C'est trop fort    01:27
    Benvenuto Cellini: Ah! Aui pourrait me résister?    03:25
    Benvenuto Cellini: Finale - Le Carnaval    01:01
    Benvenuto Cellini: Vous voyez, j'espère    03:15
    Benvenuto Cellini: Venez, venez peuple de Rome    04:48
    Benvenuto Cellini: Entree d'arléquin    00:53
    Benvenuto Cellini: Ariette de Pasquarello    01:38
    Benvenuto Cellini: Il plaît fort    01:40
    Benvenuto Cellini: Soyez surpris    04:56
    Benvenuto Cellini: Ah! cher canon du fort    03:14
    Benvenuto Cellini: Entr'acte    01:54
    Benvenuto Cellini: Ah, qu'est-il devenu    05:01
    Benvenuto Cellini: Ma dague en main    03:33
    Benvenuto Cellini: Ah! je te trouve enfin    01:27
    Benvenuto Cellini: Le Pape ici!    11:49
    Benvenuto Cellini: Ah, maintenant de sa folle impudence    02:16
    Benvenuto Cellini: Prelude    01:03
    Benvenuto Cellini: Tra la la la    05:52
    Benvenuto Cellini: Seul pour lutter    08:16
    Benvenuto Cellini: Bien heuruex les matelots    02:42
    Benvenuto Cellini: Vite au travail, sans plus attendre    01:01
    Benvenuto Cellini: Peuple ouvrier    02:04
    Benvenuto Cellini: Ciel, c'est Fieramosca!    00:42
    Benvenuto Cellini: Couvrez-moi ce drôle    02:37
    Benvenuto Cellini: Teresa, Teresa, ici    01:56
    Benvenuto Cellini: Du métal! Du métal    09:22
    James Mallinson producer
    Neil Hutchinson and Jonathan Stokes for Classic Sound Ltd balance engineers

    Recorded 26 and 29 June 2007, Barbican, London
    A high density DSD (Direct Stream Digital) recording

    Notes in English/en français/auf Deutsch

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