Massenet - Songs with Orchestra Vol.2 | Bru Zane BZ2008

Massenet - Songs with Orchestra Vol.2

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Label: Bru Zane

Cat No: BZ2008

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Expected Release Date: 30th January 2026

Contents

Artists

Helene Guilmette (soprano)
Marie-Andree Bouchard-Lesieur (mezzo-soprano)
Julien Henric (tenor)
Thomas Dolie (baritone)
Orchestre de l’Opera Normandie Rouen

Conductor

Pierre Dumoussaud

Works

Massenet, Jules

Avril est amoureux (April is in love)
Chanson pour elle
Chansons des bois d'Amaranthe
Depart
Don Cesar de Bazan
» Sevillana
Elegie
Expressions lyriques (10)
» no.1 Dialogue
» no.2 Les Nuages
» no.4 Battements d'ailes
» no.7 Nocturne
» no.8 Melancolie
La nuit
La riviere
Larmes maternelles
Le petit Jesus
Noel paien
Orphelines
Premiere danse
Sainte Therese prie

Schubert, Franz

Schwanengesang, D957
» Am Meer (orch. Massenet)

Artists

Helene Guilmette (soprano)
Marie-Andree Bouchard-Lesieur (mezzo-soprano)
Julien Henric (tenor)
Thomas Dolie (baritone)
Orchestre de l’Opera Normandie Rouen

Conductor

Pierre Dumoussaud

About

If Massenet is best-known as the champion of French opera, his contribution to the genre of the mélodie merits reassessment – as is demonstrated by this programme of exquisitely orchestrated songs, all of which have remained in manuscript form. The Expressions lyriques form the pinnacle of these experiments, blending speech and song. The cycle Chansons des bois d’Amaranthe is also notable for the originality of its scoring: a quartet of singers in dialogue with an orchestra animated by a voluble piano part.

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