Description
Debussy: L’Enfant Prodigue, Ravel: L’Enfant Et Les Sortilèges / Chœur de Maîtrise De Radio France, Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France, Mikko Franck / Erato 2x Audio CD 2017 / 019029589692
UPC 190295896928
Recorded live in Paris, two contrasting music dramas on the theme of an errant child, written by two supreme French composers and performed by a starry line-up of francophone singers. Mikko Franck, in his role as Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, conducts Debussy’s L’Enfant prodigue, starring Roberto Alagna and Karina Gauvin, and Ravel’s L'Enfant et les sortilèges, with Nathalie Stutzmann and Sabine Devieilhe among the singers surrounding Chloé Briot in the role of the Child. Complementing the two vocal works is the world premiere recording, made under studio conditions, of British composer Colin Matthews’ orchestration of Debussy’s Symphony in B minor. The work, which survives only as a manuscript for piano duet, was composed even earlier than L’Enfant prodigue, when Debussy was just 18, but it was not published until 1933, 15 years after his death. This orchestration of the Symphony in B minor was first heard in 2009. Colin Matthews is something of a Debussy specialist, having made admired orchestral transcriptions of all the composer’s piano Préludes, some of which have been recorded by Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Tracklist:
L'enfant Et Les Sortilèges, M. 71
Composed By – Maurice Ravel |
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| 1-1 | "J'ai pas envie de faire ma page" (L'enfant) | |
| 1-2 | Part 1: "Bébé A été Sage? " (Maman) | |
| 1-3 | Part 1: "Ça M'est égal!" (L'enfant) | |
| 1-4 | Part 1: "Votre Serviteur Humble, Bergère" (La Bergère, Le Fauteuil, Choeur) | |
| 1-5 | Part 1: "Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding" (L'horloge Comtoise, L'enfant) | |
| 1-6 | Part 1: "How's Your Mug?" (La Théière, La Tasse Chinoise) | |
| 1-7 | Part 1: "Keng-ça-fou, Mah-jong" (La Théière, La Tasse Chinoise) | |
| 1-8 | Part 1: "Oh! Ma Belle Tasse Chinoise!" (L'enfant) | |
| 1-9 | Part 1: "Arrière ! Je Réchauffe Les Bons" (Le Feu) | |
| 1-10 | Part 1: "Adieu, Pastourelles!" (Choeur) | |
| 1-11 | Part 1: "Ah! C'est Elle! C'est Elle!" (L'enfant, La Princesse) | |
| 1-12 | Part 1: "Toi, Le Coeur de la Rose" (L'enfant) | |
| 1-13 | Part 1: "Deux Robinets Coulent Dans Un Réservoir!" (Le Petit Vieillard, L'enfant, Choeur) | |
| 1-14 | Part 1: "Oh! Ma Tête!" (L'enfant) | |
| 1-15 | Part 1: "Duo Miaulé" (Les Chats) | |
| 1-16 | Part 2: "Musique D'insectes, de Rainettes" (Choeur) | |
| 1-17 | Part 2: "Ah! Quelle Joie de Te Retrouver, Jardin!" (L'enfant, L'arbre) | |
| 1-18 | Part 2: "Où Es-tu, Je Te Cherche..." (La Libellule, L'enfant) | |
| 1-19 | Part 2: "Ronde Des Chauves-souris... Rends-la Moi...tsk, Tsk..." (La Chauve-souris, L'enfant) | |
| 1-20 | Part 2: Danse Des Rainettes | |
| 1-21 | Part 2: "Sauve-toi, Sotte! Et la Cage? La Cage?" (L'écureuil, La Rainette) | |
| 1-22 | Part 2: "La Cage, C'était Pour Mieux Voir Ta Prestesse" (L'enfant) | |
| 1-23 | Part 2: "Ah ! C'est L'enfant Au Couteau!" (Choeur) | |
| 1-24 | Part 2: "Il A Pansé la Plaie..." (Choeur) | |
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Part 2: "Il Est Bon, L'enfant, Il Est Sage" (Choeur, L'enfant) | |
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L'enfant Prodigue, L. 57 Composed By – Claude Debussy |
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| 2-1 | Prélude | |
| 2-2 | "L'année, En Vain Chasse L'année" (Lia) | |
| 2-3 | "Eh Bien, Encore Des Pleurs !" (Siméon) | |
| 2-4 | Cortège Et Air de Danse | |
| 2-5 | "Ces Airs Joyeux, Ces Chants de Fête" (Azaël) | |
| 2-6 | "Je M'enfuis..." (Lia) | |
| 2-7 | "Rouvre Les Yeux à la Lumière" (Lia, Azaël) | |
| 2-8 | "Mon Fils Est Revenu!" (Siméon) | |
| 2-9 | "Mon Coeur Renaît à L'espérance" (Lia, Azaël, Siméon) | |
| 2-10 | Symphony In B Minor, L. 10: III. Finale
Composed By – Claude Debussy, Orchestrated By – Colin Matthews |
- Alto Vocals – Nathalie Stutzmann
- Baritone Vocals – Jean-François Lapointe, Jean-François Piolino
- Baritone Vocals, Choir, Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Julie Pasturaud
- Bass Vocals, Chorus – Nicolas Courjal
- Chorus – Chœur de Radio France, Maîtrise De Radio France, Patres Et Pas
- Chorus Master – Sofi Jeannin
- Chorus, Tenor Vocals – François Piolino
- Composed By – Claude Debussy
- Conductor – Mikko Franck
- Design – Paul Marc Mitchell
- Edited By – Jean-Baptiste Etchepareborde
- Engineer [Assistant] – Ariane Herbay, Célia Dufour, Ludovic Auger, Pierre Henry (5)
- Engineer [Assistant], Editor – Laure Jung Lancrey, Xavier Lévèque
- Engineer [Balance] – Catherine Déréthé
- Executive-Producer – Alain Lanceron
- Liner Notes – Martine Kaufmann, Michel Parouty
- Liner Notes [Translation] – Susannah Howe
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Chloé Briot
- Orchestra – Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France
- Orchestrated By – Colin Matthews
- Photography By – Dominique Gaul
- Producer [Recording] – Daniel Zalay, Vincent Villetard
- Soprano Vocals – Jodie Devos, Karina Gauvin, Sabine Devieilhe
- Tenor Vocals – Roberto Alagna
- Text By – Colette (5), Edouard Guinand, Nita Cox
