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Rossini - Le Comte Ory - Sumi Jo, John Aler, Diana Montague, Gilles Cachemaille, Gino Quilico, Raquel Pierotti / Orchestre et Chœur de l'Opera de Lyon, John Eliot Gardiner / Philips Digital Classics 2x Audio CD 1989 Stereo / 422 406-2
UPC 028942240629
Le comte Ory is a comic opera written by Gioachino Rossini in 1828. Some of the music originates from his opera Il viaggio a Reims written three years earlier for the coronation of Charles X. The French libretto was by Eugène Scribe and Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson adapted from a comedy they had first written in 1817.
The work is ostensibly a comic opera in that the story is humorous, even farcical. However, it was devised for the Opéra rather than for the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique and there are structural inconsistencies with the contemporary opéra comique genre: whereas the latter consists of relatively short lyrical numbers and spoken dialogue, Le comte Ory consists of "highly developed, even massive musical forms linked by accompanied recitative". Although the opera contains some of Rossini's most colorful orchestral writing, the quaint, brief overture is oddly restrained and unassuming, ending with a whisper of pizzicato strings.
| Label: | Philips Digital Classics – 422 406-2 |
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| Format: |
2 x CD, Album
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: | 1989 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Opera, Romantic |
Tracklist:
| ACT 1 | |||
| 1-1 | Introduction | 3:07 | |
| 1-2 | Jouvencelles. Venez Vite | 6:23 | |
| 1-3 | Que Les Destins Prospères | 5:29 | |
| 1-4 | Moi, Je Rèclame | 2:46 | |
| 1-5 | De Gráce, Encore Un Mot | 1:44 | |
| 1-6 | Je Ne Puis Plus Longtemps | 1:52 | |
| 1-7 | Veiller Sans Cesse | 5:05 | |
| 1-8 | Vous, Notre Appui | 2:56 | |
| 1-9 | Cette Aventure Fort Singulière | 2:56 | |
| 1-10 | Cet Ermite, Ma Belle Enfant | 2:28 | |
| 1-11 | Une Dame De Haut Parage | 7:02 | |
| 1-12 | Marche - Isolier Dans Ces Lieuz | 2:02 | |
| 1-13 | En Proie à la tristesse | 5:31 | |
| 1-14 | Vous Avez Entendu Sa Touchante Prière | 1:55 | |
| 1-15 | Ô Bon Ermite | 5:33 | |
| 1-16 | Ciel! - Ô Terreur, | 2:39 | |
| 1-17 | Cet Écrit, Noble Châtelaine | 2:24 | |
| 1-18 | Venez Amis, Retirons-Nous | 3:53 | |
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ACT 2 |
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| 2-1 | Introduction- Dans Ce Séjour Calme Et Tranquille |
16:04 | |
| 2-2 | Ah! Quel Respect, Madame | 7:31 | |
| 2-3 | Ce Téméraire | 3:13 | |
| 2-4 | Voici Vos Compagnes Fidéles | 0:30 | |
| 2-5 | Ah! La Bonne Folie! | 3:55 | |
| 2-6 | Eh! Mais, Quelle Triste Observance | 0:42 | |
| 2-7 | Dans Ce Lieu Solitaire | 5:25 | |
| 2-8 | Buvons, Buvons | 4:33 | |
| 2-9 | Elle Revient...Silence | 6:52 | |
| 2-10 | A La Faveur De Cette Nuit Obscure | 10:02 | |
| 2-11 | J'Entends D'Ici Le Bruit Des Armes | 4:39 | |
| 2-12 | Ecoutez Ces Chants De Victoire | 2:06 |
- Art Direction – George Cramer
- Baritone Vocals [Chevaliers] – Nicolas Rivenq
- Baritone Vocals [Le Gouverner] – Gilles Cachemaille
- Baritone Vocals [Raimbaud] – Gino Quilico
- Chorus – Chœurs De L'Opéra De Lyon
- Chorus Master – Henri Farge
- Composed By – Gioacchino Rossini
- Conductor – John Eliot Gardiner
- Conductor [Conductor's assistant] – Marco Guidarini
- Contralto Vocals [Dame Ragonde] – Raquel Pierotti
- Directed By [mise en scène] – Jérôme Savary
- Edited By – Albert Kos
- Engineer – Hein Dekker, Roger de Schot
- Engineer [Balance] – Hans Lauterslager
- Libretto By – Charles Gaspard Delestre-Poirson, Eugène Scribe
- Liner Notes – Philip Gossett
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Isolier] – Diana Montague
- Orchestra – Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon
- Producer – Erik Smith
- Repetiteur – Louis Langree
- Soprano Vocals [Alice] – Maryse Castets
- Soprano Vocals [La Comtesse Adèle] – Sumi Jo
- Tenor Vocals [Chevaliers] – Francis Dudziak
- Tenor Vocals [Le Comte Ory] – John Aler
