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Meditation: The Beautiful Music of Massenet

Nigel Kennedy (violin), Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Giacomo Aragall, Renée Fleming, Joseph Calleja & Tatiana Lisnic, José Carreras, Marilyn Horne

National Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, Prague...

  • Release Date: 11th Jun 2012
  • Catalogue No: 4783964
  • Label: Decca
  • Length: 79 minutes

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Contents

Massenet: Thaïs / Acte Deux

Work length5:42
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  • Nigel Kennedy (violin)
  • National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Richard Bonynge
  • Recorded: 1983-12-07
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Méditation religieuse

Track length5:42
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Massenet: Le Cid / Act 3

Work length5:35
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  • Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Richard Bonynge
  • Recorded: 1962-11-03
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"De cet affreux combat...Pleurez, mes yeux"

Track length5:35
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Excerpt, Massenet: Werther

Work length3:04
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  • Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Oliviero de Fabritiis
  • Recorded: 1979-06-21
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

"Pourquoi me réveiller, ô souffle du printemps?"

Track length3:04
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Massenet: Hérodiade / Act 1

Work length4:58
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  • Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
  • Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino
  • John Mauceri
  • Recorded: 1995-12-05
  • Recording Venue: Conservatorio, Turin

"Il est doux, il est bon"

Track length4:58
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Massenet: Manon / Act 3

Work length5:13
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  • Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
  • City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Marco Armiliato
  • Recorded: 2007-08-15
  • Recording Venue: Rudolfinum, Prague

"Je suis seul... Ah, fuyez, douce image"

Track length5:13
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Massenet: Esclarmonde / Act 1

Work length1:51
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  • Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
  • National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Richard Bonynge
  • Recorded: 1975-07-15
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Esprits de l'air! Esprits de onde!

Track length1:51
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Massenet: Esclarmonde / Act 2

Work length8:18
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  • Giacomo Aragall (tenor)
  • John Alldis Choir, National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Richard Bonynge
  • Recorded: 1975-07-15
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"Ah! Ah!"

Track length3:57
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Où suis-je?

Track length4:21
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Massenet: Thaïs / Acte Deux

Work length7:17
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  • Renée Fleming (soprano)
  • Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine
  • Yves Abel
  • Recorded: 1998-05
  • Recording Venue: Salle Franklin, Bordeaux

Ah! je suis seule, seule enfin!

Track length2:30
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Dis-moi que je suis belle

Track length4:47
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Massenet: Valse très lente

Work length4:29
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  • National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Richard Bonynge
  • Recorded: 1978-11-29
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Massenet: Chérubin / Act 3

Work length3:49
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  • Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
  • Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino, Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino
  • John Mauceri
  • Recorded: 1995-12-05
  • Recording Venue: Conservatorio, Turin

Aubade: "Vive amour qui rêve"

Track length3:49
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Massenet: Manon: Act 2

Work length3:36
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  • Joseph Calleja (tenor), Tatiana Lisnic (soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Carlo Rizzi
  • Recorded: 2005-05-21
  • Recording Venue: All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London

Instant charmant...En fermant les yeux

Track length3:36
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Massenet: Cendrillon / Act 1

Work length3:35
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  • Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
  • Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
  • Richard Bonynge
  • Recorded: 1969-09-21
  • Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva

Ah! que mes soeurs sont heureuses!

Track length3:35
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Massenet: Manon Ballet - Arranged and orchestrated by Leighton Lucas with the collaboration of Hilda Gaunt / Act 2

Work length8:06
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  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Richard Bonynge
  • Recorded: 1985-05-07
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Scene 2 - Des Grieux's lodgings

Track length8:06
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Massenet: Werther / Act 1

Work length4:00
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  • José Carreras (tenor)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1980-02
  • Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London

"Je ne sais si je veille" - "O Nature, pleine de grâce

Track length4:00
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Massenet: Werther / Act 3

Work length2:50
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  • Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano)
  • Wiener Opernorchester
  • Henry Lewis
  • Recorded: 1967-10-13
  • Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

"Va! Laisse couler mes larmes"

Track length2:50
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Massenet: Oh! si les fleurs avaient des yeux

Work length2:09
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  • Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
  • New Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Richard Bonynge
  • Recorded: 1972-08-21
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Massenet: La Vierge / Scene 4: The Assumption

Work length5:03
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  • New Symphony Orchestra of London
  • Raymond Agoult
  • Recorded: 1958-05-31
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Le dernier sommeil de la Vièrge (The Last Sleep of the Virgin)

Track length5:03
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