Mady Mesplé: A Portrait
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Mady Mesplé: A Portrait
Mady Mesplé (soprano) with Nicolai Gedda, Michel Dens, Jose van Dam, & Charles Burles
[ Erato / Warner Classics / 4 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Thursday 5 July 2018
Renowned for her stratospheric upper range and her amazing coloratura technique, Mady Mesplé, born 1931 in Toulouse, was the leading French lyric soprano from her debut in 1953 until the end of the 1980s. Hers was not a large voice but the brilliance and the accuracy was such that she could ride an orchestra without problem, even at fortes.
This set is a homage to this remarkable French soprano. These four CDs comprise opera, operetta, song and contemporary music in many of her most celebrated roles, such as Lucia di Lammermoor, Lakmé (the Flower Duet was her most famous success) or Olympia (Les Contes d'Hoffmann).
Tracks:
Delibes: Où va la jeune Indoue? 'Bell Song' (from Lakmé)
Delibes: Les fleurs me paraissent plus belles (from Lakmé)
Delibes: Lakmé! Lakmé!...Tu m'as as donné le plus doux rêve (from Lakmé)
Massenet: Du gai soleil, plein de flamme (from Werther)
Lalo: Cher Mylio À l'autel, j'allais rayonnant (Le Roi d'Ys)
Offenbach: Les oiseaux dans la charmille (from Les Contes d'Hoffmann)
Donizetti: C'en est donc fait...Par le rang et par l'opulence...Salut à la France (from La fille du régiment)
Donizetti: Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce! … Spargi d'amaro pianto (from Lucia di Lammermoor)
Rossini: Di piacer mi balza il cor (from La gazza ladra)
Thomas, Ambroise: Ah, pour ce soir...Je suis Titania (from Mignon)
Hahn, R: Y'a des arbres … C'est sa banlieue
Hahn, R: Nous avons fait un beau voyage (from Ciboulette)
Massé, V: Au bord de chemin … Cette nuit, sur ma croisée
Messager: Le jour sous le soleil beni (from Madame Chrysanthème)
Messager: Petite dinde (from Veronique)
Messager: Duo de l'escarpolette (from Veronique)
Offenbach: Je suis veuve d'un colonel (from La vie parisienne)
Offenbach: On va courir, on va sortir (from La Vie Parisienne)
Offenbach: Voici, j'en prendrai un, deux, trois, quatr', cinq (from Pomme d'Api)
Offenbach: Pedro possede une guitare (from M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le)
Lecocq: Je soupire et maudis le destin...O Paris, gai séjour de plaisir (from Les Cent Vierges)
Lehár: Viljalied (from Die lustige Witwe)
(sung in French)
anon.: Maman, dites-moi
anon.: Non, je n'irai plus au bois
anon.: Jeune fillette
Gounod: O ma belle rebelle
Fauré: Arpège, Op. 76 No. 2 (Samain)
Liszt: Bist du!, S277
Ravel: Cinq mélodies populaires grecques
Poulenc: Fiançailles pour rire, FP101
Poulenc: C
Poulenc: A sa guitare
and much more
