Halevy: La Reine de Chypre [The Queen of Cyprus]

 
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Halevy: La Reine de Chypre [The Queen of Cyprus]
Véronique Gens, Cyrille Dubois, Étienne Dupuis / Flemish Radio Choir & Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Hervé Niquet

[ Bru Zane Ediciones Singulares / 2 CD/Book ]

Release Date: Thursday 20 September 2018

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An icon of French Romanticism thanks to the enduring popularity of his operas Faust and Roméo et Juliette, Charles Gounod competed three times for the prestigious Prix de Rome between 1837 and 1839. Thus he composed three unpublished cantatas for soloists and orchestra, including Marie Stuart et Rizzio and La Vendetta, which he never had the opportunity to hear in performance. Revealed for the first time, these three cantatas, fine examples of French Romanticism, show a young composer with a remarkable flair for opera. In the end Fernand won him the coveted prize, carrying with it the privilege of a three-year stay (from 1840) at the Villa Medici in Rome. While there he produced several sacred compositions, which have also remained unknown until now. His splendid Messe vocale for unaccompanied choir, written in a neo-Palestrinian style, deserves a place on the programme of every vocal ensemble.

Includes 148 page hardback book and 2 CDs. Limited and numbered edition of 3000.

GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2019 - Opera

"The Palazzetto Bru Zane has done Halévy's reputation an enormous service by presenting this splendidly cast recording in a new edition painstakingly assembled by Volker Tosta… Gens, in superb voice, is dramatically convincing throughout, as though she were in a staged performance. Cyrille Dubois is equally magnificent as Gérard… Chorus, orchestra and Hervé Niquet's conducting are exemplary. An absolutely thrilling recording" Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice September 2018

"Gens's warm voice and intelligent pacing lend lustre to the only female role and the male singers, too, are generally easy on the ear." BBC Music

HALÉVY, La Reine de Chypre (1841) - 'Opéra français' CD-Book