Massenet: Songs with Orchestra - II

 
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JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Songs with Orchestra - II
Orchestre de l'Opéra Normandie Rouen; Pierre Dumoussaud; Hélène Guilmette; Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur; Julien Henric; Thomas Dolié

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Release Date: Friday 30 January 2026

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If Massenet is best-known as the champion of French opera, his contribution to the genre of the mélodie merits reassessment - as is demonstrated by this programme of exquisitely orchestrated songs, all of which have remained in manuscript form. The Expressions lyriques form the pinnacle of these experiments, blending speech and song. The cycle Chansons des bois d'Amaranthe is also notable for the originality of its scoring: a quartet of singers in dialogue with an orchestra animated by a voluble piano part.

Tracks:

Noël païen
Larmes maternelles
Élégie
Sainte Thérèse prie
Don César de Bazan, Act III: Entracte-Sévillana
Chansons des bois d'Amaranthe: I. Ô bon printemps
Chansons des bois d'Amaranthe: II. Oiseau des bois
Chansons des bois d'Amaranthe: III. Chères fleurs
Chansons des bois d'Amaranthe: IV. Ô ruisseau
Chansons des bois d'Amaranthe: V. Chantez !
Orphelines
Première danse
La Rivière
Avril est amoureux
Schwanengesang, D. 957: No. 12, Am Meer
Chanson pour elle
Départ
Expressions lyriques: I. Dialogue
Expressions lyriques: II. Les Nuages
Expressions lyriques: IV. Battements d'ailes
Expressions lyriques: VII. Nocturne
Expressions lyriques: VIII. Mélancolie
Le Petit Jésus
La Nuit