Music in Paris during the middle of the 19th century was dominated by one supreme composer and a stellar supporting cast whose works remain in heavy rotation to this day. Join us to explore the Parisian scene from roughly 1813 to 1870, the period between the fall of Napoleon I and the start of the Franco Prussian War. We’ll look at Hector Berlioz, and also at Bizet, Cherubini, Faure, Gounod, Meyerbeer, Offenbach, and Saint-Saëns. And we’ll visit with some of the foreigners who flocked to Paris to make their own contributions: Bellini, Chopin, Donizetti, Liszt, Paganini, Rossini, Sarasate, Wagner, and more. It’s was an era of great artistic change which brought Realism and Naturalism to the novels of Hugo and Flaubert, and led to impressionism in painting. And it’s where we go this week on Exploring Music.
Music in 19th Century Paris: Waterloo to Bismarck
Playlist
Episode 1
Etienne-Nicolas Mehul: “Le Chant du Depart”
Marcel Journet, bass
Preiser Records 89106
3:15
Luigi Cherubini: Requiem in C Minor
I. Introitus and Kyrie, II. Graduale, III. Dies Irae
NBC Symphony Orchestra/Arturo Toscanini, Robert Shaw
RCA 72373
6:59, 1:47, 10:13
Cherubini: String Quartet No. 5 in F
1. Moderato Assai, 3. Scherzo: Allegro Non Troppo, 4. Finale: Allegro Vivace
Melos Quartet
DG 429185
9:01, 5:00, 4:26
Cherubini: Eliza, Ou Le Voyage Aux Glaciers Du Mont St. Bernard
Academy of St. Martin in The Fields/Neville Marriner
EMI 54438
7:34
Cherubini: Requiem in C Minor
Sanctus
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale/Arturo Toscanini
RCA 72373
1:22
Episode 2
Luigi Cherubini: Médée – Overture
Academy of St. Martin in The Fields/Neville Marriner
Warner Classics 54438
8:03
Luigi Cherubini: Médée
“E Che? Io Son Medea!,” “Oh Dei, Pietà Di Noi!,” “O Cielo, Il Vil Delitto Punir Non Saprai?”
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra/Nicola Rescigno, Maria Callas
ICA Classics 5110
5:12, 4:24, 3:56
Gioacchino Rossini: William Tell
Act III Scene 2, “Resta immobile”
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Pavarotti, Freni,Ghiaurov, Chailly,Milnes
London 417154
4:10
Rossini: William Tell
Act IV, Scene 1, “O muto asil del pianto…Vendetta!”
National Philharmonic Orchestra/Chailly
Pavarotti, Freni, Ghiaurov, Milnes
London 417154
9:31
Rossini: William Tell
Act IV, Scene 2, “Io ti rivedo!”
National Philharmonic Orchestra/Chailly
Pavarotti, Freni, Ghiaurov, Milnes
London 417154
3:18
Rossini: William Tell
Act IV, Scene 2, “Tutto cangia, il ciel s’abbella”
National Philharmonic Orchestra/Chailly
Pavarotti, Freni, Ghiaurov, Milnes
London 417 154
3:09
Gioachino Rossini: Stabat Mater
“Cujus Animam Gementem”
Chor & Orchester Del Macchio Musicale Fiorentino/R.Muti and Solisten,
Robert Gambill
EMI 47402
6:58
Gioachino Rossini: “Blues on Parade”
Woody Herman and His Orchestra
3:10
Episode 3
Meyerbeer: Robert Le Diable
Encore “Un De Gagne”
Munich Radio Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Chorus/Jacques Delacote
Samuel Ramey, bass
EMI 49582
4:32
Meyerbeer: Robert Le Diable
“Voici Donc Les Debris”
Munich Radio Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Chorus/Jacques Delacote
Samuel Ramey, bass
EMI 49582
4:03
Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots: Overture
New Philharmonia Orchestra/Richard Bonynge
London 430549
4:41
Meyerbeer: Le Prophète
Act 2: “Ah, Mon Fils, Soit Béni!”
Suisse Romande Orchestra/Henry Lewis
Marilyn Horne, mezzo soprano
Decca001089302
4:35
Giacomo Meyerbeer: L’Africaine
“Mi Batte Il Cor…O Paradiso!”
National Philharmonic Orchestra/Oliviero de Fabritiis
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
London 400083
3:33
Jacques Halévy: La Juive
“Rachel, Quand Du Seigneur”
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini
Plácido Domingo, tenor
DG 400030
5:42
Adolphe Charles Adam: Giselle
Act II, No.15: “Pas de deux”
London Festival Ballet Orchestra/Terence Kern
Warner Classics 48635
5:39
Hector Berlioz: Béatrice Et Bénédict
Ouverture. Allegretto Scherzando
New York Philharmonic/Pierre Boulez
Sony 64103
7:43
Berlioz: Les Nuits D’Été, Op. 7
6. L’Île Inconnue
Les Musiciens Du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
Anne Sophie von Otter, Antoine Tamestit
Naive 5266
3:49
Episode 4
Charles Gounod: Faust
Waltz
Stuttgart Beliebte Orchesterstücke/Neville Marriner
EMI 7 49229 2
5:19
Charles Gounod: Faust
“Le Veau D’or est Toujours Debout!”
Münchner Rundfunkorchester/Julius Rudel, Samuel Ramey, bass
Naxos 8.555355
2:24
Édouard Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole, Op. 21
II. Scherzando
London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn
Itzhak Perlman, violin
RCA 6520-2
4:10
Georges Bizet: Les Pêcheurs De Perles
“Je Crois Entendre” encore
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini
Plácido Domingo, tenor
DG 437743
3:44
Charles-Valentin Alkan: Sonate De Concert, E, Op. 47
Finale Alla Saltarella. Prestissimo
Alkan Trio
Marco Polo 8.223254
7:20
Franz Liszt: Comment, Disaient-Ils, S 276
Thomas Hampson, baritone; Geoffrey Parsons, piano
EMI 55047
1:56
Frédéric Chopin: “Raindrop” Prelude Op. 28 No. 15
Yundi Li, piano
DG 4811910
4:46
Léo Delibes: Lakmé
Act 1: “Viens, Mallika, … Dôme Épais” (Flower Duet)
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden/Freiburg
Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca , Marco Armiliato,
DG 477 7177
6:43
Jacques Offenbach: Orpheus in The Underworld – Overture
Detroit Symphony/Paul Paray
Mercury434332
8:49
Frédéric Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 13 in F-Sharp Major
Lento
Yundi Li, piano
DG 481 1910
2:41
Episode 5
Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Act 3: “Pilgrimage”
Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Opera House Chorus/Giuseppe Sinopoli
Cheryl Studer, Plácido Domingo
DG 427625-2
8:38
Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Opera House Chorus/Giuseppe Sinopoli
DG 427625-2
10:50
Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Act 1: “Naht Euch Dem Strande … Der Venusberg”
Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Opera House Chorus/Giuseppe Sinopoli
Cheryl Studer, Plácido Domingo
DG 427625-2
12:07
Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
“Elle Ne M’Aime Pas!” (El ne mem pah)
Munich Radio Orchestra/Jacques Delacote
Samuel Ramey, bass
EMI 49582
9:56
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 –
IV. “Marche Au Supplice,5. Songe D’Une Nuit Du Sabbat”
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Solti
London 436839
4:55, 10:35