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: from Waterloo to Bismarck
Playlist
Episode 1
Mehul, Etienne-Nicolas: Le Chant du Départ
Marcel Journet
Lebendige Vergangenheit
Preiser Records 89106
0:44
Cherubini, Luigi: Requiem in C Minor
I. Introitus & Kyrie
NBC Symphony Orchestra/Arturo Toscanini; Robert Shaw
Missa Solemnis, Op. 123 / Requiem
RCA 72373
6:59
Cherubini, Luigi: Requiem in C Minor
II. Graduale
NBC Symphony Orchestra/Arturo Toscanini; Robert Shaw
Missa Solemnis, Op. 123 / Requiem
RCA 72373
1:47
Cherubini, Luigi: Requiem in C Minor
III. Dies Irae
NBC Symphony Orchestra/Arturo Toscanini; Robert Shaw
Missa Solemnis, Op. 123 / Requiem
RCA 72373
10:13
Cherubini, Luigi: String Quartet No.5 in F
IV. Moderato Assai
Melos Quartet
Cherubini: The String Quartets
DG 429185
8:52
Cherubini, Luigi: String Quartet No.5 in F
III. Scherzo: Allegro Non Troppo
IV. Finale: Allegro Vivace
Melos Quartet
Cherubini: The String Quartets
DG 429185
5:00; 4:26; 0:48
Cherubini, Luigi: “Eliza, ou Le Voyage Aux Glaciers Du Mont St. Bernard”
Neville Marriner: Academy of St. Martin In The Fields
Overtures
EMI 54438
7:34
Cherubini, Luigi: Requiem in C Minor
“Sanctus”
NBC Symphony Orchestra/Arturo Toscanini: Robert Shaw Chorale
Missa Solemnis, Op. 123 / Requiem
RCA 72373
1:22
Episode 2
Cherubini, Luigi: Médée – Overture
Neville Marriner: Academy of St. Martin In The Fields
Overtures = Ouvertüren
Warner Classics 54438
8:03
Cherubini, Luigi: Médée “E Che? Io Son Medea!”
Maria Callas, Nicola Rescigno,Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Medea
Ica Classics 5110
5:12
Cherubini, Luigi: Médée “Oh Dei, Pietà Di Noi!”
Maria Callas, Nicola Rescigno,Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Medea
Ica Classics 5110
4:24
Cherubini, Luigi: Médée “O Cielo, Il Vil Delitto Punir Non Saprai?”
Maria Callas, Nicola Rescigno,Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Medea
Ica Classics 5110
3:56
Rossini, Gioacchino: William Tell
Act III, Scene 2, “Resta immobile”
National Philharmonic Orchestra/Chailly
Pavarotti, Freni, Ghiaurov, Milnes
Guglielmo Tell
London 417154
4:10
Rossini, Gioacchino: William Tell
Act IV, Scene 1 “O muto asil del pianto…Vendetta!”
National Philharmonic Orchestra/Chailly
Pavarotti, Freni, Ghiaurov, Milnes
Guglielmo Tell
London 417154
9:31
Rossini, Gioacchino: William Tell
Act IV, Scene 2 “Io ti rivedo!”
National Philharmonic Orchestra/Chailly
Pavarotti, Freni, Ghiaurov, Milnes
Guglielmo Tell
London 417154
3:18
Rossini, Gioacchino: William Tell
Act IV, Scene 2 “Tutto cangia, il ciel s’abbella”
National Philharmonic Orchestra/Chailly
Pavarotti, Freni, Ghiaurov, Milnes
Guglielmo Tell
London 417154
3:09
Rossini, Gioacchino: Stabat Mater “Cujus Animam Gementem”
Robert Gambill, Chor and Orchester Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentin/R.Muti
Stabat Mater
EMI 47402
6:58
Rossini, Gioacchino: “Blues on Parade”
Woody Herman and His Orchestra
Blues on Parade
Decca 63608
3:10
Episode 3
Meyerbeer, Giacomo: Robert Le Diable
“Encore Un De Gagne”
Munich Radio Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Chorus/Jacques Delacote
Samuel Ramey
Operatic Arias – Opernatien – Airs d’Operas
EMI 49582
4:32
Meyerbeer, Giacomo: Robert Le Diable
“Voici Donc Les Debris”
Samuel Ramey; Jacques Delacote: Munich Radio Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Chorus
Operatic Arias – Opernatien – Airs d’Operas
EMI 49582
4:03
Meyerbeer, Giacomo: Les Huguenots
Overture
New Philharmonia Orchestra/Richard Bonynge
Les Huguenots
London 430549
4:41
Meyerbeer, Giacomo: Le Prophète
Act 2 ” Ah, Mon Fils, Soit Béni!”
Marilyn Horne, Henry Lewis, Suisse Romande Orchestra
4:35
Meyerbeer, Giacomo: L’Africaine
“Mi Batte Il Cor…O Paradiso!”
National Philharmonic Orchestra/Oliviero de Fabritiis
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
Pavarotti – The Greatest Hits
Decca 483 4890
3:33
Halévy, Jacques: La Juive
” Rachel, Quand Du Seigneur”
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini
Plácido Domingo, tenor
Opera Concert – Grandes Airs D’opéras
DG 400030
5:42
Adam, Adolphe Charles: Giselle Act II, No.15
“Pas de deux”
London Festival Ballet Orchestra/Terence Kern
Pas de Deux
Decca SPA 487
5:39
Berlioz, Hector: Béatrice Et Bénédict
Ouverture. Allegretto Scherzando
New York Philharmonic/Pierre Boulez
Boulez Conducts Berlioz
Sony 64103
7:43
Berlioz, Hector: Les Nuits D’Été, Op. 7
VI. L’Île Inconnue
Les Musiciens Du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
Anne Sophie van Otter, Antoine Tamestit;
Les Nuits d’Été & Harold in Italy
Naive 5266
3:49
Episode 4
Gounod, Charles: Faust
Waltz
Stuttgart Beliebte Orchesterstücke/Neville Marriner
Mendelssohn Symphonies For Strings Nos. 9 & 11
EMI 49229 2
5:19
Gounod, Charles: Faust
“Le Veau D’or est Toujours Debout!”
Münchner Rundfunkorchester/Julius Rudel; Samuel Ramey, bass
A Date With The Devil (Faust • Mefistofele • La Damnation De Faust)
Naxos 8.555355
2:24
Lalo, Édouard: Symphonie Espagnole, Op. 21
II. Scherzando
London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn; Itzhak Perlman, violin
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole, Op. 21. Sibelius: Violin Concerto Ravel: Tzigane
RCA 6520-2
4:10
Bizet, Georges: Les Pêcheurs De Perles
“Je Crois Entendre Encore”
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini
Plácido Domingo, tenor
Plácido Domingo – Opera Gala
DG 437743
3:44
Alkan, Charles-Valentin: Sonate De Concert, E, Op. 47
Alla Saltarella. Prestissimo
Alkan Trio
String Quartets (Complete) Vol. 4 – Nos. 3, 4 & 6
Marco Polo 8.223254
7:20
Liszt, Franz: Comment, Disaient-Ils, S 276
Thomas Hampson, Geoffrey Parsons
Romantic Songs
EMI 55047
1:56
Chopin, Frédéric: Prelude Op 28. no 15 “Raindrop”
Yundi Li
The Complete Chopin Preludes
DG 4811910
7:00
Delibes, Léo: Lakmé, Act 1
“Viens, Mallika, … Dôme Épais” (Flower Duet)
SWR Sinfonieorchester/Marco Armiliato
Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca
Baden-Baden und Freiburg
The Opera Gala Live from Baden-Baden
DG 477 7177
6:43
Offenbach, Jacques: Orpheus in The Underworld
Overture
Paul Paray, Detroit Symphony
Overtures By Offenbach & Auber
Mercury 434332
8:49
Chopin, Frédéric: Prelude 13 in F-Sharp Major
Lento
Yundi Li
Chopin Preludes
DG 481 1910
2:25
Episode 5
Wagner, Richard: Tannhäuser
Act 3: Pilgramage
Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Opera House Chorus/Giuseppe Sinopoli
Cheryl Studer, Plácido Domingo
Tannhauser
DG 427625-2
3:45
Wagner, Richard: Tannhäuser
Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Opera House Chorus/Giuseppe Sinopoli
Cheryl Studer, Plácido Domingo
Tannhauser
DG 427625-2
10:50
Wagner, Richard: Tannhäuser
Act 1: Naht Euch Dem Strande … Der Venusberg
Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Opera House Chorus/Giuseppe Sinopoli
Cheryl Studer, Plácido Domingo
Tannhauser
DG 427625-2
12:07
Verdi, Giuseppe: Don Carlos
Elle Ne M’Aime Pas! (El ne mem pah)
Samuel Ramey; Jacques Delacote: Munich Radio Orchestra
Operatic Arias – Opernatien – Airs d’Operas
EMI 49582
9:56
Berlioz, Hector: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14
IV. Marche Au Supplice; V. Songe D’Une Nuit Du Sabbat
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Solti
Symphonie Fantastique – Les Préludes
London 436839
4:55; 10:35
