Cover Godard: Dante

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Album-Release:
2017

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27.10.2017

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  • Benjamin Godard (1849-1895): Le Dante, Op. 111, Act I:
  • 1Malheur à vous03:52
  • 2Guelfes ou Gibelins, qu'importe (Dante, Chorus)03:29
  • 3Il a raison (Chorus)02:42
  • 4Ah! puisse la voix populaire (Dante, Bardi)06:27
  • 5Ah! de tous mes espoirs (Dante)04:06
  • 6Courage, Béatrice (Béatrice, Gemma)06:01
  • 7Le peuple a rendu sa sentence (Béatrice, Gemma, Dante, Bardi, Chorus)03:26
  • 8Quand ils vont aux dangers (Béatrice, Gemma, Dante, Bardi, Chorus)01:52
  • 9Voici notre drapeau (Béatrice, Gemma, Dante, Bardi, Chorus)02:15
  • Act II:
  • 10Nos généreux espoirs (Bardi)05:08
  • 11Gemma! (Gemma, Bardi)02:57
  • 12À lui, dès son enfance (Gemma, Bardi)04:53
  • 13Paroles de haine (Béatrice)04:02
  • 14C'est lui! (Béatrice, Dante)04:52
  • 15Cher Gonfalonier de justice (Béatrice, Dante, Bardi, Chorus)03:59
  • 16C'en est fait! (Béatrice, Dante, Bardi, Chorus)01:57
  • 17Maintenant, vous pouvez remettre (Béatrice, Dante, Bardi, Hérault, Chorus)03:58
  • Act III:
  • 18Tarentelle04:32
  • 19Allons, amis (Hérault, Chorus)01:47
  • 20Ô maître (School Boy, Chorus)04:54
  • 21Encore un jour qui tombe (Dante)05:24
  • 22C'est chose bien fragile (Dante, Hérault)03:03
  • 23La nuit! (Dante)02:12
  • 24Toujours! (Dante, Hérault, Chorus)02:58
  • 25Ah! (Dante, Hérault, Chorus)03:25
  • 26Deux êtres vont là-bas (Dante, Chorus)03:18
  • 27Gloire à celui qui rayonne (Béatrice, Dante, Chorus)02:27
  • 28Je vais dans l'azur sans voiles (Béatrice, Dante, Chorus)03:26
  • 29Entr'acte01:55
  • Act IV:
  • 30Ah! (Dante, Bardi, Chorus)03:30
  • 31Pardonnez-moi! (Dante, Bardi)04:12
  • 32Prélude03:30
  • 33Elle se rend à la chapelle (Gemma)01:48
  • 34Au milieu de vous (Gemma)03:12
  • 35Je viens te retrouver (Béatrice, Gemma)01:33
  • 36Ah! que tu me fais mal (Béatrice, Gemma)02:10
  • 37C'est moi que l'on appelle (Béatrice, Gemma)00:56
  • 38De l'éternel sommeil (Béatrice)04:19
  • 39Je n'ose lui parler (Béatrice, Gemma, Dante)02:00
  • 40Ô l'ineffable et pure ivresse (Béatrice, Gemma, Dante)01:33
  • 41Nous allons partir tous deux (Béatrice, Dante)02:14
  • 42Partons (Béatrice, Gemma, Dante, Bardi)04:45
  • Total Runtime02:20:59

Info for Godard: Dante



Dante Alighieri, born in Florence in 1265, was at once a poet and an important political figure of his time. His celebrated Divine Comedy relates his supposed descent to Hell and slow ascent to Paradise. Godard’s operatic treatment of his life (1890) skilfully juxtaposes the political milieu – crowd scenes in Florence and the quarrel between Guelfs and Ghibellines – with the expression of the courtly love he feels for Beatrice, betrothed to his friend Bardi.

The most remarkable element of the opera is the integration of a ‘Vision’ that is nothing less than a synthesis of the Divine Comedy set to music. Its third act is built around a fantasy ‘Hell’ and ‘Paradise’, featuring an Apparition of Virgil, Chorus of the Damned, Infernal Whirlwind, Divine Radiance and Apotheosis of Beatrice. Godard is here at the peak of his melodic inspiration and compositional mastery, in a style that brings Gounod up to date and need not fear comparison with Massenet.

Veronique Gens, soprano (Béatrice)
Rachel Frenkel, mezzo-soprano (Gemma)
Diana Axentii, mezzo-soprano (Un Ecolier)
Edgaras Montvidas, tenor (Dante)
Andrew Lepri Meyer, tenor (Un Héraut)
Andrew Foster-Williams, bass baritone (Virgils Schatten / Alter Mann)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Ulf Schirmer, direction

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