Richard Strauss: Idoménée; Mozart: La Flûte Enchantée (Highlights) [Import]

Richard [1] Strauss (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Gustave Cloez (Conductor), Louis de Froment (Conductor), Orchestre Radio-Lyrique (Orchestra), Cologne Concert Association Orchestra (Orchestra), Remy Corazza (Performer), Janine Micheau (Performer), Berthe Monmart (Performer), Lucien Lovano (Performer), Marcel Vigneron (Performer), Jacqueline Sellier (Performer), Michel Dens (Performer), Jean Giraudeau (Performer), Mado Robin (Performer), Monique Linval (Performer), Denise Monteil (Performer), Irène Sicot (Performer), Xavier Depraz (Performer), Jane Berbié (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Remy Corazza, Janine Micheau, Berthe Monmart, Lucien Lovano, Marcel Vigneron, et al.
• Orchestra: Orchestre Radio-Lyrique, Cologne Concert Association Orchestra
• Conductor: Gustave Cloez, Louis de Froment
• Composer: Richard [1] Strauss, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Audio CD (June 29, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Gala
• ASIN: B0002ABUB6
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #762,724 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Idomeneo, opera (arranged after Mozart's opera) o.Op. 117 (TrV 262, AV 191): Ouverture

2. Idomeneo, opera (arranged after Mozart's opera) o.Op. 117 (TrV 262, AV 191): Act 1. Recitativo

3. Idomeneo, opera (arranged after Mozart's opera) o.Op. 117 (TrV 262, AV 191): Act 1. No. 1. Aria. Padre, germani, addio!

4. Idomeneo, opera (arranged after Mozart's opera) o.Op. 117 (TrV 262, AV 191): Act 1. Non temer KV 490

5. Idomeneo, opera (arranged after Mozart's opera) o.Op. 117 (TrV 262, AV 191): Act 1. Recitativo

6. Idomeneo, opera (arranged after Mozart's opera) o.Op. 117 (TrV 262, AV 191): Act 1. No. 3. Coro. Godiam la pace

7. Idomeneo, opera (arranged after Mozart's opera) o.Op. 117 (TrV 262, AV 191): Act 1. Recitativo

8. Idomeneo, opera (arranged after Mozart's opera) o.Op. 117 (TrV 262, AV 191): Act 1. Recitativo. Estinto è Idomeneo?

9. Idomeneo, opera (arranged after Mozart's opera) o.Op. 117 (TrV 262, AV 191): Act 1. No. 4. Aria. Tutte nel cor vi sento

10. Idomeneo, opera (arranged after Mozart's opera) o.Op. 117 (TrV 262, AV 191): Act 1. No. 5. Coro. Pietà! Numi, pietà!

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Disc: 2

1. Idomeneo, opera (arranged after Mozart's opera) o.Op. 117 (TrV 262, AV 191): Act 2. No. 20a. Duetto. S'io non moro a questi accenti

2. Idomeneo, opera (arranged after Mozart's opera) o.Op. 117 (TrV 262, AV 191): Act 2. Recitativo. Cieli! Che vedo?

3. Idomeneo, opera (arranged after Mozart's opera) o.Op. 117 (TrV 262, AV 191): Act 2. No. 21a. Quartetto. Andrò ramingo e solo

4. Idomeneo, opera (arranged after Mozart's opera) o.Op. 117 (TrV 262, AV 191): Act 2. Recitativo. Oh smania! Oh furie!

5. Idomeneo, opera (arranged after Mozart's opera) o.Op. 117 (TrV 262, AV 191): Act 2. No. 29. Aira. D'Oreste, d'Aiace

6. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Act 1. C'est l'oiseleur, oui, me voilà

7. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Act 1. O charme, ô pur enchantement

8. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Act 1. Récitatif et air. Ne tremble pas, ô cher enfant

9. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Act 1. Quintette

10. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Act 2. Duetto. Au coeur de l'homme

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Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Odd, but interesting... Magic Flute is a gem., July 11, 2008

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Timothy R. Carpenter "kplmeister" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Richard Strauss: Idoménée; Mozart: La Flûte Enchantée (Highlights) (Audio CD)

Mozart, to a new German libretto, recomposed and rearranged by Richard Strauss and sung in French?! Although Strauss retained Mozart's basic orchestration, he rearranged numbers, eliminated Elettra, composed accompanied recitatives and supplied a quartet for the finale of Act III. It wasn't as strange as I feared (or hoped), but I wish the singers were more up to their tasks. Only Janine Micheau comes close to doing justice to her role as Ilia. The soprano Idamante is a trial to listen to and Remy Corazza cannot sing divisions. In addition, the sound is muddy and full of distortion.
The bonus, however, is much more satisfying: twelve excerpts from The Magic Flute sung in French by a superior cast. In addition to Micheau as a lovely Pamina, we have Jean Giraudeu's sweet-voiced Tamino, Michel Dens' elegantly sung Papageno, a first-rate trio of Ladies, the authoritative Sarastro of Xavier Depraz and the (in)famous stratospheric soprano of Mado Robin as the Queen. Jane Berbie as Papagena is luxury casting. Louis Froment leads a much better orchestra than the one in Idomeneo and the sound here is much better as well. French somehow seems to suit this most German of all Mozart's operas. It changes the character somewhat, but that change affords us the opportunity to see another facet of this masterpiece. If you want to hear this opera sung in elegant French - and at a low cost - here is your opportunity.
Two stars for "Idomenee", but four for "la flute enchantee" for an average of three stars.