‘Do you know any music of Gounod?’ Even seasoned enthusiasts usually only can come up with the opera hit Faust and Ave Maria, which is inevitable at funerals and marriages. But, Gounod engaged himself with nearly all music genres, and greatly influenced later generations. A short exploration of his oeuvre and his life…
1. Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude No.1 in C major BWV 846
Rosalyn Tureck, piano
2. Rossini: From Otello, aria ‘Assisa appiè d’un salice’
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
conducted by Edoardo Müller
3. Charles Gounod: Venise (Alfred de Musset)
Bruno Laplante, baritone
Janine Lachance, piano
4. Ditto: from 1st Symphony in D major, Allegretto moderato
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier
5. Ditto: from Faust, Juwelenaria
Anna Moffo, soprano
Orchestra of the Rome Opera House
Tullio Serafin
6. Ditto: from Messe solennelle de St.Cécile, Kyrie
conducted by Georges Prêtre
7. Ditto: from Petite Symphonie, Finale
Nederlands Blazers Ensemble
Edo de Waart
8. Ditto: from String Quartet in A minor CG 564 1st part
Quatuor Cambini-Paris
9. Ditto: Marche funèbre d’une marionette
The BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier
