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Sacchini - Oedipe à Colone [CD]

Lafayette Opera Orchestra (Artist, Orchestra), Lafayette Opera Chorus (Artist), Antonio Sacchini (Composer), Ryan Brown (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD
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  • Orchestra: Lafayette Opera Orchestra
  • Conductor: Ryan Brown
  • Composer: Antonio Sacchini
  • Audio CD (28 Aug 2006)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Opera Classics
  • ASIN: B000H4VZEY
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 372,703 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Disc: 1
1. Ouverture
2. Scene 1: Recitatif: En Vain Un Frere Ingrat (Thesee) Air: Ma Fille Est Le Precieux Gage
3. Scene 1: Recitatif: Ah! Le Trone Ou J' Aspire (Polynice) Air: Le Fils Des Dieux
4. Scene 2: Recitatif: Habitants De Colone (Thesee) Choeur: Nous Braverons Pour Lui (Choeur Des Soldats) Recitatif: Vous Avez Entendu Les Ordres (Herault)
5. Scene 3: Choeur: Allez Regner (Choeur Des Femmes)
6. Scene 3: Danse: Andantino (Allegro)
7. Scene 3: Air: Vous Quittez Notre Aimable Athenes (Une Athenienne)
8. Scene 3: Danse: Gavotte
9. Scene 3: Air: Je Ne Vous Quitte Point (Eriphile)
10. Scene 4: Recitatif: Allons Au Temple (Thesee, Polynice, Eriphile) Air: Votre Coeur Devint Mon Asile (Polynice)
Disc: 2
1. Scene 1: Recitatif: (Edipe Et Le Roi Sont Ensemble (Polynice, Antigone) Air: Vous Le Savez, Grands Dieux! (Antigone, Polynice)
2. Scene 1: Recitatif: Appesanti Par L'age (Antigone) Air: Dieux! Ce N' Est Par Pour Moi
3. Scene 1: Recitatif: Dieux! Que Tant De Vertu (Polynice, Antigone) Air: En Ma Faveur Air: Grand Dieux! Si Le Remords Vous Touche (Duo) Recitatif: On Vient (Polynice)
4. Scene 2: Recitatif: Auguste Malheureux (Thesee)
5. Scene 3: Recitatif: Ma Fille, Que Veut-il (Edipe, Antigone, Polynice) Air: Daignez Rendre (Polynice) Recitatif: Qui? Moi! Que J' Applaudisse (Edipe, Polynice) Air: Elle M'a Prodigue (Edipe)
6. Scene 3: Recitatif: O Dieux! Toi, Scelerat! (Polynice, Edipe, Antigone) Air: Delivrez-Vous (Polynice) Recitatif: De Vos Bontes (Antigone)
7. Scene 3: Air: Ou Suis-Je? (Edipe, Polynice, Antigone)
8. Scene 3: Air: O Doux Moment (Trio)
9. Scene 4: Recitatif: Le Ciel Est De'sarme (Le Grand Pretre, Polynice, Thesee, Eriphile, Edipe) Choeur: Le Calme Succede Aux Tempetes
10. Scene 4: Danse: (Chaconne) Gavotte (Chaconne)

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Opera Lafayette Orchestra - Ryan Brown, direction

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3.0 out of 5 stars Suspended judgment 13 Oct 2006
By R. Burgess
Format:Audio CD
Antonio Sacchini was for about ten years house composer to the Italian opera in London - at the King's Theatre, Haymarket during the 1770s. The aristocratic patrons of opera in London had conservative tastes which Sacchini did little to upset at a time of new thinking and reform. His dramatic style is broadly Gluckian, for example in its use of orchestrally accompanied recitative, but so far as one tell from this rare recording of one of his works lacks Gluck's fire and impetus. Everything passes by pleasantly and agreeably with elegant Italianate melody and sensitive harmony, but somehow it only fitfully takes off.
'Oedipus at Colonus,' an unusal choice of subject, was certainly much admired in its own day. It was not performed until after Sacchini's death at Paris in 1787, but then continued to be played for nearly half a century, attracting the favour of Berlioz among others. The present recording is taken from a semi-staged performance by Opera Lafayette of Washington, DC and is tastefully done with accomplished singers and orchestra among whom Francois Loup deploys a fine bass voice in the title-role. The recording lacks "body," the singers being set quite far back, and needs to be played at a high level. This lack of impact may account for the generally pallid impression that the work itself makes, but at Naxos' bargain basement price anybody interesting in exploring the byways of 18th century opera is not going to be seriously disappointed. I wish I could be more enthusiastic.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Another winner 19 Sep 2010
By Rollo Tomassi - Published on Amazon.com
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The Opera Lafayette and Ryan Brown can pretty much do no wrong in my book, and I've become a big fan in the last couple of months. The Washington D.C.-based company is always looking for less well known baroque and classical repertory, and this interesting choice is a spirited smaller opera by a composer, fairly successful in his time, who is now somewhat ignored. I won't say that this work, supposedly Sacchini's best (based, of course, on Sophocles' "Oedipus at Colonus") will spark a Sacchini revival, but it's a quality piece, superior to Haydn, equal to Salieri, but not exactly Da Ponte Mozart. It's a bit frothy for the Sophoclean subject, but that's not surprising for a 1787 opera (tragically, Sacchini dindn't live to see the premiere in Paris). For me the work's biggest problem is the lack of any memorable arias, though the soloists do quite well with what they have. As usual, material such as this on Naxos is a titanic bargain.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sacchini on Naxos 30 April 2008
By GTS - Published on Amazon.com
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2cds of interesting late-Classical opera from Opera Lafayette under Ryan Brown; generally an all-round success. Following on from an excellent Gluck "Orphee et Euridice" French version also on Naxos (and highly recommended), Opera Lafayette shed light on a definite unknown - which is worth lighting up. Period instruments used, and good singing.

Recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Pleasant surprise 13 Oct 2007
By Queen Margo - Published on Amazon.com
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I bought this recording because I saw several La Fayette Opera performances at the University of Maryland. The ansamble usually presents lesser known early operatic works and is always excellent. If you like early opera, you can't go wrong with this one. Highly recommended and enjoyable.
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