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Berlioz: Les Troyens [Box set]

~ Josephine Veasey (Artist), Berit Lindholm (Artist), Covent Garden Orchestra of the Royal Opera House (Artist), Colin Davis (Artist)
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  • Audio CD (7 Mar 2005)
  • SPARS Code: ADD
  • Number of Discs: 4
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: Universal Classics
  • ASIN: B000787WVA
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 167,602 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc 1:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Les Troyens / Act 1 - No.1 Choeur de la populace troyenne: "Ha! Ha! Après dix ans"Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 3:49£0.79
Listen  2. Les Troyens / Act 1 - No.2 Récitatif et air: "Les Grecs ont disparu" - "Malheureux roi!"Berit Lindholm 8:30Album Only
Listen  3. Les Troyens / Act 1 - "Chorèbe..." - No.3 Duo: "C'est lui!" - "Quitte-nous dès ce soir"Berit Lindholm15:48Album Only
Listen  4. Les Troyens / Act 1 - No.4 Marche et hymne: "Dieux protecteurs"Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 5:44£0.79
Listen  5. Les Troyens / Act 1 - No.5 Combat de ceste - Pas de lutteursOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 1:34£0.79
Listen  6. Les Troyens / Act 1 - No.6 Pantomime: "Andromaque et son fils!"Wandsworth School Boys Choir 6:56£0.79
Listen  7. Les Troyens / Act 1 - No.7 Narration: "Du peuple et des soldats"Jon Vickers 1:08£0.79
Listen  8. Les Troyens / Act 1 - No.8 Ottetto et double choeur: "Châtiment effroyable!"Pierre Thau 6:20£0.79
Listen  9. Les Troyens / Act 1 - No.9 Récitatif et choeur: "Que la déesse" - "A cet objet sacré"Jon Vickers 1:46£0.79
Listen10. Les Troyens / Act 1 - No.10 Air: "Non, je ne verrai pas"Berit Lindholm 2:13£0.79
Listen11. Les Troyens / Act 1 - No.11 Final: Marche troyenne: "De mes sens éperdus..."Berit Lindholm 7:09Album Only


Disc 2:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Les Troyens / Act 2 - No.12 Scène et récitatif: Introduction - "O lumière de Troie!" - "Ah!... fuis, fils de Vénus"Jon Vickers 8:35Album Only
Listen  2. Les Troyens / Act 2 - No.13 Récitatif et choeur: "Quelle espérance" - "Le salut des vaincus"Jon Vickers 2:30£0.79
Listen  3. Les Troyens / Act 2 - No.14 Choeur-prière: "Ah! Puissante Cybèle"Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 3:28£0.79
Listen  4. Les Troyens / Act 2 - No.15 Récitatif et choeur: "Tous ne périront pas" - "O digne soeur d'Hector"Berit Lindholm 4:28£0.79
Listen  5. Les Troyens / Act 2 - No.16 Final: "Complices de sa gloire" - "Le trésor! le trésor!"Berit Lindholm 5:20£0.79
Listen  6. Les Troyens / Act 3 - No.17 Choeur: "De Carthage les cieux"Wandsworth School Boys Choir 1:29£0.79
Listen  7. Les Troyens / Act 3 - No.18 Chant national: "Gloire à Didon"Wandsworth School Boys Choir 2:40£0.79
Listen  8. Les Troyens / Act 3 - No.19 Récitatif et air: "Nous avons vu finir" - "Chers Tyriens"Josephine Veasey 7:20Album Only
Listen  9. Les Troyens / Act 3 - No.20 Entrée des constructeursOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 1:08£0.79
Listen10. Les Troyens / Act 3 - No.21 Entrée des matelotsOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 1:03£0.79
Listen11. Les Troyens / Act 3 - No.22 Entrée des laboureursOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 1:52£0.79
Listen12. Les Troyens / Act 3 - No.23 Récitatif et choeur: "Peuple!" - "Gloire à Didon"Josephine Veasey 3:19£0.79
Listen13. Les Troyens / Act 3 - No.24 Récitatif et duo: "Les chants joyeux" - "Sa voix fait naître dans mon sein"Josephine Veasey10:21Album Only
Listen14. Les Troyens / Act 3 - No.25 Récitatif et air: "Echappés à grand peine" - "Errante sur les mers"Ian Partridge 2:20£0.79
Listen15. Les Troyens / Act 3 - No.26 Marche troyenne dans le mode triste - "J'éprouve une soudaine et vive impatience"Josephine Veasey 2:07£0.79
Listen16. Les Troyens / Act 3 - No.27 Récitatif: "Auguste reine, un peuple"Anne Howells 3:32£0.79
Listen17. Les Troyens / Act 3 - No.28 Final: "J'ose à peine annoncer" - "Annonce à nos Troyens" - "Des armes! des armes!"Roger Soyer 8:00Album Only


Disc 3:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Les Troyens / Act 4 - No.29 Chasse royale et orage - PantomimeOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 9:35Album Only
Listen  2. Les Troyens / Act 4 - No.30 Récitatif: "Dites Narbal, qui cause"Heather Begg 3:30£0.79
Listen  3. Les Troyens / Act 4 - No.31 Air et duo: "De quel revers" - "Vaine terreur!"Heather Begg 4:06£0.79
Listen  4. Les Troyens / Act 4 - No.32 Marche pour l'entrée de la reineOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 1:24£0.79
Listen  5. Les Troyens / Act 4 - No.33 Ballet: a) Pas des alméesOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 4:17£0.79
Listen  6. Les Troyens / Act 4 - No.33 Ballet: b) Danse des esclavesOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 4:21£0.79
Listen  7. Les Troyens / Act 4 - No.33 Ballet: c) Pas d'esclaves nubiennesOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 1:22£0.79
Listen  8. Les Troyens / Act 4 - No.34 Scène et chant d'Iopas: "Assez, ma soeur" - "O blonde Cérès"Josephine Veasey 6:38£0.79
Listen  9. Les Troyens / Act 4 - No.35 Récitatif et quintette: "Pardonne, Iopas" - "O pudeur!"Josephine Veasey 6:26£0.79
Listen10. Les Troyens / Act 4 - No.36 Récitatif et septuor: "Mais bannissons" - "Tout n'est que paix"Jon Vickers 5:18£0.79
Listen11. Les Troyens / Act 4 - No.37 Duo: "Nuit d'ivresse et d'extase"Josephine Veasey10:05Album Only


Disc 4:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Les Troyens / Act 5 - No.38 Chanson d'Hylas: "Vallon sonore"Ryland Davies 5:10£0.79
Listen  2. Les Troyens / Act 5 - No.39 Récitatif et choeur: "Préparez tout" - "Chaque jour voit grandir la colère"Anthony Raffell 2:20£0.79
Listen  3. Les Troyens / Act 5 - No.40 Duo: "Par Bacchus! ils sont fous"Raimund Herincx 2:12£0.79
Listen  4. Les Troyens / Act 5 - No.41 Récitatif mesuré et air: "Inutiles regrets" - "Ah! quand viendra"Jon Vickers 6:36£0.79
Listen  5. Les Troyens / Act 5 - No.42 Scène: "Enée!..."Raimund Herincx 2:31£0.79
Listen  6. Les Troyens / Act 5 - No.43 Scène et choeur: "Debout, Troyens" - "Alerte!"Jon Vickers 1:54£0.79
Listen  7. Les Troyens / Act 5 - No.44 Duo et choeur: "Errante sur tes pas" - "Italie!"Jon Vickers 5:27£0.79
Listen  8. Les Troyens / Act 5 - No.45 Scène: "Va, ma soeur, l'implorer"Josephine Veasey 3:06£0.79
Listen  9. Les Troyens / Act 5 - No.46 Scène: "En mer, voyez!" - "Dieux immortels!"Josephine Veasey 4:23£0.79
Listen10. Les Troyens / Act 5 - No.47 Monologue: "Ah! Ah! He vais mourir..."Josephine Veasey 3:05£0.79
Listen11. Les Troyens / Act 5 - No.48 Air: "Adieu, fière cité"Josephine Veasey 3:30£0.79
Listen12. Les Troyens / Act 5 - No.49 Cérémonie funèbre: "Dieux de l'oubli" - "S'il faut enfin qu' Enée"Heather Begg 4:47£0.79
Listen13. Les Troyens / Act 5 - No.50 Scène: "Pluton... semble m'être propice"Josephine Veasey 4:16£0.79
Listen14. Les Troyens / Act 5 - No.51 Choeur: "Ah! au secours!" - No.52 Imprécation: "Rome... Rome.. immortelle"Josephine Veasey 2:35£0.79

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5.0 out of 5 stars Still the finest version., 21 Jan 2006
I own all three complete CD versions of this magnificent opera. This set, Sir Colin Davis' first recording of "Troyens", remains the finest of the lot. Vickers may not be as smooth or as tender as Lakes or Heppner, but he expresses Aeneas' pain with a chilling intensity that neither his later rivals equal. Veasy is unequalled in warmth and pathos. Partidge is richly elegant, his mesmerizing "Blonde Ceres" aria simply incomparably done. The list goes on. Above all is Davis, more urgent and thus more in connection with the drama than his later "live" recording. Dutoit is good as well, but no rival for Davis in impetus and epic sweep. What really sets this album apart from the others is the recorded sound. Neither of the digital rivals come close to capturing the depth and richness of this analogue original. The balance, perspective, and acoustical ambiance are perfect. (The later Davis captures the deadly dry acoustics of the Barbican all too well.) Good as the later sets are, this first "Troyens" remains the finest.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This is the version of this masterpiece to get., 21 Jan 2006
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For much of the 19th and early 20th century the music of Berlioz was considered an in joke in musical circles. Outside of the Symphonie Fantastique and perhaps Harold in Italy, most of the composer's works were relegated to the dustbins of history. This was especially true of his operas, which were considered old fashioned and failures. But around 1960 the tables began to turn. Sir Colin Davis and a small group of other conductors spearheaded a Berlioz revival in Britain and America, rescuing many of Berlioz' greatest works from oblivion. Perhaps the biggest feat of rescue was this seminal recording of Berlioz' masterwork, Les Troyens.

Berlioz had a life long love affair with Virgil and particularly with his Carthaginian heroine Dido. Les Troyens is his paean to Dido and to classical civilization in general. The opera is in the traditional French five-act form. The first two acts concern the downfall of Troy and center around the figure of Cassandra, the prophet who is given the gift of second sight but the curse never to be believed. From the outset, Berlioz is a master of the dramatic set piece. The opera opens with Trojans rushing to the plain in front of the city, celebrating the seeming retreat of the Greeks. The music is jubilant and even a little vulgar....so that the dramatic entry of Cassandra and her powerful aria is all the more highlighted. Cassandra is a vocally terrifying role. She only is present in the first two acts, and yet she dominates these acts completely. Berit Lindholm is phenomenal in the role, her voice powerful and yet capable of the tender turns of phrase the role requires when Cassandra remembers her husband Corebus.

The last three acts concern the love affair between Dido and Aeneas. Much of this music is grand, in the best French sense. Court scenes abound, there is a fourth act ballet, the justly famous Royal Hunt and Storm, and long, aching love duets between the principals. Once again, the female role dominates, Though Aeneas gets a wonderful, dramatic and musical treatment by the incomparable Jon Vickers, it's Dido with whom you feel sympathy....the composer did as well. Josephine Veasey is a wonder, simply breathtaking.

The opera is expertly conducted by Sir Colin Davis and the Orchestra of Covent Garden. Davis is one of the least appreciated conductors of his generation. He does not have the charisma of a Karajan or a Bernstein, but he makes up for it in taste, balance, and a fierce and self-effacing dedication to the composer's intentions. Les Troyens has become increasingly popular in the last 30 years, and there is some competition, particularly on DVD. The Met production from 1983 is quite good vocally, though the staging is uninspired at best and laughable at worst. But even with the likes of Tatianna Troyanos and Jessye Norman, that production doesn't hold a candle vocally or musically to Davis' original. Even Davis' own newer recording doesn't compare vocally. This is the version of this masterpiece to get. Berlioz' world in this piece is unique and beautiful and will give you endless hours of enjoyment.

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