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HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803-1869)
Les Nuits d’ Été op.7
Poésies de Théophile Gautier
1 Villanelle
2 Le spectre de la rose
3 Sur les lagunes
4 Absence
5 Au cimetière
6 L’ile inconnue
CD I
Helmut Krebs, tenor
SWR-Radio-Sinfonieorchester
Hans Müller-Kray
Stuttgart, 1955
Track 1 1 Hirtenlied.
Track 2 4 Trennung.
Track 3 5 Am Friedhof.
Track 4 6 Die unbekannte Insel.
In the German translation by Peter Cornelius, corrected by Felix Weingartner.
Track 5-10
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, tenor (Transcription de Lionel Bord pour voix et huit violoncelles
Paris, La salle Pleyel, November 28, 2007
Track 11-16
Ian Bostridge, tenor
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis, conductor
New York, Avery Fisher Hall, April 27, 2006
CD II
Track 1-6
Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano
Stuart Burrows, tenor
Pierre Boulez
London, BBC 1973
Track 7-12
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
Chicago, Orchestra Hall, January 31, 2008
Bonus Tracks
La Damnation de Faust
Track 13-14
Jessey Norman, soprano
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
New York, Avery Fisher Hall, 1977
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I think that after R. Strauss – Vier letzte Lieder and some Mahler Lieder, Berlioz with his Les nuits d’été is the most wanted cycle. For Strauss Elisabeth Schwarzkopf remains the grand legend, Kathleen Ferrier for Mahler and Régine Crespin for Berlioz. Therefore other interpretations are often overlooked. On these CD’s you’ll hear a collection of very special recordings, none of which deserve a Grand Prix du Disque, but belong in every collection of Berlioz-lovers.
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CD Length and Format:
CD 1 78.20 minutes
CD 2 79.32 minutes
The CDs are in MP3 Format (320 kbps), with Cue Sheets.
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