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Table of Contents:

• Les Huguenots. Nobles seigneurs, salut! / Meyerbeer (4:50)
• Roméo et Juliette. Depuis hier je cherche en vain / Gounod (5:12)
• Béatrice et Bénédict. Dieu! que viens-je d'entendre? ; Il m'en souvient / Berlioz (10:29)
• Werther. Va, laisse couler mes larmes / Massenet (3:03)
• La Périchole. Ah! quel dîner je viens de faire / Offenbach (2:05)
• Cendrillon. Enfin, je suis ici / Massenet (6:21)
• La damnation de Faust. D'amour l'ardente flamme / Berlioz (10:15)
• Mignon. Connais-tu le pays? / Thomas (5:29)
• La grande duchesse de Gérolstein. Dîtes-lui / Offenbach (3:13).

Contributors:

Von Stade, Frederica , singer

Pritchard, John, 1921-1989 , conductor

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893

Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869

Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912

Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880

Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896

London Philharmonic Orchestra , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Languages:

French
English
German

Language Notes:

Sung in French.

Included Works:

Huguenots [by Meyerbeer, G.] > Dame noble et sage

Roméo et Juliette [by Gounod, C.] > Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle

Béatrice et Bénédict [by Berlioz, H.] > Dieu! que viens-je d'entendre?

Werther [by Massenet, J.] > Va! laisse couler mes larmes

Périchole [by Offenbach, J.] > Ah, quel dîner!

Cendrillon [by Massenet, J.] > À l'heure dite, je fuyais

Damnation de Faust [by Berlioz, H.] > D'amour l'ardente flamme

Mignon [by Thomas, A.] > Connais-tu le pays?

Grande duchesse de Gérolstein [by Offenbach, J.] > Dites-lui qu'on l'a remarqué

Related Series:

Complete Columbia recital albums; CD 2

Subjects:

Operas — Excerpts

Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra

Genres:

Operas

Excerpts

Songs

Art music

Performers:

Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; John Pritchard, conductor.

Performance Medium:

1 performer and 1 ensemble: solo mezzo-soprano voice; orchestra

General Notes:

Recorded 1976 January 4, 8, 10 Henry Wood Hall, London.
Program notes by Jürgen Kesting in English, German, and French on boxed set booklet (51 pages : color illustrations). Original program notes and lyrics not included.
Title from disc container.
Issued as part of the boxed set, Frederica Von Stade, the complete Columbia recital albums.
Originally released in 1976 under the Columbia Masterworks label as Columbia M 34206.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 163,633 v.2

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 888751834125
Publisher Number, Sony Classical: 88875183412
Publisher Number, Sony Classical: 88875183412-02
Publisher Number, Columbia: M 34206

OCLC Numbers:

1001960869