Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo – Camille Saint-Saens: L’ancetre [CD]

Description

‘No!’ exclaims Nunciata, the stubborn Corsican grandmother, when she is begged to put an end to the vendetta between her family, the Fabiani, and their enemies, the Pietra Nera clan. Set against a backdrop of tragic deaths, voracious lust for vengeance and passionate love at the height of the Napoleonic Wars, this ‘lyric drama’ composed by Saint-Saens in 1906 was premiered at the Opera de Monte-Carlo and dedicated to Prince Albert I, who had commissioned it. Saint-Saens demonstrates here the full range of his style, interweaving Debussyan chords, melodic lines a la Massenet and aggressive rhythms worthy of Prokofiev. Above all, he displays a feel for the theatre eminently characteristic of French opera, and one can only imagine how successful this score would be if it found it’s way back onto the stage. It was not without reason that after it’s triumphant premiere in Monte Carlo, L’Ancetre was staged in several cities in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Germany, as well as Algiers (February 1911) and Cairo (February 1912), before two further performances in March 1915 in the theatre where it had come into existence.

Tracklist:

1. Anctre~Acte premier: Prlude
2. Anctre~Acte premier: Scne: O joie innocente et sereine!
3. Anctre~Acte premier: Scne: Abeilles, mes petites sours
4. Anctre~Acte premier: Scne: Pre Raphal, Dieu vous garde!
5. Anctre~Acte premier: Scne: Qui vient l?
6. Anctre~Acte premier: Chour: Bon ermite!
7. Anctre~Acte premier: Scne: Pour la premire fois
8. Anctre~Acte premier: Scne: Beau soldat
9. Anctre~Acte premier: Entre de Nunciata: C’est elle!
10. Anctre~Acte premier: Prire: Toi qui donnas ton fils
11. Anctre~Acte premier: Scne: Faudra-t-il que j’embrasse
12. Anctre~Acte premier: Anathme: Toi qui l’as refus
13. Anctre~Acte premier: Duo: Margarita, je vous en prie, restez!
14. Anctre~Acte premier: Scne: Tout mon tre salue
15. Anctre~Acte premier: Scne: Les hommes sont mchants
16. Anctre~Acte deuxime: Prlude
17. Anctre~Acte deuxime: Scne: Grand’mre dort…
18. Anctre~Acte deuxime: Marche funbre: Ah! Ah!
19. Anctre~Acte deuxime: Scne: Je rvais de mon fils
20. Anctre~Acte deuxime: Scne: C’est moi de parler
21. Anctre~Acte deuxime: Dploration: Il tait bon ma vieillesse
22. Anctre~Acte deuxime: Maldiction: Ma haine, c’est la balle
23. Anctre~Acte deuxime: Chour et Scne: La haine, c’est la balle
24. Anctre~Acte deuxime: Scne: Matresse, voulez-vous connatre
25. Anctre~Acte troisime: Prlude
26. Anctre~Acte troisime: Air: Ah!
27. Anctre~Acte troisime: Chour: Fillettes aux grands yeux
28. Anctre~Acte troisime: Scne: Eh bien! Mon fils!
29. Anctre~Acte troisime: Trio: Orphelins tous les deux
30. Anctre~Acte troisime: Scne: Huit jours dj passs!
31. Anctre~Acte troisime: Scne: Matresse! Un bon avis!
32. Anctre~Acte troisime: Air: Non! non! Tout mon cour se soulve
33. Anctre~Acte troisime: Arioso et Scne: Ne puis-je comme une autre
34. Anctre~Acte troisime: Scne: Tu veux que je te venge, mon frre!
35. Anctre~Acte troisime: Quatuor: Viens! suis-moi
36. Anctre~Acte troisime: Scne: Qu’attends-tu? Tire donc?
37. Anctre~Acte troisime: Scne: Quand la vue est trouble
38. Anctre~Acte troisime: Mort de Vanina: Tu smeras de fleurs ma tombe

UPC: 8055776010229
Label: Bru Zane
Release Date: 11.28.25
Format: CD