Album
Massenet: Werther (Extraits)
Alfredo Kraus, Tatiana Troyanos, Jules Bastin, Christine Barbaux, Matteo Manuguerra, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Michel PlassonAlfredo Kraus, Tatiana Troyanos, Jules Bastin, Christine Barbaux, Matteo Manuguerra, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Michel PlassonAlfredo Kraus, Tatiana Troyanos, Jules Bastin, Christine Barbaux, Matteo Manuguerra, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Michel PlassonAlfredo Kraus, Tatiana Troyanos, Jules Bastin, Christine Barbaux, Matteo Manuguerra, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Michel PlassonAlfredo Kraus, Tatiana Troyanos, Jules Bastin, Christine Barbaux, Matteo Manuguerra, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Michel PlassonAlfredo Kraus, Tatiana Troyanos, Jules Bastin, Christine Barbaux, Matteo Manuguerra, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Michel PlassonAlfredo Kraus, Tatiana Troyanos, Jules Bastin, Christine Barbaux, Matteo Manuguerra, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Michel Plasson
1997Classical · Music · Opera
A classic recording of Werther, faultlessly cast and finely conducted.
Tracks
- 14:28
- 21:56
- 3Werther, Act 1: Scene 2, "Bravo pour les enfants!" (Johann, Schmidt, Les Enfants, Le Bailli, Sophie)5:09
- 411:30
- 55:22
- 62:22
- 72:37
- 82:25
- 90:55
- 102:54
- 113:59
- 121:08
- 134:14
- 142:24
- 154:51
- 162:58
- 171:37
- 183:26
- 197:50
- 203:53
- 213:48
- 221:21
- 236:00
- 241:27
- 252:43
- 263:34
- 273:07
- 285:20
- 293:07
- 302:29
- 311:25
- 321:32
- 332:45
- 345:45
- 355:50
- 367:23
- 373:03
- 380:35
About this album
Jules Massenet’s music epitomizes French late Romanticism. Of his output of more than 30 operas, Werther—based on Goethe’s novel The Sorrows of Young Werther—is the best-known and tells of doomed love in music of great tenderness and passion. Werther offers exceptionally rewarding roles for its lead tenor and mezzo-soprano, as Werther and Charlotte. This celebrated recording places the hugely experienced Alfredo Kraus centre stage, to powerful effect. He sings the opera’s best-known aria, “Pourquoi me réveiller,” gloriously, bringing the moment he realizes that his love for Charlotte is reciprocated to glorious life. Tatiana Troyanos is a wonderful Charlotte, possessing a beautiful, warm mezzo voice and a commanding dramatic presence. Michel Plasson is a sympathetic conductor, allowing the singers space to explore their deeply human characters.