New Arrivals/Restock

Title: Les Mysteres D'isis
Artist: Mozart / Flemish Radio Choir / Concert Spirituel
Label: Glossa
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 8424562216303
Genre: Classical, Opera/Operetta
Release Date: 2015-10-30
Number of Discs: 1

Long before the advent of surtitles in the opera house, success across Europe of new dramatic works depended on their plots being understood by local audiences. Such was the case for the German singspiel that is Mozart's Die Zauberflote, and when it was introduced to in Paris in 1801 it was adapted and re-titled Les Mysteres d'Isis: this is the opera which Le Concert Spirituel and the Flemish Radio Choir have recorded for this new release on Glossa (Diego Fasolis conducting the ensembles in place of the then indisposed Herve Niquet). Little of Mozart's operatic music had established itself at that time in Paris and any production for the Opera needed to include recitatives, ballets, no theatre parle and to be performable by the standing company. Hence, arranger Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith and librettist etienne Morel de Chedeville set to the task of adapting The Magic Flute. What Morel came up with respects the general outlines of Schickaneder's libretto, although most of the characters are renamed. Musically-speaking, this is a pasticcio: whilst much of the original music was retained there are interpolations from others of Mozart's operas. In the booklet, Alexandre Dratwicki and etienne Jardin take us through the genesis and success of Les Mysteres d'Isis. That this opera proved to be such a success in Paris is in part due to the Egyptomania then sweeping through the country; what remains today is the glory of Mozart's music as presented to Parisian audiences in Napoleonic France.

Tracks:
1.1 Overture
1.2 Dans Ce Fortune Sejour
1.3 O Deesse Immortelle
1.4 Des Que L'astre Du Jour
1.5 Isis Dissipe Le Nuage
1.6 A la Main D'ismenor
1.7 Ceremonia Religieuse
1.8 Moteur de L'univers
1.9 Rentrons, Je Vois Ismenor
1.10 De Feux Cruels
1.11 Quel Sort Affreux
1.12 Ou Suis-Je?
1.13 Au Gage Si Cher
1.14 Isis, Qui Du Ciel
1.15 Sous Les Yeux
1.16 Me Voila Seul
1.17 O Ciel, Quelle Injustice
1.18 Quels Que Soient
1.19 Vers Nous Elle Adresse
1.20 Punis Un Coupable
1.21 N'en Doutez Pas
1.22 On Peut Compter
1.23 Vous Voila Donc
1.24 Dans Les Bras
1.25 J'entends Du Bruit
1.26 Plus de Tristesse
1.27 Mais Dis-Moi Donc
1.28 Je Vais Revoir
1.29 Si Nos Gardiens Venaient
1.30 Si la Vertu T'inspire
1.31 Espoir Divin
1.32 Parle, Jeune Etranger
1.33 Non, Loi Dure
1.34 Je Vais Vous Enchainer
1.35 Quel Charme
1.36 De Zarastro Celebrons
1.37 A Vos Yeux
1.38 Ne Vous Montrez
1.39 Cedez a Sa Puissance
1.40 Fuyez Coeurs Faibles
2.1 J'ai Du Vous Prevenir
2.2 Trop Coupable Ismenor
2.3 Quel Charme
2.4 Venez Comme Un Dieu
2.5 Entree Des Pretres
2.6 Des Volontes D'isis
2.7 Dans Ce Sejour Tranquille
2.8 Et Vous Dont Le Soin
2.9 O Nuit Sombre
2.10 Pour Obtenir Une Vie Eternelle
2.11 Tout Comme Lui
2.12 Champs Des Larmes
2.13 Venez, Le Ciel L'ordonne
2.14 Ou Suis-Je?
2.15 La Vie Est Un Voyage
2.16 Je Fremis
2.17 Dieu D'amou
2.18 Je Vous Suivrai
2.19 Cette Femme M'abuse
2.20 Je Vais Quitter la Vie
2.21 Il Faut Lutter
2.22 Epreuve de L'eau
2.23 Epreuve Du Feu
2.24 Victoire
2.25 Avancons-Nous
2.26 En Croirai-Je Mes Yeux
2.27 Qu'hymen S'empresse

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