Gounod: Cinq-mars
) | Label: EDS Catalog: ES1024 Format: CD VIDAL GENS CHRISTOYANNIS FOSTER-WILIAMS CHOR DES BAYERISCHEN RUNDFUNKS MUNCHNER RUNDFUNKORCHESTER SCHIRMER, MATHIAS VIDALAt the request of the director of the Opéra-Comique, Léon Carvalho, Alfred de Vigny's Cinq-Mars was put to a musical setting that Charles Gounod agreed to compose. Gounod returned from a 10-year absence to the operatic scene to compose this work, which clearly transformed the spoken dialogue into grand recitatives that have withstood the test of time. Ulf Schirmer conducts the well-known Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks Münchner Rundfunkorchester along with an all-star cast.  Price: $39.98 |