Poulenc: The Carmelites
Catrin Wyn-Davies (Blanche de la Force), Ashley Holland (Marquis de la Force), Peter Wedd (Chevalier de la Force), Felicity Palmer (Madame de Croissy), Orla Boylan (Madame Lidoine), Josephine Barstow (Mother Marie), Sarah Tynan (Sister Constance)
English National Opera, Paul Daniel
…Paul Daniel… draws intense, beautiful playing from his orchestra, helped by one of Chandos's most immediate, well aired recordings. The first third of the performance is commanded by Felicity...
Poulenc: The Carmelites
Catrin Wyn-Davies (Blanche de la Force), Ashley Holland (Marquis de la Force), Peter Wedd (Chevalier de la Force), Felicity Palmer (Madame de Croissy), Orla Boylan (Madame Lidoine), Josephine Barstow (Mother Marie), Sarah Tynan (Sister Constance)
English National Opera, Paul Daniel
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…Paul Daniel… draws intense, beautiful playing from his orchestra, helped by one of Chandos's most immediate, well aired recordings. The first third of the performance is commanded by Felicity...
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Contents and tracklist
- Recorded: 20-26 October 2005
- Recording Venue: Blackheath Halls, London
Act I Scene 1: Blanche, your poor brother was so very impatient for your return (Marquis, Blanche de la Force, Chevalier)
Track length3:31
Act I Scene 1: Her poor imagination always flies from one (Marquis, Chevalier, Blanche, Thierry)
Track length1:42
Act I Scene 1: Dear father, there is no incident so small of unimportant (Blanche, Marquis)
Track length4:04
Act I Scene 4: Would you be so kind as to raise my pillow? (Prioress, Mother Marie of the Incarnation)
Track length8:21
Act I Scene 4: Monsieur Javelinot, you must know it's customary in all our Houses (Prioress, Mother Marie)
Track length3:42
Act I Scene 4: Please inform your sisters they will have no chance to see the Reverend (Mother Marie, Prioress)
Track length3:14
Act II Scene 1: Interlude: Dear Sister, I'm afraid that our cross is just a bit too big (Constance, Blanche)
Track length3:55
Act II Scene 2: My dear daughters, I don't need to remind you (Madame Lidoine, Mother Marie)
Track length5:40
Act II Scene 4: My faithful daughters, I know that some among you already have heard (Chaplain, Carmelites)
Track length3:27
Act II Scene 4: But what will become of you? (Blanche, Chaplain, Sister Mathilde, Constance, Mother Marie, Prioress)
Track length2:50
Act II Scene 4: Someone is ringing the bell! (Constance, Sister Mathilde, Crowd, Chaplain, Carmelites)
Track length1:09
Act II Scene 4: Open the door, open the door now! (Voice from the Crowd, Mother Marie, First Commissioner, Second Commissioner)
Track length4:08
Act II Scene 4: My sisters, our Reverend Mother is coming (Mother Jeanne, Blanche, Crowd)
Track length1:59
Act III Scene 1: Father, speak to them (Mother Marie, Chaplain, Mother Jeane, Sister Mathilde)
Track length4:22
Act III Scene 1: There is only one vote against (Mother Marie, Sister Mathilde, Constance, Chaplain)
Track length3:12
Act III Scene 1: Interlude: Sister Gerald, we have to warn the priest as soon as possible (Prioress, Mother Marie)
Track length1:45
Act III Scene 3: My daughters, we have almost come to the end of our first night in prison (Prioress, Mother Jeanne)
Track length4:09
Act III Scene 3: The Tribunal of the Revolution declares that the former sisters of the Order of Carmel (Gaoler)
Track length2:26
Act III Scene 3: Interlude: It is done. The have been condemned (Chaplain, Mother Marie)
Track length1:55
Awards and reviews
October 2006
…Paul Daniel… draws intense, beautiful playing from his orchestra, helped by one of Chandos's most immediate, well aired recordings. The first third of the performance is commanded by Felicity Palmer's lacerating performance as the Old Prioress. This is a gift of a role for a mezzo of a certain age and Palmer makes the most of it as she conveys the old woman's seeming loss of faith and fear of death. Every word is filled with meaning and delivered with amazing power. As the new Prioress, Orla Boylan provides and admirable line; her final solo before the executions is most moving.
