Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25
Anne Sofie von Otter, Gilles Cachemaille, José van Dam, Jules Bastin & Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Monteverdi Choir & Orchestre de l’Opera de Lyon, John Eliot Gardiner
John Eliot Gardiner in his vivid reading also has the advantage of fine modern recording… very well balanced and atmospheric. Anne Sofie von Otter’s Mary is outstanding, singing with rapt simplicity.
Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25
Anne Sofie von Otter, Gilles Cachemaille, José van Dam, Jules Bastin & Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Monteverdi Choir & Orchestre de l’Opera de Lyon, John Eliot Gardiner
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John Eliot Gardiner in his vivid reading also has the advantage of fine modern recording… very well balanced and atmospheric. Anne Sofie von Otter’s Mary is outstanding, singing with rapt simplicity.
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- Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Michel Fockenoy (tenor), René Schirrer (baritone), José van Dam (baritone), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Gilles Cachemaille (baritone)
- Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Part 1 Herod's Dream "O mon cher fils, donne cette herbe tendre à ces agneux" [Marie, Joseph]
Track length8:43
Berlioz:
L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25, Part 2: "Il s'en va loin de la terre" (Chorus)
Work length5:50
- Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Excerpt,Berlioz:
L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25
Work length42:19
This work is only available as an album download.
- Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Gilles Cachemaille (baritone), Jules Bastin (bass), Chantal Mathieu (harp), Gilles Cottin (flute), Philippe Bernold (flute)
- Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Part 2 The Flight into Egypt "Les pèlerins étant venus en lieu de belle apparence" [Narrator, Chorus]
Track length5:08
Part 3 The Arrival at Sais "Depuis trois jours, malgré l'ardeur du vent, ils cheminaient" [Narrator]
Track length3:17
Part 3 The Arrival at Sais "Dans cette ville immense où le peuple en foule s'élance, quelle rumeur!" [Marie, Joseph, Chorus] "Entrez, entrez, pauvres Hébreux!" [Father, Joseph, Chorus]
Track length12:19
This track is only available as an album download.
Part 3 The Arrival at Sais - Trio pour deux flûtes et harpe exécuté par les jeunes Ismaélites [Trio des Ismaélites]
Track length6:55
Part 3 The Arrival at Sais "Vous pleurez, jeune mère" [Father, Marie, Joseph, Chorus]
Track length4:46
Part 3 The Arrival at Sais "Ce fut ainsi que par un infidèle fut sauvé le Sauveur" [Narrator]
Track length3:18
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John Eliot Gardiner in his vivid reading also has the advantage of fine modern recording… very well balanced and atmospheric. Anne Sofie von Otter’s Mary is outstanding, singing with rapt simplicity.
