Special offer. Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
Deborah Polaski & Jane Henschel
Slovak Philharmonic Choir & Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bertrand de Billy
The sumptuousness of the score doesn't quite come across in Bertrand de Billy's performance with the Vienna Radio Symphony. The voices lack allure, too - Deborah Polaski as Ariane seems under...
Special offer. Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
Deborah Polaski & Jane Henschel
Slovak Philharmonic Choir & Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bertrand de Billy
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The sumptuousness of the score doesn't quite come across in Bertrand de Billy's performance with the Vienna Radio Symphony. The voices lack allure, too - Deborah Polaski as Ariane seems under...
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Contents and tracklist
- Ruxandra Donose (mezzo-soprano), Kwangchul Youn (baritone), Deborah Polaski (soprano), Jane Henschel (mezzo-soprano), Stella Grigorian (mezzo-soprano), Ileana Tonka (soprano), Nina Bernsteiner (soprano), Ante Jerkunica (bass), Erik Arman (vocals), Markus Raab (vocals)
- Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Wiener Symphoniker
- Bertrand de Billy
Act I: A mort! A mort! - L'avezvous vue dans le carrosse? (Voices of the Crowd, Single Voices)
Track length5:56
Act I: J'en recueille une poignee pour qu'elles caressent les saphirs (The Nurse, Ariane)
Track length0:41
Act II: Comment s'apelle celle qui revient? (Ariane, 3 Scared Voices, Selysette, Ygraine)
Track length3:12
Act III: Nous n'avons pu sortir du chateau enchante (Selysette, Melisande, Ariane, Ygraine)
Track length5:45
Act III: Voila les paysants qui sortent des fosses … (The Nurse, Selysette, Melisande, Ygraine, Ariane)
Track length3:52
Act III: Non! … Pas cela! … Ne le tuez pas! … Au secours! … (All the Women, The Nurse, The Crowd, Ariane)
Track length2:32
Act III: Madame? … Om peut entrer? … (An Old Peasant, Second Peasant, Third Peasant, Ariane)
Track length3:00
Act III: Vous etiez a genoux! … (Ariane, Selysette, Melisande, Ygraine, The Nurse, Bellangere)
Track length6:29
Awards and reviews
16th May 2008
The sumptuousness of the score doesn't quite come across in Bertrand de Billy's performance with the Vienna Radio Symphony. The voices lack allure, too - Deborah Polaski as Ariane seems under pressure at the climaxes, Jane Henschel as the Nurse is slightly underwhelming and Kwangchul Youn is an uncharismatic Bluebeard. Leon Botstein's performance, released last year on Teldec, is preferable.
