Méhul: Le Chant du Départ
Les Jacobins
Only occasionally did I wish for the greater variety of the full orchestrations...but the actual sounds of the instruments are delightfully pungent and varied. The players have to work hard...
Méhul: Le Chant du Départ
Les Jacobins
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Only occasionally did I wish for the greater variety of the full orchestrations...but the actual sounds of the instruments are delightfully pungent and varied. The players have to work hard...
About
Méhul: Le Chant du départ includes arrangements of the overtures to six of Méhul’s successful operas. At the end of the 18th century, it was common practice to arrange extracts from fashionable operas for small ensembles, often wind octets, to allow them to be performed in a range of contexts. Several revolutionary pieces are also included, such as Le Chant du Départ, a war song for the Revolutionary French armies.
Contents and tracklist
- Les Jacobins
- Mathieu Lussier
- Recorded: 2012-06-13
- Recording Venue: Église Saint-Augustin, Mirabel
- Les Jacobins
- Mathieu Lussier
- Recorded: 2012-06-13
- Recording Venue: Église Saint-Augustin, Mirabel
- Les Jacobins
- Mathieu Lussier
- Recorded: 2012-06-13
- Recording Venue: Église Saint-Augustin, Mirabel
- Les Jacobins
- Mathieu Lussier
- Recorded: 2012-06-13
- Recording Venue: Église Saint-Augustin, Mirabel
- Les Jacobins
- Mathieu Lussier
- Recorded: 2012-06-13
- Recording Venue: Église Saint-Augustin, Mirabel
- Les Jacobins
- Mathieu Lussier
- Recorded: 2012-06-13
- Recording Venue: Église Saint-Augustin, Mirabel
- Les Jacobins
- Mathieu Lussier
- Recorded: 2012-06-13
- Recording Venue: Église Saint-Augustin, Mirabel
- Les Jacobins
- Mathieu Lussier
- Recorded: 2012-06-13
- Recording Venue: Église Saint-Augustin, Mirabel
- Les Jacobins
- Mathieu Lussier
- Recorded: 2012-06-13
- Recording Venue: Église Saint-Augustin, Mirabel
- Les Jacobins
- Mathieu Lussier
- Recorded: 2012-06-13
- Recording Venue: Église Saint-Augustin, Mirabel
- Les Jacobins
- Mathieu Lussier
- Recorded: 2012-06-13
- Recording Venue: Église Saint-Augustin, Mirabel
- Les Jacobins
- Mathieu Lussier
- Recorded: 2012-06-13
- Recording Venue: Église Saint-Augustin, Mirabel
- Les Jacobins
- Mathieu Lussier
- Recorded: 2012-06-13
- Recording Venue: Église Saint-Augustin, Mirabel
Awards and reviews
24th May 2013
Only occasionally did I wish for the greater variety of the full orchestrations...but the actual sounds of the instruments are delightfully pungent and varied. The players have to work hard when they lack the string foundation of the original versions but they phrase with much character and exemplary technique.
