Complete Gramophone Recordings 1901-1908
On this CD:
1. La favorita, opera Lénor, viens
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Maurice Renaud
2. Damnation de Faust, La, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra, ("légende dramatique") H. 111 (Op. 24) Voici des roses
Composed by Hector Berlioz
Performed by Maurice Renaud
3. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 Jadis quand tu luttas
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Maurice Renaud
4. Guillaume Tell (William Tell), opera Sois immobile
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Maurice Renaud
5. Le Rondel de l'adieu
Composed by Agustin Lara
Performed by Maurice Renaud
6. Le Roi de Lahore, opera Promesse de mon avenir
Composed by Jules Massenet
Performed by Maurice Renaud
7. Le Soir for voice & piano
Composed by Charles Gounod
Performed by Maurice Renaud
8. La favorita, opera Pour tant d'amour
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Maurice Renaud
9. Hamlet, opera in 5 acts Je n'ai rien oublié... Comme une pâle fleur
Composed by Ambroise Thomas
Performed by Maurice Renaud
10. Carmen, opéra-comique in 4 acts Votre Toast je peux vous le rendre
Composed by Georges Bizet
Performed by Maurice Renaud
11. Damnation de Faust, La, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra, ("légende dramatique") H. 111 (Op. 24) Maintenant, chantons à cette belle ...Devant la maison
Composed by Hector Berlioz
Performed by Maurice Renaud
12. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 O douce étoile
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Maurice Renaud
13. Le Chemin Du Ciel
Composed by Augusta (Mary Anne) Holmes
Performed by Maurice Renaud
14. Noël païen, for voice & piano
Composed by Jules Massenet
Performed by Maurice Renaud
15. Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63 Du temps passé
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Maurice Renaud
16. Le Rondel de l'adieu
Composed by Agustin Lara
Performed by Maurice Renaud
17. Le Chemin Du Ciel
Composed by Augusta (Mary Anne) Holmes
Performed by Maurice Renaud
18. L' Africaine, grand opera in 5 acts Fille des rois
Composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performed by Maurice Renaud
19. Damnation de Faust, La, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra, ("légende dramatique") H. 111 (Op. 24) Vrai dieu, Messieurs...Une puce gentille
Composed by Hector Berlioz
Performed by Maurice Renaud
20. Damnation de Faust, La, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra, ("légende dramatique") H. 111 (Op. 24) Voici des roses
Composed by Hector Berlioz
Performed by Maurice Renaud
21. La favorita, opera Pour tant d'amour
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Maurice Renaud
22. Hamlet, opera in 5 acts Comme une pâle fleur
Composed by Ambroise Thomas
Performed by Maurice Renaud
23. Guillaume Tell (William Tell), opera Sois immobile
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Maurice Renaud
24. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 O douce étoile
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Maurice Renaud
25. La favorita, opera Léonor, viens
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Maurice Renaud
26. Carmen, opéra-comique in 4 acts Votre toast je peux vous le rendre
Composed by Georges Bizet
Performed by Maurice Renaud
27. Le Roi de Lahore, opera Promesse de mon avenir
Composed by Jules Massenet
Performed by Maurice Renaud
28. Le Soir for voice & piano
Composed by Charles Gounod
Performed by Maurice Renaud
29. Noël païen, for voice & piano
Composed by Jules Massenet
Performed by Maurice Renaud
30. Plaisir d'amour, for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Johann Paul Aegidius Martini
Performed by Maurice Renaud
31. Hérodiade, opera Vision fugitive
Composed by Jules Massenet
Performed by Maurice Renaud
32. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527 Parais à ta fenêtre & Tu ch'hai la bocca dolce
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Maurice Renaud
33. Damnation de Faust, La, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra, ("légende dramatique") H. 111 (Op. 24) Maintenant, chantons à cette belle...Devant la maison
Composed by Hector Berlioz
Performed by Maurice Renaud
34. Hérodiade, opera Vision fugitive
Composed by Jules Massenet
Performed by Maurice Renaud
35. La favorita, opera Pour tant d'amour
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Maurice Renaud
36. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 O douce étoile
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Maurice Renaud
37. Damnation de Faust, La, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra, ("légende dramatique") H. 111 (Op. 24) Voici des roses
Composed by Hector Berlioz
Performed by Maurice Renaud
38. La favorita, opera Léonor, viens
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Maurice Renaud
39. Hamlet, opera in 5 acts Comme une pâle fleur
Composed by Ambroise Thomas
Performed by Maurice Renaud
40. Guillaume Tell (William Tell), opera Sois immobile
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Maurice Renaud
41. Le Roi de Lahore, opera Promesse de mon avenir
Composed by Jules Massenet
Performed by Maurice Renaud
42. La favorita, opera Pour tant d'amour
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Maurice Renaud
43. Damnation de Faust, La, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra, ("légende dramatique") H. 111 (Op. 24) Devant la maison
Composed by Hector Berlioz
Performed by Maurice Renaud
44. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527 Parais à fenêtre & Tu ch'hai la bocca dolce
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Maurice Renaud
45. Hérodiade, opera Vision fugitive
Composed by Jules Massenet
Performed by Maurice Renaud
46. Sigurd, opera Et toi, Fréïa
Composed by Ernest Reyer
Performed by Maurice Renaud
Editorial Reviews
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Born in 1869, Renaud inherited the mantle of French baritone actor/singers Jean Lassalle and Victor Maurel. He deploys his ample resources with supple restraint and tonal eloquence. Note values are often stretched beyond anything we hear today. One will scarcely recognize Mozart's Don Giovanni Serenade (in French and Italian), for instance, but the traditional ornaments are in place. Perhaps "Pour tant d'amour" and "Leonor, viens" from Donizetti's La Favorite are a tad garish, yet Renaud's ardent approach suits Massenet's Vision Fugitive to a tee, in three different versions. Conversely, the singer's attention to details of rhythm and phrasing in Berlioz's Serenade never detract from the purity of tone. Thorough annotations and splendid transfers add up to a desirable, though specialized, reissue. --Jed Distler
Complete Gramophone Recordings 1901-1908, Music, Maurice Renaud, Hector Berlioz, Georges Bizet, Gaetano Donizetti, Charles Gounod, Augusta (Mary Anne) Holmes, Agustin Lara, Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, Jules Massenet, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ernest Reyer, Gioachino Rossini, Ambroise Thomas, Richard Wagner, Choral, Classical, Classical Music, French Romantic Opera, German/Austrian Classical Period Opera, German/Austrian Romantic Opera, Italian Romantic Opera, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Opera, Opera / Operetta / Oratorio, Romantic Music for Voice and Keyboard, Secular Music for More One Soloist, Chorus and Instr, Solo Voice(s) and Orchestra, Vocal
Complete Gramophone Recordings 1901-1908
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