Poulenc - Les mamelles de Tirésias & Le Bal masqué / Bonney, Holzmaier, Fouchécourt, Lafont, Griffey, Clark, Saito Kinen Orchestra, Ozawa

Poulenc - Les mamelles de Tirésias & Le Bal masqué / Bonney, Holzmaier, Fouchécourt, Lafont, Griffey, Clark, Saito Kinen Orchestra, Ozawa

Poulenc - Les mamelles de Tirésias & Le Bal masqué / Bonney, Holzmaier, Fouchécourt, Lafont, Griffey, Clark, Saito Kinen Orchestra, Ozawa
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Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-02-09
Music Label: Philips
Soundtracks:
  1. Les Mamelles De Tiresias: Prologue
  2. Les Mamelles De Tiresias: Act I, Non, Monsieur, mon mari
  3. Les Mamelles De Tiresias: Act I, Donne moi du lard je te dis
  4. Les Mamelles De Tiresias: Act I, Je demenage
  5. Les Mamelles De Tiresias: Act I, Avec vous vieux Lacouf
  6. Les Mamelles De Tiresias: Act I, Ah chere liberte
  7. Les Mamelles De Tiresias: Act I, Ah puisqu'enfin voici un agent
  8. Les Mamelles De Tiresias: Act I, Fameux representant de toute autorite
  9. Les Mamelles De Tiresias: Act I, Elle sort un bobard
  10. Les Mamelles De Tiresias: Act I, Entr'acte
  11. Les Mamelles De Tiresias: Act II, Ah, c'est fou les joies de la paternite
  12. Les Mamelles De Tiresias: Act II, Hands Up! Bonjour Monsieur le mari
  13. Les Mamelles De Tiresias: Act II, Eh oui! c'est simple comme un periscope
  14. Les Mamelles De Tiresias: Act II, Mon cher papa si vous voulez savoir
  15. Les Mamelles De Tiresias: Act II, Celui-ci n'est pas reussi
  16. Les Mamelles De Tiresias: Act II, Il parait que vous en faites de belles
  17. Les Mamelles De Tiresias: Act II, Chastes citovens de Zanzibar me voicei
  18. Les Mamelles De Tiresias: Act II, Il faut s'aimer ou je succombe
  19. Les Mamelles De Tiresias: Le Bal Masque, I. Preambule et air de bravoure
  20. Les Mamelles De Tiresias: Le Bal Masque, II. Intermede
  21. Les Mamelles De Tiresias: Le Bal Masque, III. Malvina
  22. Les Mamelles De Tiresias: Le Bal Masque, IV. Bagatelle
  23. Les Mamelles De Tiresias: Le Bal Masque, V. La Dame aveugle
  24. Les Mamelles De Tiresias: Le Bal Masque, VI. Finale

Music reviews of Poulenc - Les mamelles de Tirésias & Le Bal masqué / Bonney, Holzmaier, Fouchécourt, Lafont, Griffey, Clark, Saito Kinen Orchestra, Ozawa

Music Review: Delightful work, beautifully executed!
Rating: 4 Stars

I saw and heard the principle work on this disk at the London Coliseum some years ago, when it was part of a triple act with the Seven Deadly Sins. The latter was the first work of the evening and the smart set had fully booked the performances out. A fair number also left immediately afterwards not knowing or caring about what was to follow.

Fools, all of them, for like the performance on this disk, Tiresias was the star of the work and the evening. Beautifully and quirkilly realised and sung by a team of quality soloists having a good time. This is all repeated on this disk but it's a shame about the language. The ENO nearly always perform English (translation as they did that year) and although Bonney and colleagues' dictation is very good, my French simply looses out a little. Not helped out much of course by the brochure which is printed in cute but largely tedious to read fonts. Something one of my kids would use to play with on the computer!

That said it is small quibble over an excellent CD and Bonney provides almost perfect singing of the soubrette role of Tiresias.

As to the filler it pails in comparison but is performed with vigour.

One of the CD's you will play and play again and never regret purchasing! Very well recorded as you would expect of a recording made in Japan. The orchestra sounds world-class too!

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Set to a text by Guillaume Apollinaire that combines nonsensical images with some serious underlying thoughts, Les mamelles de Tirésias is a 52-minute, two-act operatic romp and makes a fascinating contrast to Poulenc's more familiar La voix humaine. With his usual pert lyricism and cabaret-like rhythmic underpinnings, the composer keeps his listeners thoroughly entertained. Along with Apollinaire, Max Jacobs was a leader of the Dada movement, and some of his rather illogical poems were delightfully set as a cantata for baritone and small instrumental ensemble as Le bal masqué. Wolfgang Holzmair sings effectively, as does the entire cast for Les mamelles. The orchestra plays with great proficiency, and the international cast sings well. If the opera performance lacks the charm of the early-1950s Angel recording by André Cluytens, there is no use crying over spilt milk. The new version is far better recorded and is the only one currently available. --Paul Turok

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