Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson and Delilah -- Highlights / Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin -- Tatiana's Letter Scene
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Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson and Delilah -- Highlights / Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin -- Tatiana's Letter Scene
A sneaky love for Stokowski is still something some "serious" music-lovers feel the need to apologise for, as if he were not a "proper" conductor - but of course he was a scrupulous musician who breathed life into everything he conducted, even if occasionally he produced a Frankenstein's monster. His musicians loved him and this selection of excerpts from a great, and somewhat neglected opera, does him proud. The best singers of their day on the RCA roster were used for this recording; although none was a... more info
Viscerally exciting:
Opera doesn't get much more "in your face" than in this recording. None of the performers could be considered quintessentially "French," but in Saint-Saens' powerful and vital score, that's not a bad thing at all. The three main soloists are all highly effective. Rise Stevens' sultry mezzo voice nicely captures the combination of seduction and haughtiness that characterizes the persona of Dalila. Jan Peerce conveys both strength and vulnerability in his interpretation of the Samson role, and Robert Merrill... more info
Tracks:
Act 1. Scene 1. Arrêtez, ô mes frères!
Act 1. Scene 6. Printemps qui commence
Act 2. Scene 1. Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!
Act 2. Scene 2. La victoire facile
Act 2. Scene 2. Se pourrait-il?
Act 2. Scene 3. Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix
Act 3. Scene 1. Vois ma misère
Act 3. Scene 2. Bacchanale
Act 3. Scene 3. Gloire à Dagon
Act 1. Scene 2. Puskáy pogíbnu ya (Tatiana's Letter Scene)
