Marke: Choeur du Concert Spirituel
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PRODUKTBESCHREIBUNGEN KURZBESCHREIBUNG Man mag kaum glauben, dass Reynaldo Hahn L île du rêve (Die Insel der Träume) mit 19 Jahren komponiert hat, besitzt das 1898 an der Pariser Ópéra comique uraufgeführte Stück doch bereits das koloristische Talent Bizets, die leidenschaftlichen Ausbrüche Massenets und sogar die prosodische Qualität des jungen Debussy. Die Polynesische Idylle handelt von der zukunftslosen Liebe zwischen dem europäischen Offizier Loti und der Polynesierin Mahénu. Mit anmutigen Klängen zaubert Hahn französisches Fin de Siècle in Reinkultur, was von Hervé Niquet hier in einen französischen Opernabend vom Feinsten umgesetzt wird. To have written that, you must be a poet , Massenet told Reynaldo Hahn when he read through the score of L Île du rêve. Composed when the young man was not yet eighteen years old, this curtain-raiser already had the qualities of the great works of the period. It reveals the colouristic talents of Bizet, the passionate outbursts of Massenet and even the prosodic originality of the young Debussy. The plot recounts a French naval officer's love affair with a young Polynesian girl he has to abandon. This subject also treated musically by Puccini (Madama Butterfly) and Delibes (Lakmé) is approached in an almost Symbolist style: the Romanticism of the music contrasts with a contemplative, introspective treatment of the narration. This is where the youthful Hahn particularly shines: in the very first bars (the hymn to Bora-Bora), in the various love scenes for Loti and Mahénu (notably the duet Restons encore les paupières mi-closes ) and even in the neo-Handelian prelude to Act Two. REZENSION This exotic idylle polynésienne is a rediscovered gem about interracial love, packed with exotic atmosphere and sensuous melody. Niquet conducts stylishly and the soloists, deliciously led by Hélène Guilmette and Cyrille Dubois, are near ideal. --The Sunday Times