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Joseph Rouleau, Hommage
Acclaimed on the world's greatest opera stages, he sang alongside the likes of Joan Sutherland, Victoria de Los Angeles, Maria Callas, Luciano Pavarotti, Cesare Siepi, Placido Domingo, and his compatriots Jon Vickers and Richard Verreau. He was equally at ease with Rossini, Verdi, Bellini, Mussorgsky, and Félix Leclerc. Conscious of the need to promote modern repertoire, he took part in the premiere of Harry Somers’ opera Louis Riel, and he commissioned Jacques Hétu’s Le Prix and Clément Pépin’s Messe sur le monde. He conveyed his passion to a new generation of singers for nearly 20 years at the Université de Québec à Montréal, while taking on the
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presidency of Jeunesses Musicales du Canada, a position he has held since 1989 and that paved the way for his co-founding, along with André Bourbeau, of the Montréal International Music Competition. Whatever he does, and wherever he goes, whether singing or sharing the memories of an enviable career, Joseph Rouleau is filled with a contagious fervour. Drawing from this Matane native's impressive discography, Analekta presents here not a description of his legacy but rather a portrayal of his vigour and vitality.
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Works on This Recording
1.
Don Carlos: Carlo, il sommo imperatore by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass)
Conductor:
Carlo Maria Giulini
2.
Lucia di Lammermoor: Ah! cedi, cedi, o più sciagure by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass),
Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Conductor:
Tullio Serafin
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
3.
Lucia di Lammermoor: Dalle stanze, ove Lucia tratta avea by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass)
Conductor:
Tullio Serafin
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra,
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835; Italy
4.
Il trovatore: Abbietta zingara by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass)
Conductor:
Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
5.
Il trovatore: E deggio e posso crederio? by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Dame Gwyneth Jones (Soprano),
Joseph Rouleau (Bass),
Peter Glossop (Baritone),
Bruno Prevedi (Tenor)
Conductor:
Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
6.
Mefistofele: Prologue by Arrigo Boito
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass)
Conductor:
Nello Santi
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra,
Radio France Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Italy
7.
Mefistofele: Son lo spirito che nega by Arrigo Boito
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass)
Conductor:
Nello Santi
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra,
Radio France Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Italy
8.
Mefistofele: Ecco il mondo by Arrigo Boito
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass)
Conductor:
Nello Santi
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra,
Radio France Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Italy
9.
Bois aimés by Claudio Monteverdi
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass),
Charles Reiner (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: Italy
10.
Tristesse, Op. 6 no 2 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass),
Colombe Pelletier (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1873; France
11.
La chanson du pêcheur, Op. 4 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass),
Colombe Pelletier (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1872; France
12.
Don Quichotte à Dulcinée by Maurice Ravel
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass),
Charles Reiner (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1932-1933; France
13.
Phidylé by Henri Duparc
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass),
Colombe Pelletier (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1882; France
14.
La vague et la cloche by Henri Duparc
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass),
Colombe Pelletier (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1871; France
15.
Chanson triste by Henri Duparc
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass),
Colombe Pelletier (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1868; France
16.
Mephistopheles' song of the flea by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass),
Charles Reiner (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1879; Russia
17.
Chansons de Don Quichotte: Chanson de la mort by Jacques Ibert
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass),
Henk Sprint (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1932; France
18.
Serious Songs (4), Op. 121 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass),
Pierre Jasmin (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Austria
19.
Canzoni-stornelli (3): no 2, L'ultima canzone by Francesco Paolo Tosti
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass),
Louise-Andrée Baril (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1905; Italy
20.
La serenata by Francesco Paolo Tosti
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass),
Louise-Andrée Baril (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1888; London, England
21.
Danse macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass),
Louise-Andrée Baril (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1872; France
22.
Heart's melodies, Op. 5: no 3, I love thee by Edvard Grieg
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass),
Louise-Andrée Baril (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1863-1864; Norway
23.
Le cor by Ange Flégier
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass),
Louise-Andrée Baril (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: France
24.
Saisons Canadiennes: L'automne by Rodolphe Mathieu
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass),
Claude Savard (Piano)
25.
Saisons Canadiennes: L'hiver by Rodolphe Mathieu
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass),
Claude Savard (Piano)
26.
Songs and dances of death by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass),
Charles Reiner (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875-1877; Russia
27.
Samson, HWV 57: How willing my paternal love by George Frideric Handel
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass),
Charles Reiner (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1743; London, England
28.
L'Elisir d'Amore: Udite, o rustici by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Joseph Rouleau (Bass),
Charles Reiner (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832; Italy
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