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Berlioz: Les Nuits D'été / Casadesus, Maurus


Release Date: 03/22/2005 
Label:  Naxos   Catalog #: 8557274   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Hector BerliozErnest ChaussonPaul Dukas
Performer:  Elsa Maurus
Conductor:  Jean-Claude Casadesus
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Lille National Orchestra
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 13 Mins. 

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Works on This Recording

1. Les nuits d'été, Op. 7 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:  Elsa Maurus (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Jean-Claude Casadesus
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Lille National Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1840-1841; France 
Venue:  New Century Auditorium, Lille, France 
Length: 28 Minutes 35 Secs. 
Language: French 
Notes: New Century Auditorium, Lille, France (02/26/2003 - 02/28/2003) 
2. Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19 by Ernest Chausson
Performer:  Elsa Maurus (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Jean-Claude Casadesus
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Lille National Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1882-1890; France 
Venue:  New Century Auditorium, Lille, France 
Length: 25 Minutes 26 Secs. 
Language: French 
Notes: New Century Auditorium, Lille, France (02/26/2003 - 02/28/2003) 
3. La péri by Paul Dukas
Performer:  Elsa Maurus (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Jean-Claude Casadesus
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Lille National Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1911-1912; France 
Venue:  New Century Auditorium, Lille, France 
Length: 19 Minutes 9 Secs. 
Language: French 
Notes: New Century Auditorium, Lille, France (02/26/2003 - 02/28/2003) 

Sound Samples

Poeme de l'amour et de la mer (Poem of Love and of the Sea), Op. 19 (version for baritone and piano): La fleur des eaux (The Flower of the Waters)
Poeme de l'amour et de la mer (Poem of Love and of the Sea), Op. 19 (version for baritone and piano): Interlude
Poeme de l'amour et de la mer (Poem of Love and of the Sea), Op. 19 (version for baritone and piano): La mort de l'amour (The Death of Love)
La Peri (The Fairy): Fanfare
La Peri (The Fairy): La peri
Les nuits d'ete, Op. 7: Villanelle
Les nuits d'ete, Op. 7: Le spectre de la rose (The Spectre of the Rose)
Les nuits d'ete, Op. 7: Sur les lagunes: Lamento (On the Lagoons: Lamento)
Les nuits d'ete, Op. 7: Absence
Les nuits d'ete, Op. 7: Au cimetiere: Clair de lune (At the Cemetery: Moonlight)
Les nuits d'ete, Op. 7: L'ile inconnue (The Unknown Island)

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