Charles Burles News
French opera singer (1936-2021)
- tenor
- France
- opera singer, operetta singer
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2019-10-11 09:00:00
[…] Great Getting Up Morning’, showcasing the incredible vocal pyrotechnics of both singers alongside full chorus and orchestra. In contrast, Norman’s soulful rendition of ‘Deep River’ is sung with a beautifully simple organ accompaniment. It is executed without vocal frills, capturing the purity of the music. The richness of her lower register is particularly impressive here. Jessye Norman, Deep River The 20 Greatest Sopranos of all time OffenbachLa Belle HeleneCharles Burles etc; Toulouse Capitole Orchestra/Toulouse Capitole Chorus/Micheal PlassonEMI Classics 395108 Jessye Norman plays the title role in this recording of Offenbach’s La Belle Hélène. The piece is a parody of the story of Helen of Troy’s elopement with Paris, which started the Trojan War. Norman’s portrayal of Helen is very much that of a ‘husky, smoky-voiced vamp’ (Ralph More), executing the dialogue with a fantastic sense of comic timing. Vocal highlights include the arias ‘Amours […]
2015-10-01 16:00:21
Beauty in its highest lustre
[…] worth hunting down, as is an out-of-print Ricercar CD featuring excerpts from Grétry’s Le Jugement de Midas. Washington’s Opera Lafayette has also just released a new CD of Philidor’s Les Femme Vengées on Naxos. Philidor: Tom Jones Salle Favart, Opéra comique 26 February 1979 In-house recording Sophie: Michèle Pena Mrs. Western: Suzanne Sarroca Honora: Monique Pourradier-Dutheil Tom Jones: Leonard Pezzino M. Western: Jean-Philippe Lafont Blifil: Charles Burles Alworthy: Michel Hamel Dowling: Charles Charras L’hotesse: Claudine Collas Richard: Jean-Pierre Granet Le valet de Blifil: Jean-Paul Tomasi Les buveurs: Guy Delorme, Claude Leblond Valet d’auberge: Jean-Simon Prévost Le bruiteur: Bernard Betremieux Ensemble Orchestral de Paris Conductor: Jean-Pierre Wallez Download audio file (Tom_Jones.mp3)
2015-10-01 04:12:21
Beauty in its highest lustre
[…] hunting down, as is an out-of-print Ricercar CD featuring excerpts from Grétry’s Le Jugement de Midas. Washington’s Opera Lafayette has also just released a new CD of Philidor’s Les Femme Vengées on Naxos. Philidor: Tom Jones Salle Favart ? Opéra comique 26 February 1979 In-house recording Sophie: Michèle Pena Mrs. Western: Suzanne Sarroca Honora: Monique Pourradier-Dutheil Tom Jones: Leonard Pezzino M. Western: Jean-Philippe Lafont Blifil: Charles Burles Alworthy: Michel Hamel Dowling: Charles Charras L’hotesse: Claudine Collas Richard: Jean-Pierre Granet Le valet de Blifil: Jean-Paul Tomasi Les buveurs: Guy Delorme, Claude Leblond Valet d’auberge: Jean-Simon Prévost Le bruiteur: Bernard Betremieux Ensemble Orchestral de Paris Conductor: Jean-Pierre Wallez Download audio file (Tom_Jones.mp3)
2015-08-14 01:30:00
Jean Martinon - Berlioz Symphonie fantastique and Lelio
Disc One: 01. - 05. Hector Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique, op.14 [54'14] Disc Two: 01. - 13. Hector Berlioz - Lelio, op.14b* [54'29] Chorus* and Orchestra of French National Radio conducted by Jean Martinon *with Jean Topart- narrator, Charles Burles- tenor, Jean van Gorp- baritone, Nicolai Gedda- tenor, Michel Sendrez- piano and Marie-Claire Jamet- harp EMI Gemini 5176542 (recorded January 1973 and November 1973* & April 1974*; first CD issue 1989, this CD issue 2008) (flac and scans) Recording venue: Salle Wagram, Paris Recording Engineer: Paul Vavasseur; Producer: Rene Challan I was alerted to these recordings by sometime MIMIC contributor Abby. I hadn't found a download but then recently spotted this CD set in the cut-out bin of our local Warehouse store (a sort of down market K-Mart). Whilst I expected a fine performance of the Symphonie fantastique from Martinon, I had […]
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