Ninon Vallin: Opera & Mélodie

On this CD:

1. Le Roi d'Ys, opera in 3 acts Margared o ma soeur...En silence
Composed by Edouard Lalo
Performed by Ninon Vallin
Conducted by Madeleine Sibille

2. Les Pêcheurs de perles, opera in 3 acts Me voila seule...Comme autrefois
Composed by Georges Bizet
Performed by Ninon Vallin
Conducted by Gabriel Cloez

3. Carmen, opéra-comique in 4 acts Habañera
Composed by Georges Bizet
Performed by Ninon Vallin, Miguel Villabella

4. Carmen, opéra-comique in 4 acts Séguidilla
Composed by Georges Bizet
Performed by Ninon Vallin, Miguel Villabella

5. Carmen, opéra-comique in 4 acts Les tringles des sistres
Composed by Georges Bizet
Performed by Ninon Vallin

6. Carmen, opéra-comique in 4 acts Air des cartes
Composed by Georges Bizet
Performed by Ninon Vallin

7. Carmen, opéra-comique in 4 acts C'est toi?
Composed by Georges Bizet
Performed by Charles Friant, Ninon Vallin
Conducted by Gabriel Cloez

8. Hérodiade, opera Il est doux
Composed by Jules Massenet
Performed by Ninon Vallin
Conducted by Gabriel Cloez

9. Louise, opera Depuis le jour
Composed by Gustave Charpentier
Performed by Ninon Vallin
Conducted by Gabriel Cloez

10. L' Enfant prodigue, scène lyrique for voices & orchestra, L. 57 Air de Lia
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Ninon Vallin
Conducted by Gabriel Cloez

11. Fortunio, operetta La maison grise
Composed by Andre Messager
Performed by P. Darck, Ninon Vallin

12. Chanson greorgienne
Composed by Mily Balakirev
Performed by Ninon Vallin
Conducted by Gabriel Cloez

13. Mélodies (6), for voice and piano L'ile heureuse
Composed by Emmanuel Chabrier
Performed by Maurice Faure, Ninon Vallin

14. Les berceaux, song for voice & piano in B flat minor, Op. 23/1
Composed by Gabriel Faure
Performed by Marguerite Long, Ninon Vallin

15. Phidylé ("L'herbe est molle au sommeil"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Henri Duparc
Performed by Ninon Vallin
Conducted by Gabriel Cloez

16. Chant Hindou for voice & piano
Composed by Hermann Bemberg
Performed by A. de Pierlas, Ninon Vallin

17. Ariettes oubliées (6), song cycle for voice & piano, L. 60 Green
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Ninon Vallin

Ninon Vallin: Opera & Mélodie, Music, Mily Balakirev, Hermann Bemberg, Georges Bizet, Emmanuel Chabrier, Gustave Charpentier, Claude Debussy, Henri Duparc, Gabriel Faure, Edouard Lalo, Jules Massenet, Andre Messager, Francois Ruhlmann, Gabriel Cloez, Madeleine Sibille, A. de Pierlas, Marguerite Long, Maurice Faure, P. Darck, Charles Friant, Miguel Villabella, Ninon Vallin, Cantata, Choral, Classical, French Romantic Opera, Opera, Romantic Music for Voice and Keyboard, Romantic Opera, Song Collection for Solo Voice and Piano, Song Cycle for Solo Voice and Piano, Vocal
Massenet: Werther
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The only authentic Werther recorded
  • An INDISPENSABLE lesson in style and expression
  • The "Werther" against which all others must be measured
 Massenet: Werther

Manufacturer: Naxos
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ASIN: B00004YYQK
Release Date: 2001-01-16

Tracks:

  1. Werther, Act I: Prld...Assez! Assez! - Armand Narcon
  2. Werther, Act I: Noel Jesus Vient De Naitre - Armand Narcon/Children's Chor Of The Cantoria/Paris Opr Chor
  3. Werther, Act I: Bravo Pour Les Enfants! - Louis Guenot/Henri Niel/Armand Narcon/Germaine Feraldy/Children's Chor Of The Cantoria/Paris Opr...
  4. Werther, Act I: Alors, C'est Bien Ici...Je Ne Sais Si Je Veille... - Georges Thill/Ninon Vallin/Armand Narcon/Germaine FeraldyChildren's Chor Of The Cantoria/Paris...
  5. Werther, Act I: O Spectacle Ideal D'amour Et D'innocence - Georges Thill/Armand Narcon/Ninon Vallin/Germaine Feraldy/Marcel Rocque
  6. Werther, Act I: Elle M'aime!...Quelle Priere De Reconnaissance - Marcel Rocque
  7. Werther, Act I: Clair De Lune - Paris Opr Orch/Elie Cohen
  8. Werther, Act I: Il Faut Nous Separer - Ninon Vallin/Georges Thill
  9. Werther, Act I: Mon Ame A Reconna Votre Ame - Ninon Vallin/Georges Thill
  10. Werther, Act I: Vous Avez Dit Vrai! - Ninon Vallin/Georges Thill
  11. Werther, Act I: Reve! Extase! - Georges Thill/Ninon Vallin/Armand Narcon
  12. Werther, Act II: Prld - Paris Opr Orch/Elie Cohen
  13. Werther, Act II: Vivat Bacchus! - Louis Guenot/Henri Niel
  14. Werther, Act II: Trois Mois! Voici Trois Mois... - Marcel Rocque/Ninon Vallin
  15. Werther, Act II: Un Autre Est Son Epoux! - Georges Thill/Henri Niel/Louis Guenot/Marcel Rocque
  16. Werther, Act II: Mais Celle Qui Devint Ma Femme - Marcel Rocque/Georges Thill
  17. Werther, Act II: Frere, Voyez!....Du Gai Soleil - Germaine Feraldy
  18. Werther, Act II: Heureux! Pourrai-je L'etre Encore? - Georges Thill/Marcel Rocque/Germaine Feraldy/Ninon Vallin
  19. Werther, Act II: Ah! Qu'il Est Loin Ce Jour - Georges Thill/Ninon Vallin
  20. Werther, Act II: Lorsque L'enfant Revient D'un Voyage - Georges Thill/Germaine Feraldy/Ninon Vallin/Marcel Rocque

Tracks:

  1. Werther, Act III: Prld - Paris Opr Orch/Elie Cohen
  2. Werther, Act III: Werther! Werther!...Qui M'aurait Dit - Ninon Vallin
  3. Werther, Act III: Ces Lettres!...Ces Lettres! - Ninon Vallin
  4. Werther, Act III: Bonjour, Grande Soeur!...Mais Souffres-Tu? - Germaine Thill/Ninon Vallin
  5. Werther, Act III: Ah! Le Vire Est Beni - Germaine Thill/Ninon Vallin
  6. Werther, Act III: Les Larmes Qu'on Ne Pleure Pas - Germaine Thill/Ninon Vallin
  7. Werther, Act III: Ah! Mon Courage M'abandonne! - Ninon Vallin
  8. Werther, Act III: Oui, C'est Moi! - Georges Thill/Ninon Vallin
  9. Werther, Act III: Toute Mon Ame Est La...Pourquoi Me Reveiller - Georges Thill/Ninon Vallin
  10. Werther, Act III: Ciel! Ai-je Compris? - Georges Thill/Ninon Vallin
  11. Werther, Act III: Ah!...Ah! Moi! Dans Ces Bras! - Georges Thill/Ninon Vallin
  12. Werther, Act III: Soit! Adieu Donc! - Georges Thill
  13. Werther, Act III: Werther Est De Retour - Marcel Rocque/Ninon Vallin
  14. Werther, Act IV: Symphonie - Paris Opr Orch/Elie Cohen
  15. Werther, Act IV: Werther!...Werther!...Rien! - Ninon Vallin/Georges Thill
  16. Werther, Act IV: Et Moi, Werther, Et Moi, Je T'aime! - Ninon Vallin/Georges Thill/Germaine Feraldy/Children's Chor Of The Cantoria/Paris Opr Chor
  17. Werther, Act IV: Ecoute Bien! La-Bas, Au Fond Du Cimetiere - Georges Thill/Ninon Vallin
  18. Werther, Act IV: Jesus Vient De Naitre - Ninon Vallin/Children's Chor Of The Cantoria/Paris Opr Chor
  19. Le Cid: Oh Noble Lame Etincelante - Georges Thill
  20. Le Cid: Ah! Tout Est Bien Fini...O Souverian! O Juge O Pere - Georges Thill
  21. Herodiade: Ne Pouvant Reprimer... - Georges Thill
  22. Manon: C'est Vrai!...Instant Charmant... - Georges Thill
  23. Manon: Je Suis Seul...Ah! Fuyez, Douce Image - Georges Thill
  24. Sapho: Ah! Qu'il Est Loin Mon Pays! - Georges Thill

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The only authentic Werther recorded.......2006-06-08

This is the most authentic recording of Massenet's "Werther". No later singers can match Thill and Vallin in diction, voice, commitment, and feeling, for this masterpiece. The remastering, thanks to the genius of Ward Marston, hardly sounds like a recording from 1931. A real gem which catches the drama behind this moving story.

5 out of 5 stars An INDISPENSABLE lesson in style and expression.......2005-02-10

France's two leading singers of the 1920-1940 era, heard in 1931, in an opera they both owned. As far as I am concerned, they still do. Thill (1897-1984), a fluent vocalist with the ability to sound like a young man in love, simply sounds like Werther: there is no distance between himself and the rôle; his identification with every syllable he is singing is total. This is one of the great classic assumptions of the gramophone.

Ninon Vallin (1886-1961), a more brilliant vocalist per sè, with a better voice and a more subtle style, is a perfect foil for him: a tremendously conflicted Charlotte, profoundly disturbed below the cool exterior: Vallin does not miss a single nuance. And what phrasing, what tone!

Both these artists understand the style and character of this music perfectly, have all the resources, vocal and technical, to do their parts justice, and simply give their all: what more could one ask?

The 1931 sound has been expertly refurbished. All people who pretend to love opera simply have to get used to old recordings of musical greats. It comes with the territory. The music always comes first.

As a filler, NAXOS adds some further Massenet arias superbly sung by Georges Thill: they too are indispensable.



5 out of 5 stars The "Werther" against which all others must be measured.......2004-07-02

Source: Studio recording from the 1930s.

Sound: This set is clearly a relic of the early days of electric recording, but still quite listenable, once one accepts its limitations. Voices are clearly captured, particularly that of Georges Thill, and given emphasis over the rather dimly-caught orchestra.

Documentation: Naxos gives its standard package. There is a brief essay on the opera, accompanied by thumbnail biographies of the principal singers and all-but forgotten conductor. No libretto. There is a fairly useful plot summary tied to the track listings. (For those desperate for the words, a Google search under "Werther libretto" yields a serviceable French-English version.)

"Werther" is very much a tenor's opera. Although there have been a number of recordings since this primordial set, and many fine tenors recorded, none has ever matched Georges Thill in the role of Werther. Thill is said to have been the last, great, classic French tenor. Perhaps he was, but he was a robust one, with none of the preciousness that such a description tends to conjure up. Why, he was still giving concerts of Wagner's music into his sixties! His tone is slightly dry, his diction precise and his control awesome. I say that despite the famously bobbled high note. He could, I assume, have simply re-recorded his aria to correct the error but, I further assume, his self-confidence was so great that he let it go, just as in a live performance. Or it might be that he wanted to get out of the recording studio without delay, for--so the oft-told tale goes--he and soprano, Ninon Vallin, despised one another and had a stormy recording session.

Ninon Vallin is exactly what one imagines when one hears of a traditional French soprano. Hers was a bright, sharply focused voice, not great in size, but of wonderful precision. Her characterization of Charlotte is right on target: a perfectly ordinary bourgeois girl, with a perfectly ordinary bourgeois husband, who has the misfortune to be extravagantly loved by young Werther, a gormless and suicidal Romantic. The role was apparently intended for a mezzo, but it lies easily in the range of a soprano and has been performed successfully by singers in both ranges.

The entire cast is French and steeped in the traditional French approach to opera. So, too, are the orchesta and conductor. That puts this recording in marked contrast to more recent sets, with their polyglot casts and one-size-fits-all international style.

By all means, seek out the better fidelity of more recent recordings, but you are not likely to find a better performance during this lifetime. This is the classic standard for all recordings of "Werther," an excellent but too-rarely performed opera.

Five stars--and well worthy of them!
Charpentier: Louise
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • WHEN THE COMPOSER WAS STILL THERE
 Charpentier: Louise

Manufacturer: Nimbus Records
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ASIN: B00000INUZ
Release Date: 1992-12-02

Tracks:

  1. Scene I: O Coeur Ami! O Coeur Promis
  2. Scene II & III: Moi, Je Vous Avais Remarque
  3. Scene IV: Bonsoir! La Soupe Est Prete?
  4. Tableau 1 - Scene IV & V: Ella Va Paraitre, ma Joie!/Scene VII.: Laissez...
  5. Tableau 2-Scene I: L' Atelier
  6. Tableau 2-Scene II: Ser: Dans La Cite Lointaine
  7. Le Couronnement De La Muse
  8. Scene I: Depuis Le Jour
  9. Duo: Louise Est Heureuse?
  10. Tu As Peut-Etre Eu Tort De Travailler
  11. Louise, Louise, Regarde-Moi
  12. Tout Etre A Le Droit D'Etre Libre

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars WHEN THE COMPOSER WAS STILL THERE.......2002-06-12

FRENCH opéra lovers will want this very first recording made in 1935 in their collection,even if several pieces are missing.LOUISE was one of few opéras in the FRENCH répertoire in a time when PUCCINI was the most famous opéra composer.The work was supervised by the composer himself,which makes it historically interesting.Originally as you must know,it was a série of 78's and it won the grand prix du disque that year.It was considered a landmark recording at the time.DEPUIS LE JOUR is among the most recorded FRENCH aria of all time.The melody is of course in the mold of PUCCINI in it's true romantic setting.Those who would like the complete work have at least two recordings that are available;the last one with ILEANA COTRUBAS and PLACIDO DOMINGO(the cd cover is a RENOIR painting);the other one is a live recording made in the forties.
Puccini: Tosca
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Two for the price of one.
 Puccini: Tosca

Manufacturer: Naxos
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ASIN: B0000631B5
Release Date: 2002-04-16

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Two for the price of one........2002-10-01

Adding to their reissue series of important historical opera sets, Naxos here provides two Toscas for the price of one. Included is the complete June 1938 "Tosca", recorded in Rome, and also most of an abridged version sung in French and recorded in Paris in 1931.

Fred Gaisberg, the producer of the 1938 recording has written in his autobiography of the many difficulties that beset the project. Permission was grudgingly obtained to use the vast Teatro Reale for the recording venue, but a strict time limit was imposed. Half way through the recording schedule the original Tosca, Iva Pacetti, collapsed. Maria Caniglia was summoned, at Gigli's suggestion, and the chorus, orchestra and remaining soloists began all over again. Trouble with a four-minute section of Act 1 then proved troublesome. Ten "takes" were abandoned, and a further ten the following day were attempted before a satisfactory result was obtained. Then playbacks revealed a mysterious tapping noise, traced after much searching to a tinsmith reparing part of the vast roof. Somehow the project was completed on time, and a booking made to use the same venue for a recording of "Madama Butterfly" the following year.

Listening to this recording for the first time, in this 2002 reissue, I have noted several strengths and several weaknesses. The Cavaradossi, Beniamino Gigli, is the dominant singer. His Cavaradossi is essentially a light-hearted, easy-going character, a healthy and happy artist who is accidentally thrown into events and causes that kill him. Vocally, Gigli supplements his golden voice by his trick of adding aspirates at the beginning of almost every phrase. He is a master of this means of acting with the voice: to convey good humour it might be a chuckle, to convey misery it might be a gulp, and to convey anger it might be a grunt.

The Tosca, Maria Caniglia, in her first complete opera recording, is a less interesting singer. Occasionally, she brings one or two dramatic moments alive in ways superior even to Callas, but she is not a Tosca to endear herself to me, especially not in her "Vissi d'arte".

The Scarpia, Armando Borgioli, sings loudly throughout. A great strength in the project is the conductor Oliviero de Fabritiis, engaged for his first complete opera recording. Rarely have I been so aware of the niceties of the orchestral parts of this magnificent score.

A production fault that should have been rectified occurs at the start of Act 3. A shepherd boy is heard singing, not in the distance as specified, but full blast into the microphone.

The ambiance of the Teatro Reale gives richness and depth to the sound quality, but sometimes the voices catch the microphones unsympathetically. I was aware of this volume overloading in parts of the Act 1 love duet.

While there are several strengths and weaknesses in this Rome production, the Paris recording boasts the inestimable strength of Ninon Vallin. Her cool, cultured and beautifully enunciated singing will quickly dispel any regrets you may have that the language used in this recording is French. Time constraints forced this condensed version to be cut further by the excision of Cavaradossi's two arias in this reissue, a loss that you will not regret when you hear the stilted, unimaginative singing of the tenor who partners Ninon Vallin.
Ninon Vallin
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    		Ninon Vallin

    Manufacturer: MDV Classics
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    ASIN: B000FEXTKY

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    NINON VALLIN 1. Bizet: Les pecheurs de perles - Me voila seule dans la nuit Leila; Act II; 1932; Odeon 188742; M.No. Ki 3485/86-2 05:49 2. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro - E Susanna .. Dove sono Countess; Act III; Bigot/Lamoureux Orch.; 1944; Pathe CTS 5723; M.No. 10567-69 05:51 3. Lecocq: La fille de Madame Angot - Duo politique & Bauge; Andolfi/Orch; 1935; Pathe 03:15 4. Thomas: Mignon - Connais-tu le pays Mignon; Act II; Cloez/Orch; 1932; Odeon 03:55 5. Thomas: Mignon - Elle est aimee Mignon; Act II; Cloez/Orch; 1928; Odeon 171032; M.No. XXP 6487-1 03:20 6. Thomas: Mignon - As-tu souffert ? As-tu pleure? Mignon/Lothario; Act II; & Lafont; Cloez/Orch; 1932; Odeon 02:38 7. Gounod: Faust - Il etait un roi de Thule Margarethe; Act III; Cloez/Orch; 1930; Odeon 04:03 8. Gounod: Faust - Ah, je ris de me voir si belle Margarethe; Act III; Cloez/Orch; 1930; Odeon 03:56 9. Gounod: Faust - Seigneur, daignez permettre Margarethe/Mephisto; Act IV; & Bigot; Cloez/Orch; 1930; Odeon 09:33 10. Massenet: Manon - Suis-je gentille ainsi? Manon; Act III; Ruhlmann/Orch; 1932; Odeon 05:34 11. Massenet: Manon - Je ne suis que faiblesse ... Adieu, notre petite table Manon; Act II; Orch; 1932; Odeon 188862; M.No. Ki 5104-2 03:01 12. Massenet: Herodiade - Il est doux, il est bon Salome; Act I; 1929; Odeon 123530; M.No. XXP 6633 04:11 13. Massenet : Werther - Il faut nous separer ... Reve, extase Werther/Charlotte; Act I; & Thill; Cohen/Opera Comique Orch. & Chorus; 1931/March; Col LFX 151-165; M.No. WLX 794-809 12:39 14. Massenet: Werther - Werther! Werther! ... Ces lettres Charlotte; Act III; Cohen/Opera Comique Orch.; 1931/March; Col LFX 151-165; M.No. WLX 794-809 06:11
    Massenet: Werther (complete opera) - Georges Thill, Ninon Vallin, Germaine Feraldy (recorded March 1931)
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Idiomatic Massenet
    		 Massenet: Werther (complete opera) - Georges Thill, Ninon Vallin, Germaine Feraldy (recorded March 1931)

    Manufacturer: Arkadia: the 78's
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    ASIN: B000005S9L
    Release Date: 2000-09-30

    Tracks:

    1. Prld - Orch Du Theatre National De L'Opera-Comique/Elie Cohen
    2. Atto I: Assez! Assez! M'Ecoutera-T-On Cette Fois?... - Armand Narcon/Louis Guenot/Henri Niel/Germaine Feraldy
    3. Atto I: Alors, C'Est Bien Ici.../O Nature Pleine De Grace... - Georges Thill
    4. Atto I: Jesus Vient De Naitre!... - Georges Thill/Ninon Vallin/Armand Narcon
    5. Atto I: Arrivez Donc, Bruhlmann!... - Armand Narcon/Ninon Vallin/Georges Thill/Germaine Feraldy
    6. Atto I: Sophie!-Albert! Toi De Retour?... - Marcel Roque/Germaine Feraldy
    7. Atto I: Il Faut Nous Separer... (Clair De Lune) - Ninon Vallin/Georges Thill
    8. Atto I: O Charlotte, Ange Du Devoir... - Georges Thill/Ninon Vallin/Armand Narcon
    9. Atto II: Vivat Bacchus, Semper Vivat!... - Louis Guenot/Henri Niel
    10. Atto II: Trois Mois! Voici Trois Mois... - Marcel Roque/Ninon Vallin
    11. Atto II:Un Autre Est Son Epoux!... - Georges Thill
    12. Atto II: Au Bonheur Dont Mon Ame Est Pleine... - Marcel Roque/Georges Thill
    13. Atto II: Frere Voyez! Voyez a Beau Bouquet!... - Germaine Feraldy/Georges Thill/Marcel Roque
    14. Atto II: Ai-Je Dit Vrai?... - Georges Thill/Ninon Valliz
    15. Atto II: Qui, Ce Qu'Ella M'Ordonne... - Georges Thill/Germaine Feraldy/Ninon Vallin/Marcel Roque

    Tracks:

    1. Atto III: Prld - Orch Du Theatre National De L'Opera-Comique/Elie Cohen
    2. Atto III: Werther! Werther!... - Ninon Vallin
    3. Atto III: Bonjour, Grande Souer!... - Germaine Feraldy/Ninon Vallin
    4. Atto III: Va, Laisse Couler Mes Larmes!... - Ninon Vallin/Germaine Feraldy
    5. Atto III: Ah, Mon Courage M'Abandonne!... - Ninon Vallin/Georges Thill
    6. Atto III: Traduire!.../Pourquoi Me Reveiller... - Georges Thill
    7. Atto III: N'Achevez Pas, Helas!... - Ninon Vallin/Georges Thill
    8. Atto III: Werther Est De Retour - Marcel Roque/Ninon Vallin
    9. Atto IV: Primo Quadro: Sym: La Nuit De Noel - Orch Du Theatre National De L'Opera-Comique/Elie Cohen
    10. Atto IV: Secondo Quadro: Werther! Werther!...Rien!... - Ninon Vallin/Georges Thill
    11. Atto IV: Secondo Quadro: Qui, Du Jour Meme Ou Tu Parus... - Ninon Vallin/Georges Thill/Chor D'Enfants De La Cantoria/Germaine Feraldy
    12. Atto IV: Secondo Quadro: Ah! Ses Yeux Se Ferment... - Ninon Vallin/Georges Thill/Chor D'Enfants De La Cantoria

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Idiomatic Massenet.......2002-01-29

    This is a beautiful rendition of a truly "French" Massenet with the star lineup of Thill, Vallin, and Cohen.
    For the lovers of idiomatic opera performances.
    Georges Thill Sings Massenet
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      		Georges Thill Sings Massenet

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      Release Date: 1999-09-15
      Ninon Vallin: Opera & Mélodie
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • The art of Ninon Vallin.
      		 Ninon Vallin: Opera & Mélodie

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      ASIN: B000000WXU
      Release Date: 1993-01-21

      Tracks:

      1. Le Roi D'Ys: Margared, O Ma Soeur...En Silence
      2. Les Pecheurs De Perles: Me Voila Seule...Comme Autrefois
      3. Carmen: Habanera
      4. Carmen: Seguidilla
      5. Carmen: Les Tringles Des Sistres
      6. Carmen: Air Des Cartes
      7. Carmen: C'est Toi (Final Duet)
      8. Herodiade: Il Est Doux
      9. Louise: Depuis Le Jour
      10. L'enfant Prodigue: Air De Lia
      11. Fortunio: La Maison Grise
      12. Chanson Georgienne
      13. L'ile Heureuse
      14. Les Berceaux, Op.23/1
      15. Phidyle
      16. Chant Hindou
      17. Green (Ariettes Oubliees-5)

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars The art of Ninon Vallin........2004-01-24

      This Pearl issue is one of the few CDs devoted entirely to the great French soprano Ninon Vallin. Listen to the Lalo duet on Track 1 (one of the earliest and best recordings here) and you'll hear a singer who knows perfectly how to maximize her own vocal resources, how to project every subtlety of the French language, and how to cast a spell. Most aspects of her art are well represented here and the transfers are exemplary. I live in hopes of finding a reissue of her recording of Reynaldo Hahn's "La Dernière Valse", a song I heard her sing in a recital many years ago.
      Charpentier: Louise (Abridged)
      Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
      • Forget it!
      		 Charpentier: Louise (Abridged)

      Manufacturer: Naxos
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B00009NJ1L
      Release Date: 2003-07-15

      Tracks:

      1. Scene I: Ocoeur Ami! O Coeur Promis
      2. Scenes II And III: Moi, Je Vous Avais Remarque
      3. Scene IV: Bonsoir! La Soupe Est Prete?
      4. Scenes IV And V: Elle Va Paraitre, Ma Joie! Scene VII: Laissez-moi, De Grace!
      5. Scene I: L'Atelier
      6. Scene II: Serenade: Dans La Cite Lointaine
      7. Scene I: Depuis Le Jour...
      8. Duo: Louise Est Heureuse?
      9. Le Couronnement De La Muse
      10. Tu As Peut-Etre Eu Tort De Travailler Aujourd'hui
      11. Louise, Louise, Regarde-moi
      12. Tout Etre A Le Droit D'etre Libre
      13. La Voix De La Nuit

      Customer Reviews:

      2 out of 5 stars Forget it!.......2007-02-06

      This is really SLIGHT stuff! Aside from "Depuis le jour," there's not much here. Naxos has done a good job of the sound transfer -- but what can you do when the music is as weak as this. It's no wonder this has gone out of the repertoire all over the world. No opera company today (or record company either) would spend the money to mount a production.
      Massenet: Werther
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		Massenet: Werther

        Manufacturer: Grammofono 2000
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        All Works by MassenetAll Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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        ASIN: B000003UJH
        Release Date: 1997-11-18

        Tracks:

        1. ACT I: Prld - Orch du Theatre Nat de l'Opera-Comique/Elie Cohen
        2. ACT I: 'Assez! Assez!' - Chor du Theatre Nat de l'Opera-Comique/Armand Narcon/Elie Cohen
        3. ACT I: 'Bravo por les enfants' - Chor du Theatre Nat de l'Opera-Comique/Louis Guenot/Henri Niel/les enfants/Armand Narcon/Elie Cohen
        4. ACT I: 'Alors, c'est bien ici...Je ne sais si je veille...O Nature' - Chor du Theatre Nat de l'Opera-Comique/Georges Thill/les enfants/Ninon Vallin/Armand Narcon
        5. ACT I: 'O spectacle ideal d' amour' - Georges Thill/Armand Narcon/Ninon Vallin/Germaine Feraldy
        6. ACT I: 'Elle m'aime...Quelle priere de reconnaissance' - Marcel Roque
        7. ACT I: 'Clair de lune' - Orch du Theatre Nat de l'Opera-Comique/Elie Cohen
        8. ACT I: 'Il faut nous separer' - Ninon Vallin/Georges Thill
        9. ACT I: 'Mon ame a reconnu votre ame' - Georges Thill/Ninon Vallin
        10. ACT I: 'Vous avez dit vrai - Ninon Vallin/Georges Thill
        11. ACT I: 'Reve, extase!' - Georges Thill/Ninon Vallin/Elie Cohen
        12. ACT II: Prld - Orch du Theatre Nat de l'Opera-Comique/Elie Cohen
        13. ACT II: 'Vivat Bacchus!' - Louis Guenot/Henri Niel
        14. ACT II: 'Trois mois...voici trois mois' - Marcel Roque/Ninon Vallin
        15. ACT II: 'Un autre est son epoux!' - Georges Thill/Henri Niel/Louis Guenot/Marcel Roque
        16. ACT II: 'Mais celle qui devint ma femme' - Marcel Roque/Georges Thill/Germaine Feraldy
        17. ACT II: 'Frere, voyez...du gai soleil' - Germaine Feraldy
        18. ACT II: 'Heureux! Pourrai-je l' etre' - Chor et Orch du Theatre Nat de l'Opers-Comique/Georges Thill/Marcel Roque/Germaine Feraldy/Ninon Val
        19. ACT II: 'Ah! qu'il est loin ce jour' - Georges Thill/Ninon Vallin
        20. ACT II: 'Lorsque l'enfant revient d'un voyage' - Georges Thill/Germaine Feraldy/Marcel Roque/Ninon Vallin

        Tracks:

        1. ACT III: Prld - Orch du Theatre Nat de l'Opera-Comique/Elie Cohen
        2. ACT III: 'Werther, Werther, qui m'aurait dit' - Ninon Vallin
        3. ACT III: 'Ces lettres! Ces Lettres! - Ninon Vallin
        4. ACT III: 'Bonjour, grande soeur!...Mais, souffres-tu! - Germaine Feraldy/Ninon Vallin
        5. ACT III: 'Ah! le rire est beni' - Germaine Feraldy
        6. ACT III: 'Les larmes qu'on ne pleure pas' - Ninon Vallin/Germaine Feraldy
        7. ACT III: 'Ah mon courage m'abandonne...Seigneur Dieu!' - Ninon Vallin
        8. ACT III: 'Oui! c'est moi' - Georges Thill/Ninon Vallin
        9. ACT III: 'Tout mon ame...Pourquoi me reveiller' - Georges Thill
        10. ACT III: 'Ciel! Ai-je compris?' - Georges Thill/Ninon Vallin
        11. ACT III: 'Ah! Moi...moi...Non, vous ne me verrez plus' - Ninon Vallin/Georges Thill
        12. ACT III: 'Soit! Adieu...Prends le deuil, o nature' - Georges Thill
        13. ACT III: 'Werther est du retour' - Marcel Roque/Ninon Vallin
        14. ACT III: La nuit de Noel - Orch du Theatre Nat de l'Opera-Comique/Elie Cohen
        15. ACT III: 'Werther! Werther! Dieu! Ah! Du sang! - Ninon Vallin/Georges Thill
        16. ACT III: 'Et moi Werther...Oui, du jour meme ou tu parus!' - Chor du Theatre Nat de l'Opers-Comique/Ninon Vallin/Georges Thill/Germaine Feraldy/Elie Cohen
        17. ACT III: 'Ecoute bien: la-bas, au fond du cimetiere' - Georges Thill/Ninon Vallin
        18. ACT III: 'Jesus, vient de naitre' - Chor du Theatre Nat de l'Opera-Comique/Elie Cohen
        Ninon Vallin-The Complete Pathé-Art Recordings, 1927-1929
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          		Ninon Vallin-The Complete Pathé-Art Recordings, 1927-1929

          Manufacturer: Marston
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
          RomancesRomances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
          Romantic (c.1820-1910)Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
          FrenchFrench | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
          GermanGerman | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
          ItalianItalian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
          RussianRussian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
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          General ChristmasGeneral Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
          General ChristmasGeneral Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music
          ASIN: B000004BOI
          Release Date: 1998-01-13

          Tracks:

          1. La Boheme: On M'Appelle Mimi (Mi Chiamano Mimi)
          2. La Boheme: Les Adieux De Mimi (Donde Lieta Usci)
          3. Carmen: Habanera
          4. Carmen: Seguedille
          5. Madama Butterfly: Sur La Mer Calmee (Un Bel Di Vedremo)
          6. Louise: Depuis Le Jour
          7. La Boheme: On M'Appelle Mimi (Mi Chiamano Mimi)
          8. La Boheme: Les Adieux De Mimi (Donde Lieta Usci)
          9. Madama Butterfly: Sur La Mer Calmee (Un Bel Di Vedremo)
          10. Louise: Depuis Le Jour
          11. Thais: Scene Du Miroir
          12. Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas: El Pano Moruno
          13. Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas: Seguidilla Murciana
          14. Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas: Asturiana
          15. Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas: Jota
          16. Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas: Nana
          17. Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas: Cancion
          18. Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas: Polo
          19. Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas: Le Nil
          20. Sadko: Chant Hindou
          21. Carmen: Habanera
          22. Carmen: Segeudille
          23. Carmen: Les Tringles Des Sistres
          24. Carmen: Air Des Cartes
          25. Manon: Voyons, Manon
          26. Manon: Allons! Il Le Faut...Adieu, Notre Petite Table

          Tracks:

          1. Manon: Je Suis Encore Tout Etourdie
          2. Manon: A Nous Les Amours
          3. Tosca: Priere De Tosca (Vissi D'Arte)
          4. Tosca: Notre Doux Nid (No, Mario Mio)
          5. Le Nozze Di Figaro: Recit Et Air De Suzanne (Deh Vieni Non Tardar)
          6. Don Giovanni: Air De Zerline (Batti, Batti)
          7. Manon: Duo De La Rencontre
          8. Panis Angelicus
          9. Voici Le Noel
          10. Les Contes D'Hoffmann: Elle A Fui, La Tourterelle
          11. Manon: Je Marche Sur Tous Les Chemins
          12. Faust: Ballade Du Roi De Thule
          13. Faust: Air Des Bijoux
          14. Thais: Scene Du Miroir
          15. L'Invitation Au Voyage
          16. Chanson Triste
          17. Le Roi D'ys: Margared, O Ma Soeur...En silence Pourquoi Souffrir

          Music Review:

          1. Novak: Overture/Slovak Suite/Dvorak: Suite In A
          2. Pearls of Russian Romanticism 2
          3. Psy: Charm of the Cimbalom
          4. Ravenna the City of Mosaics
          5. Rheinberger: Missa et Hymni
          6. Richard Strauss: Choral Works a Capella
          7. Rossini: L'inganno felice / de Carolis, Felle, Zennaro, Viotti
          8. Russia: A Golden Century of Song
          9. Saint-Saëns: La Muse et le poète; Violin Concerto No. 2; Spartacus Overture
          10. Sings Handel & Bach Sacred Arias

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