- Audio CD (Oct 31 2000)
- SPARS Code: DDD
- Number of Discs: 3
- Label: Universal Music Group
- ASIN: B00004XPU3
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #79,394 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Act One: Intro | |||
| 2. Act One: Non, Ce Bruit, Ce N'est Rien | |||
| 3. Act One: Adieu, Mon Bien-Aime... Adieu, Je Pars, Helene | |||
| 4. Act One: Ave Maria | |||
| 5. Act One: Le Lever Du Soleil | |||
| 6. Act One: Enfin Voici Le Jour Propice | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Act Two, Scene 1: Grace! Mon Dieu! | |||
| 2. Act Two, Scene 1: O Jour Fatal! O Crime! | |||
| 3. Act Two, Scene 1: Du Secours! O Mon Dieu, Faut-il Mourir Ainsi! | |||
| 4. Act Two, Scene 1: Loin Des Croises, Madame | |||
| 5. Act Two, Scene 1: Quelle Ivresse! Bonheur Supreme! | |||
| 6. Act Two, Scene 1: O Mon Dieu! O Mon Dieu, Vois Notre Misere! | |||
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| Disc: 3 | |||
| 1. Act Three, Scene 1: O Belle Captive | |||
| 2. Act Three, Scene 1: Ballet: Pas De Quatre: Andante - | |||
| 3. Act Three, Scene 1: Ballet: Pas De Quatre: Allegro - | |||
| 4. Act Three, Scene 1: Ballet: Pas De Quatre: Allegro/Scherzando - Allegro - | |||
| 5. Act Three, Scene 1: Ballet: Pas De Quatre: Galop | |||
| 6. Act Three, Scene 1: Ballet: Pas De Deux: Allegro Moderato Assai - | |||
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Product Description
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Giuseppe Verdi's first big Paris hit, Jérusalem is an 1847 rewrite of I Lombardi. Along with a new French text, the action is clarified, characters and scenes are dropped, the tenor role is beefed up, and the obligatory ballet is added, among other changes. It's a more coherent opera in this version, although Italian audiences have clung to I Lombardi, which is still mounted on the world's stages. The Philips team, however, makes a powerful case for this French grand opera story of betrayal, love, war and rescue, penitence, and vindication painted in primary colors on a canvas of Crusaders and villains, rousingly set to effective, if blunt, music.
Fabio Luisi conducts a vigorous performance and draws excellent work from orchestra and chorus. The smaller roles are generally adequately cast. Marina Mescheriakova is an excellent Hélène, the plucky heroine who follows her exiled fiancé to the Holy Land. Her lustrous soprano voice shines with true Verdian flavor. As Gaston, the tenor hero, Marcello Giordani, is first-rate, tender in his soft singing, tossing off ringing high notes in his heroic passages. An excellent performance of an opera well worth hearing. --Dan Davis
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Le centenaire de la mort de Verdi, célébré en 2001, est l'occasion de redécouvrir certains de ses ouvrages injustement méconnus. Créé en 1847 (quelques mois après Macbeth), Jérusalem est le douzième des 28 opéras de Verdi et le premier écrit pour le public parisien. Ce qui devait être une simple révision d'une partition précédente, I Lombardi (1843), devint un opéra totalement différent, centré autour d'un drame de la jalousie, au coeur des croisades menées par les chevaliers toulousains. À Paris, Verdi put disposer d'un orchestre et d'un choeur imposants, sans oublier un corps de ballet, pour composer une oeuvre qui s'inscrit dans le genre du grand opéra français de Meyerbeer, Halévy et Auber. Airs, cabalettes, pages orchestrales descriptives, choeurs grandioses (celui des pèlerins est le frère jumeau du célébrissime "Va pensiero" de Nabucco) : Jérusalem est ici magnifiquement interprété par Fabio Luisi, à la tête de l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, et par son équipe de chanteurs, dominée par Marina Mescheriakova, Marcello Giordano et Roberto Scandiuzzi. --Franck Erikson
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Paris revision of I Lombardi,
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This review is from: Jerusalem (Audio CD)
Before Verdi wrote his two original Paris operas, Les Vepres Sicillienes and Don Carlos, he first tried his hand with this reworking of an earlier Italian opera - I Lombardi. Although BBC Radio 3 have an unreleased recording of Jérusalem from the 80's lurking somewhere in their vaults, this is the first time Verdi's Paris revision of his crusader opera has made it onto disc. The original Italian version was recorded in 1975 by Gavazzeni with Carreras in the lead role and is still available (also on Philips).Comparing the two versions, the later French one has a considerably tighter plot, with a well structured quartet of major roles - crusader count, his daughter, young hero, wicked uncle, and less activity for the chorus than the Italian original. Verdi was so pleased with his revision that he had it translated back into Italian as Gerusalemme and withdrew I Lombardi. The French version's extra length (and extra CD) is partly due to the Parisian grande opéra requirement for a ballet which Verdi inserted, appropriately, in the heroine's harem scene. Anyone wanting to get an idea of the musical difference between I Lombardi and Jérusalem can hear an aria from each on Roberto Alagna's 1998 Verdi Arias disc on EMI. This 2001 recording recieved a mixed welcome in France. Classica rewarded the set a 'recommandé par Classica' and Télérama awarded it 'ffff' (top marks), but Diapason magazine was less impressed. One problem was that the French pronunciation of the mainly foreign cast didn't go down well with the reviewers: "One regrets that the French diction of the cast of Jérusalem, apart from Philippe Rouillon, is deficient and diminishes the success of this rewriting for the Opéra de Paris, in 1847, of I Lombardi."(Renaud Machart in Le Monde). On the other hand, you'd have thought that most people (the critics of Le Monde excepted) would not be too bothered about the way Italians sing French, and the Russian soprano Marina Mescheriakova compensates very prettily for un-French consonants. Overall if neither the opera nor the recording is the absolute masterpiece that is Pappano and Alagna's EMI recording of the French original of Don Carlos, then it is still pretty good. If you already have the French version of Don Carlos and enjoyed it, you'll almost certainly like this as well.
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jerusalem by verdi,
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This review is from: Jerusalem (Audio CD)
I am not familiar with the parent opera, I Lombardi, and this is the first recording of this work. In my humble opinion it is breathtaking. I love the singing, the conducting and the orchestra. The sound quality is superb. Verdi added a powerful scene where the hero Gaston is humilited by having his weapons destoyed for the crime he is innocent of ( my guese is that at the premier this must have moved the audience to tears ). I read up on the story of I lombardi and as far as the drama is concerned Jerusalem is differnt opera. If you love Verdi as I do ( I even have Oberto ) you'll fall in love with this recording and with this opera. By all means by it.
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Outstanding Earrly Verdi,
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This review is from: Jerusalem (Audio CD)
Jerusalem is a "rewrite" by Verdi of his third opera, I Lombardi. It is an instructional exercise to listen to both operas sequentially, because the composer's growth as a musical dramatist is obvious. The performance is generally excellent: well conducted and well sung. It is frequently said that the recent emphasis on bel canto opera has resulted in a lack of great Verdian voices, and, especially as relates to sopranos and baritones, I tend to agree. But that is nit-picking as far as this album is concerned. It is a totally enjoyable listening experience from start to finish. If you like Verdi, you'll love this recording, and if you are "testing the water" as far as opera goes, this will be an excellent start. Buy and enjoy!
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