[ Naxos / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 22 November 2024
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Many years before Richard Strauss composed his opera on the subject of Salome and John the Baptist, Jules Massenet had explored the same relationship in Hérodiade. However, in Massenet's opera it is the vengeful Hérodiade, Salomé's mother, who demands John the Baptist's head, not her naïve innocent daughter. The opera's lyrical inwardness focuses on the characters' most intimate feelings in a way that had not been heard before and was considered radical at the time.
Introductionion
Act I Scene 1
Act I Scene 2: Elle a fui le palais… Elle a quitté ces lieux (Hérode)
Act I Scene 3
Act I Scene 4: Calmez donc vos fureurs (Jean, Salomé)
Act II Tableau 1 Scene 5
Act II Tableau 1 Scene 6
Act II Tableau 2 Scene 7
Act III Tableau 1 Scene 8
Act III Tableau 2: Prélude. Andante sostenuto religioso
Act III Tableau 2 Scene 9
Act III Tableau 2 Scene 10
Act III Tableau 2 Scene 11
Act III Tableau 2 Scene 12
Act IV Tableau 1: Prélude. Andante sostenuto
Act IV Tableau 1 Scene 13
Act IV Tableau 2 Scene 14: Romains! Romains! Nous sommes Romains! (Chorus)
Act IV Tableau 2 Scene 15