DEBUSSY Pelléas + Mélisande Boulez DVD-V

CLAUDE DEBUSSY

Pelléas et Mélisande
Hagley · Archer · Maxwell · Cox
Walker · Burkey · Massocchi
Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
Pierre Boulez
Directed by Peter Stein · Set Design: K.-E. Herrmann
Costumes: M. Bickel · Lighting: J. Kalman
Int. Release 09 Sep. 2002
2 DVD-Videos
0440 073 0309 2
2 DVD-VIDEO NTSC 0440 073 0309 2 GH 2
STEREO: PCM / SURROUND: Dolby Digital 5.1 & DTS 5.1
Picture Format: 4:3
Subtitles: French/German/English/Spanish/Chinese
A Caméras Continentales production for BBC Television
with the support of the Club Investissement Média
in association with ZDF/ARTE-Musica/
Deutsche Grammophon/Amaya Distribution

Track List

DVD 1: Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande

Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
Pelléas et Mélisande, L.88

1.
Opening Credits
0:49

Pierre Boulez

Act 1

2.
"Je ne pourrai plus sortir"
3:09

Donald Maxwell, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

3.
"Pourquoi pleures-tu?"
6:51

Donald Maxwell, Alison Hagley, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

4.
Interlude
1:22

Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

5.
"Voici ce qu'il écrit à son frère"
4:02

Penelope Walker, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

6.
"Qu'en dites-vous?"
5:34

Penelope Walker, Kenneth Cox, Neill Archer, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

7.
Interlude
1:18

Pierre Boulez, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera

8.
"Il fait sombre"
3:10

Alison Hagley, Penelope Walker, Neill Archer, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

9.
"Hoé! Hisse hoé!"
3:38

Alison Hagley, Neill Archer, Penelope Walker, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez, Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Gareth Jones

Act 2

10.
"Vous ne savez pas où je vous ai menée"
6:50

Neill Archer, Alison Hagley, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

11.
Interlude
2:42

Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

12.
"Ah, ah, tout va bien"
11:33

Donald Maxwell, Alison Hagley, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

13.
Interlude
1:07

Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

14.
"Oui, c'est ici, nous y sommes"
5:58

Neill Archer, Alison Hagley, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

Act 3

15.
"Mes longs cheveux descendent"
11:00

Alison Hagley, Neill Archer, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

16.
"Que faites-vous ici?"
1:04

Donald Maxwell, Neill Archer, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

17.
Interlude (Scene 1)
1:46

Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

18.
"Prenez garde! Par ici"
4:26

Donald Maxwell, Neill Archer, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

19.
Interlude
0:32

Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

20.
Ah, je respire enfin!
3:47

Donald Maxwell, Neill Archer, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

21.
Interlude
1:13

Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

22.
"Viens, nous allons nous asseoir ici"
10:38

Donald Maxwell, Samuel Burkey, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

Act 4

23.
"Où vas-tu?"
3:19

Neill Archer, Alison Hagley, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

24.
"Maintenant que le Père de Pelléas"
6:12

Kenneth Cox, Alison Hagley, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

25.
"Pelléas part ce soir"
5:05

26.
Je suis trop vieux (Golaud, ARkel, Mélisande)
1:52

Donald Maxwell, Kenneth Cox, Alison Hagley, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

27.
Interlude
3:51

Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

28.
"Oh! Cette pierre est lourde"
3:53

Samuel Burkey, Peter Massocchi, Pierre Boulez, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera

29.
"C'est le dernier soir"
2:28

Neill Archer, Alison Hagley, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

30.
"Pelléas!" - "Mélisande! Est-ce toi, Mélisande" (Mélisande, Pelléas)
4:12

Alison Hagley, Neill Archer, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

31.
"On dirait que ta voix"
4:20

Neill Archer, Alison Hagley, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

32.
"Quel est ce bruit?"
4:19

Neill Archer, Alison Hagley, Pierre Boulez, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera

Total Playing Time 2:12:00

DVD 2: Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande

Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
Pelléas et Mélisande, L.88

Act 5

1.
"Ce n'est pas de cette petite blessure"
8:27

Peter Massocchi, Kenneth Cox, Donald Maxwell, Alison Hagley, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

2.
"Mélisande, as-tu pitié de moi?"
5:23

Donald Maxwell, Alison Hagley, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

3.
"Qu'avez-vous fait?"
2:41

Kenneth Cox, Donald Maxwell, Alison Hagley, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

4.
"Qu'y a-t-il?"
2:29

Donald Maxwell, Peter Massocchi, Kenneth Cox, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

5.
"Attention... attention!"
7:34

Kenneth Cox, Peter Massocchi, Donald Maxwell, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez

Total Playing Time 26:34

. . . [Alison Hagley and Neill Archer are] exceptional in the title roles. Pierre Boulez coaxes a luminous orchestral sound.
Record Review / Geoffrey Norris, Gramophone (London) / 01. July 2012
Ein Muss.
Record Review / Gerhard Persché, Fono Forum (Euskirchen) / 01. March 2003
... retour à la seule vérité, celle de la musique, dont Pierre Boulez traduit sans faiblir l'intense poésie.
Record Review / Michel Parouty, Diapason (Paris) / 01. June 2003
. . . Boulez explica al detalle la partitura . . . es una versión bella en lo sonoro . . .
Record Review / Pedro González Mira, Ritmo (Madrid) / 01. October 2004