Composer(s): Fauré, Gabriel
Conductor(s): Tingaud, Jean-Luc
Label: Naxos
Genre: Choral - Secular; Orchestral
Period: 20th Century; Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.574647
Barcode: 747313464777
Release Date: 03/2025

FAURÉ, G.: Masques et bergamasques / Theme and Variations / Caligula / Les Djinns (Rosique, Chamber Choir Ireland, Ireland National Symphony, Tingaud)

French music specialist, Jean-Luc Tingaud, conducts a selection of Fauré’s secular choral and theatrical music – works that remain relatively little known. Setting a text by Victor Hugo, Les Djinns is heard in Fauré’s version for choir and orchestra, while his first venture into incidental music, Caligula, focuses largely on the lives of the women in the Roman court rather than the Emperor. Featuring both instrumental and vocal movements, Masques et bergamasques evokes the Arcadian allure of the French fête galante style – antique, luminous and nostalgic. Also included is the premiere recording of Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht’s inventive and sympathetic arrangement of Fauré’s largest piano work, the Thème et variations.

Tracklist

Fauré, Gabriel
Hugo, Victor - Lyricist
Ireland National Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Ireland National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor)
1Les Djinns, Op. 12 (version for choir and orchestra)04:20
Ireland National Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Ireland National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor)
Fauré, Gabriel
Dumas (père), Alexandre - Lyricist
Chamber Choir Ireland (Choir)
Ireland National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor)
2No. 1. Prologue: Fanfare, March and Chorus: Nous sommes les Heures guerrières06:41
Chamber Choir Ireland (Choir)
Ireland National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor)
3No. 2. Act V: Chorus: L'hiver s'enfuit02:14
Chamber Choir Ireland (Choir)
Ireland National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor)
4No. 3. Air de danse02:09
Ireland National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor)
5No. 4. Melodrama with Chorus: De roses vermeilles02:19
Chamber Choir Ireland (Choir)
Ireland National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor)
6No. 5. Melodrama and Chorus: César a fermé la paupière02:41
Chamber Choir Ireland (Choir)
Ireland National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor)
Fauré, Gabriel
Inghelbrecht, Désire-Émile - Arranger
Ireland National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor)
7Theme and Variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73 (arr. D.-É. Inghelbrecht for orchestra)15:06
Ireland National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor)
Fauré, Gabriel
Silvestre, Armand - Lyricist
Verlaine, Paul-Marie - Lyricist
Ireland National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor)
Rosique, Ruth (soprano)
Erraught, Tara (mezzo-soprano)
Dran, Julien (tenor)
Russell, Benjamin (baritone)
8I. Ouverture (from Intermède symphonique in F Major, 1868)03:45
Ireland National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor)
9II. Pastorale03:48
Ireland National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor)
10III. Madrigal (from Op. 35)03:41
Rosique, Ruth (soprano)
Erraught, Tara (mezzo-soprano)
Dran, Julien (tenor)
Russell, Benjamin (baritone)
Ireland National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor)
11IV. Le plus doux chemin (from Op. 87, No. 1, arr. M. Samuel-Rousseau for orchestra)01:24
Dran, Julien (tenor)
Ireland National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor)
12V. Menuet02:42
Ireland National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor)
13VI. Clair de lune (from Op. 46, No. 2)02:39
Dran, Julien (tenor)
Ireland National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor)
14VII. Gavotte (from Suite (Symphony) in F Major, Op. 20: III.)03:13
Ireland National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor)
15VIII. Pavane (from Op. 50)05:11
Ireland National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:01:53