D. Mulhaud- L'enfance Du Christ
Berlioz's L'Enfance Du Christ is probably known primarily due to it's famous "Shepherd's Chorus" but it is a piece that once listeners discover it, they realize a true golden gem has been found. It is primarily a choral work which tells the story of what are called the Infancy Narratives in the New Testament. Scenes of the work are taken from both the scriptures and legends and include Herod visiting a soothsayer which predicts the birth of the Messiah, the Annunciation (Mary learning of the birth of Jesus), the birth itself, and the flight into Egypt. This recording by the Orchestre National du Lille under the direction of Jean-Claude Casadesus captures both the beauty and scope of the work.
Tracklist:
- Narrator
- Scene 1 - Nocturnal March
- Scene 2 - Herod's Aria
- Scene 3
- Scene 4 - Herod And The Soothsayers
- The Soothsayers Make Cabbalistic Signs
- Scene 5 - The Stable In Bethlehem
- Scene 6
- Overture
- The Shepherds
- The Holy Family's Repose
- Narrator
- Scene 1 - Within The City Of Sais
- The Father Of The Family
- Great God! What Distress!
- The Father Of The Family
- Trio For Two Flutes And Harp, Played By The Young Ishmaelites
- The Father Of The Family
- Lento
- Narrator
- Narrator, Chorus
Berlioz's L'Enfance Du Christ is probably known primarily due to it's famous "Shepherd's Chorus" but it is a piece that once listeners discover it, they realize a true golden gem has been found. It is primarily a choral work which tells the story of what are called the Infancy Narratives in the New Testament. Scenes of the work are taken from both the scriptures and legends and include Herod visiting a soothsayer which predicts the birth of the Messiah, the Annunciation (Mary learning of the birth of Jesus), the birth itself, and the flight into Egypt. This recording by the Orchestre National du Lille under the direction of Jean-Claude Casadesus captures both the beauty and scope of the work.
Tracklist:
- Narrator
- Scene 1 - Nocturnal March
- Scene 2 - Herod's Aria
- Scene 3
- Scene 4 - Herod And The Soothsayers
- The Soothsayers Make Cabbalistic Signs
- Scene 5 - The Stable In Bethlehem
- Scene 6
- Overture
- The Shepherds
- The Holy Family's Repose
- Narrator
- Scene 1 - Within The City Of Sais
- The Father Of The Family
- Great God! What Distress!
- The Father Of The Family
- Trio For Two Flutes And Harp, Played By The Young Ishmaelites
- The Father Of The Family
- Lento
- Narrator
- Narrator, Chorus