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Composer of the Week: Gounod

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Charles Gounod led a life tormented by religious scruples, and the issue of church ortheatre, sacred or profane, is writ large in his music. Today Donald Macleod considers some of the compositions which contrast these aspirations.
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod, arrGamley) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Wandsworth Boys Choir, National Philharmonic
Orchestra, conductor Kurt Herbert Adler L 'Arithmetique
Felicity Lott (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo), Graham Johnson (piano) Kyrie and Gloria (St Cecilia Mass)
Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Laurence Dale (tenor), Jean-Philippe Lafont
(baritone), French Radio Chorus, French Radio New Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georges Pretre
La Reine de Saba (ballet music)
Ulster Orchestra, conductorTakuoYuasa Chanson de Magali (Mireille)
Mirella Freni (soprano), Alain Vanzo (tenor), Toulouse Capitole Choir and Orchestra, conductor Michel Plasson

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Tenor:
Luciano Pavarotti
Conductor:
Kurt Herbert Adler
Soprano:
Ann Murray
Piano:
Graham Johnson
Soprano:
Barbara Hendricks
Soprano:
Laurence Dale
Tenor:
Jean-Philippe Lafont
Conductor:
Georges Pretre
Conductor:
La Reine
Soprano:
Alain Vanzo
Conductor:
Michel Plasson
Source: Radio Times

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