Fauré: Masques et bergamasques, Thème et variations, Caligula, Les Djinns Rosique, Erraught, Dran, Russell, Chamber Choir Ireland, National Symphony Chours & Orchestra of Ireland & Jean-Luc Tingaud

• 1 Fauré: Les Djinns, Op. 12 (Version for Choir & Orchestra) 04:20
• 2 Fauré: Caligula, Op. 52 (Concert Version): No. 1, Prologue. Fanfare, March and Chorus. Nous sommes les Heures guerrières 06:43
• 3 Fauré: Caligula, Op. 52 (Concert Version): No. 2, Act V. Chorus. L'hiver s'enfuit 02:14
• 4 Fauré: Caligula, Op. 52 (Concert Version): No. 3, Air de danse 02:09
• 5 Fauré: Caligula, Op. 52 (Concert Version): No. 4, Melodrama and Chorus. De roses vermeilles 02:18
• 6 Fauré: Caligula, Op. 52 (Concert Version): No. 5, Melodrama and Chorus. César a fermé la paupière 02:44
• 7 Fauré: Thème et variations, Op. 73 (Arr. for Orchestra by Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht) 15:07
• 8 Fauré: Masques et bergamasques, Op. 112 (Stage Version): I. Ouverture (From Intermède symphonique) 03:46
• 9 Fauré: Masques et bergamasques, Op. 112 (Stage Version): II. Pastorale 03:49
• 10 Fauré: Masques et bergamasques, Op. 112 (Stage Version): III. Madrigal (From Op. 35) 03:41
• 11 Fauré: Masques et bergamasques, Op. 112 (Stage Version): IV. Le plus doux chemin (From Op. 87 No. 1) [Arr. for Orchestra by Marcel Samuel-Rousseau] 01:25
• 12 Fauré: Masques et bergamasques, Op. 112 (Stage Version): V. Menuet 02:44
• 13 Fauré: Masques et bergamasques, Op. 112 (Stage Version): VI. Clair de lune (From Op. 46 No. 2) 02:39
• 14 Fauré: Masques et bergamasques, Op. 112 (Stage Version): VII. Gavotte (From Op. 20) 03:15
• 15 Fauré: Masques et bergamasques, Op. 112 (Stage Version): VIII. Pavane (From Op. 50) 05:08
• Total Runtime 01:02:02

Info for Fauré: Masques et bergamasques, Thème et variations, Caligula, Les Djinns

French music specialist Jean-Luc Tingaud conducts a selection of Fauré's secular choral and theater music—works that are relatively unknown. "Les Djinns," based on a text by Victor Hugo, is performed in Fauré's version for chorus and orchestra, while his first work for incidental music, "Caligula," focuses primarily on the lives of women at the Roman court rather than the emperor. Featuring instrumental and vocal pieces, "Masques et bergamasques" evokes the Arcadian allure of the French fête galante style—antique, luminous, and nostalgic. Also included is the world premiere recording of Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht's imaginative and sensitive arrangement of Fauré's greatest piano work, "Thème et Variations." Conductor Jean-Luc Tingaud is a recipient of the Premio Abbiati Special Prize and a frequent guest in opera houses throughout Europe. The National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, formerly the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, has been at the heart of Ireland's cultural life since 1948. The orchestra plays a central role in Irish classical music through year-round programs of live performances, school and educational projects, broadcasts, recordings, and new commissions.

Ruth Rosique, soprano (track 10)
Tara Erraught, mezzo-soprano (track 10)
Julien Dran, tenor (tracks 10, 11, 13)
Benjamin Russell, baritone (track 10)
Chamber Choir Ireland(tracks 2, 3, 5, 6)
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland(track 1)
Jean-Luc Tingaud, conductor

Ruth Rosique
is renowned for the diversity and scope of her repertoire, which spans Gregorian chant to contemporary works, operas by Monteverdi, Britten and Henze, unjustly neglected Baroque composers to masterpieces by Mozart and bel canto, and German Lied to Zarzuela.

She has appeared in most of the major Spanish theatres, and also at Carnegie Hall, New York, Teatro Colón de Bogotá, Colombia and in Tokyo. She recently made a recording for Naïve with the Venice Baroque Orchestra, followed by a European tour which took her to the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, and Dijon Auditorium. In Italy, she has sung in prestigious theatres including Teatro La Fenice and Teatro Regio di Parma alongside José Carreras. She also participates in many festivals. She has sung under the direction of Helmuth Rilling, Christopher Hogwood and Christophe Rousset, among others.

Julien Dran
was born in Bordeaux, into a family of opera singers. He studied at the Conservatoire de Bordeaux, and earned a residency at the Centre national d’insertion professionnel d’artistes lyriques (CNIPAL) in Marseille for the 2007–08 season.

Recent highlights include appearances in the 2021 world premiere of Marc-André Dalbavie’s opera Le Soulier de satin at Opéra national de Paris, and concert performances with the Orchestre de chambre de Paris under Hervé Niquet. Previous roles include Fenton (Falstaff) at the Opéra de Massy, Matteo Borsa (Rigoletto) at the 2013 Festival d’Aix en Provence and Tibère in the world premiere production of Gesseney-Rappo’s Carlotta ou la Vaticane at Nouvel Opéra Fribourg. He has also appeared at Opéra Grand Avignon, La Monnaie in Brussels and Theater an der Wien, among others.

Chamber Choir Ireland (CCI)
is the country’s national chamber choir and premier professional choral ensemble. Recognised for its creative approach to commissioning, programming and recording, CCI’s repertoire spans early Renaissance works to cutting-edge commissions. CCI brings world-class choral music to audiences throughout Ireland and abroad, with international tours taking them to the US, UK, Belgium, Estonia, Russia, Germany and South America.

The choir has recorded for labels such as Naxos, harmonia mundi, Orchid Classics and RTÉ lyric fm. Its previous recording, Folks’ Music (Louth Contemporary Music Society) was included in The New Yorker’s Notable Classical Recordings of 2023. Chamber Choir Ireland receives principal funding from The Arts Council/an Chomhairle Ealaíon.

The National Symphony Chorus of Ireland
(formerly RTÉ Philharmonic Choir) was formed in January 1985 by Colin Mawby, and has been at the heart of Ireland’s choral music scene ever since. Subsequent chorus directors Mark Duley (1996–2011), Mark Hindley (2012–18) and David Young (2019–present) have continued to grow and develop the choir, firmly establishing it as Ireland’s leading symphonic choral ensemble, with a highly impressive range of repertoire from Bach and Handel to James MacMillan and Gerald Barry.

The chorus performs at least five large-scale choral works each season alongside the National Symphony Orchestra and internationally acclaimed conductors and soloists, with occasional recordings and stand-alone concerts. Recent conductors have included David Hill, Anja Bihlmaier, Carlo Rizzi and Jaime Martin. It has recorded for RTÉ and Naxos, and regularly broadcasts live on RTÉ lyric fm. The choir is made up of 160 dedicated amateur singers spanning all ages and backgrounds, united in their mission to challenge, uplift and inspire their audience.

Jean-Luc Tingaud
studied with the French conductor Manuel Rosenthal.

Notable opera engagements have included Pénélope and Le Roi malgré lui (Wexford Festival Opera), Roméo et Juliette (Arena di Verona), Faust (Macerata), The Turn of the Screw (Lille), Dialogues des Carmélites, La Bohème and Madama Butterfly (Pittsburgh), La Fille du régiment (Madrid), Pelléas et Mélisande (Prague National Theatre), Les Pêcheurs de perles (English National Opera), Spontini’s Fernand Cortez (Florence), L’Ange de Nisida (Donizetti Opera festival, Bergamo), Carmen (Tokyo) and Lakmé(Beijing).

Orchestras he has conducted include the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, the Warsaw and Kraków Philharmonics, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Orchestre National de Lyon, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and the orchestras of the Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa and the Teatro Massimo, Palermo.

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