Charles-François Gounod, French composer
Charles-François Gounod (1818-93) was a French composer. He is best-known for his operas, particularly Faust and Roméo et Juliette.
Gounod - Romeo et Juliette - "Je veux vivre dans ce rêve" (Sung by Sumi Jo)
Sumi Jo - Gounod - Romeo et Juliette - Je veux vivre dans ce
Sumi Jo - Gounod - Romeo et Juliette - Je veux vivre dans ce reve This video clip is one of Sumi Jo's DVD Title "Mad for Love/Amore di Pazzia - Coloratura Highlights." This Opera Gala Concert DVD consists of Sumi Jo's 4 coloratura mad scenes and 5 encores. Elvira (I Puritani), Lucia (di Lammermoore), Amina (La Sonnambula), Ophelie (Hamlet) are main songs. This clip is one of encore arias. 2003, Seoul, South Korea. Conductor - Paolo Olmi Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
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Gounod Music on CD
Gounod - Faust
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Gounod - Roméo et Juliette / Alagna, Gheorghiu, van Dam, Keenlyside, Capitole de Toulouse, Plasson
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Rolando Villazon - Gounod · Massenet Arias
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Gounod: Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cécile; Petite Symphonie for wind instruments
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Gounod: The 2 Symphonies; Faust Ballet Music
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"Source délicieuse" (Gounod)
Singer: Roberto Alagna
Roberto Alagna sings "Source délicieuse" (Gounod)
Roberto Alagna sings "Source délicieuse" from Gounod's "Polyeucte", in 1997. Enjoy this beautiful piece of french opera with a wonderful tenor voice, gifted with a unique French singing...
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Program Notes on Famous Charles Gounod Works
- The Redemption (Gounod)
- "The Redemption, a Sacred Trilogy," is the title which Gounod gave to this work, and on its opening page he wrote: "The work of my life."...
CLICK ON ABOVE LINK TO READ FULL NOTES ON THIS WORK - Mors et Vita (Death and Life) (Gounod)
- The oratorio "Mors et Vita" ("Death and Life") is the continuation of "The Redemption," and was first performed at the Birmingham Festival, August 26, 1885. It is divided into a prologue and three parts...
CLICK ON ABOVE LINK TO READ FULL NOTES ON THIS WORK - Saltarello (Gounod)
- Gounod's brilliant "Saltarello," one of the most prominent examples of this characteristic Italian dance form, was first heard in London in 1871. It is scored for very full orchestra, including fife, four horns, tuba, grossecaisse, cymbals, triangles, tambourine and strings...
CLICK ON ABOVE LINK TO READ FULL NOTES ON THIS WORK - Funeral March of a Marionette (Gounod)
- The "Funeral March of a Marionette," slight as it is, has never lost its charm. It was originally written as one of the movements of a Suite Burlesque, which was never completed. The music in the beginning is supposed to tell the listener that two of the members of the Marionette troupe have had a duel and one of them has been killed...
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Charles Gounod (article)
Charles-François Gounod (; June 17Baker's 7th ed.; also Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, online, 1818 ? October 18ibid, James Harding's Gounod (Stein & Day, 1973) gives October 17 as does [http://www.charles-gounod.com/vi/bio/index.htm], 1893) was a French composer, best known for his Ave Maria as well as his operas Faust and Roméo et Juliette.
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