Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht Debussy Pelleas et Melisande 3 SACD TOWER RECORDS

Product introduction

The phantom recording of Charlin, the "last Pelleas recording" that was distributed only as a private LP after Ángelbrecht's death, has finally been released!An excellent recording. The first SACD version of Charlan's treasured analog master, which had been dormant without being commercialized! Latest mastering by Mr. Saito of Altus. Limited edition, limited to Tower Records, with lyrics translated into Japanese. Permanent preservation record

After Ángelbrecht passed away in 1965, a limited edition of 200 copies were made into an LP as a memorial edition and distributed to those involved, but the 1963 ''Pelleas et Mélisande'' by the famous recording engineer Charlin remained unreleased. . Using that precious analog master, ALTUS has mastered it and made it into an SACD. Ángelbrecht played ''Pelleas'' as special music and cherished it throughout his life, and he recorded it as a broadcast with the French National Broadcasting Corporation eight times, but this recording is the last one. It is engraved with a sublime performance that is deeply immersed in Debussy's musical spirit. This time, as a commemorative project, a 78-page commentary with a new preface, explanation of the work, and translation of the lyrics is included. It will be released at a special price and in limited quantities.

French conductor Désiré-Emile Engelbrecht (September 17, 1880 - February 14, 1965) is known as one of the great composer Debussy's few close friends. Their friendship began in 1912, when Ángelbrecht conducted the first oratorio version of The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian. The concert was a great success, and a correspondence began between him and Debussy. Their correspondence began with the honorific "Mon cher Inghelbrecht" (dear Angelbrecht), but eventually changed to "Mon cher ami" (dear friend), and their friendship was not only based on mutual respect for each other's talents, but also on feelings and feelings. We even ended up sharing secrets. After Debussy's death in 1918, Ángelbrecht began to devote himself to introducing Debussy's works. One of his greatest accomplishments was conducting the opera Pelleas et Mélisande. Ángelbrecht saw the first performance of this opera when he was 22 years old, and wrote of his impressions at that time as follows:

"I'll never forget the first time I heard that opening line. For the first time since I'd listened to music, I didn't know what it was made of. If I wanted to experience that mysterious feeling again, I'd never forget it." In the perfect balance of these first four bars, Messager (the conductor of the first performance) has nothing to do with theory and relies only on sensibility, a rare ''not too much, not too little'' Thanks to my intuition, I solved this problem."

He then speaks of the infant emperor playing <Pelleas> as follows.

"The most common mistake is to introduce instruments as if in a Saint-Saëns or Beethoven symphony."

“It has to be sung in a different way than in Faust or Carmen. Whatever the singing ability of the artists who take on the roles in this work, they are above all in the spirit of Debussy. You have to adapt your personality.”

''When you are faced with one of the most perfect masterpieces in all music, and when you interpret it, you are, as Goro said, ''like a blind man searching for treasure at the bottom of the sea'' (Act 3, 4). Shouldn't I say to myself, ''The place''?

Ángelbrecht was the first to be asked to conduct the Japanese premiere of Pelleas in 1958, but Ángelbrecht, who was now 78 years old, is famous for appointing Jean Fournet.

Meanwhile, Ángelbrecht met recording engineer Andre Charlin (March 20, 1903 - November 28, 1983) through LP recording. Charlin was a genius engineer who obtained approximately 200 patents during his lifetime. Before the war, he devoted himself to improving the picture and sound quality of movie theaters, and after the war, inspired by the development of LP records, he sold all his movie-related patents to Lan-Philips. In 1949, he established ''Charlant Laboratories'' on Avenue Montaigne behind the Champs-Elysées Theater, which undertook recording and production work for various French companies.In 1962, he developed it into the ``Champs-Elysées Recording Center'' and started his own label, ''Charlant Records.'' to raise. He recorded approximately 20 LPs with Ángelbrecht for the Ducrete Thomson label between 1953 and 1956. He also undertook a live recording at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées for the French National Radio.

When Ángelbrecht died on February 14, 1965, his admirers, including Charlin, realized that there was no record of his masterpiece, Pelleas et Mélisande. Fortunately, Engelbrecht had recorded eight broadcasts of the opera with the Orchester National Radio de France in 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, and 1963. Among them, a 3-disc stereo LP containing the last recording made at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées on March 12, 1963 was produced by the Champs-Elysées Recording Center in a limited edition of 200 copies and distributed only to those involved. (Later, France's Berkeley released it only once as an LP based on the sound source from French National Radio.)

This SACD hybrid edition is the first DSD version of the analog master tape from the Champs Elysées Recording Center, which was mastered by Charlin himself. By the way, Disc Montaigne, founded in 1987, released the previous year's 1962 stereo recording on CD. This album was also released in Japan and is known as a masterpiece that won the Recording Academy Award in 1988. This 1963 recording has never been released before, and the cast is partially different (Pelleas is Jacques Jansen → Camille Morane!, Genevieve is Solange Michel → Marie Luce Bellary, Golot is Michel Roux). → Jacques Mars), the final conclusion of Ángelbrecht's interpretation of ''Pelleas'' can be heard in the best stereo recording, so it is a must-see for those who are interested in Debussy, Ángelbrecht, or Charlin. You can say that.

Work information

Conductor: Desiree-Emile Engelbrecht

Orchestra: Orchester National de France

Performers: Micheline Grandchet, Camille Morane

Chorus: French National Radio Choir

Performers: Jacques Mars, Andre Vessières

Composer: Claude Debussy

Contents

Number of components | 3 pieces

Edition | Remaster

Track Listing:

Claude Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande

recording

March 12, 1963/Théâtre des Champs Elysées (live) (stereo recording)

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