BERLIOZ: Enfance du Christ (L')

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L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25 (more info)
Performed by: Lille National Orchestra
Composed by: Hector Berlioz
Conducted by: Jean-Claude Casadesus
Michele Lagrange, soprano
Michel Piquemal, baritone
Jean-Louis Serre, baritone
Fernand Bernardi, bass
Antoine Garcin, baritone
Etienne Vandier, tenor
Jean-Luc Viala, narrator
Produced by: Bringsjord, Larry


1.   Part I: Herod's Dream - Narrator - 1:48
2.   Part I: Herod's Dream - Scene 1 - Nocturnal March - 8:13
3.   Part I: Herod's Dream - Scene 2 - Herod's Aria - 7:31
4.   Part I: Herod's Dream - Scene 3 - 0:40
5.   Part I: Herod's Dream - Scene 4 - Herod and the Soothsayers - 3:24
6.   Part I: Herod's Dream - The Soothsayers Make Cabbalistic Signs and Proceed with their Conjuration - 5:52
7.   Part I: Herod's Dream - Scene 5 - The Stable in Bethlehem - 7:27
8.   Part I: Herod's Dream - Scene 6 - 5:08
9.   Part II: The Flight into Egypt - Scene 1 - Overture - 5:12
10.   Part II: The Flight into Egypt - The Shepherd's Farewell to the Holy Family - 3:59
11.   Part II: The Flight into Egypt - The Holy Family's Repose - 5:20

L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25 (more info)
Performed by: Lille National Orchestra
Composed by: Hector Berlioz
Conducted by: Jean-Claude Casadesus
Michele Lagrange, soprano
Michel Piquemal, baritone
Jean-Louis Serre, baritone
Fernand Bernardi, bass
Antoine Garcin, baritone
Etienne Vandier, tenor
Jean-Luc Viala, narrator
Produced by: Bringsjord, Larry


1.   Part III: The Arrival at Sais - Narrator - 3:06
2.   Part III: The Arrival at Sais - Scene 1 - Within the City of Sais - 5:14
3.   Part III: The Arrival at Sais - Scene 2 - In the House of the Ishmaelites - 0:53
4.   Part III: The Arrival at Sais - Grand Dieu! Quelle detresse! (The Father of the Family) - 3:08
5.   Part III: The Arrival at Sais - Sur vos traits fatigues... (The Father of the Family) - 2:59
6.   Part III: The Arrival at Sais - Trio for two flutes and harp, played by the young Ishmaelites - 6:47
7.   Part III: The Arrival at Sais - Vous pleurez, jeune mere! (The Father of the Family) - 4:31
8.   Part III: The Arrival at Sais - Scene 3 - Epilogue. Lento - 1:40
9.   Part III: The Arrival at Sais - Scene 3 - Epilogue. Narrator - 2:32
10.   Part III: The Arrival At Sais - Scene 3 - Epilogue. Narrator, Chorus - 7:22

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