LEOPOLD
SIMONEAU & PIERRETTE ALARIE
4CD-set
DHR-7916-9
Léopold Simoneau (1916-2006) and his wife Pierrette Alarie (born
1921) were among the leading singers of the 20th century.
They performed on world stages, Mostly in Mozart roles with such
conductors as:
Bruno Walter, Herbert von Karajan, Thomas Beecham, Charles Munch,
Otto Klemperer, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Georg Szell, Karl Bohm, Rudolf
Moralt, Pierre Dervaux, Carlo Maria Giulini, Igor Stravinsky, Hans
Rosbaud, Josef Krips, , Julius Rudel, Werner Egk, Walter Goehr,
Rudolf Paumgartner, Hermann Scherchen, John Prichard, Rene Leibowitz,Thomas
Scherman, Ernest Bour, Mario Bernardi, Pierre Michel
Le Conte, Paul Strauss and Gianfranco Rivoli
MOZART
Duets for Soprano and Tenor:
Pierrette Alarie, Léopold
Simoneau
Così fan tutte K 588 "Fra gli amplesi" (Fiordiligi
& Ferrando); "Spiegarti non poss'io" K 489
Die Entführung K 384 "Welch ein Geschick" (Belmonte
& Constanze)
La finta giardiniera K 196 "Tu mi lasci" (Contino &
Sandrina)
Arias for Tenor: Léopold Simoneau
"Misero! o sogno" K 431; "Per pietà, non
ricercate" K 420
Arias for Soprano: Pierrette Alarie
"Mia speranza adorata" K 416; "No, no che non sei
capace" K 419
Amsterdam
Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter Goehr cond.Recorded 1959 (MMS-2183)
Die Entführung K 384 No.6: "Ach
ich liebte" (Constanze); No.10: "Traurigkeit"
(Constanze)
No.11: "Martern aller Arten" (Constanze); Le Nozze
di Figaro (No.27) "Deh vieni non tardar" (Susanna)
Pierrette Alarie, Hamburg
Philharmonic Orchestra, Albert Bittner cond. Recorded 1952
(Telefunken PLB 6169)
Lieder and Arias:
"Ridente la Calma" K 152; "Un moto di Gioia mi
sento" K 579; "Männer suchen stets zu naschen"
K 433
Pierrette
Alarie (soprano), John Newmark (piano). Recorded 1956 (CBC RCI-146)
"Oiseaux, si tous les ans" K 307; An Chloe K 524; Abendempfindung
K 523
Léopold
Simoneau (ténor), John Newmark (piano). Recorded 1956 (CBC
RCI-146)
BACH: Mass in B Minor BWV
232
Pierrette Alarie (soprano),
Catherina Delfosse (soprano), Grace Hoffman (alto),
Léopold Simoneau (ténor), Heinz Rehfuss (bass),
Amsterdam Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra
Walter Goehr cond.; Recorded 1959, (MMS-2182)
SCHUMANN: Duets Pierrette Alarie, Léopold Simoneau
Er und Sie, Op.78 No.2; Liebhabers Ständchen, Op.34 No.2;
Ich denke dein, Op.78 No.3
In der Nacht, Op.74 No.4; Unterm Fenster, Op.34 No.3; Wiegenlied,
Op.78 No.4
Liebesgarten, Op.34 No.1; Tanzlied, Op.78 No.1; Die tausend Grüsse,
Op.101 No.7
John Newmark (piano). Recorded
1962 (CBC RCI-198)
BEETHOVEN: Ode to Joy (Finale
of Symphony No.9, Op.125)
International Festival/Exposition universelle Expo/67, Montréal,
29-4-1967
Pierrette Alarie (soprano),
Maureen Forrester (alto); Léopold Simoneau (ténor),
Joseph Rouleau (bass)
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Wilfrid Pelletier cond.
STRAVINSKY Oedipus Rex
Opera - Oratorio after Sophocles. Text: Jean Cocteau.
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris 19-5-1952
Léopold Simoneau,
Bernard Cottret, George Abdoun, Gérard Serkoyan
Eugenia Zareska, Michel Hamel
Orchestre National de France & Choeur de Radio-France
Narration: Jean Cocteau, Igor Stravinsky cond.
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