Par GOUNOD CHARLES. Gounod, comme Berlioz à la même époque, eut le grand mérite d'avoir donné à la mélodie un relief qu'elle n'avait pas eu jusque là en France. C'est avec lui que naît véritablement la mélodie française qui se substitue peu à peu à la romance, plus simple et d'un accompagnement moins raffiné. Gounod, en particulier dans ses premières oeuvres, choisit de beaux textes et calque avec un grand talent sa mélodie sur le 'chant' du langage français, en respectant le rythme établi par le poète. Nous avons voulu présenter une anthologie des mélodies qui nous ont semblé les mieux adaptées au goût d'aujourd'hui. Les Editions Henry Lemoine, qui furent à l'époque l'un des principaux éditeurs de Charles Gounod, souhaitent ainsi contribuer à faire aimer ces oeuvres au même titre que celles de compositeurs plus souvent interprétés et qui doivent peut-être quelque chose à Gounod... Jacqueline Bonnardot / classique / Répertoire / Voix Élevée et Piano

Opera in five acts Version with recitatives. Par GOUNOD CHARLES. Charles Gounod’s international renown is based on the success of his opera „Faust“ after Goethe’s drama: The aging Faust makes a pact with the devil. He sells his soul to Mephistopheles and in return gets back his youth – and he experiences new happiness in love when he meets the young Marguerite. The vocal score to Gounod’s masterpiece (completely sung version) assembles many popular numbers such as Marguerite’s “Jewel Aria” and the “Lied of the King in Thule” as well as Mephistopheles’s “Rondo of the Golden Calf” and Faust’s Cavatina “Salut ! demeure chaste et pure”./ Répertoire / Chant et Piano

Charles Gounod's Requiem for four solo voices Soprano Contralto Tenor and Bass with Organ Accompaniment. Gounod was a French composer best known for his 'Ave Maria'and 'Faust'.

Charles Gounod's Requiem in C for SATB.Charles Gounod composed this Requiem under the impact of the death of his four-year-old grandson Maurice. According to information handed down while finishing the details of this work he was overtaken by death. It was published posthumously in various constellations by his pupil Henri Busser but the only complete version from the pen of Gounod is the version for large orchestra which is published here for the first time in a critical edition. Gounod?s Requiem unlike many contemporary settings of the Mass of the Dead is not characterized by darkness and terror. Rather with all of its trepidation expressedthrough a marked chromaticism an atmosphere of hopeful expectation of trust in the grace and equity of the divine judge predominates. This confidence finds its expression in the choice of the fundamental key of C major which is rather unusual for a requiem. The work was given an impressive performance on the occasion of the first anniversary of Gounod?s death in the Parisian church of Sainte-Madeleine under the direction of Gabriel Fauré and it was highly acclaimed by the contemporary press.

Par GOUNOD CHARLES. Gounod, comme Berlioz à la même époque, eut le grand mérite d'avoir donné à la mélodie un relief qu'elle n'avait pas eu jusque là en France. C'est avec lui que naît véritablement la mélodie française qui se substitue peu à peu à la romance, plus simple et d'un accompagnement moins raffiné. Gounod, en particulier dans ses premières oeuvres, choisit de beaux textes et calque avec un grand talent sa mélodie sur le 'chant' du langage français, en respectant le rythme établi par le poète. Nous avons voulu présenter une anthologie des mélodies qui nous ont semblé les mieux adaptées au goût d'aujourd'hui. Les Editions Henry Lemoine, qui furent à l'époque l'un des principaux éditeurs de Charles Gounod, souhaitent ainsi contribuer à faire aimer ces oeuvres au même titre que celles de compositeurs plus souvent interprétés et qui doivent peut-être quelque chose à Gounod... Jacqueline Bonnardot / classique / Répertoire / Voix Élevée et Piano

Ste Cécile-Sacred works occupy a large part of Charles Gounod's oeuvre. It was the Messe solennelle en l'honneur de Sainte Cécile that established his fame as a church composer. Its melodic invention and effective handling of the orchestra reveal a close proximity to opera.This Urtext edition is based not only on the original print of 1856 but also on copyists' manuscripts and autograph sources. Rounding off this well-researched Urtext edition are an informative Introduction and a detailed Critical Commentary. The edition is being published to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Gounod's birth.Gounod's well-known mass in a new Urtext editionBilingualForeword (Ger/Eng) and Critical Commentary (Eng)Idiomatic piano reductionIn preparation for the Gounod bicentenary year 2018

A lifelong resident of Paris Gounod can hold a claim to being the most important figure in late 19th century French music on account of his influence on later composers. Studying at the Paris Conservatoire Gounod left in 1839 to travel through Europe initially to Rome but then on through Austria and Germany. He was profoundly struck by the music he heard at the Sistine Chapel and by the German musical tradition and upon his return was uniquely cosmopolitan in his influences among Parisian musical society. His early works consisted largely of liturgical settings that earned him some praise but his work in the area in which he is most remembered namely opera took time to be recognised. His first two operas Sapho (1851) and La Nonne sanglante (1854) drawing heavily on Gluck and Meyerbeer respectively did not attract great attention. However his subsequent works including seven staged operas between 1855 and 1865 were increasingly well-received none more so than his masterpiece Faust (1859). Two further successes Mireille (1864) and Roméo et Juliette (1867) were premiered at the Théâtre Lyrique and inspired by the voice of Marie Miolan-Carvalho the singer who had created Marguerite in Faust. Roméo et Juliette with a libretto faithful to Shakespeare by Barbier and Carré who had provided texts for some of Gounod’s earlier works is inescapably full of love music but is by turns as wistful and cheerful as any in Gounod’s operatic output. Based upon the 1876 published version of the opera the edition includes: • Original version of N° 1 Introduction including Si mon coeur encore sommeille • Ariette N° 3 (Je veux vivre) in both F and G majors. • Three possible endings for Act 1 including Il nous échappe! • Cavatine N° 7 (L’amour! Oui! Son ardeur a troublé) in both B and B flat majors. • Original version of N° 11 Trio et quatuor (Dieu qui fis l’homme à ton image!) • Choeur et danse N° 19 (Frappez l’air)

'Faust? stands for the composer Gounod himself, who was torn between the expression of excessive sensuality and a deep spirituality which he was searching for in his Catholic faith. As such, in this most important musical setting of Goethe's drama, the work was given a deeply personal interpretation. With a detailed Foreword (Fr/Eng/Ger) this new edition presents the genesis of the work with its various, during Gounod's lifetime, completely sung versions.The main version of our edition was performed at the Paris Opéra on 3 March 1869. However, simple cross references in the score enable a reconstruction of the earlier and later stages of this work for performance. Rounding off this publication is a critical edition of the libretto. All available sources are described and the Critical Commentary provides information about any changes made to the individual numbers.The two earlier Faust versions with spoken dialogue will be included in a separate volume within this series (in preparation, BA 8714). / Opéra

Par GOUNOD CHARLES. 20 Mélodies pour Mezzo-Soprano ou Baryton de Charles Gounod/ Répertoire / Chant

Par GOUNOD CHARLES. 'Faust' opéra de Charles Gounod en 5 actes. Partition chant et piano transcrite par Léo Delibes./ Répertoire / Chant et Piano

Par GOUNOD CHARLES. 20 Mélodies pour ContrAlto ou Basse de Charles Gounod/ Répertoire / Chant

Instrumentation: High/Medium/Low-voice?Pf (includes Optional Violin Format: Sheet Music Details: Three versions in one edition: high voice (G major) medium voice (F major) low voice (D Major) Contents: Gounod wrote the first version of this famoussong in 1852 and it was published in Decemberof that year by Mayaud as 'Premier prélude deJ.S. Bach'. The words were by Lamartine ? 'Vers sur un album' from his Recueillments poétiques of 1839. Exactly when these words were supplanted by those of the 'Ave Maria' is not clear, but it seems to have happened within the first few years of the song's life. After a century and a half the piece isstill sung, played and loved the world over, and this is surely its own guarantee of musical value, as it is of its composer's more general gift as a songwriter. In the view of Maurice Ravel, that sharp critic of everything shoddy or meretricious, 'the true founder of the mélodie in France was Charles Gounod.' (Roger Nichols)

Par GOUNOD CHARLES. 20 Mélodies pour Soprano ou Tenor de Charles Gounod/ Répertoire / Chant

This collection contains settings from the late Romantic period through to the Early Modern. It sets a new standard in terms of the range and the broad stylistic features of popular as well as unknown compositions. Included are original Ave-Maria settings specifically arranged for medium voice and organ. Solo singers and musicians will find these settings arranged for ease of performance and playability.With works from Bizet, Bruckner, Cherubini, Dvorak, Franck, Gounod, Guilmant, Liszt, Rheinberger , Saint-Saëns, Schubert and others.The EditorPeter Wagner is a church musician, concert organist and editor. Currently he teaches organ and composition at the Episcopal Church Music Seminar in Würzburg . / Voix Et Orgue / Partition