Benvenuto Cellini

Album by Hector Berlioz & Jon Vickers & Sarah Caldwell

Benvenuto Cellini is an opera by French composer Hector Berlioz, first performed in 1838. The score blends grand Romantic orchestration, dramatic vocal writing and bold orchestral colour, reflecting Berlioz's interest in theatrical innovation and placing the work distinctly within his output as a stage composition that contrasts with his better-known instrumental pieces.
First released: 2003

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Overture
    11:24
  2. 2.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 2. Scene 13. Finale (Conclusion). "Be Silent!" (Chorus)
    3:14
  3. 3.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 2. Scene 13. Finale (Conclusion). "Good, good, good" (Chorus)
    4:16
  4. 4.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 1. Scene 1 (Introduction). "Teresa, Teresa" (Balducci, Teresa)
    2:05
  5. 5.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 1. Scene 1 (Introduction). "Tra la la la" (Cellini, Francesco, Bernardino, Chorus, Balducci)
    3:50
  6. 6.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 2. Scene 13. Finale (Conclusion). "Press through the crowd" (Fieramosca, Cellini, Teresa, Chorus, Pompeo, Francesco, Colombine)
    4:11
  7. 7.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 2. Scene 13. Finale (Conclusion). "Accursed Cannon!" (Balducci, Fieramosca, Chorus, Teresa, Ascanio, Francesco, Bernardino) / Act 2. Tableau 3. Entr'acte
    2:50
  8. 8.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 1. Scene 2. "What lovely flowers" (Teresa)
    0:53
  9. 9.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 1. Scene 2. "Would that I know" (Teresa)
    7:39
  10. 10.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 2. Tableau 3. Scene 1. "Why has he not returned?" (Teresa, Ascanio, Chorus)
    3:17
  11. 11.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 1. Scene 3. "Cellini!" (Teresa, Cellini)
    1:03
  12. 12.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 2. Tableau 3. Scene 1. "Rosa purpurea" (Chorus, Teresa, Ascanio)
    3:26
  13. 13.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 2. Tableau 3. Scene 2. "Sword in hand" (Cellini, Teresa, Ascanio)
    2:53
  14. 14.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 1. Scene 3. "O Teresa, I adore you" (Cellini)
    4:48
  15. 15.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 2. Tableau 3. Scene 3. "Ah! Heaven, dearest husband" (Teresa, Cellini)
    2:53
  16. 16.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 1. Scene 3. "Ah! My love" (Cellini, Teresa, Fieramosca)
    6:43
  17. 17.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 1. Scene 4. "It's my father!" (Teresa, Cellini, Fieramosca, Balducci)
    0:43
  18. 18.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 2. Tableau 3. Scene 4-5 (abridged). "Balducci! Fieramosca!" (Ascanio, Cellini, Teresa, Balducci, Fieramosca)
    1:42
  19. 19.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 1. Scene 5. "Come here, servants, neighbors" (Balducci, Teresa, Fieramosca)
    1:12
  20. 20.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 2. Tableau 3. Scene 6. "His Holiness, The Pope" (Teresa, Ascanio, Cellini, Balducci, Fieramosca, The Pope)
    4:11
  21. 21.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 1. Scene 6. "You rogue! You libertine!" (Chorus)
    2:15
  22. 22.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 2. Tableau 3. Scene 6. "My Lord we kneel" (Balducci, Fieramosca, The Pope, Teresa, Ascanio, Cellini)
    6:01
  23. 23.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 2. Tableau 3. Scene 6. "And so, you devil!" (The Pope, Cellini, Teresa, Ascanio, Balducci, Fieramosca)
    3:21
  24. 24.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 2. Scene 7. "In one more hour" (Cellini)
    7:04
  25. 25.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 2. Scene 8. "Some wine! Some wine!" (Chorus)
    1:36
  26. 26.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 2. Tableau 3. Scene 6. "Now he will pay!" (The Pope, Cellini, Teresa, Ascanio, Fieramosca, Balducci, Chorus)
    3:16
  27. 27.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 2. Scene 8. Song of the metal-workers (Chorus)
    4:46
  28. 28.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 2. Tableau 3. Scene 6. Prélude
    1:31
  29. 29.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 2. Scene 9. "My friends, in order to continue" (Bernardino, Chorus)
    2:58
  30. 30.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 2. Tableau 4. Scene 7. "Tra la, la, la, la" (Ascanio) / Scene 8 (omitted)
    6:16
  31. 31.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 2. Tableau 4. Scene 9. "Mariners sailing the seas" (Cellini, Ascanio, Chorus of foundrymen)
    2:46
  32. 32.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 2. Scene 10. "Welcome, my boy, come here" (Cellini)
    0:37
  33. 33.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 2. Scene 10. "With your gold long awaited" (Ascanio)
    2:58
  34. 34.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 2. Tableau 4. Scene 10-14 (abridged). "What's that noise?" (Cellini, Fieramosca, Teresa, Ascanio, Chorus)
    1:47
  35. 35.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 2. Tableau 4. Scene 15-16 (abridged). "Why should we work?" (Chorus)
    1:08
  36. 36.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 2. Scene 11. "Very shortly, the treasure of Balducci" (Cellini)
    1:43
  37. 37.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 2. Tableau 4. Scene 17. "What the devil are you doing here?" (Cellini)
    0:36
  38. 38.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 2. Scene 12. "Innkeeper! Innkeeper!" (Fieramosca, Pompeo)
    2:35
  39. 39.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 2. Scene 12. "Ah! You who dare to cross my path!" (Fieramosca)
    3:39
  40. 40.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 2. Tableau 4. Scene 18. "Well, Cellini, have you finished?" (Balducci, The Pope, Cellini)
    1:19
  41. 41.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 2. Tableau 4. Scene 19 (Finale). "Give us more metal!" (Fieramosca, Cellini, Balducci, Teresa, Ascanio, The Pope, Francesco, Bernardino, Chorus)
    9:12
  42. 42.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 2. Scene 13. Finale (Beginning). "Though I act severely" (Balducci)
    3:33
  43. 43.
    Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Tableau 2. Scene 13. Finale (Beginning). "Come out! Come out! Ye Roman People!" (Chorus)
    3:19

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