La rédemption

La Rédemption (The Redemption) is an oratorio in three parts by Charles Gounod. The work is based on much earlier sketches, which were finished only after his publisher, Novello, arranged for its performances at the Birmingham Festival in 1882. The oratorio was a huge popular success and cemented Gounod's position in England.[1] The 1884 Paris premiere featured Jean-Baptiste Faure.[2] Gounod considered this oratorio, and its sequel Mors et vita (1885) as his greatest achievements. [3]

Recordings
  • " La Pentecôte" - extract on Airs sacrés français Françoise Pollet, orchestre national d'Île-de-France Jacques Mercier 1997
  • "From thy love as a Father" - on Gounod Sacred Choral Works. Joanna Burton
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References
  1. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Michael Kennedy, Joyce Bourne - 2004 p297 0198608845 oratorios: La Rédemption (1868–81); Mors et Vita (1885). cantatas: Marie Stuart (1837); Gallia (1871). church music: Messe a tre (1841); ...
  2. Karen Henson Opera Acts: Singers and Performance in the Late Nineteenth Century- 2015 1107004268 "He appeared in the French premieres of Gounod's La Rédemption (in 1884) and Mors et vita (in 1886).
  3. Norman Demuth -César Franck 1949 p202 "The oratorios of Franck have their seamy parallels with those of Charles Gounod. La Redemption and Mors et Vita were considered by their composer as being his greatest achievements, his offering upon the Altar of the Christian Church."
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