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Les Musiciens Du Louvre
Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander; Dietsch: Le Vaisseau Fantome

Album FR 2013 on Naïve label
Classical (Opera, Romantic)

When he arrived in Paris on 17 September 1839, the young Richard Wagner aspired to one single consecration: to have his music performed on the stage of the Opéra, for the French capital was, for an operatic composer, the sole temple of posterity. Inspired by reading a novella by Heine he began composing 'Der fliegende Holländer'. Unfortunately, Léon Pillet, the director of the Opéra who took up his post during the summer of 1840, shattered Wagner s hopes at a stroke. Anxious to comply with his brief in all respects, Pillet may perhaps at one time have considered commissioning from the young German one of those single acts whose composition could be confided to a foreigner. But he quickly went back on this and proposed merely to buy from Wagner his idea , which he found appealing. To meet an urgent need for funds, Wagner sold the subject of the work to the new management for 500 francs. More precisely, he submitted a synopsis in broken French summarising an operatic adaptation of the story of the Flying Dutchman. Entrusted to Paul Foucher and Bénédict-Henri Révoil in the summer of 1841, Wagner s synopsis soon assumed the form of a French libretto, enriched with new influences: Walter Scott s 'The Pirate', the writings of James Fenimore Cooper, and especially 'The Phantom Ship' by Frederick Marryat (translated into French in 1839 under the title of 'Le Vaisseau fantôme'). Once it had been set to verse by Foucher, it was handed over to the composer Pierre-Louis Dietsch, Léon Pillet's friend and protegée, newly-appointed chorusmaster at the Opéra. Wagner s missed opportunity with the Paris operatic stage (the first in a long series) therefore gave rise to two distinct works: Dietsch s 'Le Vaisseau fantôme', performed for the first time at the Paris Opéra on 9 November 1842, and Wagner s 'Der fliegende Holländer', premiered in Dresden on 2 January 1843. Founded in 1982 by Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble breathes new life into the Baroque, Classical and Romantic repertoires, performed on period instruments. Recent operatic successes include a Mozart gala for the orchestra s 30th anniversary and Offenbach s 'Les Contes d Hoffmann' (Salle Pleyel); Wagner s 'Der fliegende Höllander' (Opéra de Versailles, MC2 Grenoble, Theater an der Wien, Palau de la Música in Barcelona); and Mozart s 'Lucio Silla' at the Salzburg Mozartwoche and Festival, and at the Musikfest Bremen where it has appeared regularly since 1995. The orchestra s recordings for naïve include the complete London Symphonies of Haydn in 2010 and the Schubert symphonies in 2012, bestsellers on the label. LES MUSICIENS DU LOUVRE Violons 1/First violin Thibaut Noally Clare Sofiovia Sayaka Ohira Fahre Bérénice Iavigne Alexandriner Caravassilis Geneviève Stanley-Bois Laurent Lagresle Karl Ingelaere Heide Sibley Catherine Arnoux Naoko Aoki-Charvat Violons 2/Second Violin Nicolas Mazzoleni Louis Creach Pablo Gutierrez Reiz Maria Papuzinska-Uss Mario Konaka Alexandra Delacroix Vulcan Caroline Iambelé Simon Ariel Maximilienne Caravassilis Eva Scheytt Altos / Viola David Glidden Jean-Baptiste Magnon Cécile Brossard Noël Oechslin Nadine Davon Catherine Puig Masseur Laurent Caspar Violoncelles / Cello Eleonore Willi Federico Tofiano Konrad Bukowian Vérène Westphal Bude Vanackère Pascal Gessi Lisa Joglar Contrebasses / Double Bass Christian Staude Roberto Fernandez De Larrinoa Gautier Blondel Jean-Michel Forst Flutes / Flute Florian Cousin Jean Brégnac Giulia Barbie (Piccolo) Hautbois / Oboe Anne Chamussy Guillaume Cuiller Cor Anglais Anne Chamussy Clarlnettes / Clarinet Francesco Spendolini Ana Belo Bassons / Bassoon Français Charruyer Nicolas André Philippe Recard Audrey-Anne Netz Cors / Horn Konstantin Timokhine Annouck Eudeline Yannick Millet Nicolas Chedmail Trompetfes & Cornets è Piston Trumpet & Cornet Guy Ferber Thibaud Robinne Krisztian Kovats Serge Tizac Trombones / Trombone Julien Dugers Nicolas Grassart Hamid Medjebeur Tuba, Ophicleide Marc Girardot Timbales / Timpani David Dewaste Percussions / Percussion Sylvain Bertrand David Joignaux Harpe / Harp Pascal Schritt Sylvain Blasses Musique De Scène / Stage Band Direction / Leader Barnaby Palmer Piccolo Anna Schwarz Emilie Butavand Sarah Muraille Cors / Horn Bruno Peterschmit Nicolas Re Percussions / Percussion David Joignaux EESTI FILHARMOONIA KAMMERKOOR Sopranos Kaia Urb Karoliina Kriis Kristine Muldma Hele-Mall Leego Annika Lôhmus Hele-Mai Poobus Ehe Pärg Maris Liloson Kadri-Liis Kukk Maria Valdmaa Contraltos Marianne Pärna Karin Salumäe Helis Naeris Merili Kristal Ave Hännikäinen Anna Dötöna Iris Oja Tenors Tit Kogerman Martin Lume Kaido Janke Toomas Tohert Raul Mikson Martins Zvigulis Mikk Dede Madis Enson Elmo Tiisvald Lembit Tolga Basses Aarne Talvik Tönu Tonis Rainer Vilu Allen Vurma Henry Tiisma Andreas Väljamäe Martin Sildos Arnis Paurs Tiin Kaljund Chorusmaster Heli Jürgenson Artistic Leader Daniel Reuss

Musicians

	Les Musiciens Du Louvre , FR album by
	Marc Minkowski bsn, *1962 FR album by
	Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir , album by
	Mika Kares b, *1978 album by
	Evgeny Nikitin voc, b, RU album by
	Ingela Brimberg , album by
	Eric Cutler , album by
	Bernard Richter voc, album by
	Helene Schneiderman , US album by
	Russell Braun voc, *1965 CA album by
	Sally Matthews voc, *1975 GB album by
	Ugo Rabec , album by
	Marc Girardot tu, bass tuba
	Français Charruyer bsn, bassoon
	Nicolas André bsn, FR bassoon
	Ana Belo cl, clarinet
	Francesco Spendolini cl, clarinet
	Christian Staude cb, contrabass
	Anne Chamussy ob, eh, english horn, oboe
	Florian Cousin fl, flute
	Jean Bregnac fl, flute
	Annouck Eudeline frh, french horn
	Konstantin Timokhine alp, frh, french horn
	Nicolas Chedmail frh, FR french horn
	Yannick Millet frh, french horn
	Guillaume Cuiller ob, FR oboe
	David Joignaux perc, percussion
	Sylvain Bertrand perc, percussion
	Giulia Barbini fl, IT piccolo flute
	David Dewaste perc, timpani
	Hamid Medjebeur tb, trombone
	Julien Dugers tb, trombone
	Nicolas Grassart tb, trombone
	Guy Ferber tr, trumpet
	Serge Tizac tr, trumpet
	Jean-Baptiste Magnon vl, viola, soloist
	Nicolas Mazzoleni vn, g, FR violin
	Thibault Noally vn, *1982 violin, leader
	Eléonore Willi vc, CH violoncello

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