Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Prélude
2. Act 1: A l'heure accoutumée
3. Blanche Dourga, pâle Siva!
4. Lakmé, c'est toi qui nous protèges
5. Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais (Flower Duet)
6. Miss Rose, Miss Ellen, respectez les clôtures
7. Lakme (Complete)
8. Act 1: Leur vertu si bizarre manque d'apparat
9. Prendre le dessin d'un bijou... Fantaisie aux divins
10. C'est elle ... c'est Lakmé
11. Les fleurs me paraissent ... Pourquoi dans les grands
12. D'où viens-tu? Que veux-tu?
13. C'est le dieu de la jeunesse
14. Entr'acte
15. Act 2: Allons, avant que midi sonne
16. Ils sont assourdissants!
17. Dances- Terana/Rektah/Persian
18. Voyez donc ce viellard
19. Lakmé, ton doux regard se voile

Disc 2:

1. Act 2: Ah! c'est de ta douleur
2. Où va la jeune Indoue (Bell song)
3. La rage me dévore
4. Au milieu des chants d'allégresse
5. Le maître ne pense qu'à sa vengeance
6. Lakmé! Lakmé! C'est toi!
7. Dans le forêt près de nous
8. O Dourga, toi qui renais
9. Voyez cette ville en fête
10. Entr'acte
11. Act 3: Sous le ciel tout étoilé
12. Quel vague souvenir abourdit ma pensée ...Ah! viens
13. Là, je pourrai t'entendre ... Desendons la pente
14. Vivant! Ah! Frédéric!
15. Ils allaient deux à deux
16. Tu m'as donné le plus doux rêve
17. C'est lui! C'est lui!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20699 in Music
• Released on: 1999-01-18
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Box set
• Dimensions: .26 pounds
• Running time: 141 minutes

Customer Reviews

A bargain!
Excellent singing, a good recording and nice conducting, teamed with the bargain price, makes this a very good set.
Joan Sutherland sounds fresh and vibrant, singing the Bell Song and the Duet with considerable skill.
In 1967 she was probably at her best. Earlier, in the late 1950's and early 60's her voice was magically young and strong but her diction could be rather poor. While later, during the 1970's and 1980's her diction improved but her voice lost some of its strength. Here her diction is improved and her voice remains totally young and glittering ( this set was recorded around the same time as her recording of "La fille du regiment" with Pavarotti, which proves to be amongst her finest recordings). Her supportive cast is very strong, especially the French tenor Alain Vanzo. His voice is light and golden, ideal for the role of Gerald.
The recording is good and the conducting by Richard Bonynge, Sutherland's husband, proves very strong.
For the price this is an excellent set, it remains one of the best recordings of this opera at any price.