Music #364 - Gounod

Charles-François Gounod  

[ʃaʁl fʁɑ̃swa ɡuno]   (1818 – 1893)
          
A French composer, Charles Gounod was known for his Ave Maria (based on a work by Bach) as well as his operas Faust and Roméo et Juliette.

Ave Maria  (Bach/Gounod)  
* Diana Damrau sings 

Faust 
* Soldiers' Chorus from Act 4
* the full opera

Roméo et Juliette    

* Je veux vivre (I want to live) - Juliette's aria, after she refuses her father's wish to marry her cousin.
* First duet: Ange adorable (adorable angel) - falling in love at first sight 
* Second duet: Romeo - Douce amie (Romeo - sweet love) - the balcony scene
* Third duet: Va! Je t'ai pardonne ...(I pardon you for having killed my cousin) - wedding night
* Fourth duet: C'est la, Salut ... (This is grave ...) - the end of the couple 

Funeral March for a Marionette   

* piano  - nice

* organ  - interesting

* mandolin orchestra  - nice

* orchestra with animated marionettes - interesting 

* first 7 seconds of the theme for "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" TV series.