Jacques Offenbach: 6 Fables de La Fontaine; Chanson de Fortunio, 2004

Item — Box: CFC CDs Box 1

Identifier: CFC2021.0375.1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Carlson Fable Collection is a gathering of primary fable materials at Reinert Alumni Memorial Library at Creighton University. It grew out of the personal collection of fable materials gathered by Rev. Gregory Carlson, S.J. and was given to the Creighton Libraries in 1996. There are more than 10,000 books and approximately 8,000 artifacts in the collection.

From plates to stamps, from cards to whiskey decanters, from toys to posters, you'll find just about anything you can imagine here. Please explore all that is to offer here in my fables Catalogue of Objects.

This is the largest online catalog of fable related objects on the internet. Many are from Aesop's Fables but you will find La Fontaine, Velazquez and Krylov also represented in this collection.

Dates

2004

Extent

1 CDs : Musical CD. Bruno Laplante, baritone. Marc Durand, pianist. Made in France. Calliope 4881. First recorded by Arpège in 1979.

Language of Materials

French

Additional Description

Abstract

This is the first time, I believe, that I have sat and listened to these renderings. They are delightful. The music moves wonderfully in coordination with the text of La Fontaine. The silent moment, for example, in "Shepherd and Sea" comes at the time when the former flock owner has lost everything at sea and must return now to be a hired shepherd. The contrast in voices in "Cobbler and Financier" is also engaging. Likewise, the choice of phrases to be repeated supports well what is going on in the text. Besides the title pieces, there are five other offerings on this 50-minute disc. Winner of the award "Grand Prix du Disque."