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About the conductor Michel Plasson

Born in Paris in 1933 into a musical family, Michel Plasson first studied the piano with Lazare Lévy, then percussion and conducting at the Paris Conservatory where he received a Premier Prix. In 1962, he was awarded the first prize at Besancon and decided to follow the advice of Charles Munch, who suggested that he go to the United States to study with Erich Leinsdorf, Pierre Monteux and Leopold Stokowski. Upon returning to France, he was appointed at Metz and, in 1968, was appointed director of both the Orchestre and the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse. In 1983, because of increasing engagements outside of France, Michel Plasson gave up his post as director of the Théâtre in order to spend more time with the Orchestre du Capitole. In 1974, Michel Plasson discovered that the Halle aux Grains had excellent acoustics and immediately transformed it into a 3000-seat concert hall where the orchestra's concert series have been given ever since. Fidelio staged by Lavelli in 1977 confirmed that the Halle aux Grains was also a wonderful place to give opera performances. Michel Plasson has since conducted such works as Salomé, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Aida, Faust, and Carmen.

CDs and DVDs featuring the conductor Michel Plasson

CATALOGUE NR: 0013962BC  (barcode: 0782124139629)
RECORD LABEL: Berlin Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.50
RELEASE DATE: 20-Aug-2007

COMPOSER: Alexander Borodin
TRACKS: Symphony No.1 in E flat major. Symphony No.2 in B minor.
ORCHESTRA: Dresden Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Michel Plasson

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CATALOGUE NR: 7290362  (barcode: 5099972903629)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 70 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 6.49
RELEASE DATE: 09-Jan-2012

COMPOSER: Charles Gounod
TITLE: Romeo et Juliette - highlights
TRACKS: Mab la reine des mensonges. Non! non! je ne veux pas t'ecouter plus longtemps. Ah! Je veux vivre dans le reve. De grace demeurez… Ange adorable. L'amour! l'amour!… Ah leve-toi soleil!. O nuit divine!… Ah! ne fuis pas encore!… Adieu mille fois!… Va! repose en paix!. Romeo! tu choisis Juliette pour femme?… O pur bonheur!. Que fais-tu blanche tourterelle. Va! je t'ai pardonne… Nuit d'hymenee… Romeo! qu'as-tu donc?. Buvez donc ce breuvage… Bientot une paleur livide effacera… Hesitez-vous?. Dieu! quel frisson court dans mes veines?… Amour ranime mon courage. C'est la! Salut! tombeau! sombre et silencieux!. O ma femme! o ma bien-aimee!. A toi ma Juliette… Console-toi pauvre ame.
ORCHESTRA: Toulouse Capital Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Michel Plasson
ARTISTS: Roberto Alagna   Angela Gheorghiu   Jose van Dam   Simon Keenlyside

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: CD includes libretto

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CATALOGUE NR: 6861862  (barcode: 5099968618629)
RECORD LABEL: EMI The Home of Opera
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 15.95
RELEASE DATE: 17-Aug-2009

COMPOSER: Charles Gounod
TITLE: Mireille - complete
ORCHESTRA: Toulouse Capital Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Michel Plasson
ARTISTS: Mirella Freni   Jose van Dam   Alain Vanzo   Jane Rhodes

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 16-page booklet with tracklist and synopsis in English French German and Spanish - third disc is CD-Rom with pdf booklet including original notes and complete libretto in sung language English French and German

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CATALOGUE NR: GL100734  (barcode: 8712177044276)
RECORD LABEL: Gala
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.49
RELEASE DATE: 15-Sep-2003

COMPOSER: Charles Gounod
TITLE: La Reine de Saba - complete
ORCHESTRA: Toulouse Capital Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Michel Plasson
ARTISTS: Suzanne Sarroca   Gilbert Py   Gerard Serkoyan  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded Toulouse 1970

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CATALOGUE NR: 6407002  (barcode: 5099964070025)
RECORD LABEL: EMI The Home of Opera
FORMAT: 4 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 24.50
RELEASE DATE: 11-Oct-2010

COMPOSER: Charles Gounod
TITLE: Romeo et Juliette - complete
ORCHESTRA: Toulouse Capital Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Michel Plasson
ARTISTS: Angela Gheorghiu   Roberto Alagna   Jose van Dam   Simon Keenlyside

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: fourth disc is CD-Rom with pdf booklet including original notes and complete libretto with translation

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CATALOGUE NR: 4776278  (barcode: 0028947762782)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 67 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.00
RELEASE DATE: 15-May-2006

COMPOSER: Charles Gounod  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Sanctus - Sacred Songs
TRACKS: Ave Maria. Repentir. St Cecilia Mass : Sanctus. Angelic Greeting (Gounod). Panis Angelicus. The Procession (Franck). Midnight Christians (Adam). O Salutaris hostia. Crucifix (Faure). Sanctus (Berlioz). Panis Angelicus (Saint-Saens). Agnus Dei (Bizet). Panis Angelicus (Caplet). Pie Jesu (Boulanger).
ORCHESTRA: Toulouse Capital Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Michel Plasson
ARTISTS: Roberto Alagna      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: previously released on EMI

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CATALOGUE NR: 0013412BC  (barcode: 0782124134129)
RECORD LABEL: Berlin Classics
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.99
RELEASE DATE: 16-Aug-2004

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt
TITLE: Symphonic Poems
TRACKS: Tasso Lamento e Trionfo Symphonic Poem No.2 S96. Les Preludes Symphonic Poem No.3 S97. Mazeppa Symphonic Poem No.6 S100. Orpheus Symphonic Poem No.4 S98. Prometheus Symphonic Poem No.5 S99. Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne - Mountain Symphony Symphonic Poem No.1 S95. Festklange - Festival Sounds Symphonic Poem No.7 S101.
ORCHESTRA: Dresdner Philharmonie
CONDUCTOR: Michel Plasson

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CATALOGUE NR: 0186022BC  (barcode: 0782124860226)
RECORD LABEL: Berlin Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.99

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt
TITLE: Symphonic Poems
TRACKS: Tasso - symphonic poem after Byron S96. Les Preludes S97. Mazeppa - symphonic poem after Hugo S100. Orpheus S98.
ORCHESTRA: Dresden Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Michel Plasson

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CATALOGUE NR: 0300136BC  (barcode: 0885470001364)
RECORD LABEL: Berlin Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.99
RELEASE DATE: 18-Feb-2011

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt
TITLE: Symphonic Poems
TRACKS: Prometheus S99. Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne S95. Festklange S101.
ORCHESTRA: Dresden Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Michel Plasson

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CATALOGUE NR: 5552802  (barcode: 0724355528025)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: La voix du ciel
TRACKS: Ave Maria 'Ellens Gesang III’- Lied D839 (Schubert). Mass No.18 'Great’ in C minor K427/K417a - Credo (Mozart). Requiem -Pie Jesu (Faure). 2 Melodies hebraiques - Kaddisch (Ravel). Sometimes I feel like a motherless chile - Negro spiritual. When the Saints go marching in - song (JM Black). Dans un bois solitaire - ariette K308/K295b (Mozart). Die Forelle - Lied D550. Schwanengesang 'Swan Song’- song collection D957 No.4 Standchen (Schubert). 5 Lieder - 1v and piano op.41 No.1 Wiegenlied (R Strauss). 3 Songs op.7 No.1 Apres un reve. 2 Songs op.46 No.2 Clair de lune (Faure). Ariettes oubliees - six songs C'est l'extase (Debussy). Vocalise en forme de habanera (Ravel). Bachianas brasileiras No.5 Aria Cantilena (Villa Lobos). My Fair Lady - I Could Have Danced All Night (Loewe).
ORCHESTRA: Stockholm Chamber Orchestra and Toulouse Capital Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Eric Ericson and Michel Plasson
ARTISTS: Barbara Hendricks   Erik Lundkvist   Maria Joao Pires  

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CATALOGUE NR: 7473172  (barcode: 0077774731720)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29

COMPOSER: Gabriel Faure
TRACKS: Requiem op.48. Cantique de Jean Racine op.11.
ORCHESTRA: Toulouse Capital Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Michel Plasson
ARTISTS: Barbara Hendricks   Jose van Dam    

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CATALOGUE NR: 3977222  (barcode: 0094639772223)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Gemini
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 01-Oct-2007

COMPOSER: Gabriel Faure
TITLE: Orchestral Works
TRACKS: Pelleas et Melisande - incidental music op.80. Masques et Bergamasques op.112. Madrigal op.35. Le plus doux chemin madrigal op.87 No.1. Clair de lune menuet op.46 No.2. Pavane op.50. Shylock - incidental music op.57. Ballade op.19. Elegie in C minor op.24. Berceuse op.16. Fantaisie op.111. Les Djinns op.12. Caligula - incidental music op.52. Fanfares marche et choeur: 'Nous sommes les heures guerrieres'. Choeur: 'L'hiver s'enfuit'. Air de danse. Melodrame et Choeur: 'De roses merveilles'. Melodrame et Choeur: 'Cesar a ferme la paupiere'. Prelude de Penelope.
ORCHESTRA: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
CONDUCTOR: Michel Plasson

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CATALOGUE NR: 5094142  (barcode: 5099950941421)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Triples
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 16-Feb-2008

COMPOSER: Georges Bizet
TITLE: Orchestral Works
TRACKS: includes - Symphony in C. Roma. Patrie op.19. L'Arlesienne op.23. Carmen Concert Suite. Jeux d'enfants Petite Suite. Overture in A. Marche funebre in B minor. Les Quatre coins
ORCHESTRA: Toulouse Capital Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Michel Plasson

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CATALOGUE NR: 0948682  (barcode: 5099909486829)
RECORD LABEL: EMI The Home of Opera
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 6.49
RELEASE DATE: 16-May-2011

COMPOSER: Georges Bizet
TITLE: Carmen - highlights
TRACKS: Carmen : Prelude. Avec la garde montante. Habanera : L'amour est un oiseau rebelle. Duo: Parle-moi de ma mere. Seguidille et Duo : Pres des ramparts de Seville. Chanson Boheme : Les tringles des sistres tintaient avec un eclat metallique. Couplets : Votre toast je peux vous le rendre… Toreador en garde!. Quintette : Nous avons en tete une affaire. La fleur que tu m'avais jetee. Trio des Cartes: Melons! Coupons!. Recit et Air: C'est des contrebandiers… Je dis que rien ne m'epouvante. Marche et Choeur - Les voici! Voici le quadrille!. Duo et Choeur final - C'est toi! / C'est moi!.
ORCHESTRA: Toulouse Capital Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Michel Plasson
ARTISTS: Angela Gheorghiu   Roberto Alagna   Thomas Hampson   Inva Mula

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: enhanced CD with libretto

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CATALOGUE NR: 107329  (barcode: 0807280732993)
RECORD LABEL: Arthaus Musik
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 14.99
RELEASE DATE: 26-Sep-2011

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
TITLE: Jerusalem - complete
ORCHESTRA: Teatro Carlo Felice Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Michel Plasson
ARTISTS: Veronica Villarroel   Federica Bragaglia   Alain Fondary   Carlo Colombara

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 4:3 / Sound Format: PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 DTS 5.1 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 166 minutes / Recorded: live from the Teatro Carlo Felice 2000 / Subtitles: French - original language English German Italian Spanish Catalan

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CATALOGUE NR: 6286162  (barcode: 5099962861625)
RECORD LABEL: Virgin Classics Premium
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 06-Sep-2010

COMPOSER: Hector Berlioz
TITLE: Songs and Choruses
TRACKS: La mort d’Orphee. O bacchus Evoe! Vengeons-nous de l'outrage : Tableau musical. Tristia op.18. Meditation religieuse after Thomas Moore : Le monde entier n'est qu'une ombre fugutive. La mort d'Ophelie after William Shakespeare : Aupres d'un torrent / Marche funebre pour la derniere scene d'Hamlet. Chant sacre Version I : Dieu tout puissant Dieu de l'aurore. Chant guerrier op.2 No.3 : N'oublions pas ces champs dont la poussiere. Chanson a boire op.2 No.5 : Amis la coupe ecume. Chant des chemins de fer op.19 No.3 : C'est le grand jour le jour de fete. Chant sacre Version II : Dieu tout puissant Dieu de l'aurore.
ORCHESTRA: Toulouse Capital Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Michel Plasson
ARTISTS: Rolando Villazon   Les Elements    

- Jan-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 3951332  (barcode: 0094639513321)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 08-Jun-2009

COMPOSER: Jacques Offenbach
TITLE: Orphee aux enfers - complete
ORCHESTRA: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
CONDUCTOR: Michel Plasson
ARTISTS: Mady Mesple   Charles Burles   Michel Senechal   Michel Trempont

- Sep-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 3447332  (barcode: 0094634473323)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29
RELEASE DATE: 13-Feb-2006

COMPOSER: Jacques Offenbach  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Opera Recital
TRACKS: CD - Les Contes d'Hoffmann : Il etait une fois a la cour d'Eisenach (Offenbach). Les Contes d'Hoffmann : Allons! Courage et confiance… C'est elle… (Offenbach). Tosca : Recondita armonia (Puccini). Cavalleria Rusticana : Mamma quel vino (Mascagni). Fedora : Amor ti vieta (Giordano). Martha : Ach so fromm (Flotow). Alessandro Stradella : Jungfrau Maria (Flotow). Eugen Onegin : Kuda... Kuda (Tchaikovsky). Der Rosenkavalier : Di rigori armato il seno (Richard Strauss). Un Ballo in maschera : Ma se m'e forsa perderti (Verdi). Don Pasquale : Com'e gentil (Donizetti). La Favorita : Spirto gentil (Donizetti). Carmen : La fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Bizet). Les Pecheurs de perles : A cette voix quel trouble… Je crois entendre encore (Bizet). Ernani : Odi il voto … sprezzo la vita (Verdi). DVD - footage from the recording sessions / candid interview / concert footage with 5 complete arias from Carmen - Les Pecheurs de perles - Eugene Onegin - Der Rosenkavalier and Fedora.
ORCHESTRA: Munchner Rundfunkorchester
CONDUCTOR: Michel Plasson
ARTISTS: Rolando Villazon      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: limited edition including 40 minute DVD in PAL

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CATALOGUE NR: 3447012  (barcode: 0094634470124)
RECORD LABEL: Virgin
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.99
RELEASE DATE: 13-Feb-2006

COMPOSER: Jacques Offenbach  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Opera Recital
TRACKS: Les Contes d'Hoffmann : Il etait une fois a la cour d'Eisenach (Offenbach). Les Contes d'Hoffmann : Allons! Courage et confiance… C'est elle… (Offenbach). Tosca : Recondita armonia (Puccini). Cavalleria Rusticana : Mamma quel vino (Mascagni). Fedora : Amor ti vieta (Giordano). Martha : Ach so fromm (Flotow). Alessandro Stradella : Jungfrau Maria (Flotow). Eugen Onegin : Kuda... Kuda (Tchaikovsky). Der Rosenkavalier : Di rigori armato il seno (Richard Strauss). Un Ballo in maschera : Ma se m'e forsa perderti (Verdi). Don Pasquale : Com'e gentil (Donizetti). La Favorita : Spirto gentil (Donizetti). Carmen : La fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Bizet). Les Pecheurs de perles : A cette voix quel trouble… Je crois entendre encore (Bizet). Ernani : Odi il voto … sprezzo la vita (Verdi).
ORCHESTRA: Munchner Rundfunkorchester
CONDUCTOR: Michel Plasson
ARTISTS: Rolando Villazon      

- Apr-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Three hits in a row confirm the coming of a new star'

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CATALOGUE NR: 3951082  (barcode: 0094639510825)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 08-Jun-2009

COMPOSER: Jacques Offenbach
TITLE: La Belle Helene - complete
ORCHESTRA: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
CONDUCTOR: Michel Plasson
ARTISTS: Jessye Norman   John Aller   Gabriel Bacquier   Charles Burles

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