Pol Henri Plançon,
(1851 - 1914)
Pol Henri Plançon was a distinguished French operatic bass, one of the most acclaimed singers active during the 1880s, 1890s and early 20th century—a period often referred to as the "Golden Age of Opera."
• Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
01 Faust: Vous qui faites l'endormie
02 Philémon et Baucis: Couplets de Vulcain
• Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
03 La sonnambula: Il matino...Vi ravviso
• Adolphe Adam (1803-1856)
04 Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra "O Holy Night"
• Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896)
05 Le Caïd: Air du tambour-major
• Charles Gounod
06 Roméo et Juliette: Allons! jeunes gens!
• Benjamin Godard (1849-1895)
07 Embarquez-Vous
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
08 Die Zauberflöte: O Isis und Osiris
• Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
09 Si tu veux, mignonne, for voice & piano (from "Mélodies, Vol.2")
• Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
10 Die Jahreszeiten: The labourer's song
• Charles Gounod
11 Jésus de Nazareth, for baritone & piano with organ ad lib. or baritone, chorus & orchestra ("Nazareth")
• Ange Flégier (1846-1927)
12 Le Cor (Flégier)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
13 Die Zauberflöte: In diesen heil'gen Hallen
• Charles Gounod
14 Faust: Le veau d'or
• Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830-1914)
15 Les Rameaux (The Palms), for voice & piano (or orchestra)
• Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
16 Die beiden Grenadiere
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
17 Dormiro sol (Don Carlos)
• Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
La Damnation de Faust:
18 Voici des roses
19 Une puce gentille
• Friedrich von Flotow (1812-1883)
20 Martha: Porter song
• Ambroise Thomas
21 Le Caïd: Air du tambour-major
• Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864)
22 L'Étoile du Nord: O jours heureux
• Ambroise Thomas
23 Mignon: De son coeur j'ai calmé (Berceuse)
• Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
24 Stabat mater: Pro peccatis maledictis
Pol Plancon, bass,
with piano (tracks 1-13) and orchestra (tracks 14-24).
Recorded in London, Mar. (track 1) and May (track 2), 1902,
and in Camden, N.J., between Dec. 23, 1903 and Apr. 14, 1908.
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