Les Trois Cloches [Import]

1. Les Trois Cloches

2. Sous Le Ciel De Paris

3. Valse Des Lilas

4. Je Reviens Chez Nous

5. Ce Bonheur La

6. Que Reste T Il De Nos Amours

7. Les Vertes Annees

8. Pigalle

9. Marche De Sacco E Vanzetti

10. Swanee

11. Le Temps Des Etudiants

12. C'est Ma Chanson

13. En Ecoutant Mon Coeur Chanter

14. Dites Moi Qui

15. Si J'avais Des Millions

16. La Mer

17. Le Sous Marin Vert

18. L'homme Qui Se Rappelle

19. J'aimerais Bien Apprendre Au Monde

20. Comment Va La Vie

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Les Trois Cloches,Les Compagnons De La Chanson,Sony Music Media,World Music

Average customer rating: Susan Graham, Songs of Reynaldo Hahn Excellent Catalyst for Seduction. Buy It. Graham's Artistry Makes for Compelling Listening in a Collection of Songs from a 'Minor' Composer The beauty of "La Belle Époque" A very good Hahn collection

Susan Graham - La Belle Époque (The Songs of Reynaldo Hahn) Reynaldo Hahn , Susan Graham , and Roger Vignoles Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music $7.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Susan Graham ~ Berlioz - Les nuits d'été Susan Graham - Songs of Ned Rorem Poèmes de l'Amour Susan Graham - Mozart & Gluck Arias ~ Il tenero momento Susan Graham at Carnegie Hall ASIN: B00000AG7M Release Date: 1998-09-15

Tracks:

1. A Chloris
2. Le Rossignol des lilas
3. L'Enamour
4. Trois Jours de vendage
5. Lyde
6. Tyndaris
7. Phyllis
8. Les Fontaines
9. L'Automne
10. Infidelit
11. Dans la nuit
12. D'une prison
13. Quand la nuit n'est pas teoilee
14. Fume
15. Le Printemps
16. Je me souviens
17. Quand je fus pris au pavillion
18. Paysage
19. Fetes galantes
20. Nocturne
21. Mai
22. L'Heure exquise
23. Offrande
24. Si mes vers avaient des ailes

Amazon.com

Lyric mezzo-soprano Susan Graham stands out from the crowd for her expressive, opulent voice and communicative gifts. Someone at Sony has made the decision to place her in the public mind primarily as a singer of French works, and although it would be a shame to see her limited to that area of the repertoire, she does sing the French repertoire exceptionally. Graham sings sensitively and idiomatically in this group of 24 songs by Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947), a Venezuelan-born, French-reared composer and conductor who knew how to craft a song like few others. In such lovely songs as "A Chloris," which opens the album, and "Je me souviens," Hahn creates a bevy of beautiful little worlds, which Graham and the outstanding pianist Roger Vignoles present in memorable form. This album belongs in the collection of all lovers of song. --Sarah Bryan Miller

Customer Reviews:

Susan Graham, Songs of Reynaldo Hahn.......2007-01-10

Stunning. The sticker on the front of the CD (New York Times quote) says it all: "breathtaiking and unforgettable!".

Excellent Catalyst for Seduction. Buy It........2006-05-19

'La Belle Epoque, The Songs of Reynaldo Hahn' by mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, accompanied by pianist, Roger Vignoles, is much different from my earlier subject of a Graham Review, some songs from Berlioz. The Berlioz material struck me as a concerto for orchestra and voice. This was excellent material for to wow a mate on a first date. Reynaldo Hahn's chamber songs are for much more intimate venues and objectives. Even more than any other 'Lieder' or 'Chansom' specialist I can think of, these are the sorts of things you want to use when the object is seduction.

The songs are so gentle and so seductive that they are as likely to set the tone for the seducer as well as for the seductee. Even if you are not in a seductive situation, the songs will make you want to be there.

All this means is that while Reynaldo Hahn does not have the great reputation of Berlioz or Shubert or Schuman or Debussy, you really should know his songs, and Ms. Graham does a great interpretation to make this introduction.

Graham's Artistry Makes for Compelling Listening in a Collection of Songs from a 'Minor' Composer.......2006-02-27

This was only Graham's second solo outing, and for many listeners it confirmed the promise of her d?but recording of "Les Nuits d'?t?" -- an unusual accomplishment for a relatively minor project.

I know the songs of Reynaldo Hahn from a number of worthy recordings from other artists -- Rachel Yakar, Martyn Hill, Bruno Laplante, Mady Mespl?, Graham Johnson & Co. (the Hyperion French Song Edition), one-offs on Elly Ameling albums, not to mention vintage recordings by Hahn himself. All the same, this recording was a complete revelation. Her beauty of tone, her ease with the French language (surpassing, I daresay, the much-vaunted Francophony of Felicity Lott), her canny selection of songs, Vignoles's sensitive accompaniment, they all add up. But there's that (ahem) je-ne-sais-quoi that makes something a classic, and this album has it. It captures an era, it creates a time and place that come wafting out of your speakers.

My favorite song on this record is "Si la nuit n'est pas ?toil?e" -- it is a rapturous melody to a quintessential Victor Hugo text. But there is nary a false note on the entire album. I do recommend, if you can find it, the Ameling album "Serenata," which includes two Hahn songs I haven't encountered elsewhere, "L'amiti?" with its faint melancholy and "La vie est belle" with its French ?lan.

As we know, Graham has gone on to much bigger things, but she retains her commitment to the art of song and to breathing fresh life into French rarities (as in her delightful operetta album). In terms of tone, timbre, and intonation, for my money she has the most beautiful voice in opera today. My only hope is that she doesn't go the way of Ren?e Fleming and become The Voice Beautiful ... she veered a bit in that direction with her recent Chausson record, and I hope she gets back to business and gets her vivid personality back in action in her song performances.

The beauty of "La Belle Époque".......2005-09-13

This is one of the most beautiful vocal recordings I have recently experienced. The songs of Reynaldo Hahn are beautiful gems exquisitly presented by the polished voice of Susan Graham. I have gone back to this recording many times.

A very good Hahn collection.......2004-12-05

Venezuelan-born Reynaldo Hahn was taken to Paris at age 3, and became, early enough (his most famous song, Si mes vers avaient des ailes, was composed when he was 12!) a steady feature in the musical life of Paris.

Lover of Marcel Proust, sought-after musical entertainer in the salons of the Highest Society, diarist, composer, singer, renowned conductor, influential music writer in the most powerful daily in France (Le Figaro) finally General Manager of the Opéra Comique before dying of a brain tumor in 1947, Hahn was a multi-faceted musician of the highest probity. His songs are simple, patrician, utterly elegant, and always set to the best poetry. His simplicity and purity of means accomplish in little what many pretentious thunderers fail even to approximate.

Hahn himself had a light little baritone voice, a little croak of a voice, really, with which he became popular in high society drawing rooms before the First World War: a voice that charmed duchesses and made the most reserved princesses smile. He even made some 50 records between 1920 and 1930, which show his unique, expressive musicality, unfailing sense of phrasing, elegance of style, and fine piano-playing (He almost invariably accompanies himself.)

Hahn's own 78s, and a very few others by the likes of Ninon Vallin, give a clear recorded testimony of how his songs ought to be performed: simply, elegantly, with charm.

Graham is a lovely singer and a supple musician. Her French is not exactly top-notch but most people will not care: they will respond to her beautiful sound and endearing manner. The pianist is also good.

Average customer rating: Essential for the chansom junkie. Buy It. Almost completely wonderful Indisputable Gallic flair Idiomatic, fresh, cleanly recorded the best songs ever ruined by uneven performing

Poulenc - Melodies / Ameling · Gedda · W. Parker · Sénéchal · Souzay · Baldwin Francis Poulenc , Dalton Baldwin , Elly Ameling , Gérard Souzay , Nicolai Gedda , Michel Sénéchal , and William Parker Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Poulenc | Poulenc, Francis | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tartini | Tartini, Giuseppe | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: Debussy - Mélodies / Ameling · Mesplé · Command · Souzay · von Stade · Baldwin Fauré - Mélodies / Souzay · Ameling · Baldwin A French Song Companion Véronique Gens - Nuit d'étoiles (Mélodies Française) / Vignoles The Songs of Henri Duparc ASIN: B000002S31 Release Date: 1992-01-23

Tracks:

1. LE BESTIAIRE OU CORTEGE D'ORPHEE: I - Le Dromadaire
2. LE BESTIAIRE OU CORTEGE D'ORPHEE: II - La Chevre Du Tibet
3. LE BESTIAIRE OU CORTEGE D'ORPHEE: III - La Sauterelle
4. LE BESTIAIRE OU CORTEGE D'ORPHEE: IV - Le Dauphin
5. LE BESTIAIRE OU CORTEGE D'ORPHEE: V - L'ecrevisse
6. LE BESTIAIRE OU CORTEGE D'ORPHEE: VI - La Carpe
7. COCARDES: I - Miel De Narbonne
8. COCARDES: II - Bonne D'enfant
9. COCARDES: III - Enfant De Troupe
10. 5 POEMES DE RONSARD: I - Attributs
11. 5 POEMES DE RONSARD: II - Le Tombeau
12. 5 POEMES DE RONSARD: III - Ballet
13. 5 POEMES DE RONSARD: IV - Je N'ai Plus Les Os
14. 5 POEMES DE RONSARD: V - A Son Page
15. CHANSONS GAILLARDES: I - La Maitresse Volage
16. CHANSONS GAILLARDES: II - Chanson A Boire
17. CHANSONS GAILLARDES: III - Madrigal
18. CHANSONS GAILLARDES: IV - Invocation Aux Parques
19. CHANSONS GAILLARDES: V - Couplets Bachiques
20. CHANSONS GAILLARDES: VI - L'offrande
21. CHANSONS GAILLARDES: VII - La Belle Jeunesse
22. CHANSONS GAILLARDES: VIII - Serenade
23. AIRS CHANTES: I - Air Romantique
24. AIRS CHANTES: II - Air Champetre
25. AIRS CHANTES: III - Air Grave
26. AIRS CHANTES: IV - Air Vif
27. Epitaphe
28. 3 POEMES DE LOUISE LALANNE: I - Le Present
29. 3 POEMES DE LOUISE LALANNE: II - Chanson
30. 3 POEMES DE LOUISE LALANNE: III - Hier
31. 4 POEMES DE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE: I - L'anguille
32. 4 POEMES DE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE: II - Carte Postale
33. 4 POEMES DE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE: III - Avant Le Cinema
34. 4 POEMES DE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE: IV - 1904
35. 5 POEMES DE MAX JACOB: I - Chanson Bretonne
36. 5 POEMES DE MAX JACOB: II - Cimetiere
37. 5 POEMES DE MAX JACOB: III - La Petite Servante
38. 5 POEMES DE MAX JACOB: IV - Berceuse
39. 5 POEMES DE MAX JACOB: V - Souric Et Mouric
40. 8 CHANSONS POLONAISES: I - La Couronne
41. 8 CHANSONS POLONAISES: II - Le Depart
42. 8 CHANSONS POLONAISES: III - Les Gars Polonais
43. 8 CHANSONS POLONAISES: IV - Le Dernier Mazour
44. 8 CHANSONS POLONAISES: V - L'adieu
45. 8 CHANSONS POLONAISES: VI - Le Drapeau Blanc
46. 8 CHANSONS POLONAISES: VII - La Vistule
47. 8 CHANSONS POLONAISES: VIII - Le Lac

Tracks:

1. 5 POEMES DE PAUL ELUARD: I - Peut - Il Se Reposer?
2. 5 POEMES DE PAUL ELUARD: II - Il La Prend Dans Ses Bras
3. 5 POEMES DE PAUL ELUARD: III - Plume D'eau Claire
4. 5 POEMES DE PAUL ELUARD: IV - Rodeuse Au Front De Verre
5. 5 POEMES DE PAUL ELUARD: V - Amoureuses
6. A Sa Guitare
7. TEL JOUR, TELLE NUIT: I - Bonne Journee
8. TEL JOUR, TELLE NUIT: II - Une Ruine Coquille Vide
9. TEL JOUR, TELLE NUIT: III - Le Front Comme Un Drapeau Perdu
10. TEL JOUR, TELLE NUIT: IV - Une Roulotte Couverte En Tuiles
11. TEL JOUR, TELLE NUIT: V - A Toutes Brides
12. TEL JOUR, TELLE NUIT: VI - Une Herbe Pauvre
13. TEL JOUR, TELLE NUIT: VII - Je N'ai Envie Que De T'aimer
14. TEL JOUR, TELLE NUIT: VIII - Figure De Force Brulante Et Farouche
15. TEL JOUR, TELLE NUIT: IX - Nous Avons Fait La Nuit
16. 3 POEMES DE LOUISE DE VILMORIN: I - Le Garcon De Liege
17. 3 POEMES DE LOUISE DE VILMORIN: II - Au-Dela
18. 3 POEMES DE LOUISE DE VILMORIN: III - Aux Officiers De La Garde Blanche
19. 2 POEMES DE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE: I - Dans Le Jardin D'anna
20. 2 POEMES DE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE: II - Allons Plus Vite
21. MIROIRS BRULANTS: I - Tu Vois Le Feu Du Soir
22. MIROIRS BRULANTS: II - Je Nommerai Ton Front
23. Le Portrait
24. La Grenouillere
25. Priez Pour Paix
26. Ce Doux Petit Visage
27. Bleuet
28. FIANCAILLES POUR RIRE: I - La Dame D'andre
29. FIANCAILLES POUR RIRE: II - Dans L'herbe
30. FIANCAILLES POUR RIRE: III - Il Vole
31. FIANCAILLES POUR RIRE: IV - Mon Cadavre Est Doux Comme Un Gant
32. FIANCAILLES POUR RIRE: V - Violon
33. FIANCAILLES POUR RIRE: VI - Fleurs

Tracks:

1. BANALITES: I - Chanson D'orkenise
2. BANALITES: II - Hotel
3. BANALITES: III - Fagnes De Wallonie
4. BANALITES: IV - Voyage A Paris
5. BANALITES: V - Sanglots
6. CHANSONS VILLAGEOISES: I - Chanson Du Clair Tamis
7. CHANSONS VILLAGEOISES: II - Les Gars Qui Vont A La Fete
8. CHANSONS VILLAGEOISES: III - C'est Le Joli Printemps
9. CHANSONS VILLAGEOISES: IV - Le Mendiant
10. CHANSONS VILLAGEOISES: V - Chanson De La Fille Frivole
11. CHANSONS VILLAGEOISES: VI - Le Retour Du Sergent
12. METAMORPHOSES: I - Reine Des Mouettes
13. METAMORPHOSES: II - C'est Ainsi Que Tu Es
14. METAMORPHOSES: III - Paganini
15. 2 POEMES DE LOUIS ARAGON: I - C
16. 2 POEMES DE LOUIS ARAGON: II - Fetes Galantes
17. 2 POEMES DE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE: I - Montparnasse
18. 2 POEMES DE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE: II - Hyde Park
19. 2 POEMES DE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE: I - Le Pont
20. 2 POEMES DE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE: II - Un Poeme
21. Paul Et Virginie
22. Mais Mourir
23. Hymne
24. 3 CHANSONS DE FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA: I - L'enfant Muet
25. 3 CHANSONS DE FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA: II - Adelina A La Promenade
26. 3 CHANSONS DE FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA: III - Chanson A L'oranger Sec
27. Le Disparu
28. Main Dominee Par Le Coeur
29. CALLIGRAMMES: I - L'espionne
30. CALLIGRAMMES: II - Mutation
31. CALLIGRAMMES: III - Vers Le Sud
32. CALLIGRAMMES: IV - Il Pleut
33. CALLIGRAMMES: V - La Grace Exilee
34. CALLIGRAMMES: VI - Aussi Bien Que Les Cigales
35. CALLIGRAMMES: VII - Voyage

Tracks:

1. Mazurka
2. LA FRAICHEUR ET LE FEU: I - Rayon Des Yeux...
3. LA FRAICHEUR ET LE FEU: II - Le Matin Les Branches Attisent...
4. LA FRAICHEUR ET LE FEU: III - Tout Disparut...
5. LA FRAICHEUR ET LE FEU: IV - Dans Les Tenebres Du Jardin...
6. LA FRAICHEUR ET LE FEU: V - Unis La Fraicheur Et Le Feu...
7. LA FRAICHEUR ET LE FEU: VI - Homme Au Sourire Tendre...
8. LA FRAICHEUR ET LE FEU: VII - La Grande Riviere Qui VA...
9. PARISIANA: Le Joueur De Bugle
10. PARISIANA: Vous N'ecrivez Plus?
11. Rosemonde
12. LE TRAVAIL DU PEINTRE: I - Pablo Picasso
13. LE TRAVAIL DU PEINTRE: II - Marc Chagall
14. LE TRAVAIL DU PEINTRE: III - Georges Braque
15. LE TRAVAIL DU PEINTRE: IV - Juan Gris
16. LE TRAVAIL DU PEINTRE: V - Paul Klee
17. LE TRAVAIL DU PEINTRE: VI - Joan Miro
18. LE TRAVAIL DU PEINTRE: VII - Jacques Villon
19. La Souris
20. Nuage
21. Dernier Poeme
22. Une Chanson De Porcelaine
23. LA COURTE PAILLE: I - Le Sommeil
24. LA COURTE PAILLE: II - Quelle Aventure!
25. LA COURTE PAILLE: III - La Reine De Coeur
26. LA COURTE PAILLE: IV - Ba, Be, Bi, Bo, Bu
27. LA COURTE PAILLE: V - Les Anges Musiciens
28. LA COURTE PAILLE: VI - Le Carafon
29. LA COURTE PAILLE: VII - Lune D'avril
30. Toreador
31. 4 CHANSONS POUR ENFANTS: I - La Tragique Histoire Du Petit Rene
32. 4 CHANSONS POUR ENFANTS: II - Nous Voulons Une Petite Soeur
33. 4 CHANSONS POUR ENFANTS: III - Le Petit Garcon Trop Bien Portant
34. 4 CHANSONS POUR ENFANTS: IV - Monsieur Sans-Souci
35. Fancy
36. Colloque

Customer Reviews:

Essential for the chansom junkie. Buy It........2006-10-25

'Poulenc Melodies' performed by a really impressive lineup of vocal talent including Elly Ameling and Nicolai Gedda is exactly the kind of recording you need if you are compulsive about having 'complete' collections of things. This shows a range of composition which smaller releases such as single CD 'Voyage a Paris' (Hyperion, with Felicity Lott and Graham Johnson)can give us. For starters, many of these chansom showed a lot more evidence of more modern stylings and a far greater range of interpretation. In fact, I even had to check the lyrics in the included booklet to verify that on some songs, the performers were singing in French. Even though I have a smattering of knowledge of French, I would have sworn that the singers were performing songs in Russian.

I am happy that all four discs run for more than 60 minutes. No cheap short changing here. If you don't want to spring for the large set, the Hyperion release is great, but this is worth every penny.

Almost completely wonderful.......2005-04-29

Its very considerable advantage lies in its completeness. Poulenc was one of the very greatest songwriters of any era. If you have no Poulenc songs in your collection, start here. The recommendation of Kruysen is a fine one, but only after you have heard this as a basis of comparison. Of Ameling, Senechal, Souzay, Gedda, and Parker, the only disappointment is Parker, who - I'll just say it - sings with his usual bleat. Souzay is a shade past it in vocal quality, but he still understands these songs as well as anybody, with great declamation (and that, after all, is what most of French singing is about). The dryness of the voice is nowhere close to disastrous, as it might have been in Italian opera. Indeed, it lends an air of life lived, without excuses. Gedda is okay. The standouts are Souzay, Ameling, and Senechal. Baldwin accompanies superbly.

Indisputable Gallic flair.......2004-06-06

These performances are piquant and stylistically right on target. Even if Souzay is past his best here, he brings a lifetime of experience to bear and the other performers are wonderful. Ignore the curmudgeon who blasted this set. You will enjoy this tremendously if you love Poulenc.

Idiomatic, fresh, cleanly recorded.......2001-05-12

This is a fine set. Dalton Baldwin accompanies each singer with clarity and zest. And who can resist the affectionate singing of the likes of Nicolai Gedda and Elly Ameling? The "melodies" themselves are magnificent--among Poulenc's finest creations. Whether you have other performances of these works or not, I think you'd be pleased with this beautifully recorded set. Certainly the 70's-vintage performances are more individual in profile, more "romantic," if you will, than those conjured by most of the "anonymous" singers of our own age. Recommended with enthusiasm.

the best songs ever ruined by uneven performing.......2001-05-05

This is a warning for all Poulenc fans NOT to take the bargain route and purchase this immense collection -- you might think you're getting a great deal but: the singing and pianism is substandard and doesn't do the music justice (remotely). Songs like Bonne Journe'e or Ho^tel are all but ruined... Here's what to buy: Bernard Kruysen's CD of selected Poulenc masterpieces (favoring the Elouard settings)... nobody will ever come close to Kruysen in interpreting Poulenc. Avoid THIS CD. They still get 2 stars for (1) being encyclical and (2) delivering clear and even sound quality.

Average customer rating: wonderful music

Complete Works for Solo Piano Poulenc , and Parkin Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bourees | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Francis Poulenc Plays Piano Music of Satie & Poulenc Poulenc: Piano Works Bartok: Complete Solo Piano Music Gabriel Fauré: The Complete Music for Piano Poulenc: Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 3 ASIN: B00006JN9R Release Date: 2002-10-22

Tracks:

1. Suite For Piano In C Major: I Presto
2. Suite For Piano In C Major: II Andante
3. Suite For Piano In C Major: III Vif
4. Adagietto (From Les Biches)
5. Trois Mouvements Perpetuels: I Assez Modere
6. Trois Mouvements Perpetuels: II Tres Modere
7. Trois Mouvements Perpetuels: III Alerte
8. Les Soirees De Nazelles-Suite For Piano: Preambule
9. Les Soirees De Nazelles-Suite For Piano: Cadence
10. Les Soirees De Nazelles-Suite For Piano: I Le Comble De La Distinction
11. Les Soirees De Nazelles-Suite For Piano: II Le Coeur Sur La Main
12. Les Soirees De Nazelles-Suite For Piano: III La Desinvolture Et La Discretion
13. Les Soirees De Nazelles-Suite For Piano: VII Le Gout Du Malheur
14. Les Soirees De Nazelles-Suite For Piano: VIII L'Alerte Vieillesse
15. Les Soirees De Nazelles-Suite For Piano: Cadence
16. Les Soirees De Nazelles-Suite For Piano: Final
17. Intermezzo In A Flat Major
18. Valse-Improvisation Sur Le Nom De Bach
19. Trois Pieces: I Pastorale
20. Trois Pieces: II Hymne
21. Trois Pieces: III Toccata
22. Badinage
23. Napoli-Suite For Piano: I Barcarolle
24. Napoli-Suite For Piano: II Nocturne
25. Napoli-Suite For Piano: III Caprice Italien

Tracks:

1. Humoresque
2. Deux Novelettes: Novelette No. 1 In C Major
3. Deux Novelettes: Novelette No. 2 In B Flat Minor
4. Novelette Sur Un Theme De Manuel De Falla In E Minor
5. Villageoises - Petites Pieces Enfantines: I Valse Tyrolienne
6. Villageoises - Petites Pieces Enfantines: II Staccato
7. Villageoises - Petites Pieces Enfantines: III Rustique
8. Villageoises - Petites Pieces Enfantines: IV Polka
9. Villageoises - Petites Pieces Enfantines: V Petite Ronde
10. Villageoises - Petites Pieces Enfantines: VI Coda
11. Improvisations: Improvisation No. 1 In B Minor
12. Improvisations: Improvisation No. 2 In A Flat Major
13. Improvisations: Improvisation No. 3 In B Minor
14. Improvisations: Improvisation No. 4 In A Flat Major
15. Improvisations: Improvisation No. 5 In A Minor
16. Improvisations: Imrovisation No. 6 In B Flat Major
17. Improvisations: Improvisation No. 7 In C Major
18. Improvisations: Improvisation No. 8 In A Minor
19. Improvisations: Improvisation No. 9 In D Major
20. Improvisations: Improvisation No. 10 'Eloge Des Gammes' In F Major
21. Improvisations: Improvisation No. 11 In G Minor
22. Improvisations: Improvisation No. 12 'Hommage A Schubert' In E Flat Major
23. Improvisations: Improvisation No. 13 In A Minor
24. Improvisations: Improvisations No. 14 In D Flat Major
25. Improvisations: Improvisation No. 15 'Hommage A Edith Piaf' In C Minor
26. Deux Intermezzi: Intermezzo No. 2 In D Flat Major
27. Deux Intermezzi: Intermezzo No. 1 In C Major
28. Suite Francaise D'Apres Claude Gervaise: I Bransle De Bourgogne
29. Suite Francaise D'Apres Claude Gervaise: II Pavane
30. Suite Francaise D'Apres Claude Gervaise: III Petite Marche Militaire
31. Suite Francaise D'Apres Claude Gervaise: IV Complainte
32. Suite Francaise D'Apres Claude Gervaise: V Bransle De Chmpagne
33. Suite Francaise D'Apres Claude Gervaise: VI Sicilienne
34. Suite Francaise D'Apres Claude Gervaise: VII Carillon
35. Presto In B Flat Major
36. Melancolie
37. Theme Varie: Theme. Tres Calme Et Sans Hate
38. Theme Varie: I Joyeuse
39. Theme Varie: II Noble
40. Theme Varie: III Pastorale
41. Theme Varie: IV Sarcastique
42. Theme Varie: V Melancolique
43. Theme Varie: VI Ironique
44. Theme Varie: VII Elegiaque
45. Theme Varie: VIII Volubile
46. Theme Varie: IX Fantasque
47. Theme Varie: X Sybilline
48. Theme Varie: XI Finale
49. Theme Varie: Coda. Molto Agitato

Tracks:

1. Pastourelle
2. Two Pieces From 'Les Biches': Rondeau
3. Two Pieces From 'Les Biches':Andantino
4. Feuillets D'Album: 1 Ariette
5. Feuillets D'Album: 2 Reve
6. Feuillets D'Album: 3 Gigue
7. Piece Breve Sur Le Nom D'Albert Roussel
8. Intermede
9. Francaise
10. Nocturnes: Nocturnes No. 1 In C Major
11. Nocturnes: Nocturne No. 2 'Bal De Jeunes Filles' In A Major
12. Nocturnes: Nocturne No. 3 'Les Cloches De Malines' In F major
13. Nocturnes: Nocturne No. 4 'Bal Fantome' In C Minor
14. Nocturnes: Nocturne No. 5 'Phalenes' In D Minor
15. Nocturnes: Nocturne No. 6 In G Major
16. Nocturnes: Nocturne No. 7 In E Flat major
17. Nocturnes: Nocturne No. 8 'Pour Servir De Coda Au Cycle' In G major
18. Valse In C Major
19. Cinq Impromptus: 1 Tres Agite
20. Cinq Impromptus: 2 Allegro Vivace
21. Cinq Impromptus: 3 Tres Modere
22. Cinq Impromptus: 4 Violent
23. Cinq Impromptus: 5 Andante
24. Bourree Au Pavillion D'Auvergne
25. Caprice
26. Promenades: 1 A Pied
27. Promenades: 2 En Auto
28. Promenades: 3 A Cheval
29. Promenades: 4 En Bateau
30. Promenades: 5 En Avion
31. Promenades: 6 En Autobus
32. Promenades: 7 En Voiture
33. Promenades: 8 En Chemin De Fer
34. Promenades: 9 A Bicyclette
35. Promenades: 10 En Diligence

Customer Reviews:

wonderful music.......2007-07-03

I listened to this disc collection at least a hundred times. Poulenc is a great composer and Eric Parkins interpretation is really enjoyable

Average customer rating: This is the real verison of the songs you should have

Joseph Canteloube: Songs Of the Auvergne Manufacturer: Vanguard Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Canteloube, Joseph | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Canteloube - Chants d'Auvergne / Victoria de los Angeles Kiri Te Kanawa - Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne, Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras Joseph Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne Mozart: Concerto Nos. 21 & 24 ASIN: B0000ADXFP Release Date: 2003-08-12

Tracks:

1. La Pastoura Als Camps
2. Bailero
3. Trois Bourrees: A. L'aio De Rotso, B. Ound' Onoren Gorda?, C. Obal, Din Lou Limouzi
4. Pastourello
5. L'Antoueno
6. La Pastrouletta E Lou Chibalie
7. La Delaissado
8. Deux Bourrees: A. N'aipas Jeu De Mio, B. Lo Cahle
9. Lo Fiolaire
10. Passo Pel Prat
11. Lou Boussu
12. Brezairola
13. Malurpus Qu' O Uno Fennol
14. Jou L'Pount D'o Mirabel
15. Oi, Ayai
16. Pour L'enfant
17. Chut, Chut
18. Pastorale
19. Lou Coucut

Tracks:

1. Obal, Din Lo Coumbelo
2. Quand Z'Eyro Petitoune
3. Le-haut, Sur Le Rocher
4. He! Beyla-z-y D'au Fe!
5. Postouro, Se Tu Me'aymo
6. Te, L'co, Te!
7. Uno, Jjonto Postour
8. Lou Diziou Be'
9. La Mere Antoine
10. Oh! Madelon, Je Dois Partir
11. Rossignolet Qui Chants
12. La Fille D'un Paysan
13. Comment Donc Savoir
14. Mon Pere M'a Plasee
15. Lorsque Le Meunier
16. O Up!
17. Le Premier De Tous Les Oiseux
18. Mo J'ai Un Homme
19. J'ai Un Douce Amie
20. Dans Le Tombeau
21. Allons, Beau Rossignol
22. Quand Marion Va Au Moulin
23. Reveillez-Vous, Belle Endormie

Customer Reviews:

This is the real verison of the songs you should have.......2005-07-03

I had the opportunity to hear Miss Davrath sing a collection of these songs when I was young and that experience has stayed with me for 40 years. The late Miss Davrath pioneered these songs before anyone else discovered these delightful classics. She is the only singer that does them with the correct dialect so they just might sound a little different then the incomplete versions by superstar divas. Get these, you won't be sorry even if you have other versions.

Average customer rating: BAGATELLES SPIRITUELLES A Delight

Poulenc: Piano Works Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Poulenc | Poulenc, Francis | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Rogi, Pascal | ( R ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Poulenc: Concerto for pianos in Dm; Concerto for organ & strings in Gm Poulenc: Chamber Music Poulenc - Aubade · Les biches · Les animaux modèles / Pascal Rogé · Charles Dutoit Ravel: Piano Works Franck: Quintet in Fm; Chausson: String quartet in Cm ASIN: B0000C24I5 Release Date: 2004-10-12

Tracks:

1. Preambule
2. I. Le Comble De La Distinction
3. II. Le Coeur Sur La Main
4. III. La Desinvolture Et La Discretion
5. IV. La Suite Dans Les Idees
6. V. Le Charme Enjoleur
7. VI. Le Contentement De Soi
8. VII. Le Gout Du Malheur
9. VIII. L'Alerte Vieillesse
10. Cadence
11. Final
12. I. C Major
13. II. B Flat Minor
14. III. E Minor
15. Pastourelle
16. I. Assez Modere
17. II. Tres Modere
18. III. Alerte
19. Valse
20. No. 1 In B Minor
21. No. 2 In A Flat Major
22. No.3 In B Minor
23. No. 6 In B Flat Major
24. No. 7 In C Major
25. No. 8 In A Minor
26. No. 12 In E Flat Major 'Hommage A Schubert'
27. No. 13 In A Minor
28. No. 15 In C Minor 'Hommage A Edith Piaf'
29. I. Pastorale
30. II. Hymne
31. III. Toccata

Customer Reviews:

BAGATELLES SPIRITUELLES.......2006-05-17

This disc won a Gramophone award in 1988, the citation praising in particular the `tenderness and sensitivity' of the performances. That seems fair to me. I would not call the playing here any exhibition of ultimate refinement in the manner of Michelangeli or of Gould, but this is not music that requires anything of that kind.

The 31 pieces here are very unpretentious. Only one lasts longer than four minutes, and nearly half of them clock out after less than two. The harmony is almost entirely tonal (after some Stravinskyish assertiveness at the start of the very first number), and most of the recital consists of items that seem to have started life as improvisations. Nine numbers go by that title explicitly, and if they don't seem to be one's normal idea of improvisation, having more thematic content than I for one would have expected, that may simply reflect the fact that Poulenc was an outstandingly gifted improviser. The suite Soirees de Nazelles with which Roge opens the recital is reported to have originated in pieces that he improvised at some kind of informal Schubertiads during his residency there, and they also have more substance than show about them.

The sense of improvisation is strengthened in the Nazelles suite by what sounds to me like an unmistakable allusion in the Preamble and again in the Cadence to Bach's Chromatic Fantasia, itself highly improvisatory in manner. Allusiveness in general is another strong characteristic of these works. There is an explicit Homage to Schubert and another to Edith Piaf, for instance. Poulenc was closely associated with Stravinsky, and while I can't hear much of Stravinsky in the three `perpetual motion' works as the liner-note writer tells me I should, I hear him loud and clear in the Preamble to the Nazelles suite. Nor do I think it unduly speculative to detect the influence of Schumann in the finale to the same suite, and while the attractive melody of the Valse may of course be Poulenc's own something leads me to doubt it.

Above all what these miniatures recall to me is Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words. This is not a matter of specific allusions or of the musical idiom, it's just a matter of the overall impression created. They show the same kind of variety and resourcefulness within a fairly restricted range of expression, and the harmonisation is also, with a couple of exceptions, cautious and unadventurous as Mendelssohn's tended to be - there is no experimentation in the manner of Faure, still less that of Debussy or Ravel. For all that, these works have real character and personality, and they are thoroughly agreeable and companionable, even striking a distinctly deeper note in the Pastorale from the Three Pieces. The `variations' in the Nazelles suite are not variations as Franck or Bizet (or any of the German masters) used that expression, more a little collection of miniature tone-poems, and you may be relieved to learn that the three `perpetual-motion' works are hardly that at all - one toccata is quite enough for me. I would rather not get into the topic of the Satie-style names for the `variations', an issue for which `tiresome' would be a restrained characterisation.

Roge's playing suits the music very well. The first `improvisation' and of course the toccata call for a bit of virtuosity, which he is not short of. Otherwise the technical demands seem generally fairly moderate, the real requirement being to capture the intimate and `off-duty' feel of the music which, as the Gramophone critics said, he does very well. The sound comes over very agreeably too, in part through Roge's tactful and sympathetic pedalling, in part from the acoustic, but above all, of course, from the player's touch.

The liner-note is short and fairly basic, but fine as far as it goes. All in all, this is a very pleasant disc that can be commended in good conscience to all but the most ultra-conservative listeners. I am very pleased to have spotted it, and very happy too to endorse the acclamation it was given in 1988.

A Delight.......2006-05-10

There's little use looking further for a recording of Poulenc's piano music, not when Pascal Roge captures the elegance, charm, and wit of his countryman's art so well. The disc starts with "Les Soirees de Nazelles," where some of Poulenc's more virtuosic passages lie. Also demanding are some of the "Improvisations." I find both of these works the most stimulating works on the disc, though my favorite single piece may well be the "Pastourelle," a piano reduction of a work Poulenc wrote for "L'Evential de Jeanne," a collaborative ballet from the 1920s. It capsulizes the sophisticated wit that marks Poulenc as perhaps the drollest of France's Les Six.

Roge is fully attuned to the more virtuosic moments as well as to the humor and verve of Poulenc's idiom. And Decca, often maligned for their inability to turn out consistently fine piano recordings, has here produced a model sound recording. Maybe it's the venue, a London church, that contributes just the right degree of warmth and detracts not a whit from the clean, powerful tone of Roge's piano.

Average customer rating: Transcendent! Amazing choral performances A Fabulous Choir in Less Than Clear Sound

Accentus Transcriptions Samuel Barber , Gustav Mahler , Knut Nystedt , Fryderyk Chopin , Maurice Ravel , Hugo Wolf , Alban Berg , Claude Debussy , Laurence Equilbey , Jean-Francois Chiama , Francois Lombard , Solange Anorga , Pascale Costes , Catherine Ravenne , Pierre Jeannot , and Accentus Chamber Choir Manufacturer: Valois ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Berg | Berg, Alban | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mahler | Mahler, Gustav | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolf | Wolf, Hugo | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Transcriptions 2 Antonio Meneses Plays Schumann & Schubert North Piano Concertos by Tchaikovsky & Medtner [Hybrid SACD] Carl Nielsen, Orchestral Music ASIN: B00008GFOH Release Date: 2003-08-19

Customer Reviews:

Transcendent!.......2007-01-10

I first heard a selection (Mahler's Adagietto) from this CD on the radio, and I had to buy it. This music is some of the most beautiful I have ever heard (and I have many years' experience as a pianist, organist, and opera and choral singer). I first loved the aforementioned Adagietto, but have later come to relish even more the second Malher piece on the CD; I use it during meditation, and it takes me to a deep, peaceful, spiritual place. Also, the Ravel piece Soupir ("sigh") is just beyond words--the colorings of the vocal expression, the seamless blend of this ensemble. It's like butter!! I do not know if this ensemble has other recordings, but I would snatch them up as soon as I found out about them. However, to be balanced, the inner selections on the CD, tracks 6,7, and 8, while intricate and well performed, do not rise to the heights of the others I mentioned. But then, how often does one like every cut on an album?

Amazing choral performances.......2003-11-05

I concur with the previous reviewer. Accentus has surpassed all their previous releases here. In particular, the performance of the Mahler Adagietto (from Symphony No. 5) is heart-rending and technically astonishing, as solo sopranos and mezzos take on the lines of different strings. There is not a bad cut in the lot, though the Barber Agnus Dei is becoming one of the most overrecorded pieces in the catalog. The recorded sound is clearest when one plays the CD at moderate volume. There is, with only one or two exceptions, no loss of dynamic range. While I noticed some roll-off distortion during a few forte passages, reducing the volume minimizes the problem. Naive has one of the most daring and consistently tasteful catalogues in the business, and this Accentus album is a great introduction to the label, and to a choir that has created the most distinctive technique of any I've heard in my lifetime.

A Fabulous Choir in Less Than Clear Sound.......2003-09-15

Accentus is a French a cappella choir of 32 voices founded and directed by Laurence Equilbey in 1991; on the basis of this recording I'd warrant that she is a superb choir builder and director. I'd heard wonderful things about them but had never heard anything they'd recorded. Here we have a collection of transcriptions of pieces originally written for instruments (or instruments and solo voice) sung impeccably. The only problem is that at high dynamic levels there tends to be some distortion; I played the disc on four different playback setups and got the distortion each time. A real pity.

As to the performances themselves, they are nothing short of sensational. The program starts with Barber's own transcription of his 'Adagio for Strings' (itself a transcription of a movement from his string quartet) to the words of the Agnus dei. Then we have an impressive and moving choral setting by Gerard Pesson of the Adagietto from Mahler's Fifth Symphony; it is set to words of August von Platen.

There are two Chopin transcriptions by Franck Krawczyk: 'Lacrimosa,' from the Op. 10, No. 6 Etude, and 'Lulajze, Jezuniu' ('Sleep, little Jesus') set to the Largo from Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 58. They are both quite beautiful.

The main transcriber on this disc is Clytus Gottwald who not only set the Adagietto but six other pieces including Ravel's 'Soupir,' Wolf's 'Die verlassene Maegdlein' and 'Auf ein altes Bild,' Berg's 'Die Nachtigall,' Debussy's 'Les Angelus.' He tends to use the overlapping choral technique pioneered by Gyorgy Ligeti which creates a kind of aural haze. This is very effective in the impressionistic pieces (and in the second of the Wolf songs), much less so in the German transcriptions. Least successful, by far, is the transcription by Gottwald of 'Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen' from Mahler's Rueckert-Lieder, which, no matter how beautifully sung, becomes a muddy mess obscuring both the melody line and the words.

Finally, there is a gorgeous piece based on Bach's 'Komm, suesser Tod' ('Come, sweet death') transcribed by the Norwegian master, Knut Nystedt. It, the Barber and the Mahler Adagietto are, for me, the high points of this fascinating disc.

A word about this terrific choir. They sing with a distinctively French sound--that is to say, with clarity, lightness, absolute purity of sound--and their dynamic range has to be heard to be believed. The tonal core does not waver or spread even at the softest dynamic or the extremes of vocal range and, in spite of the distortion in the recording, one can hear that they never produce an ugly tone even at their loudest. I am eager to hear more of their recordings and, who knows, maybe even hear them perform in person some day.

Scott Morrison

Average customer rating:

L'Ange Marais: Pièces á trois violes Manufacturer: Atma Classique ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Marais | Marais, Marin | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sainte-Colombe: Concerts a deux violes esgales, Vol. 3 Sainte-Colombe: Concerts a deux violes esgales, Vol. 1: Concerts I à XVIII Corrette: Les Délices de la solitude Sainte-Colombe: Concerts a deux violes esgales, Vol. 2 Pierre Bouteiller: De Vanitate Mundi ASIN: B000G5SISU Release Date: 2006-10-24

Tracks:

1. Première suite à trois violes en ré majeur (1717) - Prélude
2. Première suite à trois violes en ré majeur (1717) - Allemande
3. Première suite à trois violes en ré majeur (1717) - Courante
4. Première suite à trois violes en ré majeur (1717) - Menuet
5. Première suite à trois violes en ré majeur (1717) - Sarabande
6. Première suite à trois violes en ré majeur (1717) - Gigue
7. Première suite à trois violes en ré majeur (1717) - Gavotte
8. Première suite à trois violes en ré majeur (1717) - Petite paysanne
9. Première suite à trois violes en ré majeur (1717) - Rondeau
10. Tombeau pour Monsieur de Lully (1701)
11. Deuxième suite à trois violes en sol majeur (1717) - Caprice
12. Deuxième suite à trois violes en sol majeur (1717) - Allemande
13. Deuxième suite à trois violes en sol majeur (1717) - Courante
14. Deuxième suite à trois violes en sol majeur (1717) - Paysanne gracieuse
15. Deuxième suite à trois violes en sol majeur (1717) - Sarabande
16. Deuxième suite à trois violes en sol majeur (1717) - Gigue
17. Deuxième suite à trois violes en sol majeur (1717) - Gavotte
18. Deuxième suite à trois violes en sol majeur (1717) - Rondeau
19. Deuxième suite à trois violes en sol majeur (1717) - Musette
20. Deuxième suite à trois violes en sol majeur (1717) - Musette -- Double
21. Deuxième suite à trois violes en sol majeur (1717) - Menuet musette

Average customer rating: From Madagascar to bestiaries Exquisite Songs Exquisitely Sung and Played

Ravel: Songs for Voice & Piano Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Debussy - Mélodies / Ameling · Mesplé · Command · Souzay · von Stade · Baldwin Ravel: Mélodies Songs, 1896-1914 Poulenc - Melodies / Ameling · Gedda · W. Parker · Sénéchal · Souzay · Baldwin The Songs of Chausson / Lott · Murray · McGreevy · Trakas · Chilingirian Quartet · G. Johnson ASIN: B0000CDJK8 Release Date: 2004-01-20

Tracks:

1. Chanson Espagnole
2. Chanson Francaise
3. Chanson Ecossaise
4. Chanson Italienne
5. Chanson Hegraique
6. Chanson Du Rouet
7. Noel Des Jouets
8. Kaddisch
9. L'enigme Eternelle
10. D'Anne Qui Me Jecta De La Neige
11. D'Anne Jouent De L'espiette
12. Chanson De La Mariee
13. La-bas, Vers L'eglise
14. Quel Galant M'est Comparable
15. Chanson Des Cuielleuses De Lentisqies
16. Tout Gai!
17. Un Grand Sommeil Noir
18. Manteau De Fleurs
19. Si Morne!
20. Chanson Romanesque
21. Chanson Epique
22. Chanson A Boire

Tracks:

1. Le Paon
2. Le Grillon
3. Le Cygne
4. Le Martin-Pecheur
5. La Pintade
6. Ballade De La Reine Morte D'aimer
7. Tripatos
8. Trois Beaux Oiseaix Du Paradis
9. Nicolette
10. Ronde
11. Ronsard A Son Ame
12. Le Granda Vents Venus D'outremer
13. Sainte
14. Sur L'herbe
15. Reves
16. Vocalise - Etude En Forme De Habanera
17. Nahandove
18. Aoua!
19. Il Este Doux...

Customer Reviews:

From Madagascar to bestiaries.......2007-06-01

Ravel's vocal music is fantastic stuff indeed, and this recording offers a very good selection of almost all of it. The singers include the extremely good Claire Brua (whom I first heard in the delightful duet album "Vivent les vacances") and Laurent Naouri, who is a wonderful baritone with a terrific sense of line and colour.

I thought the two sopranos and the second baritone were not as good as Brua and Naouri, though. Inva Mula-Tchako, who sings the Cinq mélodies populaires grecques, is light-voiced and quite pleasant of timbre (although neither gorgeous nor a great interpreter), but the other soprano, Valerie Millot, disappointed me very much. Her "Manteau de fleurs" was uninteresting and lacking in beauty compared to the ravishing recording of this song by Elly Ameling (and even the singing of this by Mady Mesplé pleased me more).

Gerard Theruel's singing of the "Chanson française" was mostly dreadful - and one of his vocal problems was cruelly highlighted in that track. He has a tendency to go under pitch (badly enough to irritate), and usually it's the result of singing a C or above after singing a lower note requiring a leap upwards of a fourth or more. However, he did a MUCH better job with the "Histoire naturelles", to which I enjoyed listening.

Claire Brua's best singing may well be the "Chansons madécasses", which are given a dark, sensuous and dangerous treatment entirely in keeping with the poetry and settings. She has a beautiful mezzo voice which she uses very intelligently indeed.

Laurent Naouri was particularly admirable in... well, actually, in all he sang. He's a very, very good baritone with such a sympathy for the feeling and style - you will be sure to love his performance and singing of the "Chanson hébraîque", the "Deux mélodies hébraîques" (although I still do prefer Jessye Norman's singing of "Kaddish"), the sombre "Un grand sommeil noir", the fantastical "Don Quichotte à Dulcinée", the "Ronsard à son âme", the "Les grand vents venus d'outremer", the exquisite "Sainte" and the wonderfully bizarre "Sur l'herbe". (But for the definitive singing of "Sur l'herbe", listen to Gabriel Bacquier's rendering which is nothing short of amazing, lacking no folly or perfection!)

In short, PARTICULARLY because this is incredibly good value, this is a valuable set to have. The playing of accompanist David Abramovitz is, I agree, excellent, and he supports the singers magnificently.

I would like to recommend two other recordings as well. In particular, because the repertoire almost entirely overlaps, the 2CD set released by EMI, called "Ravel Mélodies", in which Teresa Berganza, Felicity Lott, Mady Mesplé, Jessye Norman, Gabriel Bacquier and José Van Dam sing with some of the best renditions of these songs that are available. In particular, Bacquier's utterly amazing "Histoires naturelles" is not to be missed! Secondly, Elly Ameling's completely delightful recording of Ravel songs, entitled "Ravel: Shéhérazade" includes not only the Shéhérazade cycle (with piano instead of orchestra - I think this is the only recording of it with piano accompaniment), but also a positive plethora of Ravel's most ravishing songs - Manteau de fleurs, Trois beaux oiseaux de paradis (very hauntingly sung), Nicolette, D'Anne qui lui jecta de la neige, D'Anne jouant de l'espinette, the "Cinq mélodies populaires grecques", Tripatos, the "Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé", "Noël des jouets" and "Sainte".

As beautiful as Ms Ameling's singing of the Mallarmé songs were, I still feel there is one interpretation of them even finer - by Suzanne Danco. If you can get hold of that recording, you are sure to fall in love with her singing in those three songs, for somehow her tone is exactly the right sound for these wonderfully enigmatic and detached poems in Ravel's setting.

The "Cinq mélodies populaires grecques", sung on this Naxos 2CD set in the original Greek version (much less usual than the French version), are - although quite pretty on this set - better represented in the performance by Barbara Hendricks in her recording entitled "Ravel/Duparc: Mélodies/Songs". That's an exquisite recording, well worth getting for both the Ravel and the Duparc.

In short - I like quite a lot of this recording, but I am not taken at all by one of the sopranos, am not entirely enthused by the other soprano and one of the baritones, but think very highly of the mezzo and the second baritone. Certainly it's a recording worth having, but I would not take it in preference to my other Ravel recordings.

Exquisite Songs Exquisitely Sung and Played.......2004-02-01

Anna Russell, that inimitable lampooner of classical music foibles, once famously opined that French art songs are 'great poetry set to rather wispy music.' That's funny (and true) as far as goes, but it doesn't especially apply to the chansons and songs of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). His songs tend to have haute-cuisine meat on their bones and yet are polished like pieces of Lalique crystal. Ravel was one of the great early 20th-century composers for piano and his song accompaniments show no relaxation of his pianistic skills. Still, like most good song composers, his main attention was placed on melodic line and presentation of the text. And indeed in many of his songs the texts are 'great poetry.' We are fortunate in this 2CD set to have a wide selection of Ravel's songs and chansons. Since Amazon has not listed the contents of the set (at least at the time of writing this review), I will do so now. First are seven settings of folk poetry: Chansons espagnole, française, écossaise (Burns's 'Ye banks and braes'), italienne, hébraïque; Chanson du rouet; and Noël des jouets.

These are followed on CD1 by:
Deux mélodies hébraïques
Deux épigrammes de Clément Marot
Cinq mélodies populaires grecques
Un grand sommeil noir
Manteau de fleurs
Si morne!
Don Quichotte à Dulcinée (three chansons)

CD2:
Histoires naturelles (five chansons)
Ballade de la reine morte d'aimer
Tripatos
Trois chansons (including 'Trois beaux oiseaux du paradis,' 'Nicolette,' and 'Ronde')

Ronsard à son âme
Les grands vents venus d'outremer
Sainte
Sur l'herbe
Rêves
Vocalise - étude en forme de habanera
Chansons madécasses (three chansons, with flute, cello, piano)

The singers, all resident in France and not completely listed yet by Amazon, are Inva Mula and Valérie Millot, sopranos; Claire Brua, mezzo; and Gérard Theruel and Laurent Naouri, baritones. The rock-solid and extremely sensitive accompanist is American pianist David Abramovitz. The recording was made at the 900-year-old Abbey of Fontevraud, now a cultural center located in the Anjou-Touraine region southwest of Paris.

It is not possible to describe each of the songs and their performances here but I will mention several:

Claire Brua, a really quite musical and rich-voiced mezzo, sings 'Rêves' exquisitely, as also the very first song, the sultry 'Chanson espagnole.' Inva Mula, a clear-voiced light soprano, does well by the Five Popular Greek Mélodies. I had never heard the 'Two Epigrams of Clément Marot' (that rather obscure French poet made better-known some years back in Douglas Hofstadter's thrilling book about translation, 'Le Bon Ton de Clément Marot,') and baritone Gérard Theruel sings them deliciously. Speaking of great poetry, how's this lyric? (in English translation) which is fully matched by Ravel's icy-hot setting:

"Anne in sport threw some snow at me
That I certainly found cold;
But it was fire, the experience that I had,
For I was suddenly aflame."

The much better known 'Chansons madécasses' and 'Histoires naturelles' are sung idiomatically by, respectively, Mme. Brua and M. Theruel.

Finally, a word about a discovery for me, the 'Trois Chansons' of which the light-hearted final two are utterly delightful and sung with girlish élan by soprano Millot. She would be a wonderful candidate for, say, the last movement of Mahler's Fourth Symphony; her voice has that pure quality so needed there.

I am thrilled to have this collection of so many of Ravel's songs in one place. I would not want to give up my recordings of 'Chansons madécasses' by Jan de Gaetani or 'Don Quichotte à Dulcinée' by José van Dam in the orchestral version. But I honestly believe I'll be reaching for this set frequently over the years.

CD1=62:13
CD2=59:43

Scott Morrison

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Tracks:

1. Sheherazade: Asie
2. Sheherazade: La Flute enchantee
3. Sheherazade: L'Indifferent
4. Cinq Melodies populaires grecques: Le Reveil de la mariee
5. Cinq Melodies populaires grecques: La-bas vers l'eglise
6. Cinq Melodies populaires grecques: Quel galant m'est comparable
7. Cinq Melodies populaires grecques: Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques
8. Cinq Melodies populaires grecques: Tout gai!
9. Duex Melodies hebraiques: Kaddisch
10. Duex Melodies hebraiques: L'Enigme eternelle
11. L'Invitaiton au voyage
12. Phidyle
13. L'Enfant Prodigue: Recit. & Air de Lia: L'annee en vain chasse l'annee
14. Poeme de l'amour et de la mer: La Fleur des eaux
15. Poeme de l'amour et de la mer: Interlude
16. Poeme de l'amour et de la mer: La Mort de l'amour

Tracks:

1. Cinco Canciones Negras: Cuba dentro de un piano
2. Cinco Canciones Negras: Punto de habanera
3. Cinco Canciones Negras: Chevere
4. Cinco Canciones Negras: Cancion de cuna para dormir a un negrito
5. Cinco Canciones Negras: Canto negro
6. Coleccion de canciones amatorias: Llorad corazon
7. Coleccion de canciones amatorias: Iban al pinar
8. Cuatro madrigales amatorios: Con que la lavare?
9. Cuatro madrigales amatorios: Vos me matasteis
10. Cuatro madrigales amatorios: De donde venis, amore?
11. Cuatro madrigales amatorios: De los alamos vengo, madre
12. Cinco canciones playeras espanolas: Rutas
13. Cinco canciones playeras espanolas: Pregon
14. Cinco canciones playeras espanolas: Las 12
15. Cinco canciones playeras espanolas: El pescador sin dinero
16. Cinco canciones playeras espanolas: Coplilla
17. Quatre cancons: Canco de grumet
18. Quatre cancons: Cancon incerta
19. Quatre cancons: Maig
20. Quatre cancons: Anacreontica
21. La Dama d'Arago
22. El can dels ocells
23. Canco de Sega
24. El combat del somni: Damunt de tu nomes les flors
25. El combat del somni: Aquesta nit un mateix vent
26. El combat del somni: Jo et presentia com la mar
27. Triptic de Mossen Cinto: L'Harpa Sagrada
28. Triptic de Mossen Cinto: Lo violi de Sant Francesh
29. Triptic de Mossen Cinto: Sant Fransech i la cigala

Tracks:

1. Chansons de Bilitis: La Flute de Pan
2. Chansons de Bilitis: La Chevelure
3. Chansons de Bilitis: Le Tombeau des Naiades
4. Fetes galantes: En sourdine
5. Fetes galantes: Fantoches
6. Fetes galantes: Clair de lune
7. Noel de enfants qui n'ont plus de maisons
8. Chants populaires: Chanson espagnole
9. Chants populaires: Chanson francaise
10. Chants populaires: Chanson italienne
11. Chants populaires: Chanson Herbraique
12. Trois jours de vendange
13. Le Rossignol des lilas
14. Tristesse, Op. 6, No. 2
15. Au bord de l'eau, Op. 8, No. 1
16. Les Roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39, No. 4
17. Troujours (No. 2 de Trois Poemes d'un jour, Op. 21)
18. Siete Canciones populares espanolas: El pano murano
19. Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Sequidilla murciana
20. Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Asturiana
21. Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Jota
22. Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Nana
23. Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Cancion
24. Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Polo
25. Doce canciones gallegas: As florinas dos toxos
26. Triptico, Op. 45: Farruca
27. Villancicos: Pastorcito santo
28. Psyche
29. Soneto a Cordoba

Tracks:

1. Proserpina: E dove t'aggiri
2. Le violette
3. Joshua: Oh! had I Jubal's lyre
4. Der Tod und das Madchen, D. 531
5. Die schone Mullerin, D. 795: No. 2: Wohin?
6. D. 547: An die Musik
7. Op. 59, No. 8: Dein blaues Auge
8. Op. 84, No. 4: Vergebliches Standchen
9. Op. 27, No. 1: Chanson d'amour
10. Op. 46, No. 2: Clair de lune
11. Let Us Wander
12. Lost Is My Quiet
13. Schlaf in deiner engen Kammer
14. Ah! lamenta, oh bella Irene
15. Irish Songs: Oh! Would I Were But That Sweet Linnet
16. Irish Songs: He Promised Me At Parting
17. Irish Songs: They Bid Me Slight My Dermot Dear
18. Welsh songs: The Dream
19. Mignon und der Harfner, D. 877: Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt
20. Les Fleurs des landes: Le Trebuchet
21. Moglichkeit
22. Der Apfel
23. Schottische Ballade
24. Pastorale
25. Pleurs d'or
26. Sapphische Ode
27. La Partenza

Amazon.com

The word "fabulous" seems vulgar when applied to the Spanish diva whose delicately shaded voice encompassed music from the middle ages to the present. This four-disc compilation emphasizes her song repertoire, to which she brought warmth, intelligence, linguistic integrity and irresistible sincerity. Her dignity makes listeners want to come to her, and she rewards them with an intimate, personal experience, especially in this small-scale repertoire by Ravel, Debussy, Duparc, Fauré, lots of Spanish composers and German masters such as Schubert and Brahms. --David Patrick Stearns

Customer Reviews:

Awesome musicality.......2006-07-26

This 4-CD set is a tribute to the concert career of the great Victoria de Los Angeles. The first 3 CDs show her totally at home in the art song of France and of her native Spain. In the French art songs, her silvery, creamy tone, her legendary legato and her perfect French diction make for wonderful and unforgettable performances. These include a sensual Scheherazade, magnificient singing in the Duparc songs and a phenomenal Poeme de L'amour et de la mer of Chausson (try to keep your eyes dry by the end of La mort de l'amour). In the Chausson, while de Los Angeles does not opt for the intensely Wagnerian approach, her sensitive singing more than does justice to the poetry and the feelings of the character. The Spanish songs showcase de Los Angeles at her most natural, flamboyant and attractive singing. The tunes are catchy, full of bouncy rhythms and De Los Angeles's fabulous voice never ceases to amaze. The 4th CD shows the wonderful chemistry between de Los angeles and the great Gerald Moore. While she does not erase memories of Fischer-Dieskau and Schwarzkopf in the Schubert selections, the Brahms songs are excellent and her Faure songs here are earth shaking in their elegance and refinement. The Italian and the famous Handel aria helps to prove De Los Angeles's reputation as an excellent bel canto singer. Her duets with Fischer-Dieskau are absolutely memorable and gorgeous.
The set comes with booklet including full words plus translations, helpful notes on De Los Angeles's concert career and a dozen of beautiful and rare black and white photos. Victoria de Los Angeles's concert career was as prolific as her legendary operatic performances and continued well after her retirement from the operatic stage. This introspective and almost encycopledic release is a real treat and is absolutely recommended. I totally agree with the editor's review who states that the word "fabulous" fails in every respect to fully capture the artistry of the Spanish soprano. Victoria de Los Angeles is definitely one of the most wonderful lyric sopranos of the 20th century and is one of the most heavenly artists to have ever graced the concert scene. A must-have for any collection.

Fabulous? Yes!!!.......1999-09-13

The album is a marvelous sampling of this great singer's artistry. Her performances of the French and Spanish composers are something special. The De Falla "Seven Popular Folksongs" are powerful, passionate; the last song, "Jota," raised the hair on the back of my neck.

I was delighted to see Faure's "Claire de lune" on the album, and equally delighted with De Los Angeles' elegant rendition of this work. The only recording of the song I've liked better is from an LP featuring Frederika Von Stade.

As an added bonus, several duets with the great baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau are featured on Disk #4. These include some charming settings of Irish songs by Beethoven, and a gorgeous arrangement of "Let Us Wander" by Henry Purcell. I remember hearing these duets years ago on an LP recording, and it was a pleasure to hear them again.

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