Les Illuminations, Op. 18 / Quatre Chansons franASaises / Serenade,Op. 31
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Les Illuminations, Op. 18 / Quatre Chansons franASaises / Serenade,Op. 31
Felicity Lott (soprano) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Michael Thompson (horn) / Scottish National Orchestra / Bryden Thomson
[ Chandos Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 5 May 2004
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'These are profoundly sympathetic performances, with Lott at her best in the 14-year-old composer's precocious settings of Hugo and Verlaine. Bryden Thomson and the RSNO support attentively, and the recordings are truthful and atmostpheric in the best Chandos tradition.'
- Gramophone
''The playing of the Scots is quite brilliant and imaginative, and strong underpinning for the singers. Lott sings in a precise, pointed way, full of arch humour, subtly using her French diction to make many a point.''
American Record Review
The programme includes the Quatre Chansons françaises, one of Britten's earliest recorded works, alongside the two works from the composer's fertile middle years, and it thus offers an absorbing insight into the composer's lifelong fascination with word setting.
These performances were very highly regarded when first released.
Tracks:
Les Illuminations, Op. 18
For soprano and string orchestra. Texts by Arthur Rimbaud
Quatre Chansons françaises
For soprano and string orchestra. Texts by Victor Hugo and Paul Verlaine
Serenade,Op. 31
For tenor, horn and string orchestra. Texts by Tennyson, Keats, Blake, Jonson and Cotton
