Paysage
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DUBOIS / HAHN / FAURÉ / GOUNOD / CHAUSSON / SAINT-SAËNS
Paysage
Véronique Gens (soprano), Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Hervé Niquet
[ Alpha Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 12 July 2024
In this recital, Véronique Gens and Hervé Niquet bring back to life a neglected aspect of France's Romantic heritage: songs with orchestral accompaniment. Aside from a few pieces by Debussy and Duparc, and Berlioz's famous Nuits d'été, orchestral mélodies form a virtually forgotten continent. In collaboration with the specialists of the Palazzetto Bru Zane, Alpha Classics now revisits these musical landscapes, taking us from Brittany (Hahn) to Persia, whose beauties Fauré and Saint-Saëns exalt in very different ways. Mélodies by Chausson, Gounod and Dubois and rarely heard instrumental pieces by Massenet, Fauré and Fernand de La Tombelle round out the journey with their musical reveries.
"Arranged loosely as a landscape, the repertoire is often impressive and imaginative, avoiding monotonous chunks and flowing between topics and textures, including France's recurring fascination with the 'Orient '...Gens and the Munich Radio Orchestra under Hervé Niquet are strong throughout, with generally thoughtful interpretations and excellent recorded sound quality." BBC Music
"Her soprano is in remarkably good shape, supple and elegant, her diction exemplary and her phrasing exquisite, deftly capturing the mood of each song." Gramophone Award Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
"As Paysage demonstrates compellingly, the most persuasive examples of the form succeed because they create, within minutes, a complex dramatic narrative whose brevity only heightens their intensity...Gens is, as you would expect, an ideal conveyor of this, with the Munich orchestra offering exceptional, subtle support." Sunday Times
Tracks:
THÉODORE DUBOIS (1837-1924)
1. Celui que j'aime
REYNALDO HAHN (1874-1947)
2. Paysage
THEODORE DUBOIS
3. Petits rêves d'enfant: Andantino
GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845-1924)
4. Clair de lune
DUBOIS
5. En paradis
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)
6. La Splendeur du vide
JULES MASSENET (1842-1912)
7. Les Érinnyes: Invocation (Alexandre Vay, cello)
ERNEST CHAUSSON (1855-1899)
8. Les Morts
FERNAND DE LA TOMBELLE (1854-1928)
9. Rêverie
HAHN
10. Mai
CHARLES GOUNOD (1818-1893)
11. La Fauvette
MASSENET
12. Esclarmonde: Pastorale
DUBOIS
13. Blancheurs d'ailes
GOUNOD
14. Clos ta paupière
FAURÉ
15. Les Roses d'Ispahan
DUBOIS
16. Petits rêves d'enfant: Andantino grazioso
17. Ce qui dure
MASSENET
18. Sapho: Solitude
HAHN
19. D'une prison
FAURÉ
20. Shylock Suite: Nocturne
21. Chanson du pêcheur
SAINT-SAËNS
22. Aimons-nous
