Musique Adorable! (complete songs)
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Musique Adorable! (complete songs)
Felicity Lott (soprano) William Burden (tenor) Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Graham Johnson (piano)
[ Hyperion / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 4 July 2002
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***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (October 2002)- "Unfailingly affectionate and stylish performances of the two colelctions and Chabrier's animal songs dominate the second disc of this real treasure of a treasury."
(BBC Music Magazine)
***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (October 2002)
"Unfailingly affectionate and stylish performances of the two colelctions and Chabrier's animal songs dominate the second disc of this real treasure of a treasury."
(BBC Music Magazine)
'Here is something so joyous and heart-warming that it's difficult to know where to start … anyone with a love of French music and poetry will find this a knock-out pleasure' (International Record Review)
'Adorable indeed … these songs steal into the heart. This is a set made for a lifetime's listening and enjoyment' (The Times)
'I cannot begin to tell you what delights await you on these discs … irresistible gems of melody, wit and tenderness. The enterprise has clearly been a labour of love for all involved'
(The Sunday Telegraph)
'Both CDs are packed with gems, most of them rarities … a three-star issue for Chabrier's adorable music, Johnson's de luxe documentation and Lott's delightful singing'
(The Sunday Times)
'[A] real treasure of a treasury' (BBC Music Magazine)
'If you like French song this album is a treasure trove' (The Financial Times)
This entrancing pair of CDs is going to give much joy. They contain all of the songs of Emmanuel Chabrier (43 of them) including his 16 settings of 'Les plus jolis chansons du pays de France', never before recorded. Also included is the hilarious 'Duet of the usherette from the Opera-Comique and the salesman from 'Le Bon Marché', and the wonderful 'Ode to Music' for soprano and female choir, the opening words of which provide the title of this set.
As to singers, there are five of them, all obviously enjoying themselves, and a bassoon in Chabrier's setting of L'Invitation au voyage' (which would be much better known if his friend Duparc hadn't written his masterpiece just beforehand).
The set comes with the usual exhaustive and absorbing notes from accompanist Graham Johnson who says: "There is no one like him, this adorable man, and nothing in French song, indeed in all music, which is quite like his music." 'Musique adorable' indeed!
Tracks:
COMPACT DISC 1 [75'10]
L'Enfant (Victor de Laprade) (1862) [4'04]
sung by Felicity Lott
Lied (Théodore de Banville) (1862) [3'14]
sung by William Burden
Sérénade (Auguste de Châtillon) (1862) [2'53]
sung by Stephen Varcoe
Adieux à Suzon (Alfred de Musset) (1862) [6'32]
sung by William Burden
Chants d'oiseaux (Victor de Laprade) (1862) [1'20]
sung by Felicity Lott
Le sentier sombre (anonymous) (1862) [5'47]
sung by William Burden
Ronde gauloise (anonymous) (1862) [1'55]
sung by Stephen Varcoe
Couplets de Mariette (anonymous) (1862) [4'32]
sung by Felicity Lott
Ah! petit démon (Auguste de Châtillon) (1862) [7'02]
sung by William Burden
Le pas d'armes du roi Jean (Victor Hugo) (1866) [2'52]
sung by Stephen Varcoe
Ivresses! (Léon Labarre) (1869) [6'53]
sung by Felicity Lott
L'Invitation au voyage (Charles Baudelaire) (1870) [9'26]
sung by Felicity Lott, with Ursula Leveaux (bassoon)
Sérénade de Ruy Blas (Victor Hugo) (1873) [2'08]
sung by Felicity Lott
Sommation irrespectueuse (Victor Hugo) (1880) [6'54]
sung by Stephen Varcoe
Credo d'amour (Armand Silvestre) (1883) [4'06]
sung by William Burden
España (Eugène Adenis) (1883) [4'00]
sung by Felicity Lott
COMPACT DISC 2 [79'49]
Tes yeux bleus (Maurice Rollinat) (1883) [4'16]
sung by Felicity Lott
Lied (Catulle Mendès) (1886) [2'32]
sung by Stephen Varcoe
Chanson pour Jeanne (Catulle Mendès) (1886) [4'10]
sung by Stephen Varcoe
Duo de l'ouvreuse de l'Opéra Comique et de l'employé du Bon Marché (Paul Fuchs and Henry Lyon) (1888) [4'07]
sung by Geraldine McGreevy and Toby Spence
Les plus jolies chansons du pays de France (1888)
Les Métamorphoses (Chanson canadienne) [2'11]
sung by Felicity Lott
Entrez, la belle, en vigne (Chanson saintongeoise) [1'11]
sung by William Burden
Nique nac no muse! (Chanson normande) [1'33]
sung by Stephen Varcoe
La mie du voleur (Chanson agenoise) [2'19]
sung by Felicity Lott
Les filles de trente ans (Chanson angoumoisine) [1'29]
sung by Felicity Lott
Le Déserteur (Chanson poitevine) [2'18]
sung by William Burden
Les garçons de Bordeaux (Chanson bordelaise) [2'55]
sung by Stephen Varcoe
Sur le bord de l'île (Chanson champenoise) [4'20]
sung by Felicity Lott
Que les amants ont de la peine! (Chanson poitevine) [2'44]
sung by Stephen Varcoe
La mort de la brune (Chanson franc-contoise) [3'54]
sung by William Burden
La fleur dorée (Chanson agenoise) [1'03]
sung by Stephen Varcoe
Le flambeau éteint (Chanson nivernaise) [1'31]
sung by Felicity Lott
La bien-aimée (Chanson angoumoisine) [1'14]
sung by William Burden
Bergère et chasseur (Chanson poitevine) [1'19]
sung by Felicity Lott
Joli dragon (Chanson languedocienne) [1'05]
sung by William Burden
Marion s'en va-t-a l'ou (Chanson auvergnate) [3'01]
sung by Felicity Lott
