"Une jeunesse française" : mélodies & airs d'opérette
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"Une jeunesse française" : mélodies & airs d'opérette
Marie Perbost (soprano) & Josephine Ambroselli (piano)
[ Harmonia Mundi / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 22 February 2019
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The harmonia nova series welcomes young artists singled out for their exceptional talents. Whether in classical mélodies, chanson or even operetta, Marie Perbost embodies the multiple ingredients of the musical discourse with incomparable sensuousness and poetry. An actress to the core, she has conceived this programme devoted to 'a French youth' along with her chosen partners, skilfully mixing in a few 'hits' with rare and precious pieces - many of them very amusing.
"Tellingly, she describes herself as being as much an actress as a singer. Her voice itself is sweet in tone, with an appealing gleam in its upper registers, but it's the emphasis she places on the texts that actually makes her stand out….A most impressive debut: one hopes to hear more of her, in French operetta above all." Gramophone
"The debut recording from this young French soprano is full of colourful, often humorous songs. Despite occasional stumbles from slight over-enunciation, this is a fun, theatrical listen" BBC Music
Tracks:
Poulenc: Les chemins de l'amour
Hervé: Rondeau du mollet (from Le Voyage en Amérique)
Kosma: Le cauchemar du chauffeur de taxi
Hervé: Rondeau de la pensionnaire (from La Femme à Papa)
Jean Delettre: Mon Rendez-vous
Hahn, R: La dernière valse
Poulenc: Banalités
Debussy: Romance: L'âme évaporée et souffrante
Serpette: Duo des bijoux "Allons, vite" (from Le Petit Chaperon rouge)
Offenbach: Ah! quel dîner je viens de faire (from La Perichole)
Dihau: Ça ne vaut pas la tour Eiffel
Hervé: La Cosaque: No. 18. Couplets du coiffeur
Messager: L'Amour masque: 'J'ai deux amants'
Debussy: Ariettes Oubliées (6)
Weill, K: Complainte de la Seine (Text: Maurice Magre)
Lecocq: Grande Valse (from Les Cent Vierges)
