Après un rêve: Belle Époque: Nights at the piano
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GABRIEL FAURE / FRANCIS POULENC / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Après un rêve: Belle Époque: Nights at the piano
Emmanuel Despax (piano)
[ Signum / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 16 June 2023
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"Après un rêve" is an ode to the French Belle Époque repertoire, depicting the beauty of dreams and the night. The album is an opportunity to hear and perhaps discover rarely played / rarely recorded wonderful works (Chaminade Nocturne, Duparc Aux étoiles, Poulenc Les soirées de Nazelles), alongside central pillars of the rep- ertoire, and includes a world premiere of Despax's arrangement of Après un rêve. The album is attributed to his grandfather, Jacques Charpentreau, a French poet who adored this repertoire and frequently drew inspiration from the night in his works. Despax has curated some of his poetry, as well as works by other poets he admired to complement this music, taking the listener on an immersive poetic and musical journey through this nocturnal landscape.
Tracks:
Gabriel Fauré
[1] Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1 Arr. by Emmanuel Despax
Francis Poulenc
Les Soirées de Nazelles, FP 84
[2] Préambule
[3] I. Le comble de la distinction
[4] II. Le cœur sur la main
[5] III. La désinvolture et la discrétion
[6] IV. La suite dans les idées
[7] V. Le charme enjôleur
[8] VI. Le contentement de soi
[9] VII. Le goût du malheur
[10] VIII. L'alerte vieillesse
[11] Cadence
[12] Final
Claude Debussy
[13] Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune
Camille Saint-Saëns
[14] Danse macabre, Op. 40 Arr. by Franz Liszt and Vladimir Horowitz
Cécile Chaminade
[15] Nocturne, Op. 165
Maurice Ravel
Gaspard de la nuit
[16] I. Ondine
[17] II. Le Gibet
[18] III. Scarbo
Henri Duparc
[19] Aux étoiles
