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Fiançailles pour rire (roughly, Betrothal for Kicks) is the title of a set of short songs composed in 1939 by Francis Poulenc and included in this recital by soprano Natalie Dessay and her exquisite accompanist Philippe Cassard. That group of songs, and the extremely stylized graphics of the album, correspond well enough to the implications of the title, but for the most part the program is not especially lighthearted. What you get here is a little survey of French songs, mostly not so well known, concluding with Heni Duparc, the earliest composer and the one all the others imitated despite the slenderness of his surviving output. Those songs make a luminous finale, but Dessay's way with a text and her realizations of the characters contained in the songs by Fauré, Chabrier, and Chausson make the entire program compelling. The composers of these songs probably had a purer voice in mind, and Dessay's fascinating instrument, agile but with a bit of gravel in it by now, is unorthodox. It is never less than compelling, however, and about the superb Erato/Warner Bros. sound, from the superbly appropriate Salle Colonne in Paris, there will be little dispute. Highly recommended, especially for La Dessay's numerous devotees.
© TiVo
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3 Mélodies, Op. 7 (Gabriel Fauré)
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Romain Bussine, Poet - Philippe Cassard, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited
5 Mélodies de Venise, Op. 58 (Gabriel Fauré)
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - PAUL VERLAINE, Poet - Philippe Cassard, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - PAUL VERLAINE, Poet - Philippe Cassard, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited
2 Mélodies, Op. 46 (Gabriel Fauré)
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - PAUL VERLAINE, Poet - Philippe Cassard, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited
2 Mélodies, Op. 83 (Gabriel Fauré)
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - PAUL VERLAINE, Poet - Philippe Cassard, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited
4 Mélodies, Op. 51 (Gabriel Fauré)
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - PAUL VERLAINE, Poet - Philippe Cassard, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited
Chanson pour Jeanne (Emmanuel Chabrier)
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer - Catulle Mendes, Poet - Philippe Cassard, Piano
© 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited
Fiançailles pour rire, FP 101 (Francis Poulenc)
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Louise de Vilmorin, Poet - Philippe Cassard, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Louise de Vilmorin, Poet - Philippe Cassard, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Louise de Vilmorin, Poet - Philippe Cassard, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Louise de Vilmorin, Poet - Philippe Cassard, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Louise de Vilmorin, Poet - Philippe Cassard, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Louise de Vilmorin, Poet - Philippe Cassard, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited
Colloque, FP 108 (Francis Poulenc)
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Laurent Naouri, Baritone Vocals - Philippe Cassard, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Paul Valéry, Poet
© 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited
3 Poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin, FP 91 (Francis Poulenc)
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Louise de Vilmorin, Poet - Philippe Cassard, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Louise de Vilmorin, Poet - Philippe Cassard, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Louise de Vilmorin, Poet - Philippe Cassard, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited
Chanson perpétuelle, Op. 37 (Ernest Chausson)
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Ernest Chausson, Composer - Quatuor Ébène, String Quartet - Charles Cros, Poet - Philippe Cassard, Piano
© 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany ℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
7 Mélodies, Op. 2 (Ernest Chausson)
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Ernest Chausson, Composer - Leconte de Lisle, Writer - Philippe Cassard, Piano
© 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany ℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19 (Ernest Chausson)
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Ernest Chausson, Composer - Maurice Bouchor, Poet - Philippe Cassard, Piano
© 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany ℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Au pays où se fait la guerre (Henri Duparc)
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Henri Duparc, Composer - Théophile Gautier, Writer - Philippe Cassard, Piano
© 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany ℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Soupir (Henri Duparc)
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Henri Duparc, Composer - Sully Prudhomme, Writer - Philippe Cassard, Piano
© 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany ℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Extase (Henri Duparc)
Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Henri Duparc, Composer - Philippe Cassard, Piano - Jean Lahor, Poet
© 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany ℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Albumbeschreibung
Fiançailles pour rire (roughly, Betrothal for Kicks) is the title of a set of short songs composed in 1939 by Francis Poulenc and included in this recital by soprano Natalie Dessay and her exquisite accompanist Philippe Cassard. That group of songs, and the extremely stylized graphics of the album, correspond well enough to the implications of the title, but for the most part the program is not especially lighthearted. What you get here is a little survey of French songs, mostly not so well known, concluding with Heni Duparc, the earliest composer and the one all the others imitated despite the slenderness of his surviving output. Those songs make a luminous finale, but Dessay's way with a text and her realizations of the characters contained in the songs by Fauré, Chabrier, and Chausson make the entire program compelling. The composers of these songs probably had a purer voice in mind, and Dessay's fascinating instrument, agile but with a bit of gravel in it by now, is unorthodox. It is never less than compelling, however, and about the superb Erato/Warner Bros. sound, from the superbly appropriate Salle Colonne in Paris, there will be little dispute. Highly recommended, especially for La Dessay's numerous devotees.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 23 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:59
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Natalie Dessay
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Erato - Warner Classics
- Genre: Klassiek Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus)
© 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany ℗ 2015ParlophoneRecordsLimited,aWarnerMusicGroupCompany
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