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As with Opium, countertenor Philippe Jaroussky's earlier collection of French art songs, some could raise all kinds of objections to Green, which is devoted to settings of texts by Paul Verlaine. There's zero historical justification for having a countertenor sing this music, or moreover for having it accompanied by a string quartet as it is in some of the transcriptions made here by piano accompanist Jérôme Ducros. There is a vast body of unreleased music in the Baroque and Renaissance repertories in which Jaroussky specializes, and the countertenor voice can't match the production of the true soprano. And...all the objections evaporate once again when one starts listening to the music. Is it just the sheer beauty of Jaroussky's tone? The fact that at this point in his career he could sing a list of URLs and sound pretty good? All this is apposite, but there's more. The poetry of Verlaine, already ambiguous as to gender, is possibly even better suited to Jaroussky than were the drug-inspired materials on the earlier release. Check out the three versions of the extravagantly romantic title poem, in French despite its English title, by Gabriel Fauré, André Caplet, and Claude Debussy for starters. A good deal of this material is fairly obscure, and although Jaroussky is not the first singer to mix the art-song mélodie with semi-popular French song by the likes of Léo Ferré, he paces the contrast with uncommon effectiveness. The moody playing of the Quatuor Ebène amplifies the mood rather than interfering with it. A wonderful release.
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Leo Ferre, Composer - PAUL VERLAINE, Poet - Jerome Ducros, Piano, Transcriber, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Quatuor Ébène, String Quartet, FeaturedArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Deodat de Severac, Composer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Josef Szulc, Composer
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
Claude Debussy, Composer - PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, Transcriber, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Quatuor Ébène, String Quartet, FeaturedArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
Claude Debussy, Composer - PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, Transcriber, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Quatuor Ébène, String Quartet, FeaturedArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
Claude Debussy, Composer - PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, Transcriber, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Quatuor Ébène, String Quartet, FeaturedArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Ernest Chausson, Composer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Charles Bordes, Composer
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS, Composer - PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
PAUL VERLAINE, Poet - Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, Transcriber, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Quatuor Ébène, String Quartet, FeaturedArtist - Ebène Quartet Male Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Reynaldo Hahn, Composer
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
Claude Debussy, Composer - PAUL VERLAINE, Poet - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Ernest Chausson, Composer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Arthur Honegger, Composer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
Jules Massenet, Composer - PAUL VERLAINE, Poet - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Nathalie Stutzmann, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Edgar Varese, Composer
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
Leo Ferre, Composer - PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, Transcriber, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Quatuor Ébène, String Orchestra, FeaturedArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
PAUL VERLAINE, Poet - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, Transcriber, MainArtist - Reynaldo Hahn, Composer - Quatuor Ébène, String Quartet, FeaturedArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - André Caplet, Composer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
Claude Debussy, Composer - PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Irène Poldowski, Composer
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Irène Poldowski, Composer
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
Charles Trenet, Composer - PAUL VERLAINE, Poet - Jerome Ducros, Piano, Transcriber, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Quatuor Ébène, String Quartet, FeaturedArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Irène Poldowski, Composer
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Florent Schmitt, Composer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Reynaldo Hahn, Composer
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, Transcriber, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Quatuor Ébène, String Quartet, FeaturedArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Charles Koechlin, Composer
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, Transcriber, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Quatuor Ébène, String Quartet, FeaturedArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Charles Bordes, Composer
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
Claude Debussy, Composer - PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
PAUL VERLAINE, Poet - Joseph Canteloube, Composer - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Quatuor Ébène, String Quartet, FeaturedArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
Claude Debussy, Composer - PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
Claude Debussy, Composer - PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
Claude Debussy, Composer - PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
PAUL VERLAINE, Writer - Jerome Ducros, Arranger, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Georges Brassens, Composer - Quatuor Ébène, String Quartet, FeaturedArtist
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
Album review
As with Opium, countertenor Philippe Jaroussky's earlier collection of French art songs, some could raise all kinds of objections to Green, which is devoted to settings of texts by Paul Verlaine. There's zero historical justification for having a countertenor sing this music, or moreover for having it accompanied by a string quartet as it is in some of the transcriptions made here by piano accompanist Jérôme Ducros. There is a vast body of unreleased music in the Baroque and Renaissance repertories in which Jaroussky specializes, and the countertenor voice can't match the production of the true soprano. And...all the objections evaporate once again when one starts listening to the music. Is it just the sheer beauty of Jaroussky's tone? The fact that at this point in his career he could sing a list of URLs and sound pretty good? All this is apposite, but there's more. The poetry of Verlaine, already ambiguous as to gender, is possibly even better suited to Jaroussky than were the drug-inspired materials on the earlier release. Check out the three versions of the extravagantly romantic title poem, in French despite its English title, by Gabriel Fauré, André Caplet, and Claude Debussy for starters. A good deal of this material is fairly obscure, and although Jaroussky is not the first singer to mix the art-song mélodie with semi-popular French song by the likes of Léo Ferré, he paces the contrast with uncommon effectiveness. The moody playing of the Quatuor Ebène amplifies the mood rather than interfering with it. A wonderful release.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 43 track(s)
- Total length: 01:51:27
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Philippe Jaroussky
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Erato - Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company 2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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