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With the exception of one sole Rossini piece – and even then, the text isn't very Italian as it's the Cats' Duet whose only lyric is "miaow" – this whole programme is dedicated to French works, mostly vocal, with a couple for solo piano. Sophie Karthäuser and Eugene Asti have set off on a wild goose, pig, dromedary, cricket, crow, and fox hunt, keeping an eye out for many other furry, feathered and scaly beasts along the way, with Ravel, Chabrier, Offenbach, Hahn, Bizet, and Poulenc for company – all of whom have written music for creatures great and small, real and fantastical. Alright, on occasion these animals might not be animals, strictly speaking, like Satie's Statue de bronze (although the statue in question is of a frog), or The Little Shepherd from Children’s Corner by Debussy. Another rarity: there are three melodies from Poulenc's Bestiaire which have been left out of most recent editions: La Colombe, La Puce and Le Serpent. © SM/Qobuz
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Edouard Lalo, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Histoires naturelles, M. 50 (Maurice Ravel)
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Le Bestiaire, ou Le Cortège d'Orphée, FP. 15a (Francis Poulenc)
Francis Poulenc, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Francis Poulenc, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Francis Poulenc, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Francis Poulenc, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Francis Poulenc, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Francis Poulenc, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Claude Debussy, Composer - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Deodat de Severac, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Histoires naturelles, M. 50 (Maurice Ravel)
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Jacques Ibert, Composer - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Trois Mélodies, IES. 34 (Erik Satie)
Erik Satie, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Erik Satie, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Erik Satie, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Gioacchino Rossini, Composer - Dominique Visse, MainArtist, Countertenor - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Reynaldo Hahn, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
George Bizet, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Ernest Chausson, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Soloist, MainArtist - Pauline Viardot, Composer
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Jacques Ibert, Composer - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Histoires naturelles, M. 50 (Maurice Ravel)
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Le Bestiaire (mélodies inédites), FP. 15b (Francis Poulenc)
Francis Poulenc, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Francis Poulenc, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Francis Poulenc, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Francis Poulenc, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Claude Debussy, Composer - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer - Sophie Karthäuser, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Eugene Asti, Piano, MainArtist
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Album review
With the exception of one sole Rossini piece – and even then, the text isn't very Italian as it's the Cats' Duet whose only lyric is "miaow" – this whole programme is dedicated to French works, mostly vocal, with a couple for solo piano. Sophie Karthäuser and Eugene Asti have set off on a wild goose, pig, dromedary, cricket, crow, and fox hunt, keeping an eye out for many other furry, feathered and scaly beasts along the way, with Ravel, Chabrier, Offenbach, Hahn, Bizet, and Poulenc for company – all of whom have written music for creatures great and small, real and fantastical. Alright, on occasion these animals might not be animals, strictly speaking, like Satie's Statue de bronze (although the statue in question is of a frog), or The Little Shepherd from Children’s Corner by Debussy. Another rarity: there are three melodies from Poulenc's Bestiaire which have been left out of most recent editions: La Colombe, La Puce and Le Serpent. © SM/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 33 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:03
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Sophie Karthäuser Eugene Asti Dominique Visse
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: harmonia mundi
- Genre: Classical Art Songs, Mélodies & Lieder Mélodies
2018 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
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