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Soprano Barbara Hendricks, who was born in Arkansas and lives in Stockholm, has in many of her recordings a hint of the power of the gospel music in which she was trained. This disc of songs by Francis Poulenc is for the most part a different story. Most of the songs are of chamber dimensions and are very short -- minimal glimpses of love, or, in the case of the collection La courte paille (The Short Straw, tracks 16-20), of the lives of children. The musical language is that of Ravel, slightly flavored with popular song and pared down to a set of quiet but significant vocal gestures. With her near-symbiotic relationship with accompanist Love Derwinger especially in evidence, Hendricks turns these songs into precise little jewels, and she's capable of being frivolous when she needs to be. The entire album builds toward the collection Tel jour telle nuit (Such a Day, Such a Night, tracks 23-32), whose songs are mostly as short as the others, but which has a darker tone with a sensuous flavor. The set was, according to Poulenc himself, inspired by Schumann's Frauenliebe und Leben and shares some tonalities and structural details with the earlier cycle. Hendricks moves from the lighter perspectives of the earlier songs to the more complex arc of the poems by Paul Eluard with perfect confidence, and the entire disc can serve as a model for the interpretation of art song in general. Texts are in French and English. This is the first disc of French music to appear on Hendricks' own label, Arte Verum.
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Trois Poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin, FP. 91 (Francis Poulenc)
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Durand, MusicPublisher - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Louise de Vilmorin, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Durand, MusicPublisher - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Louise de Vilmorin, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Durand, MusicPublisher - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Louise de Vilmorin, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Fiançailles pour rire, FP. 101 (Francis Poulenc)
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Louise de Vilmorin, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist - Salabert, MusicPublisher
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Louise de Vilmorin, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist - Salabert, MusicPublisher
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Louise de Vilmorin, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist - Salabert, MusicPublisher
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Louise de Vilmorin, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist - Salabert, MusicPublisher
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Louise de Vilmorin, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist - Salabert, MusicPublisher
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Louise de Vilmorin, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist - Salabert, MusicPublisher
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Airs chantés, FP. 46 (Francis Poulenc)
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Jean Moréas, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist - Salabert, MusicPublisher
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Jean Moréas, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist - Salabert, MusicPublisher
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Jean Moréas, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist - Salabert, MusicPublisher
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Jean Moréas, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist - Salabert, MusicPublisher
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Louis Aragon, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist - Salabert, MusicPublisher
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Durand, MusicPublisher - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Pierre de Ronsard, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
La Courte Paille, FP. 178 (Francis Poulenc)
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Maurice Careme, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist - Eschig, MusicPublisher
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Maurice Careme, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist - Eschig, MusicPublisher
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Maurice Careme, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist - Eschig, MusicPublisher
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Maurice Careme, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist - Eschig, MusicPublisher
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Maurice Careme, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist - Eschig, MusicPublisher
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Maurice Careme, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist - Eschig, MusicPublisher
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Maurice Careme, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist - Eschig, MusicPublisher
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Tel jour telle nuit, FP. 86 (Francis Poulenc)
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Durand, MusicPublisher - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Paul Eluard, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Durand, MusicPublisher - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Paul Eluard, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Durand, MusicPublisher - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Paul Eluard, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Durand, MusicPublisher - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Paul Eluard, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Durand, MusicPublisher - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Paul Eluard, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Durand, MusicPublisher - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Paul Eluard, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Durand, MusicPublisher - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Paul Eluard, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Durand, MusicPublisher - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Paul Eluard, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Durand, MusicPublisher - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Paul Eluard, Lyricist - Love Derwinger, MainArtist
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Barbara Hendricks, Soloist, MainArtist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Love Derwinger, MainArtist - Jean Anouilh, Lyricist - Eschig, MusicPublisher
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
Album review
Soprano Barbara Hendricks, who was born in Arkansas and lives in Stockholm, has in many of her recordings a hint of the power of the gospel music in which she was trained. This disc of songs by Francis Poulenc is for the most part a different story. Most of the songs are of chamber dimensions and are very short -- minimal glimpses of love, or, in the case of the collection La courte paille (The Short Straw, tracks 16-20), of the lives of children. The musical language is that of Ravel, slightly flavored with popular song and pared down to a set of quiet but significant vocal gestures. With her near-symbiotic relationship with accompanist Love Derwinger especially in evidence, Hendricks turns these songs into precise little jewels, and she's capable of being frivolous when she needs to be. The entire album builds toward the collection Tel jour telle nuit (Such a Day, Such a Night, tracks 23-32), whose songs are mostly as short as the others, but which has a darker tone with a sensuous flavor. The set was, according to Poulenc himself, inspired by Schumann's Frauenliebe und Leben and shares some tonalities and structural details with the earlier cycle. Hendricks moves from the lighter perspectives of the earlier songs to the more complex arc of the poems by Paul Eluard with perfect confidence, and the entire disc can serve as a model for the interpretation of art song in general. Texts are in French and English. This is the first disc of French music to appear on Hendricks' own label, Arte Verum.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 32 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:12
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Barbara Hendricks Love Derwinger
- Composer: Francis Poulenc
- Label: Arte Verum
- Genre: Classical
2008 Arte Verum 2008 Arte Verum
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