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This release by soprano Susan Narucki and pianist Donald Berman is, in a way, a pandemic project. Narucki's notes recount its genesis: she found a reference in a letter by Rainer Maria Rilke to poetry by Symbolist Émile Verhaeren and, trapped by the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, began to search libraries for musical settings of Verhaeren's work. This led Narucki to a whole little world of music composed by women, except for a group of songs Nadia Boulanger wrote with her teacher, Raoul Pugno. Boulanger is actually the best known among the group, most of whom (Élisabeth Claisse, Irène Fuerison, Marion Bauer) are almost completely obscure. Not all of the songs (in French, Dutch, and English) set poems by Verhaeren, but all of the composers are creatively linked, and the album has a delightful down-the-rabbit-hole quality. Some are extravagantly romantic. For the flavor of the whole, sample the two settings of the same Verhaeren poem, "Vous m'avez dit," by Boulanger and composer Irène Fuerison, each of whom set works from a cycle by Verhaeren. For collections of music by women, this is essential, and it is an enjoyable hour for anyone of music in an Impressionist vein that broadens out as the text requires. Narucki's performances effectively reflect the passion she brought to the project.
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(C) 2023 Susan Narucki (P) 2023 Susan Narucki
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(C) 2023 Susan Narucki (P) 2023 Susan Narucki
Judith Sherman, StudioProducer - Susan Narucki, MainArtist - Jeanne Velonis, DigitalEditingEngineer - Donald Berman, MainArtist - Henriette Bosmans, Composer - Andrew Monsey, Engineer - Leo Smit Foundation, MusicPublisher - J.W.F. Werumeus Buning, Composer
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(C) 2023 Susan Narucki (P) 2023 Susan Narucki
Judith Sherman, StudioProducer - Susan Narucki, MainArtist - Jeanne Velonis, DigitalEditingEngineer - Donald Berman, MainArtist - Editions Combre, MusicPublisher - Andrew Monsey, Engineer - Elizabeth Claisse, Composer - Franz Toussaint, after Kheng-Tsin, Composer
(C) 2023 Susan Narucki (P) 2023 Susan Narucki
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PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Judith Sherman, StudioProducer - Susan Narucki, MainArtist - Jeanne Velonis, DigitalEditingEngineer - Donald Berman, MainArtist - Emile Verhaeren, Composer - Andrew Monsey, Engineer - Irène Fuerison, Composer
(C) 2023 Susan Narucki (P) 2023 Susan Narucki
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(C) 2023 Susan Narucki (P) 2023 Susan Narucki
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(C) 2023 Susan Narucki (P) 2023 Susan Narucki
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(C) 2023 Susan Narucki (P) 2023 Susan Narucki
Judith Sherman, StudioProducer - Susan Narucki, MainArtist - Jeanne Velonis, DigitalEditingEngineer - Donald Berman, MainArtist - Marion Bauer, Composer - G. Schirmer Inc., MusicPublisher - John Gould Fletcher, Composer - Andrew Monsey, Engineer
(C) 2023 Susan Narucki (P) 2023 Susan Narucki
Judith Sherman, StudioProducer - Susan Narucki, MainArtist - Jeanne Velonis, DigitalEditingEngineer - Donald Berman, MainArtist - Marion Bauer, Composer - G. Schirmer Inc., MusicPublisher - John Gould Fletcher, Composer - Andrew Monsey, Engineer
(C) 2023 Susan Narucki (P) 2023 Susan Narucki
Judith Sherman, StudioProducer - Susan Narucki, MainArtist - Jeanne Velonis, DigitalEditingEngineer - Donald Berman, MainArtist - Marion Bauer, Composer - G. Schirmer Inc., MusicPublisher - John Gould Fletcher, Composer - Andrew Monsey, Engineer
(C) 2023 Susan Narucki (P) 2023 Susan Narucki
Judith Sherman, StudioProducer - Susan Narucki, MainArtist - Jeanne Velonis, DigitalEditingEngineer - Donald Berman, MainArtist - Marion Bauer, Composer - G. Schirmer Inc., MusicPublisher - Andrew Monsey, Engineer
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Album review
This release by soprano Susan Narucki and pianist Donald Berman is, in a way, a pandemic project. Narucki's notes recount its genesis: she found a reference in a letter by Rainer Maria Rilke to poetry by Symbolist Émile Verhaeren and, trapped by the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, began to search libraries for musical settings of Verhaeren's work. This led Narucki to a whole little world of music composed by women, except for a group of songs Nadia Boulanger wrote with her teacher, Raoul Pugno. Boulanger is actually the best known among the group, most of whom (Élisabeth Claisse, Irène Fuerison, Marion Bauer) are almost completely obscure. Not all of the songs (in French, Dutch, and English) set poems by Verhaeren, but all of the composers are creatively linked, and the album has a delightful down-the-rabbit-hole quality. Some are extravagantly romantic. For the flavor of the whole, sample the two settings of the same Verhaeren poem, "Vous m'avez dit," by Boulanger and composer Irène Fuerison, each of whom set works from a cycle by Verhaeren. For collections of music by women, this is essential, and it is an enjoyable hour for anyone of music in an Impressionist vein that broadens out as the text requires. Narucki's performances effectively reflect the passion she brought to the project.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:09:10
- Main artists: Susan Narucki Donald Berman
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: AVIE Records
- Genre: Classical Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred)
(C) 2023 Susan Narucki (P) 2023 Susan Narucki
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