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As the symbiosis between the art of the poet and that of the composer, the French mélodie became the jewel of the salons of the ‘Belle Époque’. By placing a string quartet and a piano around the singer, Chausson’s Chanson perpétuelle, Lekeu’s Nocturne and Fauré’s La Bonne Chanson oscillate between chamber musical intimacy and orchestral ambition. Alongside these famous pioneering pieces, this programme devised by the Palazzetto Bru Zane champions a return to the art of transcription, so popular in the nineteenth century, with the aim of expanding the repertory for voice, strings and piano in order to unearth some forgotten treasures. Hence Hahn, Berlioz, Saint-Saëns, Massenet, La Tombelle, Ropartz, Louiguy and Messager all appear in a programme whose guiding thread is the emotions of nocturnal abandonment: the charms of twilight, the trajectory of dreams, the terror of nightmare or the exhilaration of festive occasions. Alexandre Dratwicki has made these arrangements in the style of the nineteenth century. Appropriately enough, the programme ends with La Vie en rose, for this music offers a kaleidoscope of all the colours of human feeling. The texture of solo strings and piano sets Véronique Gens’s incomparable storytelling artistry in a new ligh. © Alpha Classics
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Trois Poèmes (Guillaume Lekeu)
Véronique Gens, Soprano - I Giardini - Guillaume Lekeu, Composer
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Palazzetto Bru Zane, Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
La Bonne Chanson, op. 61 (Gabriel Fauré)
Véronique Gens, Soprano - I Giardini - Gabriel Fauré, Composer
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Palazzetto Bru Zane, Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Les Nuits d'été, H. 81 (Hector Berlioz)
Véronique Gens, Soprano - I Giardini - Hector Berlioz, Composer
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Palazzetto Bru Zane, Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Orientale (Fernand de La Tombelle)
I Giardini - Fernand de la Tombelle, Composer
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Palazzetto Bru Zane, Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Nuit d'Espagne (Jules Massenet)
Véronique Gens, Soprano - I Giardini - Jules Massenet, Composer
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Palazzetto Bru Zane, Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Désir de l'Orient (Camille Saint-Saëns)
Véronique Gens, Soprano - I Giardini - Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Palazzetto Bru Zane, Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Chanson perpétuelle, op. 37 (Ernest Chausson)
Véronique Gens, Soprano - I Giardini - Ernest Chausson, Composer
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Palazzetto Bru Zane, Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
La lugubre gondola, pour violoncelle et piano, S. 134 (Franz Liszt)
I Giardini - Franz Liszt, Composer
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Palazzetto Bru Zane, Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Quatre poèmes (Joseph-Guy Ropartz)
Véronique Gens, Soprano - I Giardini - Guy Ropartz, Composer
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Palazzetto Bru Zane, Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Après un rêve (Gabriel Fauré)
Véronique Gens, Soprano - I Giardini - Gabriel Fauré, Composer
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Palazzetto Bru Zane, Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Quintette avec piano n° 14 en ré mineur, Op. 7 (Charles-Marie Widor)
I Giardini - Charles-Marie Widor, Composer
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Palazzetto Bru Zane, Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
La vie en rose (Marcel Louiguy)
Véronique Gens, Soprano - I Giardini - Marcel Louiguy, Composer
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Palazzetto Bru Zane, Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
L'Amour masqué (André Messager)
Véronique Gens, Soprano - I Giardini - André Messager, Composer
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Palazzetto Bru Zane, Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Une revue (Reynaldo Hahn)
Véronique Gens, Soprano - I Giardini - Reynaldo Hahn, Composer
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Palazzetto Bru Zane, Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Album review
As the symbiosis between the art of the poet and that of the composer, the French mélodie became the jewel of the salons of the ‘Belle Époque’. By placing a string quartet and a piano around the singer, Chausson’s Chanson perpétuelle, Lekeu’s Nocturne and Fauré’s La Bonne Chanson oscillate between chamber musical intimacy and orchestral ambition. Alongside these famous pioneering pieces, this programme devised by the Palazzetto Bru Zane champions a return to the art of transcription, so popular in the nineteenth century, with the aim of expanding the repertory for voice, strings and piano in order to unearth some forgotten treasures. Hence Hahn, Berlioz, Saint-Saëns, Massenet, La Tombelle, Ropartz, Louiguy and Messager all appear in a programme whose guiding thread is the emotions of nocturnal abandonment: the charms of twilight, the trajectory of dreams, the terror of nightmare or the exhilaration of festive occasions. Alexandre Dratwicki has made these arrangements in the style of the nineteenth century. Appropriately enough, the programme ends with La Vie en rose, for this music offers a kaleidoscope of all the colours of human feeling. The texture of solo strings and piano sets Véronique Gens’s incomparable storytelling artistry in a new ligh. © Alpha Classics
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:32
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Véronique Gens I Giardini
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Alpha Classics
- Genre: Classical
- Period: Romantic Music
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Palazzetto Bru Zane, Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
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