French Songs (some rare)
MAURICE YVAIN (1891-1965): Je chant la nuit, JOSEPH CANTELOUBE (1879-1957): O up!, ALFRED BACHELET (1864-1944): Chère Nuit, CÉCILE CHAMINADE (1857-1944): La Lune paresseuse, L’Amour captif, Ronde d’amour, PAULINE VIARDOT (1821-1910): Les Deux Roses, Haï luli!, Havanaise, OLIVIER MESSIAEN (1908-1992): 3 Mélodies, MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937): Shérérazade, CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918): Apparition, En sourdine, La Romance d’Ariel, FRANCIS POULENC (1899-1963): Les Chemins de l’amour, Métamorphoses, ERIK SATIE (1866-1925): La Diva de ‘l’Empire’, Je te veux.Catalogue Number: 04W066
Label: Chandos
Reference: CHAN 20222
Format: CD
Price: $18.98
Description: A rich and varied selection of French songs from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The soprano says “I hope we paint pictures of a French evening, of mystery, intrigue, discovery, seduction, love, and blissful night.” French-English texts. Louise Alder (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano).