ALBERT HUYBRECHTS (1899-1938): Complete Mélodies - Voice and Piano: Les roses de Saadi, Chant d'automne, C'était un soir de féeries, Ressouvenance, Horoscopes, Chanson, Églogue, Sépulture d'un poéte maudit, Prière pour avoir une femme simple, 3 poèmes d'Edgar Allan Poe, Mirliton, Sicilienne for Piano, 2 poèmes d'Émile Verhaeren for Mezzo-Soprano and String Quartet.
Catalogue Number: 10O068
Label: Cyprès
Reference: CYP4635
Format: CD
Price: $14.98
Description: The predominant influence here is Debussy (and, in the two works with string quartet, Ravel also) although polytonality figures into some songs and the Poe cycle probably shows Huybrechts at his most responsive and original. French texts. Laure Delcampe (soprano), Marie Lenormand (mezzo), Martial Defontaine (tenor), Lionel Bams (piano), Quatuor mp4.