Fetes galantes: Songs & Melodies by Debussy & Faure
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Label: Lawo Classics
Cat No: LWC1116
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 13th January 2017
Contents
Works
Chansons de Bilitis (3)Fetes galantes Set 2, L104
Poemes (3) de Stephane Mallarme
La Chanson d'Eve, op.95
Melodies de Venise (5), op.58
Artists
Bettina Smith (mezzo-soprano)Einar Rottingen (piano)
Works
Chansons de Bilitis (3)Fetes galantes Set 2, L104
Poemes (3) de Stephane Mallarme
La Chanson d'Eve, op.95
Melodies de Venise (5), op.58
Artists
Bettina Smith (mezzo-soprano)Einar Rottingen (piano)
About
Fêtes galantes was originally a name for the French aristocracy’s intimate garden parties and comedy plays, which with the paintings of Antoine Watteau became an independent genre in French art, and which was subsequently taken up by Paul Verlaine in his eponymous collection of poetry from 1869.
Debussy’s Fêtes galantes might thus be seen as a fitting motto for Fauré’s and Debussy’s contribution to the French art song. These songs were originally written for the salons of the fin-de-siècle bourgeoisie, where aristocratic social conventions of the ancien régime went hand-in-hand with Baudelaire’s modernist ideas to create a distinctive air of decadence.
Mezzo-soprano Bettina Smith has had a distinguished international career. As a student of both Elly Ameling and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, she has developed a special interest in classical song and chamber music. For LAWO, she and Einar Røttingen have previously recorded contemporary Norwegian songs, ‘Voices of Women’ (LWC1067), and more “mélodies française” by Chausson, Fauré and Saint-Saëns, ‘Serres Chaudes’ (LWC1008).
Pianist Einar Røttingen, Professor of Music Performance at the Grieg Academy, University of Bergen, has performed as soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe, the USA, and Asia.
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