Un Frisson Francais: A Century of French Song | Onyx ONYX4030

Un Frisson Francais: A Century of French Song

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Label: Onyx

Cat No: ONYX4030

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 29th September 2008

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About

Beloved by audiences the world over, this outstanding recording by the great American mezzo Susan Graham is sure to be much in demand worldwide.

The unique programme provides a celebration of French song in an unusual way – instead of groups of songs by several composers, Susan has opted for a single song by 22 different composers from Bizet to Poulenc. This is the programme she and Malcolm Martineau, her regular accompanist, took on tour in the USA and Europe in 2007/2008. Reviews were unanimous “confirms Susan Graham as the ideal package she is” (Music Web) “resistance is futile” (New York Times); "superb, exquisite" (Chicago Tribune)

Susan Graham is particularly at home in French repertoire, one of the few non-French singers recognised by the French themselves when they made her a Commandeur dans L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Susan refutes the idea that all French vocal music sounds the same: "This programme has everything: loud, soft, high, low, fast, slow, romantic, acidic."

It includes some surprises - Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre for example, known by everyone as an orchestral showpiece but in fact first written as a song, but hardly ever performed as such; and some favourites such as Hahn’s À Chloris and Canteloube’s Brezairola, but far more discoveries such as the gorgeous Psyché by Paladilhe and Bachelet’s ecstatic Chère Nuit.

Track Listing:
1 Bizet: Chanson d'avril
2 Franck: Nocturne
3 Lalo: Guitare
4 Gounod: Au Rossignol
5 Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre
6 Chabrier: Les cigales
7 Paladilhe: Psyché
8 Chausson: Les papillons
9 Bachelet: Chère nuit
10 Duparc: Au pays où se fait la guerre
11 Ravel: Le paon
12 Caplet: Le corbeau et le renard
13 Roussel: Réponse d'une épouse sage
14 Messiaen: La fiancée perdue
15 Debussy: Colloque sentimental
16 Fauré: Vocalise-Étude
17 Hahn: À Chloris
18 Satie: Le Chapelier
Honegger: Trois Chansons de la Petite Sirène
19 I Chanson des sirènes
20 II Berceuse de la Sirène
21 III Chanson de la poire
22 Canteloube: Brezairola
23 Rosenthal: La souris d'Angleterre
24 Poulenc: La Dame de Monte Carlo

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