Jolivet - Complete Songs
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 9220
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 13th June 2011
Contents
Works
Chansons (3) de MenestrelChewing-gum
Faux Rayon
Jardins d'hiver
Jeu du camp fou
La Mule de Lord Bolingbroke
Le Chant des regrets
Les Trois Complaintes du soldat
Melodies (4) sur des poesies anciennes
Poemes (3) galants
Poemes intimes
Poesies (2) de Francis Jammes
Priere des treize hommes dans la mine
Romantiques
Rondel 'Au retour de dure prison'
Un grand sommeil noir
Artists
Sophie Marilley (mezzo-soprano)Christian Immler (baritone)
Rene Perler (baritone)
Filippo Farnelli (piano)
Works
Chansons (3) de MenestrelChewing-gum
Faux Rayon
Jardins d'hiver
Jeu du camp fou
La Mule de Lord Bolingbroke
Le Chant des regrets
Les Trois Complaintes du soldat
Melodies (4) sur des poesies anciennes
Poemes (3) galants
Poemes intimes
Poesies (2) de Francis Jammes
Priere des treize hommes dans la mine
Romantiques
Rondel 'Au retour de dure prison'
Un grand sommeil noir
Artists
Sophie Marilley (mezzo-soprano)Christian Immler (baritone)
Rene Perler (baritone)
Filippo Farnelli (piano)
About
This is the first complete recording of Jolivet’s edited Mélodies for solo voice and piano. Jolivet’s Mélodies were composed over almost a quarter of a century (1928-1951) and they cover many different styles and moods, from easy songs inspired by folk tunes to more complex and sophisticated works, some intimate and intense, some humorous or sarcastic. The huge variety he displays reflects his diverse inspiration, from medieval and classical forms to the atonal music of Schoenberg and Berg, as well as Debussy, Fauré and particularly his teacher, the iconoclast Edgard Varèse.
Jolivet draws most of his text from French poets through the ages, but some he wrote himself. The Deux poésies de Francis Jammes tell of a heart-breaking love story, where Jolivet transforms intimate sorrow into a bare, chromatic language. By contrast, the lively Chewing Gum sparkles with jazz flavour and La mule de Lord Bolingbroke is also a delightful and bubbly work. Other themes are comments on social issues. His tragic experience as a front-line solider inspired Les Trois complaints du soldat, perhaps Jolivet’s best-known song cycle, featuring early music forms and a simplicity typical of his war-time compositions.
One of Jolivet’s most successful cycles, Jardins d’hiver, follows the changing moods of a love affair from joy and tenderness in the beginning to disillusionment, bitterness and finally acceptance.
As an homage to Jolivet’s muse, the collection is completed with Varèse’s La grand sommeil noir.
Contents:
CD 1
Deux poésies de Francis Jammes (1928)
1. I. Ne me console pas
2. II. Vous m’avez regardé
3. Chewing-gum (1928)
4. Faux Rayon (1928)
5. Rondel “Au retour de dure prison” (1929)
6. La Mule de Lord Bolingbroke (1930)
7. Prière des treize hommes dans la mine (1931)
Quatre mélodies sur des poesies anciennes (1931)
8. I. Couplet berrichon
9. II. Lay ou plutost rondeau “Mort, j’appelle de ta rigueur”
10. III. Rondel “Tu te brusles à la chandelle”
11. IV. Paroles de Marie à son fils
12. Le Chant des regrets (1935)
Romantiques (1935)
13. I. La Vie est plate
14. II. Marche funèbre
15. III. Voyage imaginaire
16. Jeu du camp fou (1937)
Les Trois Complaintes du soldat (1940)
17. I. La Complainte du soldat vaincu
18. II. La Complainte du pont de Gien
19. III. La Complainte à Dieu
CD 2
Trois Chansons de Ménestrel (1943)
1. I. Chanson du coeur dolent
2. II. Lamento de Jésus-Christ
3. III. Amour me nuit
Poèmes intimes (1944)
4. I. Amour
5. II. Je veux te voir
6. III. Nous baignons dans une eau tranquille
7. IV. Tu dors
8. V. Pour te parler
Trois Poèmes galants (1951)
9. I. Sonnet à une lunaticque
10. II. Épître imprécatoire
11. III. Sonnet à Madeleine repentie
Jardins d’hiver (1951)
12. I. Aube
13. II. La Maison du bonheur
14. III. Combien de bras
15. IV. Quiétude
Edgard Varèse
16. Un grand Sommeil noir (1906)
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