Dame Janet Baker, Geoffrey Parsons - Fauré: La Chanson d'Eve and other songs (1989)

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Title: Fauré: La Chanson d'Eve and other songs
Year Of Release: 1989
Label: Hyperion
Genre: Classical, Vocal
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 01:05:52
Total Size: 257 Mb
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Tracklist:

01. Le Papillon et la Fleur, song for voice & piano in C major, Op. 1-1 [0:02:14.00]
02. Chanson du pêcheur (-Ma belle amie est morte-), song for voice & piano or orchestra in F minor (-lamento-), Op. 4-1 [0:03:32.05]
03. Rêve D'Amour (-S'il est in charmant gazon-), song for voice & piano in E flat major, Op. 5-2 [0:02:45.35]
04. Songs (3) for voice & piano, Op. 7- Après un rêve, Op. 7-1 [0:02:04.62]
05. Songs (3) for voice & piano, Op. 7- Hymne, Op. 7-2 [0:02:01.65]
06. Aubade, song for voice & piano in F, Op. 6-1 [0:01:48.30]
07. Songs (3) for voice & piano, Op. 7- Barcarolle, Op. 7-3 [0:02:06.65]
08. Toujours, song for voice & piano (Poème d'un jour), Op. 21-2 [0:01:26.00]
09. Les berceaux, song for voice & piano in B flat minor, Op. 23-1 [0:02:32.35]
10. Le secret (-Je veux que le matin l'ignore le nom-), song for voice & piano in D flat major, Op. 23-3 [0:02:48.35]
11. Aurore, song for voice & piano in G major, Op. 39-1 [0:02:05.35]
12. Les Roses d'Ispahan for voice & piano (or orchestra) in D major, Op. 39-4 [0:02:58.45]
13. En prière, canticle for voice & organ (or orchestra) in E flat major [0:02:45.05]
14. Les Présents, song for voice & piano in F major, Op. 46-1 [0:01:41.40]
15. La chanson d'Eve, song cycle (10) for voice & piano, Op. 95- Paradis [0:06:53.10]
16. La chanson d'Eve, song cycle (10) for voice & piano, Op. 95- Prima verba [0:02:25.05]
17. La chanson d'Eve, song cycle (10) for voice & piano, Op. 95- Roses ardentes [0:01:14.00]
18. La chanson d'Eve, song cycle (10) for voice & piano, Op. 95- Comme Dieu rayonne [0:02:03.35]
19. La chanson d'Eve, song cycle (10) for voice & piano, Op. 95- L'aube blanche [0:01:28.28]
20. La chanson d'Eve, song cycle (10) for voice & piano, Op. 95- Eau vivante [0:01:22.32]
21. La chanson d'Eve, song cycle (10) for voice & piano, Op. 95- Veilles-tu, ma senteur de soleil [0:01:50.58]
22. La chanson d'Eve, song cycle (10) for voice & piano, Op. 95- Dans un parfum de roses blanches [0:02:17.30]
23. La chanson d'Eve, song cycle (10) for voice & piano, Op. 95- Crépuscule [0:02:27.47]
24. La chanson d'Eve, song cycle (10) for voice & piano, Op. 95- O mort, poussière d'étoiles [0:02:32.23]
25. Spleen, for voice & piano in D minor, Op. 51-3 [0:01:39.65]
26. Green, song for voice & piano (Mélodies 'de Venise'), Op. 58-3 [0:01:45.25]
27. En sourdine, song for voice & piano (Cinq Mélodies 'de Venise'), Op. 58-2 [0:03:26.60]
28. Mandoline, song for voice & piano (Cinq Mélodies 'de Venise'), Op. 58-1 [0:01:46.60]

Performers:
Dame Janet Baker - mezzo-soprano
Geoffrey Parsons – piano

This varied and generous selection of 28 songs is perhaps the best general introduction to this important side of Fauré's output and is also one of Geoffrey Parsons's finest recordings: voice and piano seem always to be at one. A magical disc' (BBC Music)

While mezzo-soprano Janet Baker was best known for her performances of British music, especially that of her compatriot Benjamin Britten, she was also a fine performer of art song, sacred music, and Classical and pre-Classical opera. Her repertoire, as well as her background, frequently overlapped that of her great predecessor, Kathleen Ferrier; though her career was mostly centered in England, and she always had a special place in the regard of English audiences, her fame was international