Felicity Lott, Ann Murray - Gounod: Songs (1993)
Artist: Felicity Lott, Ann Murray
Title: Gounod: Songs
Year Of Release: 1993
Label: Hyperion
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 136:20
Total Size: 476 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist: Title: Gounod: Songs
Year Of Release: 1993
Label: Hyperion
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 136:20
Total Size: 476 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
CD 1:
01. O voulez-vouz aller ('Barcarole') (Thophile Gautier) [0:03:49.62]
02. Le soir (Alphonse de Lamartine) [0:05:07.20]
03. Venise (Alfred de Musset) [0:04:34.60]
04. Ave Maria (Latin text) [0:02:59.23]
05. Srnade (Victor Hugo) [0:04:29.45]
06. Chanson de printemps (Eugne Tourneux) [0:03:55.40]
07. Au rossignol (Alphonse de Lamartine) [0:07:03.17]
08. Ce que je suis sans toi (Louis de Peyre) [0:03:26.65]
09. Envoi de fleurs (Emile Augier) [0:02:22.20]
10. La pquerette (Alexandre Dumas fils) [0:02:03.60]
11. Bolro (Jules Barbier) [0:03:33.20]
12. Mignon (Louis Gallet, after Goethe) [0:03:47.30]
13. Rverie (Jules Barbier) [0:02:47.45]
14. Ma belle amie est morte (Thophile Gautier) [0:03:29.48]
15. Loin du pays (Charles Gounod) [0:02:08.30]
16. Clos ta paupire (Jules Barbier) [0:03:49.40]
17. Prire (Armand Sully Prudhomme) [0:03:05.00]
18. L'absent (Charles Gounod) [0:04:09.55]
19. Le temps des roses (Camille Roy) [0:03:08.70]
CD 2:
01. Biondina, song cycle for voice & piano- Prologo- Da qualche tempo [0:02:01.45]
02. Biondina, song cycle for voice & piano- Biondina bella [0:04:13.00]
03. Biondina, song cycle for voice & piano- Sotto un cappello rosa [0:02:34.42]
04. Biondina, song cycle for voice & piano- Le labra ella compose [0:03:18.50]
05. Biondina, song cycle for voice & piano- E stati alquanto [0:01:53.48]
06. Biondina, song cycle for voice & piano- Ho messo nuove corde [0:01:51.05]
07. Biondina, song cycle for voice & piano- e come to son poeta [0:03:17.50]
08. Biondina, song cycle for voice & piano- Siam iti l' altro giorno [0:01:51.27]
09. Biondina, song cycle for voice & piano- E le compane hanno suonato [0:03:11.73]
10. Biondina, song cycle for voice & piano- Ell'e malata [0:03:36.05]
11. Biondina, song cycle for voice & piano- Ier fu mandata [0:03:21.70]
12. Biondina, song cycle for voice & piano- L 'ho accompagnato [0:04:08.60]
13. The Worker, song for voice & piano (or orchestra) [0:05:06.02]
14. A Lay of the Early Spring, song for voice & piano [0:02:49.48]
15. My true love hath my heart, for chorus & piano (or voice & piano; New Part Songs, first series, No. 5) [0:01:58.50]
16. Oh happy home!, song for voice & piano (or orchestra) [0:04:37.55]
17. The fountain mingles with the river, song for voice & piano [0:01:34.15]
18. Maid of Athens, song for voice & piano [0:04:08.72]
19. Beware- I know a maiden, song for voice & piano [0:01:57.60]
20. The Arrow and the Song, for voice & piano [0:02:29.10]
21. Ilala- stances à la mémoire de Livingston, song for voice & piano or orchestra [0:05:06.33]
22. If thou art sleeping, song for voice & piano [0:01:21.05]
Performers:
Felicity Lott - soprano
Ann Murray - mezzo-soprano
Anthony Rolfe Johnson - tenor
Graham Johnson – piano
This well-filled two-CD set is surely the most wide-ranging single issue of Gounod's mélodies.
The first of the discs confirms the commonly held view of Gounod. Almost without exception the songs are pleasing and sentimental, a sweetly scented posy of hymns to flowers, of rêveries and serenades. The selection includes two settings of poems that Berlioz had used in Les nuits d'été, plumbing the depths of the poetry, where Gounod is content to skim across the surface.
In chronological order, the songs show how little Gounod's music deepened, but also how evergreen was his inspiration in melody and harmony.
To turn to the second disc is to have all your prejudices overturned. This comprises non- French settings, for which Gounod dons first Italian garb for the song cycle Biondina, and then English for a group of ten songs written during his stay in London in the 1870s. The Italian cycle is a delight. It would be impossible to guess the composer, as Gounod exchanges his customary flowing themes and rippling arpeggios for an ardent, Tosti-like vocal line over dry staccato chords.
Anthony Rolfe Johnson catches its mix of sunny lyricism and Gallic sensitivity to perfection.
All three singers are on their best form, Rolfe Johnson bringing an air of intimate seductiveness to Byron's Maid of Athens.
The first of the discs confirms the commonly held view of Gounod. Almost without exception the songs are pleasing and sentimental, a sweetly scented posy of hymns to flowers, of rêveries and serenades. The selection includes two settings of poems that Berlioz had used in Les nuits d'été, plumbing the depths of the poetry, where Gounod is content to skim across the surface.
In chronological order, the songs show how little Gounod's music deepened, but also how evergreen was his inspiration in melody and harmony.
To turn to the second disc is to have all your prejudices overturned. This comprises non- French settings, for which Gounod dons first Italian garb for the song cycle Biondina, and then English for a group of ten songs written during his stay in London in the 1870s. The Italian cycle is a delight. It would be impossible to guess the composer, as Gounod exchanges his customary flowing themes and rippling arpeggios for an ardent, Tosti-like vocal line over dry staccato chords.
Anthony Rolfe Johnson catches its mix of sunny lyricism and Gallic sensitivity to perfection.
All three singers are on their best form, Rolfe Johnson bringing an air of intimate seductiveness to Byron's Maid of Athens.
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