Carolyn Sampson & Joseph Middleton - A Verlaine Songbook (Debussy, Ravel, Fauré, Hahn...) (2016) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Fêtes galantes, Book 1, L. 80: No. 1. En sourdine
02. No. 2. Fantoches
03. Fêtes galantes, Book 1, L. 80: No. 3. Clair de lune
04. Cythère
05. En sourdine
06. Colombine
07. L'heure exquise
08. Mandoline
09. Sur l'herbe
10. 10 Mélodies, Op. 83: Clair de lune, Op. 83, No. 1
11. Le ciel est, par-dessus le toit
12. La bonne chanson, Op. 61: No. 1. Une Sainte en son auréole
13. No. 2. Puisque l'aube grandit
14. No. 3. La lune blanche luit dans les bois
15. No. 4. J'allais des chemins perfides
16. No. 5. J'ai presque peur, en vérité
17. No. 6. Avant que tu ne t'en ailles
18. No. 7. Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d'été
19. La bonne chanson, Op. 61: No. 8. N'est-ce pas?
20. La bonne chanson, Op. 61: No. 9. L'hiver a cessé
21. 4 Mélodies, Op. 13: 4 Melodies, Op. 13: No. 1. Apaisement
22. Le vent dans la plaine
23. No. 2. Tous deux
24. No. 5. L'heure exquise
25. Clair de lune, Op. 46, No. 2
26. Colloque sentimental
27. No. 1. C'est l'extase
28. Ariettes oubliées, L. 60: No. 2. Il pleure dans mon cœur
29. No. 3. L'ombre des arbres
30. Ariettes oubliées, L. 60: No. 4. Chevaux de bois
31. No. 5. Green
32. Ariettes oubliées, L. 60: No. 6. Spleen
33. Paysages tristes

In his poem Art poétique, Paul Verlaine declared that poetry should, above all, be musical: 'De la musique avant toute chose'. This quality in his work was already recognized by composers during his lifetime, and it is sometimes claimed that Verlaine has been set to music more often than any other poet after him. For their Verlaine Songbook, Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton have selected songs by ten composers, including two complete cycles Fauré's La Bonne Chanson and Debussy's Ariettes oubliées. The 33 songs on the disc set a total of 25 texts several poems by Verlaine have attracted more than one composer, and Clair de lune appears three times, in versions by Debussy, Fauré and Joseph Szulc, while La lune blanche can be heard no less than four, in versions by Fauré, Ernest Chausson, Reynaldo Hahn and Poldowski the pseudonym of the Belgian-born British composer Régine Wieniawski. Released in 2015 to critical acclaim, Carolyn Sampson's début recital disc, Fleurs (BIS2102), was a flower-themed anthology with songs by composers ranging from Purcell to Benjamin Britten via Schubert and Debussy. On the present disc the repertoire is rather more concentrated in time all songs were composed during a span of 35 years (c. 1880-1915) but the variety is nevertheless striking: a reflection of how different artistic temperaments have responded to the many-facetted Verlaine.

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