Sandrine Piau, David Kadouch - Contes (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Trois chansons de Bilitis: No. 1, Les petits enfants
02. Trois chansons de Bilitis: No. 2, Les contes
03. Trois chansons de Bilitis: No. 3, Berceuse
04. À Chloris
05. La robe de lune
06. Premier livre de préludes, L. 117: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin
07. Cinq mélodies populaires grecques, M. A 9: No. 1, Le réveil de la mariée
08. Cinq mélodies populaires grecques, M. A 10: No. 2, Là-bas, vers l’église
09. Cinq mélodies populaires grecques, M. A 4: No. 3, Quel galant m’est comparable
10. Cinq mélodies populaires grecques, M. A 5: No. 4, Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques
11. Cinq mélodies populaires grecques, M. A 11: No. 5, Tout gai !
12. Sechs Lieder für eine Frauenstimme: No. 6, Mausfallensprüchlein
13. Mörike-Lieder: No. 47, Die Geister am Mummelsee
14. Fünf Lieder, Op. 41: No. 1, Wiegenlied
15. Vier Lieder: No. 3, Schlummerlied
16. Sechs Lieder, Op. 22: No. 4, Elfenlied
17. Mélisande, Op. 109
18. La pluie
19. La courte paille, FP 178: No. 1, Le sommeil
20. La courte paille, FP 178: No. 2, Quelle aventure !
21. La courte paille, FP 178: No. 3, La reine de cœur
22. La courte paille, FP 178: No. 4, Ba, Be, Bi, Bo, Bu
23. La courte paille, FP 178: No. 5, Les anges musiciens
24. La courte paille, FP 178: No. 6, Le carafon
25. La courte paille, FP 178: No. 7, Lune d’avril
26. Ophelia’s Song, Op. 127
27. La belle au bois dormant, L. 74
28. Wiegala (Arr. for Voice and Piano by Alberto Martín Díaz)

Sandrine Piau and David Kadouch are reuniting for a project that the French soprano conceived as the second part of a diptych begun with Voyage intime (Alpha 911). This time we enter the world of childhood, but even though this album is called Contes, but « these aren’t stories for children, says David Kadouch. Actually, these stories might even present themselves in a way that provokes anxiety – dark and menacing…Sandrine Piau continues: ‘Folk tales and legends often serve as an initiation and they also act providentially as pebbles that guide us through the forest of our most secret atavistic fears.’

With their well-known and recognised expertise, Piau and Kadouch bring together composers from a variety of linguistic and artistic backgrounds – Hahn, Debussy, Ravel, Wolf, Strauss, Zemlinsky, Poulenc, Shostakovich… and introduce us to fascinating female composers such as Jeanne Bernard (1895–1965), Wally Karnevo (1914–2015), Louise Didier (1872–1955) and Ilse Weber (1903–1944).