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Chère Nuit
MAURICE RAVEL
Shéhérazade (1903)
16:50
Trois Poémes de Tristan Klingsor
1.
I
Asie. À Mademoiselle Jeane Hatto.
9:29
2.
II
La Flûte enchantée. À Madame René de Saint-Marceaux.
3:40
3.
III
L'Indifférent. À Madame Sigismond Bardac.
3:40
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Trois Mélodies (1930)
6:49
4.
Pourquoi? Trés modéré
2:18
5.
Le Sourire. Lent
1:41
6.
La Fiancée perdue. Vif - Lent - Modéré
2:45
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
7.
Apparition (1884)
3:43
À Madame Vasnier
8.
En sourdine (1882)
2:57
À Madame Vasnier
9.
La Romance d'Ariel (1884)
4:45
Andante sans lenteur - Un peu plus lent
PAULINE VIARDOT
10.
Les Deux Roses, VWV1055 (c.1866)
2:21
No.7 from Douze Mélodies sur les poésies russes (1866)
À Monsieur Pierre-Marius-Victor-Simon Jourdan
11.
Haï luli!, VWV 1106 (c.1880)
3:32
No.4 from Six Mélodies et une havanaise (1880)
12.
Havanaise, VWV 1019 (c.1880)
4:58
No.7 from Six Mélodies et une havanaise
Théme poplaire varié pour voix de soprano
CECILE CHAMINADE
13.
La Lune paresseuse (1905)
2:58
À Nademoiselle Marie Lasne
14.
L'Amour captif (1893)
1:43
Allegretto
15.
Ronde d'amour (1895)
1:59
À Madame Colombel
JOSEPH CANTELOUBE
16.
O up! (c.1948)
1:20
Vif et léger - Ékargi
ALFRED BACHELET
17.
Chère Nuit (1897)
4:57
Molto tranquillo (sans lenteur)
FRANCIS POULENC
18.
Les Chemins de l'amour, FP 1-6-la (1940)
3:48
Valse chantée
(Waltz Song)
from incidental music to the play Léocadia (1940)
by Jean Anouilh (1910 - 1987)
À Yvonne Printemps
Métmorphoses, FP 121 (1943)
4:46
19.
I
Reine des mouettes. À Marie-Blanche. Trés vite et haletant -
1:05
Surtout sans ralentir - Ralentir un peu
20.
II
C'est ainsi que tu es. À Marthe Bosredon. Trés calme, très à l'aise -
2:29
Cedez un peu
21.
III
Paganini. À Jeanne Ritcher. Prestissimo - Surtout sans ralentir -
1:09
Toujours sans ralentir
ÉRIK SATIE
22.
La Diva de 'I'Empire' (1904)
3:04
Temps de marche
23.
Je te veux (1897)
4:13
Modèrè - Refrain. Valse -
MAURICE YVAIN
24.
Je chante la nuit (c.1938)
4:21
À Yvonne Printemps
Total time: 78:55
Solo:Louise Alder soprano
Solo:Joseph Middleton piano
29 July - 1 August and 1 September 2020
Notes
The acclaimed British soprano Louise Alder returns for her second recital on Chandos, joined once again by star pianist Joseph Middleton. Enthusiastic praise was widespread for her Chandos début, Lines Written during a Sleepless Night: The Russian Connection, which earned significant accolades in the USA and continental Europe in addition to the UK.
For this recording the pair explore a rich and varied selection of French songs from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Louse Alder writes: ‘I have always held French song very dear to my heart and when we settled on this wildly varied programme, I quickly grew excited at the prospect of exploring the art form in virtually all its styles. From Ravel to Yvain, I hope we paint pictures of a French evening, of mystery, intrigue, discovery, seduction, love, and blissful night.’
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“Chère Nuit, a wide-ranging exploration of French song that … finds Louise Alder on glowing form, equalled in expression all the way by pianist Joseph Middleton… it’s Messiaen’s Trois Mélodies and four songs by Debussy that find them at their spellbinding best, Alder’s voice gauzy, supple and irresistible.”
Eric Jeal – The Guardian – 1 April 2021
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