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Bettina Smith / Nelleke,Jan Willem- Mirages (CD)

SKU: 7090020181684
$18.99
the album cover for Bettina Smith / Nelleke,Jan Willem - Mirages
the album cover for Bettina Smith / Nelleke,Jan Willem - Mirages

"It is truly in his songs that Faure reveals the flower of his genius," wrote the composer's former pupil Maurice Ravel. More than a hundred songs written over six decades made Faure perhaps the greatest master of the genre French "melodie." The present collection takes us on a journey from Faure's first song cycle, "Poeme d'un jour" to his last, "L'Horizon chimerique," via the exultant "La Bonne Chanson" and the intensely concentrated "Mirages." The songs have texts by French poets of Faure's time; here we find poems of Charles Grandmougin, Baronne de Brimont, Paul Verlaine and Jean de La Ville de Mirmont. "Mirages" concludes Bettina Smith's project for LAWO Classics of recording all of Gabriel Faure's cycles for voice and piano. It was preceded in this series by Fetes Galantes and "Serres Chaudes," both together with pianist Einar Rottingen. Together they have also released "Voices of Women" with songs of Fartein Valen, Jostein Stalheim and Ketil Hvoslef, composers from Norway's west coast.

Tracklist:

  1. Poème D’un Jour, Op. 21: I. Rencontre
  2. Poème D’un Jour, Op. 21: II. Toujours
  3. Poème D’un Jour, Op. 21: III. Adieu
  4. Mirages, Op. 113: I. Cygne Sur L’eau
  5. Mirages, Op. 113: II. Reflets Dans L’eau
  6. Mirages, Op. 113: III. Jardin Nocturne
  7. Mirages, Op. 113: IV. Danseuse
  8. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: I. Une Sainte En Son Auréole
  9. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: II. Puisque L’aube Grandit
  10. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: III. La Lune Blanche Luit Dans Les Bois
  11. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: IV. J’allais Par Des Chemins Perfides
  12. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: V. J’ai Presque Peur, En Vérité
  13. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: VI. Avant Que Tu Ne T’en Ailles
  14. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: VII. Donc, Ce Sera Par Un Clair Jour D’été
  15. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: VIII. N’est-Ce Pas?
  16. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: IX. L’hiver A Cessé
  17. L’horizon Chimérique, Op. 118: I. La Mer Est Infinie
  18. L’horizon Chimérique, Op. 118: II. Je Me Suis Embarqué
  19. L’horizon Chimérique, Op. 118: III. Diane, Séléné
  20. L’horizon Chimérique, Op. 118: IV. Vaisseaux, Nous Vous Aurons Aimés
Format: New CD/Classical

Bettina Smith / Nelleke,Jan Willem- Mirages (CD)

SKU: 7090020181684
$18.99

Release Date: 04.06.2018

 
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"It is truly in his songs that Faure reveals the flower of his genius," wrote the composer's former pupil Maurice Ravel. More than a hundred songs written over six decades made Faure perhaps the greatest master of the genre French "melodie." The present collection takes us on a journey from Faure's first song cycle, "Poeme d'un jour" to his last, "L'Horizon chimerique," via the exultant "La Bonne Chanson" and the intensely concentrated "Mirages." The songs have texts by French poets of Faure's time; here we find poems of Charles Grandmougin, Baronne de Brimont, Paul Verlaine and Jean de La Ville de Mirmont. "Mirages" concludes Bettina Smith's project for LAWO Classics of recording all of Gabriel Faure's cycles for voice and piano. It was preceded in this series by Fetes Galantes and "Serres Chaudes," both together with pianist Einar Rottingen. Together they have also released "Voices of Women" with songs of Fartein Valen, Jostein Stalheim and Ketil Hvoslef, composers from Norway's west coast.

Tracklist:

  1. Poème D’un Jour, Op. 21: I. Rencontre
  2. Poème D’un Jour, Op. 21: II. Toujours
  3. Poème D’un Jour, Op. 21: III. Adieu
  4. Mirages, Op. 113: I. Cygne Sur L’eau
  5. Mirages, Op. 113: II. Reflets Dans L’eau
  6. Mirages, Op. 113: III. Jardin Nocturne
  7. Mirages, Op. 113: IV. Danseuse
  8. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: I. Une Sainte En Son Auréole
  9. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: II. Puisque L’aube Grandit
  10. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: III. La Lune Blanche Luit Dans Les Bois
  11. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: IV. J’allais Par Des Chemins Perfides
  12. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: V. J’ai Presque Peur, En Vérité
  13. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: VI. Avant Que Tu Ne T’en Ailles
  14. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: VII. Donc, Ce Sera Par Un Clair Jour D’été
  15. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: VIII. N’est-Ce Pas?
  16. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: IX. L’hiver A Cessé
  17. L’horizon Chimérique, Op. 118: I. La Mer Est Infinie
  18. L’horizon Chimérique, Op. 118: II. Je Me Suis Embarqué
  19. L’horizon Chimérique, Op. 118: III. Diane, Séléné
  20. L’horizon Chimérique, Op. 118: IV. Vaisseaux, Nous Vous Aurons Aimés