Emmanuel Chabrier Charles Gounod Georges Bizet - A Century of French Songs (63 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Emmanuel Chabrier, Charles Gounod, Georges Bizet
A Century of French Songs
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Classical

Track Listings (25) - Disc #1
1. M?lodies (6), for voice and piano: L'?le heureuse
2. Lied: Nez au vent, m?lodie for voice & piano
3. Venise, song for voice & piano (Six Songs No. 6)
4. Viens, les gazons sont verts, song for voice & piano
5. Chanson d'avril: s?r?nade de passant, for voice & piano
6. Berceuse sur un vieil air, song for voice & piano (Vingt m?lodies No. 11)
7. Chant d'amour, song for voice & piano (Vingt m?lodies No. 17)
8. Mandoline, song for voice & piano (Cinq M?lodies 'de Venise'), Op. 58/1
9. En sourdine, song for voice & piano (Cinq M?lodies 'de Venise'), Op. 58/2
10. Green, song for voice & piano (M?lodies 'de Venise'), Op. 58/3
11. ? Clym?ne, song for voice & piano (M?lodies de Venise), Op. 58/4
12. C'est l'extase, song for voice & piano (M?lodies de Venise), Op. 58/5
13. Spleen, for voice & piano in D minor, Op. 51/3
14. Clair de lune, song for voice & piano (or orchestra) in B flat minor, Op. 46/2
15. Mandoline
16. Claire de Lune, for voice & piano, Op. 83/1
17. La Bonne chanson, song cycle (9) for voice & piano (or string quintet & piano), Op. 61: 1. Une Sainte en son aur?ole (A saint with he
18. La Bonne chanson, song cycle (9) for voice & piano (or string quintet & piano), Op. 61: 2. Puisque l'aube grandit, puisque voici l'au
19. La Bonne chanson, song cycle (9) for voice & piano (or string quintet & piano), Op. 61: 3. La lune blanche (The white moon)
20. La Bonne chanson, song cycle (9) for voice & piano (or string quintet & piano), Op. 61: 4. J'allais par des chemins perfides (I was t
21. La Bonne chanson, song cycle (9) for voice & piano (or string quintet & piano), Op. 61: 5. J'ai presque peur, en v?rit? (I'm almost a
22. La Bonne chanson, song cycle (9) for voice & piano (or string quintet & piano), Op. 61: 6. Avant que tu ne t'en ailles (Before you go
23. La Bonne chanson, song cycle (9) for voice & piano (or string quintet & piano), Op. 61: 7. Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d'?t? (So,
24. La Bonne chanson, song cycle (9) for voice & piano (or string quintet & piano), Op. 61: 8. N'est-ce pas? nous irons, gais et lents (W
25. La Bonne chanson, song cycle (9) for voice & piano (or string quintet & piano), Op. 61: 9. L'hiver a cess?: la lumi?re est ti?de (Win
Track Listings (38) - Disc #2
1. C'est l'extase ('C'est l'extase langoureuse'), song for voice & piano, L. 60/1
2. Il pleure dans mon coeur ('Il pleure dans mon coeur comme il pleut sur la ville'), song for voice & piano, L. 60/2
3. L'ombre des arbres ('L'ombre des arbres dans dans la rivi?re embrum?e'), song for voice & piano, L. 60/3
4. Chevaux de bois ('Tournez, tournez, bond chevaux de bois'), song for voice & piano, L. 60/4
5. Green ('Voici des fruits, des fleurs, des feuilles'), song for voice & piano, L. 60/5
6. Spleen ('Les roses ?tait toutes rouges'), song for voice & piano, L. 60/6
7. En sourdine ('Calmes dans le demi-jour'), song for voice & piano, L. 28 (first version)
8. Fantoches ('Scaramouche et Pulcinella'), song for voice & piano, L. 21
9. Clair de lune ('Votre ?me est un paysage choisi'), song for voice & piano, L. 32
10. Mandoline ('Les donneurs de s?r?nades'), song for voice & piano, L. 29
11. Attributs ('Les ?pis sont ? C?r?s'), song for voice & piano (Po?mes de Ronsard), FP 38/1
12. Le tombeau ('Quand le ciel et mon heure'), song for voice & piano (Po?mes de Ronsard), FP 38/2
13. Air champ?tre ('Belle source, je veux me rappeler...'), for voice & piano (Airs chant?s), FP 46/2
14. Hier ('Hier, c'est ce chapeau fan?'), song for voice & piano (Po?mes de Lalanne), FP 57/3
15. Chanson bretonne ('J'ai perdu ma poulette'), song for voice & piano (5 po?mes de Jacob), FP 59/1
16. La petite servante ('Pr?servez-nous du feu...'), song for voice & piano (5 po?mes de Jacob), FP 59/3
17. Clothide, song for voice & piano (Po?mes d'Apollinaire No. 2), H. 12/2
18. Le Delphinium, song for voice & piano (Po?mes de Claudel No. 2), H. 138/2
19. Les cloches, song for voice & piano (Po?mes d'Apollinaire No. 6), H. 12/6
20. Po?mes de Jean Cocteau (3), songs for voice & piano, Op. 59: Fum?e
21. Po?mes de Jean Cocteau (3), songs for voice & piano, Op. 59: F?te de Bourdeaux
22. Po?mes de Jean Cocteau (3), songs for voice & piano, Op. 59: F?te de Montmartre
23. L'Aurore, song for voice & piano (Po?mes en prose de Chateaubriand No. 1), Op. 10/1
24. La boule de neige, for voice & piano
25. La M?tempsycose, for voice & piano
26. La grenade, for voice & piano
27. Chansons fran?aises (6), for voice & piano (or orchestra): Non, non, la fid?lit? (No, no, fidelity has)
28. Chansons fran?aises (6), for voice & piano (or orchestra): Souvent un air de v?rit? (Often a look of truth)
29. Chansons fran?aises (6), for voice & piano (or orchestra): Mon mari m'a diffam?e (My husband has slandered me)
30. Chansons fran?aises (6), for voice & piano (or orchestra): Vrai Dieu, qui m'y confortera (Dear god, who will comfort me)
31. Chansons fran?aises (6), for voice & piano (or orchestra): On a dit mal de mon ami (They speak ill of my love)
32. Chansons fran?aises (6), for voice & piano (or orchestra): Je vous donne, avec grand plaisir (I give you with great pleasure)
33. chansons (5) de Lise Hirtz, for voice & piano: Il ?tait une petite pie
34. chansons (5) de Lise Hirtz, for voice & piano: Une petite pomme
35. chansons (5) de Lise Hirtz, for voice & piano: Les p?querettes
36. chansons (5) de Lise Hirtz, for voice & piano: La poule noire
37. chansons (5) de Lise Hirtz, for voice & piano: Les petits ?nes
38. Printemps

CD Details

All Artists: Emmanuel Chabrier, Charles Gounod, Georges Bizet, Gabriel Faure, Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, Josef Zygmunt Szulc, Claude Debussy, Francis Poulenc, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, Louis Durey, Germaine Tailleferre, Georges Auric, John Moriarty, Carole Bogard
Title: A Century of French Songs
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Parnassus
Release Date: 10/26/2004
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 675754792725, 606345363727

CD Reviews

Enchantee!

madamemusico | Cincinnati, Ohio USA | 04/18/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Carole Bogard, well-known in American musical circles for her impeccable and involved performances of Bach, Handel, Monteverdi and Scarlatti, here surprises with her complete command of the French chanson. These are very obviously post-Souzay performances: more interpretation of the words, and more emotional involvement, than one heard from Mary Garden, Maggie Teyte, and Pierre Bernac in the pre-LP era, or from Suzanne Danco within it. Yet she preserves a fine musical line, the voice is completely even without a break from top to bottom, and her French diction is simply superb.

One should also note that, for the most part, these are among the most lively of French songs. Very rarely does one hear a slow song, and Bogard programs them so well that one is simply mesmerized into listening to the whole album ASAP. John Moriarty, better-known as a conductor of the the Baroque repertoire (he can be heard leading the orchestra on the Bogard-Young-Killebrew recording of Handel's "Tamerlano"), here reveals himself a very fine and sensitive pianist as well.

I cannot recommend this album highly enough. If you are a lover of French music, this is a must-have!!"