Gabriel Fauré: Mirages

Klasyczna Muzyka Wokalna / Pieśni
premiera polska: 2018-04-27
opakowanie: digipackowe etui
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THE FLOWER OF GENIUS AND FRENCH MÉLODIE
‘It is truly in his songs that Fauré reveals the flower of his genius’, wrote the composer’s former pupil Maurice Ravel. More than a hundred songs written over six decades made Fauré perhaps the greatest master of the genre French “mélodie”.

The present collection takes us on a journey from Fauré’s first song cycle, “Poème d’un jour” (1878), to his last, “L’Horizon chimérique” (1921), via the exultant “La Bonne Chanson” (1892-94) and the intensely concentrated “Mirages” of 1919. The songs have texts by French poets of Fauré’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 Fauré’s cycles for voice and piano. It was preceded in this series by “Fêtes Galantes” (LWC1116) and “Serres Chaudes” (LWC1008), both together with pianist Einar Røttingen. Together they have also released “Voices of Women”, with songs of Fartein Valen, Jostein Stalheim and Ketil Hvoslef, composers from Norway’s west coast.

Mezzo-soprano Bettina Smith is from Bergen. After graduating from Bergen Conservatory of Music, she studied with Wout Oosterkamp and Elly Ameling at the Royal Conservatory of Music in the Hague. This was followed by two years at the Zürich International Opera Studio. With a wide repertory ranging from medieval to contemporary music, Bettina Smith appears regularly as oratorio and cantata soloist, or together with pianists Jan Willem Nelleke and Einar Røttingen.

Dutch pianist Jan Willem Nelleke’s exceptional qualities as a duo partner have been widely recognised. His playing has been described as “sparkling raindrops, rich chords and beautiful interludes” and as an “ever alert co-operation with the soloist”.

muzycy:
Bettina Smith: mezzo-soprano
Jan Willem Nelleke: piano

utwory:
1. Gabriel Fauré: Poème d’un jour, Op. 21 I. Rencontre 02:07
2. Gabriel Fauré: Poème d’un jour, Op. 21 II. Toujours 01:14
3. Gabriel Fauré: Poème d’un jour, Op. 21 III. Adieu 02:20
4. Gabriel Fauré: Mirages, Op. 113 I. Cygne sur l’eau 03:46
5. Gabriel Fauré: Mirages, Op. 113 II. Reflets dans l’eau 04:42
6. Gabriel Fauré: Mirages, Op. 113 III. Jardin nocturne 02:54
7. Gabriel Fauré: Mirages, Op. 113 IV. Danseuse 02:05
8. Gabriel Fauré: La bonne chanson, Op. 61 I. Une sainte en son auréole 01:57
9. Gabriel Fauré: La bonne chanson, Op. 61 II. Puisque l’aube grandit 01:54
10. Gabriel Fauré: La bonne chanson, Op. 61 III. La lune blanche luit dans les bois 02:24
11. Gabriel Fauré: La bonne chanson, Op. 61 IV. J’allais par des chemins perfides 01:49
12. Gabriel Fauré: La bonne chanson, Op. 61 V. J’ai presque peur, en vérité 02:14
13. Gabriel Fauré: La bonne chanson, Op. 61 VI. Avant que tu ne t’en ailles 03:07
14. Gabriel Fauré: La bonne chanson, Op. 61 VII. Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d’été 02:39
15. Gabriel Fauré: La bonne chanson, Op. 61 VIII. N’est-ce pas? 02:29
16. Gabriel Fauré: La bonne chanson, Op. 61 IX. L’Hiver a cessé 03:02
17. Gabriel Fauré: L’Horizon chimérique, Op. 118 I. La mer est infinie 01:37
18. Gabriel Fauré: L’Horizon chimérique, Op. 118 II. Je me suis embarqué 02:18
19. Gabriel Fauré: L’Horizon chimérique, Op. 118 III. Diane, Séléné 02:25
20. Gabriel Fauré: L’Horizon chimérique, Op. 118 IV. Vaisseaux, nous vous aurons aimés 01:43

wydano: 09 March 2018
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