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French songs
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Title
French songs [sound recording] / Ravel, Chausson, Delage.
Published
Australia : Decca, [2010?], p1967.
Physical Description
1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Compact disc.
Reissue of Decca/London 425 948-2, p1991. Originally issued on analog disc Oiseau-Lyre SOL 298.
Program notes by John Buttrey (but no vocal texts) inserted in container.
Recorded in England in 1966.
Format
Audio
Language
French
Added to Catalog
April 18, 2011
Series
Eloquence
Performers
Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano ; Melos Ensemble (Richard Adeney, William Bennett, flutes, Peter Graeme, oboe, Gervase de Peyer & Stephen Trier, clarinets, Emanuel Hurwitz, Ivor McMahon, violins, Cecil Aronowitz, viola, Terence Weil, violoncello, Lamar Crowson, piano, Osian Ellis, harp) ; Bernard Keeffe, conductor (1st, 4th works).
Contents
Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé : for voice, 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, string quartet & piano. Soupir ; Placet futile ; Surgi de la croupe et la band / Ravel (12 min.)
Chansons madécasses : for voice, flute, violoncello & piano. Nahandove ; Aoua! Aoua! Méfiez-vous des blancs ; Il est doux de se coucher durant la chaleur / Ravel ; [folk texts from Madagascar, tr. Evariste Parney] (13:59)
Chanson perpétuelle, op. 37 : for voice, string quartet & piano / Chausson ; [text, Charles Cros] (6:50)
Quatre poèmes hindous : for voice, 2 flutes, oboe, 2 clarinets, string quartet & harp. Une belle (Madras) ; Un sap isolé (Lahore) ; Naissance de Bouddha (Benares) ; Si vous pensez à elle (Jaipur) / Delage ; [texts, Bhartrihari ; Heine ; composer ; anon.] (9:41).
Issue number
480 3670 Decca
425 948-2 London
SOL 298 Oiseau-Lyre
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