More Details

Table of Contents:

• Shéhérazade / Maurice Ravel (16:50)
• Trois mélodies. Pourquoi? ; Le Sourire ; La fiancée perdue / Olivier Messiaen (6:49)
• Apparition (3:43) ; En sourdine (2:57) ; La romance d'Ariel (4:45) / Achille-Claude Debussy
• Les deux rose, VWV 1055 (2:21) ; Haï luli!, VWV 1106 (3:32) ; Havanaise, VWV 1019 (4:58) / Pauline Viardot
• La lune paresseuse (2:58) ; L'amour captif (1:43) ; Ronde d'amour (1:59) / Cécile Chaminade
• O up! / Joseph Canteloube (1:20)
• Chère nuit / Alfred Bachelet (4:57)
• Les chemins de l'amour, FP 106-Ia (3:48) ; Métamorphoses, FP 121 (4:46) / Francis Poulenc
• La diva de l'empire (3:04) ; Je te veux (4:13) / Erik Satie
• Je chante la nuit / Maurice Yvain (4:21).

Contributors:

Alder, Louise , singer

Middleton, Joseph (Pianist) , instrumentalist

Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937

Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918

Viardot-García, Pauline, 1821-1910

Chaminade, Cécile, 1857-1944

Canteloube, Joseph, 1879-1957

Bachelet, Alfred, 1864-1944

Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963

Satie, Erik, 1866-1925

Yvain, Maurice, 1891-1965

Languages:

French

Language Notes:

Sung in French.

Included Works:

Shéhérazade (Song cycle) [by Ravel, M.]

Mélodies [by Messiaen, O.] > (1930)

Apparition [by Debussy, C.]

En sourdine [by Debussy, C.] > (1882)

Romance d'Ariel [by Debussy, C.]

Deux roses [by Viardot-García, P.]

Mélodies et une havanaise variée [by Viardot-García, P.] > Hai luli

Mélodies et une havanaise variée [by Viardot-García, P.] > Havanaise

Lune paresseuse [by Chaminade, C.]

Amour captif [by Chaminade, C.]

Ronde d'amour [by Chaminade, C.]

O up! [by Canteloube, J.]

Chère nuit [by Bachelet, A.]

Léocadia [by Poulenc, F.] > Chemins de l'amour

Métamorphoses [by Poulenc, F.]

Diva de l'empire [by Satie, E.]

Je te veux [by Satie, E.]

Je chante la nuit [by Yvain, M.]

Subjects:

Songs (High voice) with piano

Songs, French

Song cycles

Genres:

Songs

Art music

Performers:

Louise Alder, soprano ; Joseph Middleton, piano.

Performance Medium:

2 performers: soprano voice; piano

General Notes:

Program and biographical notes in English, German, and French and texts in French with English translations (62 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
Recorded 2020 July 29-August 1 and September 1 Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk.
Title from disc label.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (1:20:10) ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 160,782

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 095115222225
Publisher Number, Chandos: CHAN 20222

OCLC Numbers:

1246317154