– Natalie Dessay and Laurent Naorui with Maciej Pikulski, Piano – In Concert – July 14, 2014 – Radio France Musique. –
Something a bit different this week. One of my favorite singers of Opera (who, I was gutted to learn had taken a sabbatical from the Opera stage), the legendary Nartalie Dessay with her husband Baritone Laurent Naouri in a program of French Melodies. Songs by Duparc, Faurè, Poulence, Delibes and Widor with Maciej Pikulski accompanying them on Piano. All recorded by the ever-amazing Radio France Musique at the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier Languedoc-Roussilon on July 20 of 2014.
A great concert, particularly if you’re a fan of French Songs. It’s all crammed on to one player – but it zips along and is definitly good for several plays.
Here’s what’s on the player:
Concert donné le 20 juillet 2014 à l’opéra Berlioz dans le cadre du Festival Radio France et Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon
Présentation : Jean-Pierre Derrien
1. Gabriel Fauré
Puisqu’ici-bas toute âme pour soprano et baryton Op.10 n°1
Poème Victor Hugo
2. Gabriel Fauré
Clair de lune Op.46 n°2
Poème Paul Verlaine
3. Gabriel Fauré
Après un rêve Op.7 n°1
Poème Romain Bussine
4. Gabriel Fauré
Mandoline, extrait des Mélodies de Venise Op.58
Poème Paul Verlaine
5. Gabriel Fauré
Les Berceaux Op.23 n°1
Poème Sully Prudhomme
6. Gabriel Fauré
Prison Op.83 n°1
Poème Paul Verlaine
7. Gabriel Fauré
Fleur jetée Op.39 n°2
Poème Armand Silvestre
8. Gabriel Fauré
Pleurs d’or Op.72, duo pour soprano et baryton
Poème Albert Samain
9. Henri Duparc
L’Invitation au voyage
Poème Charles Baudelaire
10. Henri Duparc
Au Pays où se fait la guerre
Poème Théophile Gautier
11. Henri Duparc
Soupir
Poème Sully Prudhomme
12. Henri Duparc
La Vague et la cloche
Poème François Coppée
13. Henri Duparc
La Fuite, duo pour soprano et baryton
Poème Théophile Gautier
14. Francis Poulenc
Colloque, duo pour soprano et baryton FP 108
Poème Paul Valéry
15. Francis Poulenc
Calligrammes FP 140
Poèmes Guillaume Apollinaire
1. L’Espionne
2. Mutation
3. Vers le sud
4. Il pleut
5. La Grâce exilée
6. Aussi bien que les cigales
7. Voyage
16. Francis Poulenc
Fiançailles pour rire FP 101
Poèmes de Louise Vilmorin
1. La Dame d’André
2. Dans l’herbe
3. Il vole
4. Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant
5. Violon
6. Fleurs
17. Léo Delibes
Les Trois oiseaux, duo pour soprano et baryton
Poème François Coppée
18. Charles-Marie Widor
Nocturne, duo pour soprano et baryton
Poème Auguste Dorchain
19. Charles-Marie Widor
Qu’un Songe au ciel m’enlève, duo pour soprano et baryton
Poème Victor Hugo
Natalie Dessay, soprano
Laurent Naouri, baryton basse
Maciej Pikulski, piano
Enjoy.
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