V.1 Les Chansons De Manourrice [Import]

1. Quand La Mer Monte

2. Perds Pas L'nord

3. L'oncle Co

4. Le Grand Rouquin

5. Si J'avos Su J'aros Reste Garchon

6. Zizique A Papa

7. L'carrette A Quiens

8. Mettez Un Verre A Mes Amis

9. L'entrecote

10. L'hirondelle Du Faubourg

11. L'accordeoneu

12. Tu N'es Qu'un Employe

13. Fanfare Municipale

14. In R'venant D'marquette

15. L'tunnel Sous L'channel

16. Sur L'route D'sainghin

17. Le P'tit Quinquin

V.1 Les Chansons De Manourrice,Raoul De Godewarsvelde,Sony/Deesse,World Music

Average customer rating: Long lost friend Crespin rules still! CRESPIN Berlioz Truly, some of the finest singing one will ever hear!

Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été; et al / Crespin, Ansermet Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Berlioz | Berlioz, Hector | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Poulenc | Poulenc, Francis | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: The Very Best of Régine Crespin Poulenc - Melodies / Ameling · Gedda · W. Parker · Sénéchal · Souzay · Baldwin Anne Sofie von Otter - Grieg Songs Grieg: Peer Gynt Op23; Symphonic Dances Op64 Russian Album ASIN: B00000JXZ4 Release Date: 1999-08-10

Tracks:

1. Les Nuits D'ete: Villanelle
2. Les Nuits D'ete: Le Spectre De La Rose
3. Les Nuits D'ete: Absence
4. Les Nuits D'ete: Sur les lagunes
5. Les Nuits D'ete: Au Cimetiere
6. Les Nuits D'ete: L'Ile Inconnue
7. Sheherazade: Asie
8. Sheherazade: La Flute enchantee
9. Sheherazade: L'Indiffirent
10. Trois Chansons De Bilitis: La Flute De Pan
11. Trois Chansons De Bilitis: La Chevelure
12. Trois Chansons De Bilitis: Le Tombeau Des Naiades
13. From Banalites FP: Chanson D'Orkenise
14. From Banalites FP: Hotel
15. From La Courte Paille FP: Le Carafon
16. From La Courte Paille FP: La Reine De Coeur
17. From Chansons Villageoises FP: Les Gars qQui Vont A La Fete
18. Deux Poemes de Louis Aragon: 'C'
19. Fetes Galantes

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Here is a great French artist singing the songs of her native country in her native language, with the natural inflection and empathy of one to the manner born. Her voice is beautiful, pure throughout a huge range, focused, intense, infinitely nuanced; she can make it float ethereally or glow with a shimmering radiance, brighten and darken it and carry on two-way conversations. Identifying complete with each song, she communicates its mood, atmosphere, character, expression. She captures the pensive dreaminess, plaintive yearning, outpouring of grief and lamentation, as well as the gaiety and lighthearted teasing of Berlioz' many-faceted Les Nuits d'Été. In Ravel's Shéhérazade, her voice becomes part of the exotic, languidly oriental atmosphere created by the lush, sensuous, glittering orchestration, surging up with the sweeping buildups to thrilling climactic high Gs and B-flats, matching the tremulous flute solo in the second song. The orchestra plays wonderfully, exploiting Ravel's infinitely imaginative, vivid coloration to the utmost. Crespin evokes the secretive intimacy, dream-drugged passion and ice-bound rigidity of Debussy's Songs of Bilitis. In the Poulenc songs, the contrast between the almost tear-choked mournfulness and the frolicking humor is riveting. John Wustman's splendid partnering adds greatly to the enchantment of this delightful recording. --Edith Eisler

Customer Reviews:

Long lost friend.......2007-01-27

I bought the vinyl LP of this way back in the 1960s, and since then it has been loved almost to death -- scratches, pops, jumps...

What a delight to find it rejuvenated on CD. Regine Crespin's is surely the definitive performance.

Crespin rules still!.......2007-01-11

Régine Crespin's recording of Berlioz's Les Nuits d'été is quite simply still - after forty-plus years - the finest I've ever heard, and that includes some fifteen different recordings. Add her immaculately clear enunciation of the verbal text to the gorgeous vocal qualities of those long-held vowels, and her fantastically acute articulation and phrasing of Berlioz's musical re-imagining of Gautier poems, coupled with deeply sensitive accompaniment by Ernest Ansermet and his Suisse Romande orchestra, and we really have no need for other recordings (not that I don't welcome them, as long as they don't make Mme Crespin's go out of print). This, as Gramophone magazine recognized upon original release, is one of the really great triumphs of musical recordings, an immediate and lasting classic. You owe it to yourself to get to know this recording. The Ravel Shérézade, while a lesser composition, is of comparable performance and recording quality.

CRESPIN.......2006-11-20

I am fortunate, indeed, to have seen and heard Regine Crespin perform two of her most famous roles at the Metropolitan Opera. One was the title role in "Carmen" and, although perhaps too mature for the role, her acting was as strong as her singing...and her singing was magnificent. This was a Carmen to be reckoned with. The other role was even more impressive: The Mother Superior in Poulenc's "Dialogues of the Carmelites." First I saw her perform it in English and then at another performance in French. Her death scene was one of the most harrowing I've ever experienced on any stage. This recording will introduce everyone to the beauty, subtlety, charm and fine interpretations of Madame Crespin. And the Berlioz' "Les Nuits D'ete" is arguably the best available.

Berlioz.......2004-04-30

Regine Crespin is so clear, so subtle, you are drawn into the music and listen from within.

I recommend everything she has ever done.... many a titles but most especially "La Spectre de la Rose", which is the absolute killer.

Truly, some of the finest singing one will ever hear!.......2004-03-04

Many might argue with my view of Berlioz' "Les Nuit d'Ete." I've never warmed to the piece in the past and even Crespin's voice cannot change my mind on the matter. I can only revel in her stunningly perfect singing which is truly a pleasure. Immediately following, however, is Ravel's "Scheherazade" and it is for this striking cycle that this CD is invaluable. Crespin presents each of these three songs with effortless legato, lovely piannissimi, dramatic dynamics and endless colors. I now listen to this performance wherever I can: at home, in my car and with anyone who will take the time to enjoy it with me. At the same time, I would not want to give up my recording by another great soprano Victoria de los Angeles. The latter, while not as vocally perfect, provides an even greater degree of verbal expressiveness and variety. Even so, Crespin's performance provides different and equal rewards. Fortunately, I can have both discs in my collection. I warmly recommend them to yours.

Average customer rating: beautiful music

Delibes: Sylvia & Coppelia [Highlights] Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music General | Delibes, Léo | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Coppelia Liszt: The Two Piano Concertos; The Piano Sonata The Most Famous Opera Arias ASIN: B000002SBK Release Date: 1992-09-29

Tracks:

1. Sylvia: Prde
2. Sylvia: Act 1 : Faunes et Dryades (scherzo)
3. Sylvia: Act 1 : Le Berger (pastorale)
4. Sylvia: Act 1 : Les Chassereresses (fanfare)
5. Sylvia: Act 1 : Valse lente
6. Sylvia: Act 1 : Cort rustique
7. Sylvia: Act 1 : Entrdu sorcier (final)
8. Sylvia: Act 2 : Pas des Ethiopiens
9. Sylvia: Act 2 : Chant bachique
10. Sylvia: Act 2 : Sc et danse de la Bacchante
11. Sylvia: Act 3 : Marche et cort de Bacchus
12. Sylvia: Act 3 : Sc
13. Sylvia: Act 3 : Barcarolle
14. Sylvia: Act 3 : Pizzicati
15. Sylvia: Act 3 : Violon solo
16. Sylvia: Act 3 : Pas des escalves
17. Sylvia: Act 3 : Variation - valse
18. Sylvia: Act 3 : Strette - galop (danse grale)
19. Sylvia: Act 3 : Le Temple de Diane (final)
20. Sylvia: Act 3 : Apparition d'Endymion (apothe)

Tracks:

1. Coppelia: Prelude
2. Coppelia: Act 1 : Valse
3. Coppelia: Act 1 : Mazurka
4. Coppelia: Act 1 : Scene
5. Coppelia: Act 1 : Ballade
6. Coppelia: Act 1 : Theme slave varie
7. Coppelia: Act 1 : Czardas
8. Coppelia: Act 2 : Musique des automates
9. Coppelia: Act 2 : Chanson a boire
10. Coppelia: Act 2 : Valse de la poupee
11. Coppelia: Act 2 : Bolero
12. Coppelia: Act 2 : Gigue
13. Coppelia: Act 3 : Fete de la cloche
14. Coppelia: Act 3 : Valse des heures
15. Coppelia: Act 3 : L'Aurore
16. Coppelia: Act 3 : La Priere
17. Coppelia: Act 3 : Le Travail (La Fileuse)
18. Coppelia: Act 3 : L'Hymen (Noce villageois)
19. Coppelia: Act 3 : La Discorde et la Guerre (Marche des Guerriers)
20. Coppelia: Act 3 : La Paix
21. Coppelia: Act 3 : Danse de fete
22. Coppelia: Act 3 : Galop final

Customer Reviews:

beautiful music.......2000-04-25

I have performed in the Ballet Copplia and the music is awesome even if you just listen to it for pleasure!

Average customer rating: my introduction to Cecilia Bartoli..... a voice teacher and early music fan One of my favorite Bartoli collections. Buy It! Beautiful collection tres bien

Cecilia Bartoli - Chant d'amour (Mélodies française) / Myung-Whung Chung Georges Bizet , Maurice Ravel , Pauline Viardot , Hector Berlioz , Léo Delibes , Cecilia Bartoli , and Myung-Whun Chung Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Berlioz | Berlioz, Hector | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Delibes, Léo | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Bartoli, Cecilia | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music All Works Featuring Bartoli | Bartoli, Cecilia | A to B | Featured Performers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Bartoli, Cecilia | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Cecilia Bartoli - The Impatient Lover (Italian Songs by Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart, Haydn) Cecilia Bartoli - An Italian Songbook (Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini) Cecilia Bartoli - A Portrait Cecilia Bartoli - Mozart Portraits Cecilia Bartoli - Live in Italy / Jean-Yves Thibaudet ASIN: B00000429N Release Date: 1996-10-15

Tracks:

1. Chant d'amour
2. Ouvre ton coeur
3. Adieux do l'hotesse arabe
4. Tarentelle
5. La Coccinelle
6. Les Filles de Cadix
7. Hai luli!
8. Havanaise
9. Les Filles de Cadix
10. La Mort d'Ophe
11. Za
12. Chants populaires: I - Chanson franse
13. Chants populaires: II - Chanson espagnole
14. Chants populaires: III - Chanson italienne
15. Chants populaires: IV - Chanson hae
16. Vocalise-de (en forme de habanera)
17. Deux melodies Hebraiques: I - Kaddisch
18. Deux melodies Hebraiques: II - L'igme rnelle
19. Tripatos

Customer Reviews:

my introduction to Cecilia Bartoli............2007-06-05

This is, quite simply, one of the most beautiful albums of classical music I own in my collection. Cecilia Bartoli, born in Rome, Italy, in 1966, is one of the most beautiful contemporary opera singers of today (in my opinion and in the opinion of others). What makes her stand apart from other singers is her gorgeous interpretation of baroque and well known art songs. On CHANT D'AMOUR (MELODIES FRANCAISE), with Myung-Whung Chung, her pianist, Bartoli takes on some beautiful lesser known tunes by Bizet ("Chant D'Amour," as an example) and other composers. Be it more upbeat music ("Ouvre Ton Coeur") or slower love ballads ("Hai luli!"), Bartoli OWNS these songs. There is a great range of tunes, that include Arabic and Spanish inspired pieces, in the French language. I've had this album for at least fifteen years, and I still hold these songs close to my heart after all of this time.

a voice teacher and early music fan.......2007-02-13

The French 'melodie'grew out of the 18th century ballad, and is the equivalent of what the Germans call 'Lied' or art song, as opposed to pop or folk. The music of the five French composers included on this recording are all quite notable in the musical world. And Bartoli has included some of my personal favoites. Just to comment on a few:

Bizet liked to use the poems of Victor Hugo in many of his songs and the one I like best is supposedly his most popular work: "Adieux de l'hotesse arabe" (The Farewell of the Arab Hostess-1866). It is an intriguing blend of persistent rhythm and novel harmonies inflected with neat dramatic touches and conveys the poignant urgency of the Arab girl's passion.

The song I enjoy the most from this album is Pauline Viardot's "Les Filles de Cadix"(The daughters of Cadiz), the libretto of which was supplied by the poet Alfred de Musset, who was very fond of her. It conveys the Spanish tang and the girls' flirtatious mockery.

There is so much to like about this album, such as the great singing of Ceclia Bartoli. Her voice is powerfully resonent when it needs to be, and yet she can lighten up when necessary, as in some of the 'wispier' French songs. I have a disc of Handel's "Rinaldo" which includes the excellent American countertenor David Daniels. It's a great recording and Bartoli can really "belt" out the Handel.

If French music is to your liking, this is indeed a good listen!!!!

One of my favorite Bartoli collections. Buy It!.......2006-06-13

'Chant D'Amour' by mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli, with piano accompaniest, Myung-Yhun Chung is one of my two favorite Bartoli recordings. To be sure, her voice is every bit as marvelous and beautiful as on her collections of operatic selections or her live albums such as 'Live in Italy', but this recording, and her recording of Italian love songs has an intimacy which makes it feel as if Mme. Bartoli is singing just for me. This impression is heightened by the fact that many of her selections, such as the one by Leo Delibes and the three by Pauline Viardot are not commonly found on collections by other performers. And, her interpretations seem to have a lot of unusual effects not found in the work of other mezzos doing more Teutonic material.

As with almost all of my classical music reviews, this is based purely on my personal reaction to the performance. And, if I were to recommend an excellent first purchase of Cecilia Bartoli material, this would be it!

Beautiful collection.......2005-10-01

I heard one song from this album and decided to give it a try, and it was a great surprise for me. Great collection and Cecilia's singing is simply beautiful, without any of these strange mannerisms that sometimes show up in her performances. Her sound is still fairly breathy, but that does not detract at all from the wonderful delivery, and she is great at putting colors and different characters into her voice.
I certainly didn't think of Cecialia Bartoli as champion of the French song; I like Veronique Gens for this type of repertoire, but I was not familiar with Pauline Viardot-Garcia's songs, and I am glad that I discovered them, thanks to Cecilia. This album has many songs which were not recorded often, and it's great to see so much effort put into choosing a unique and wonderful collection like this one.
Just listen to Havanaise, which is a great introduction to this album and a real beauty in Cecilia's commited interpretation.

tres bien.......2004-12-23

Although Cecilia Bartoli has a prodigious recorded output, she nevertheless puts care into each thing she commits to disc. These French songs are no exception. Her customary technique is on wonderful display in these songs, and her musicality is impeccable. Moreover, she is a singer who can alter the tone of her voice with remarkable effectiveness, and that too comes out on this disc. Very fine stuff.

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Tracks:

1. Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op. 46: Morning
2. Carmen: Ent'Acte (Prelude To Act III)
3. Morning Song, Op. 15, No. 1: Morning Song
4. L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: II-Minuetto
5. Two Pieces For Small Orchestra: On Hearing The First Cuckoo Of Spring
6. Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
7. L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: III - Menuet
8. The Fountains Of Rome: The Fountain Of Valle Giulia At Dawn
9. Serenade For Strings In E Minor, Op. 20: I - Allegro Piacevole
10. Lyric Suite, Op. (54): III - Noturno
11. Les Sylphides: Nocturne, Op. 32, No. 2
12. Daphnis Et Chloe Suite No.2: Daybreak
13. Jeux D'enfants: IV - Duo (Petit Mari, Petit Femme)
14. Serenade For Strings, Op. 20: III - Allegretto
15. Les Sylphides: Prelude, Op. 28, No. 7
16. Khovanshchina: Dawn On The Moskva

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Tracks:

1. Cello Concerto No. 2 In D Major, H. 7b Op. 101
2. Cello Concerto In A Minor, Op. 129
3. Phantasiestke (3 Fantasy Pieces) For Clarinet (Or Cello Or Violin) & Piano, Op
4. Variations On A Rococo Theme, For Cello & Orchestra (Or Cello & Piano) In A Majo
5. Sonata For Cello & Piano No. 1 In F Major, Op. 5/1
6. Sonata For Cello & Piano No. 2 In G Minor, Op. 5/2
7. Sonata For Cello & Piano No. 3 In A Major, Op. 69
8. Sonata For Cello & Piano No. 4 In C Major, Op. 102/1
9. Sonata For Cello & Piano No. 5 In D Major, Op. 102/2
10. Sonata For Arpeggione & Piano In A Minor, D.821
11. Pieces For Children Big And Small For Piano, 4 Hands Op. 85
12. Feldeinsamkeit ("Ich Ruhe Still Im Hohen Gren Gras"), Song For Voice & Piano,
13. Romance For Cello & Piano, Op. 69
14. Shylock, Incidental Music And Suite For Tenor & Orch., Op. 57
15. Mavra, Opera Buffa In One Act
16. Nocturne For Violin (Or Flute) & Piano
17. Melody In F, Various Arrangements, Op. 3/1
18. Introduction & Polonaise Brilliante For Cello & Piano In C Major, Op. 3
19. Song Without Words For Cello & Piano In D Major, Op. 109
20. Le Coq D'or (The Golden Cockerel; Zolotoy Petushok), Concert Suite For Orchestra
21. The Tale Of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57
22. Carnival Of The Animals, Zoological Fantasy For 2 Pianos & Ensemble
23. Berceuse, For Violin & Piano (Or Orchestra) In D Major, Op. 16
24. Tonadillas Al Estilo Antiguo, Songs (10) For Voice & Piano, H. 136
25. Goyescas (Serenata Goyesca; Dusk), For Piano, H. 63
26. La Gitana For Violin & Piano (After An 18th Century Arabo-Spanish Gypsy Song)
27. Papillon, For Cello & Piano, Op. 77
28. L' Enfant Prodigue, Sce Lyrique For Voices & Orchestra, L. 57
29. Pie En Forme De Habanera, For Solo Instrument & Keyboard (Arr.)
30. Kaddisch, Song For Voice & Piano (Modie Hraue No. 1)
31. O Mensch, Bewein' Dein' Sde Gross, Chorale Prelude For Organ (Orgel-Bhlein N
32. Herzlich Tut Mich Verlangen, Chorale Prelude For Organ, Bwv 727 (Bc K109)
33. Ich Ruf Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ (I), Chorale Prelude For Organ (Orgel-Bhlein
34. Nun Komm Der Heiden Heiland (I), Chorale Prelude For Organ (Orgel-Bhlein No. 1
35. Sonata For Cello & Continuo In C Major, G. 6 (Six Sonatas No. 2)

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic Fournier.......2004-02-16

On this 4CD EMI Import, the great cellist Pierre Fournier performs a variety of orchestral and chamber recordings, recorded primarily in mono from the 1940s and early 50s. There are three orchestral works -- Haydn's 2nd Concerto (Kubelik/Philharmonia, 1951), Schumann's Concerto (Sargent/Philharmonia, 1956 in stereo), and Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations (Bigot/Lamoureux, 1941). Disc two, and half of disc three, contain Beethoven Cello Sonatas with the great Artur Schnabel, while the fourth disc features a variety of pieces, from Bach and Boccherini to Debussy and Ravel, with pianist Gerald Moore. I'm withholding a fifth star because the collection contains mostly historical recordings, though it certainly captures one of history's greatest cellists in his prime. With that being said, "Les Introuvables de Pierre Fournier" is a must buy for cello entusiasts.

Average customer rating: Excellent, but What Are the Words? outstanding collection Awesome 7.5 hours of superb music at a most reasonable price.

Les tres riches heures du Moyen Age: A Medieval Journey Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Machaut | Machaut, Guillaume de | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ballads | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Sacred & Religious | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Perotin / The Hilliard Ensemble Ambrosian Chant ASIN: B00000074R Release Date: 1995-11-21

Tracks:

1. 1. By Way Of A Preamble: Byzantine Chant: Alleluia - Tropaire de la venue de l'epoux (Lundi Saint) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
2. 1. By Way Of A Preamble: Byzantine Chant: Exapostilarion de l'Office de Mardi Saint: Version arabe - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
3. 1. By Way Of A Preamble: Byzantine Chant: Exapostilarion de l'Office de Mardi Saint: Version grecque - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
4. 1. By Way Of A Preamble: Byzantine Chant: Exapostilarion de l'Office de Mardi Saint - Version arabe - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
5. 1. By Way Of A Preamble: Chants sacres Melchites (IV siecle): Hymne a la Vierge (Liturgie grecque de saint Jean Chrysostome) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
6. 1. By Way Of A Preamble: Chants sacres Melchites (IV siecle): Office de la Nativite de la Mere de Dieu (Grand Canon de saint Jean Damascene) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
7. 2. Monody Before Gregorian Chant: Chants de l'Eglise de Milanaise: Psaume: 'Tecum principium in die virtutis tue'' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
8. 2. Monody Before Gregorian Chant: Chants de l'Eglise de Milanaise: Responsorium: 'Congratulamini mihi omnes qui diligitis Dominum'' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
9. 2. Monody Before Gregorian Chant: Le Chant Beneventain: Communio: 'Qui manducaverit' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
10. 2. Monody Before Gregorian Chant: Les Chants de l'Eglise de Rome (VII-VIII siecles): Introit 'Resurrexi' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
11. 2. Monody Before Gregorian Chant: Les Chants de l'Eglise de Rome (VII-VIII siecles): Office de l'Adoration de la Croix; Improperes: 'Agios o Theos, Sanctus Deus' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
12. 2. Monody Before Gregorian Chant: Le Chant Mozarabe: Cathedrale de Tolded: Sacrificium 'Vox clamantis' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY

Tracks:

1. 1. Gallican Chant: Versus de l'eveque Theodulfe d'Orleans: 'Gloria laus' - Deller Consort
2. 1. Gallican Chant: Semaine Sainte: repons du 7 mode: 'Tenebrae factae sunt' - Deller Consort
3. 2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Introit: 'Requiem aeternam' - Deller Consort
4. 2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Kyrie eleison - Deller Consort
5. 2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Graduel 'Requiem aeternam' - Deller Consort
6. 2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Trait: 'Absolve, Domine' - Deller Consort
7. 2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Sequence: 'Dies irae' - Deller Consort
8. 2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Offertoire: 'Domine Jesu Christe' - Deller Consort
9. 2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Sanctus - Deller Consort
10. 2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Agnus Dei - Deller Consort
11. 2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Communion: 'Lux aeterna' - Deller Consort
12. 2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Repons: 'Libera me' - Deller Consort
13. 2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Antienne: 'In paradisum' - Deller Consort
14. 2. An Immense Corpus: Planctus Hugonis Abbatis: 'Hug dulce nomen' pour la mort d'Hugues, fils de Charlemagne, en 844 - Deller Consort
15. 3. The Aquitaine Tradition, Or The Problem Of Notation: Antiphona ad processionem: 'O beata infantia' - Schola Hungarica
16. 3. The Aquitaine Tradition, Or The Problem Of Notation: Introitus cum tropis: 'Quam queritis in praesepe - Puer natus est' - Schola Hungarica
17. 3. The Aquitaine Tradition, Or The Problem Of Notation: Alleluja 'Dies sanctificatus' - Schola Hungarica
18. 3. The Aquitaine Tradition, Or The Problem Of Notation: Communio cum tropis: 'Desinat esse dolor - Viderunt Omnes' - Schola Hungarica
19. 3. The Aquitaine Tradition, Or The Problem Of Notation: Alleluia cum tropis in octava - Schola Hungarica
20. 3. The Aquitaine Tradition, Or The Problem Of Notation: Cantio ad laudem cantoris: 'Annus novus in gaudio' - Schola Hungarica
21. 4. The Cistercian Exception: Repons de Matines pour la fete de Saint Bernard: Virtute multa - Ensemble Organum
22. 4. The Cistercian Exception: Repons de Matines pour la fete de Saint Bernard: In timore Dei - Ensemble Organum
23. 4. The Cistercian Exception: Repons de Matines pour la fete de Saint Bernard: 'Testamentum eternum' - Ensemble Organum
24. 4. The Cistercian Exception: Repons de Matines pour la fete de Saint Bernard: 'Dedit Dominus confessionem sancto suo' - Ensemble Organum

Tracks:

1. The Art Of The Troubadours: A l'entrada del temps clar - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
2. The Art Of The Troubadours: Vida - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
3. The Art Of The Troubadours: Quand vei la laudeta mover - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
4. The Art Of The Troubadours: Vida - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
5. The Art Of The Troubadours: Sitot me soi - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
6. Cantigas de Santa Maria: Cantiga 77 (Flute a bec et percussion) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
7. Cantigas de Santa Maria: Prologue: 'Porque Trobar' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
8. Cantigas de Santa Maria: Cantiga 37 (Flute de berger et zarb) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
9. Cantigas de Santa Maria: Cantiga 7: 'Santa Maria leva' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
10. Cantigas de Santa Maria: Cantiga 100: 'Santa Maria, strela do dia' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
11. Carmina Burana (XIII siecle): 'Bacche, bene venies' (CB 200) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
12. Carmina Burana (XIII siecle): 'In taberna quando sumus' (CB 196) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
13. Carmina Burana (XIII siecle): 'Axe Phebus aureo' (CB 71) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
14. Carmina Burana (XIII siecle): 'Deduc Syon, uberrimas' (CB 34) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
15. Carmina Burana (XIII siecle): 'Flete flenda' (CB 5) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
16. Les Minnesanger: 'Sinc an, guldin huon!' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
17. Les Minnesanger: Ich lobe ein wip (Instr.) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
18. Les Minnesanger: 'Owe dirre not' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
19. Les Minnesanger: Wol auff, gesell (Instr.) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY

Tracks:

1. 1. 12th Century Polyphony In Aquitaine: 'Domine labia mea aperies' - 'Deus in adjutorium meum' (Choeur) - Ensemble Organum
2. 1. 12th Century Polyphony In Aquitaine: Versus: 'O primus homo coruit' (a 2 voix) - Ensemble Organum
3. 1. 12th Century Polyphony In Aquitaine: Versus: 'Veri solis radium' (a 2 voix) - Ensemble Organum
4. 2. The Notre-Dame School: Messe du Jour de noel (XIII siecle) - Excerpts: Introit trope: 'Puer natus est' - Ensemble Organum
5. 2. The Notre-Dame School: Messe du Jour de noel (XIII siecle) - Excerpts: Kyrie - Ensemble Organum
6. 2. The Notre-Dame School: Messe du Jour de noel (XIII siecle) - Excerpts: Graduel: 'Viderunt omnes' - Ensemble Organum
7. 2. The Notre-Dame School: Messe du Jour de noel (XIII siecle) - Excerpts: Sanctus (organum) - Ensemble Organum
8. 2. The Notre-Dame School: Messe du Jour de noel (XIII siecle) - Excerpts: Agnus Dei - Ensemble Organum
9. 2. The Notre-Dame School: Messe du Jour de noel (XIII siecle) - Excerpts: Ite missa est - Deo Gratias - Ensemble Organum
10. 3. The Gradual Of Eleanor Of Brittany - A Particular Practice Of Polyphony: Kyrie 'Orbis factor' - Ensemble Organum
11. 3. The Gradual Of Eleanor Of Brittany - A Particular Practice Of Polyphony: Credo in unum Deum - Ensemble Organum
12. 3. The Gradual Of Eleanor Of Brittany - A Particular Practice Of Polyphony: Sequence: 'Res est admirabilis' - Ensemble Organum
13. 4. The Motets From The Montpellier Codex, Jewels Of The Ars Antiqua: Plus bele que flor - Quant revient - L'autrier joer - Flos Filius - Anonymous 4
14. 4. The Motets From The Montpellier Codex, Jewels Of The Ars Antiqua: Puisque bele dame m'eime - Flos Filius - Anonymous 4
15. 4. The Motets From The Montpellier Codex, Jewels Of The Ars Antiqua: Celui en qui - La bele estoile - La bele, en qui - Iohanne - Anonymous 4
16. 4. The Motets From The Montpellier Codex, Jewels Of The Ars Antiqua: Amor potest - Ad amorem sequitur - Anonymous 4
17. 4. The Motets From The Montpellier Codex, Jewels Of The Ars Antiqua: S'on me regarde - Prennes i garde - He, mi enfant - Anonymous 4
18. 4. The Motets From The Montpellier Codex, Jewels Of The Ars Antiqua: Qui d'amour se plaint - Lux Magna - Anonymous 4
19. 4. The Motets From The Montpellier Codex, Jewels Of The Ars Antiqua: On doit fin(e) Amor - La biaute - In Seculum - Anonymous 4
20. 5. An English Ladymass In Salisbury Cathedral (13th Century): Kyrie: 'Kyria christifera' - Anonymous 4
21. 5. An English Ladymass In Salisbury Cathedral (13th Century): Gloria - Anonymous 4
22. 5. An English Ladymass In Salisbury Cathedral (13th Century): Sanctus - Benedictus - Anonymous 4
23. 5. An English Ladymass In Salisbury Cathedral (13th Century): Agnus Dei: 'Virtute numinis' - Anonymous 4

Tracks:

1. 1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): In mari miserie - Clemencic Consort
2. 1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): Vers 149 a 168 - Clemencic Consort
3. 1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): Ad solitum vomitum - Clemencic Consort
4. 1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): Porchier miex estre. Vers 250 a 280 - Clemencic Consort
5. 1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): J'ai fait nouveletement - Clemencic Consort
6. 1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): Quoniam secta latronum - Clemencic Consort
7. 1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): Vers 5905-5926 - Mario, virgo viginum - Clemencic Consort
8. 1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): Vers 6023-6050 - Clemencic Consort
9. 1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): Quare fremuerunt - Clemencic Consort
10. 2. La Messe de Tournai (c.1330-40) - Excerpts: Kyrie - Ensemble Organum
11. 2. La Messe de Tournai (c.1330-40) - Excerpts: Gloria in excelsis Deo - Ensemble Organum
12. 2. La Messe de Tournai (c.1330-40) - Excerpts: Sanctus - Ensemble Organum
13. 2. La Messe de Tournai (c.1330-40) - Excerpts: Agnus Dei - Ensemble Organum
14. 3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: 'De toutes flours' - Ensemble Organum
15. 3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: 'Honte, paour, doubtance' - Ensemble Organum
16. 3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: 'Honte, paour, doubtance', version instrumentale - Ensemble Organum
17. 3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: 'Che pena e quest'al cor' - Ensemble Organum
18. 3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: 'Imperiale sendendo fra pi stelle' - Ensemble Organum
19. 3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: Rondeau-canon 'Tout par compas' - Ensemble Organum
20. 3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: Rondeau 'Belle, bonne, sage' - Ensemble Organum
21. 3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: Rondeau 'Fumeux fume par fumee' - Ensemble Organum
22. 3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: Ballade 'On voit tout' - Ensemble Organum
23. Sacred Music In 14th Century England: 'Campanis cum cymbalis - Honoremus Dominam' - The Hilliard Ensemble
24. Sacred Music In 14th Century England: 'Mater ora filium' - The Hilliard Ensemble
25. Sacred Music In 14th Century England: 'Edi be thu' - The Hilliard Ensemble
26. Sacred Music In 14th Century England: 'Gabriel From Heven-King' - The Hilliard Ensemble
27. Sacred Music In 14th Century England: 'Gaude virgo Mater Christi' - The Hilliard Ensemble

Tracks:

1. Johannes Ciconia (c. 1335-1414): 'Ligiadra donna' pour vielles - The Newberry Consort
2. 1. 15th Century English Music: Les Carols: Alleluya: 'A Nywe werke' - Anonymous 4
3. 1. 15th Century English Music: Les Carols: 'Ecce quod natura' - Anonymous 4
4. 1. 15th Century English Music: Les Carols: Nowel: 'Owt Of Your Slepe Aryse' - Anonymous 4
5. 1. 15th Century English Music: Les Carols: 'Anna Mater Matris Christi' - The Hilliard Ensemble
6. 1. 15th Century English Music: Les Carols: 'Tota pulcra es, amica mea' - The Hilliard Ensemble
7. 1. 15th Century English Music: 15th Century Marial Polyphony: Conduit 'O Maria stella maris' - Anonymous 4
8. 1. 15th Century English Music: 15th Century Marial Polyphony: Sequence 'Salve virgo singularis' - Anonymous 4
9. 1. 15th Century English Music: 15th Century Marial Polyphony: Motet 'Veni mater gracie - Dou Way, Robin' - Anonymous 4
10. 2. The Emergence Of Specifically Instrumental Music: Musicue instrumentale a la Cour d'Espagne: 'Propinan de Melyor' - The Newberry Consort
11. 2. The Emergence Of Specifically Instrumental Music: Musicue instrumentale a la Cour d'Espagne: --sans titre - The Newberry Consort
12. 2. The Emergence Of Specifically Instrumental Music: Musicue instrumentale a la Cour d'Espagne: 'La Spagna' - The Newberry Consort
13. 2. The Emergence Of Specifically Instrumental Music: Musicue instrumentale a la Cour d'Espagne: 'La Spagna' - The Newberry Consort
14. 3. Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1420-1497) - Requiem - Excerpts: Introit. 'Requiem eternam dona eis Domine' - Ensemble Organum
15. 3. Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1420-1497) - Requiem - Excerpts: Kyrie - Ensemble Organum
16. 3. Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1420-1497) - Requiem - Excerpts: Tractus: 'Sicut servus desideral ad fontes aquarum' - Ensemble Organum
17. 3. Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1420-1497) - Requiem - Excerpts: Sanctus - Ensemble Organum
18. Lute Music: Ricercar 'L'autre jour' - Paul O'Dette
19. Lute Music: 'Nous bergiers' - Paul O'Dette
20. Lute Music: Ricercar No. 33 - Paul O'Dette
21. Lute Music: 'Il est bel et bon' - Paul O'Dette

Customer Reviews:

Excellent, but What Are the Words?.......2006-07-04

This is a wonderful collection of music spanning many centuries, some of which you are unlikely to encounter anywhere else. The performances are beautiful, too. The one drawback is that the liner notes contain very few song text translations, a big problem for a large CD set with music that is primarily vocal.

outstanding collection.......2002-09-27

I have quite a number of CDs with Medieval Age polyphony, byzantine chant and renaissance music, but this collection goes beyond what could usually be expected from such boxsets. I'd highly recommend it to all.

Awesome.......2001-09-20

This is the best collection of medieval music I have ever heard. The performances are top-notch, and all of the songs are well done. I highly reccomend this collection not only for fans of medieval music, but for any music lover.

7.5 hours of superb music at a most reasonable price........1999-12-24

There isn't a clunker in this set. All the performers are top drawer and the recordings are good. The notes are a little brief and a bit scholarly, but can be ignored easily.

You will get an idea of the different kinds of medieval music as well as the top groups and soloists working currently in the field.

When I got this set, my mother and I listened to all 7+ hours straight through. We then started buying CDs from the different performers we had to hear more from.

At twice the price, this would still be an excellent addition to any classical or medieval music collection, as well as the best introduction to medieval music around.

Average customer rating: mesmerising great stuff Brazilian's Soprano The most charming voice you will ever hear! Perfection!

Bidu Sayao: Opera Arias and Brazilian Folksongs Bidu Sayao , Heitor Villa-Lobos , Charles Gounod , Jules Massenet , Reynaldo Hahn , Henri Duparc , Claude Debussy , Maurice Ravel , Charles Koechlin , Ernest Moret , Francisco Ernani Braga , Fausto Cleva , Pietro Cimara , Erich Leinsdorf , Paul Breisach , Leonard Rose , and Milne Charnley Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Koechlin, Charles | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Villa-Lobos, Heitor | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sayao, Bidu | ( S ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Sayao, Bidu | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: La Damoiselle elue / Opera Arias Rarities Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 9 / ORTF National Orchestra, De Los Angeles Bach Bachianas / Arleen Augér, The Yale Cellos of Aldo Parisot Villa-Lobos: Complete Music for Solo Guitar ASIN: B0000029PG Release Date: 1996-10-01

Tracks:

1. Bachiana brasiliera no.5 Aria
2. Romeo et Juliette: Je vieux vivre
3. Faust: Roi de Thule
4. Faust: Jewel Song
5. Manon: Je suis encore tout etourdie
6. Restons ici: Restons ici...Voyons, Manon
7. Adieu, notre petit table
8. Obeissions
9. Si mes vers avaient des ailes
10. Chanson triste
11. L'Enfant Prodigue: L'annee en vain chasse
12. De fleurs
13. L'Enfant et les sortileges: Toi, le couer de la rose
14. Si tu le veux
15. Le Nelumbo
16. Folk Songs Of Brazil: Nigue-nigue-ninhas
17. Folk Songs Of Brazil: Capim di Pranta
18. Folk Songs Of Brazil: O kinimba
19. Folk Songs Of Brazil: Sao Joao da ra Rao
20. Folk Songs Of Brazil: Engenho Noval
21. Folk Songs Of Brazil: A Casinha pequenina
22. Folk Songs Of Brazil: Meu boi barroso
23. Folk Songs Of Brazil: Ogunde uarere

Amazon.com

Bidú Sayão's silvery, impeccably tuned voice was small in size, but rich in nuance, shading, and emotion. Her recording of the Villa-Lobos Bachiana Brasileira No. 5 is justly famous, unmatched for lightness and sensuality. Few have dashed off the Jewel Song from Faust with similar insouciance or imbued the last phrases of Manon's "Adieu , notre petite table" as touchingly as Sayão does here. Her French song interpretations glow with charm and style, and a previously unreleased snippet from Ravel's L'enfant et les sotilèges makes one regret she never recorded the entire role, Sony's transfers are more lifelike and three dimensional than previous issues. A delectable disc. --Jed Distler

Customer Reviews:

mesmerising.......2007-05-10

I first heard her voice on a Met compilation and became intrigued enough to buy this CD.
I love her voice...its so simple, unfussy and pure and yet so very unique. you know its her from the first few notes on.
I love her Manon, probably more so than Sills or Fleming. Her voice reminds me of De Los Angeles, but is different.
I'm glad I was introduced to this great, stylish and classy singer.

great stuff.......2007-01-24

I don't consider myself much more than a novice when it comes to opera; but I'm a musician, and I'd like to think I know good music when I hear it.

This is good music!

I've only recently become aquainted with Bidu Sayao, but I have to say that all the accolades I've read from the "experts" are well deserved. There is a character that shines through these recordings. And the recordings themselves are warm and pleasant, considering they come from mono shellac sides from another era.

There's something really special about this "vintage" music that seemingly cannot be replicated in modern recordings; an ethereal quality that's hard to explain, clearly belonging to the age from which it came. We are greatly enriched by its preservation!

Brazilian's Soprano.......2005-08-26

Excellent, amazing, recommend.

(excelente para conhecermos melhor uma das mais importantes e conhecidas sopramos de todo o mundo)

The most charming voice you will ever hear!.......2004-07-19

Bidu Sayão is considered the best Brazilian soprano ever and certainly one of the most taltented singers of the 20th century. Do you want to know why? This disc contains some important selections of Sayão's wonderful artistry. It includes arias and songs from French repertoire, in which Sayão is even in our days considered the most perfect example of French singing and style, some lovely Brazilian folksongs and her legendary recording of the Cantilena of Bachianas Brasileiras no. 5. It's a very good selection for every listener, since it shows Sayão's perfect vocal technique and sincere and moving interpretation. We have a joyful "Je veux vivre" as well as a heartbreaking "Adieu, notre petite table". Ah, but the true show here is her Bachianas Brasileiras. I'm absolutely sure you will never hear a better interpretation of this song! Sayão could sing from the most lyric parts and the most wonderful pianissimi to the most incredible coloraturas with no difficulty. Actually, she had exactly what I would call "perfect vocal technique", since it never, I mean, never fails. Her voice was small, but so carefully trained that it amazes me more than many big voices I heard. It's always pure, sweet and charming.

Dont' miss this singer who was maybe the best lyric soprano of the first half of the 20th century. If you are interested in listening to good music sung by a legendary voice, you really need to buy it!

Perfection!.......2003-12-16

There is a tremendous sincerity and perfection present in this CD. The Villa Lobos has attained classic status and should be owned by serious collectors. I have not heard No. 5 surpassed yet. Rosa Ponselle wrote in her biography that Sayao's pianissimi were "unequalled in my experience", the finest she had ever heard. Mind you, Ponselle heard them all including that Spanish Diva that made a career of singing softly. However, in Sayao's voice they have meaning are used to emotional effect superbly. Otherwise, the voice is so finely tuned that this old mono recording often gives a studio effect.

Bravo Madame Sayao!

Average customer rating: An Enchanting Voyage to Paris

Jessye Norman: Les Chemins de l'amour Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Poulenc | Poulenc, Francis | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Satie | Satie, Erik | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Poulenc, Francis | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | Q to T | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Satie, Erik | Q to T | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Norman, Jessye | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000040Y3 Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. La vie anterieure
2. Phidyle
3. Chanson triste
4. L' invitation au voyage
5. Deux melodies Hebraiques: L'enigme eternelle
6. Deux melodies Hebraiques: Kaddisch
7. Voyage a Paris
8. Montparnasse
9. La grenouillere
10. Les chemins de l'amour
11. La statue de bronze
12. Dapheneo
13. Le chapelier
14. Je te veux

Customer Reviews:

An Enchanting Voyage to Paris.......2000-03-17

I know, I know, we should never judge a book by its cover, but I just couldn't resist it and bought this CD because the cover photo is just so good. But I was not let down. Ms. Norman has already recorded a vast collection of lieder and it is well known how good she is in that repertoire, but she is also incredibly impressive with melodies. This material is so suited to her style. The Duparc for example, I've never heard 'La vie antérieure' sung more dramatically before, the climatic moment is simply ecstatic! The gems in this collection are definitely the title track and Satie's charming waltz 'Je te veux'.

The terrible drawback is, Phillips did not supply English translation to the lyrics, which is a great shame since some of the songs obviously rely on lyrical meanings so much. But that should not deduct even a single star from the singing, which is worth all the stars shining over Montparnasse!

Average customer rating: French Songs Transcribed for Cello; Result is Magical

Après un rêve Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chausson, Ernest | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Poulenc | Poulenc, Francis | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Maisky, Mischa | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Meditation Franz Schubert: Songs Without Words Vocalise: Russian Romances Cello Sonatas / Variations / 7 Songs Without Words Maisky & Argerich Live in Japan ASIN: B00002DETC Release Date: 2000-01-11

Tracks:

1. Apres un reve
2. Tristesse
3. Au bord de l'eau
4. Les Berceaux
5. Adieux de l'hse arabe
6. Deux Mdies haes: 1. Kaddish
7. Deux Mdies haes: 2. L'Enigme eternelle
8. Deux Mdies haes: Las, vers l'ise
9. Deux Mdies haes: Vocalise-etude en forme de habanera
10. Elegie
11. Beau Soir
12. Serenade
13. Cantique 'use
14. Le Temps des lilas
15. L'Heure exquise
16. Soupir
17. Chanson triste
18. Extase
19. Violon
20. C'est ainsi que tu es, Paganini
21. La Reine de coeur
22. 'C'
23. Les chemins de l'amour

Customer Reviews:

French Songs Transcribed for Cello; Result is Magical.......2000-08-14

Occasionally a CD appears that is pure magic. This is one of them. Mischa Maisky and Daria Hovora form an ideal team: each performs on an exquisite instrument, and the recording engineer has captured everything, balance and all. In my opinion, transcribing French songs from voice to cello is a "natural"--the cello, so much like the human voice, captures the intimacy and atmosphere beautifully.

Both performers are natural story tellers, and Maisky, with an almost uniquely seductive vibrato, unhurriedly describes the French romantic soul. If a phrase is to be caressed, he caresses it. It if needs to soar, he gives it exactly what it needs. And the pianissimos! His tone sometimes just seems to come out of nowhere, and the endings often promise never to end.

Being a cellist myself, I have to say that this masterpiece both inspires and teaches. It has been said that great art leaves one changed. This CD does that, and it deserves a place in every classical music collection.

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Kiri Te Kanawa Sings French Songs and Arias Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Berlioz | Berlioz, Hector | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Songs of Henri Duparc Kiri Te Kanawa Sings Verdi and Puccini Arias Debussy - Mélodies / Ameling · Mesplé · Command · Souzay · von Stade · Baldwin French Cafe ASIN: B0009LNQZG Release Date: 2005-06-21

Tracks:

1. Phidyle
2. L'Invitation Au Voyage
3. La Vie Anterieure
4. Le Manoir De Rosemonde
5. Testament
6. Au Pays Ou Se Fait La Guerre
7. Chanson Triste
8. I. Asie
9. II. La Flute Enchantee
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11. Depuis Le Jour
12. L'Annee En Vain Chasse L'Annee...Azael! Azael!
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