Chansons [Box set] [Import]

Product Description
Three CD Box Set.

Chansons,Charles Trenet,Disky,World Music

Average customer rating: Review of Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna/Salamunovich, Los Angeles Master Chorale So beautiful that it hurts. Excellent Great CD Glorious, but not Perfection

Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna, etc. / Salamunovich, Los Angeles Master Chorale M. Lauridsen Manufacturer: Rubeda Canis Musica ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Lauridsen | Lauridsen, Morten | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Eric Whitacre: The Complete A Cappella Works, 1991-2001 Morten Lauridsen: Lux aeterna O Magnum Mysterium Eric Whitacre: Cloudburst and other choral works Lauridsen: Northwest Journey ASIN: B000006OF1 Release Date: 1998-05-19

Tracks:

1. Introitus - Lux Aeterna
2. In Te, Domine, Speravi - Lux Aeterna
3. O Nata Lux - Lux Aeterna
4. Veni, Sancte Spiritus - Lux Aeterna
5. Agnus Dei - Lus Aeterna - Lux Aeterna
6. En Une Seule Fleur - Les Chansons Des Roses
7. Contre Qui, Rose - Les Chansons Des Roses
8. De Ton Reve Trop Plein - Les Chansons Des Roses
9. La Rose Complete - Les Chansons Des Roses
10. Dirait - On - Les Chansons Des Roses
11. Ave Maria - Ave Maria
12. MID WINTER SONGS: Lament For Pasiphae - M. LAURIDSEN
13. MID WINTER SONGS: Like Snow - M. LAURIDSEN
14. MID WINTER SONGS: She Tells Her Love While Half Asleep - M. LAURIDSEN
15. MID WINTER SONGS: Mid-Winter Waking - M. LAURIDSEN
16. MID WINTER SONGS: Intercession In Late October - M. LAURIDSEN
17. O Magnum Mysterium - O Magnum Mysterium

Amazon.com

Modern choral music for amateur singers may be America's biggest musical underground. That's the only explanation of why Grammy-nominated composer Morten Lauridsen can claim that his works are some of the most often-performed new pieces in years, although few among the East Coast intelligentsia have ever heard of him. Like the similarly popular John Rutter, Lauridsen inhabits an extremely conservative style directed simply and single-mindedly at showing off the beauty of choral singing while it illustrates inspiring texts. Unlike many of his fellow neo-Romantic conservatives, Lauridsen displays a brand of conservatism that is completely convincing and sincere. His music also has range, from the spellbindingly rapturous Lux aeterna to his playful settings of Rilke's poems about the beauty and thorniness of roses in Les chansons des roses. There is, moreover, a Coplandesque streak heard in his Mid-Winter Songs, which are settings of poems by Robert Graves. Though the Los Angeles Master Chorale has a suitably red-blooded sound, the music would be better served with more precise diction. --David Patrick Stearns

Customer Reviews:

Review of Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna/Salamunovich, Los Angeles Master Chorale.......2007-05-13

This is a fabulous CD! I have sung at least one of the compositions on the CD in a choral society to which I belong. I am also familiar with the composer and love his music. The Los Angeles Master Chorale is a wonderful music group!

So beautiful that it hurts........2007-04-27

Two days ago I had never heard of Morten Lauridsen (shame on me). Our local PBS station (WITF in Harrisburg, PA) opened its morning show a few days ago at 9 AM with his lovely "Sure on This Shining Night," a segment of a poem by James Agee. I could not work for an hour after hearing it. Students entered my office and left quickly at the sight of my dazed look. I immediately purchased three recordings, and this one, "Lux Aeterna," is my favorite. The music is so beautiful that it hurts.

Buy this album now. The music is truly exquisite. The performance is outstanding. The CD is a masterpiece. After one hearing of Lauridsen's "Lux Aeterna," I tell you the truth: I could not sleep the entire night. The music was with me all night, and it continues to resonate through my soul.

Excellent.......2007-04-06

Excellent recording - Lauridsen music represents the best choral composers of this age. This CD captures as many of his best compositions as one can expect - Great buy.

Great CD.......2007-02-17

I purchased this CD a couple of years ago when my daughter was working up a couple of Lauridsen works for an audition recording she was doing for her college application (she got in). Besides the sentimental association with that time, this CD has remained a treasured part of out listening library. These are truly 20th century masterpieces of choral music. The recording is among the very best of any type that I have heard. Even if you don't normally like choral music this is a CD to treasure.

Glorious, but not Perfection.......2007-01-20

Morten Lauridsen has a style as distinctively recognizable as Mozart or Beethoven--if you have heard or sung a few of his works, an unfamiliar title will still sound like an old friend. I have to admit I love the aural world which Lauridsen creates.

This recording displays Lauridsen at his best--the long-standing working relationship between the Los Angeles Master Chorale and the composer give these performances an authority and credibility which would be the envy of any group. The Chorale voices display a depth and maturity (particularly in the Bass and Alto sections) which I miss in college choirs, yet the control is perfect.

The works are recorded in the Sacred Heart Chapel of Loyola Marymount University--a very live acoustic, which contributes to the wonderful sense of blend and sonic depth in these pieces. This sonorous glory does have a price, however. The wonderful texts are quite frequently muddled a bit. The enunciation and diction are not as clear on this recording as one might have expected from this group. That is a small cavil, however--intonation and interpretation are flawless.

Buy this, put it in your CD player, turn it up, and enjoy it. If you love choral music, you need to own this disc.

Average customer rating:

Edith Piaf: L'Intégrale (Complete) / 20 CD / 413 Chansons Manufacturer: EMI Music France ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music French Pop | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Classic Vocalists | Broadway & Vocalists | Box Sets | Stores | Music Vocal Pop & Oldies | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Au Carnegie Hall 1956-1957 The Letter Piaf - Her Story, Her Songs The Ultimate Collection Very Best of Judy Garland: The Capitol Recordings 1955-1965 ASIN: B000MR9DZ4 Release Date: 2007-02-26

Tracks:

1. M de La Cloche
2. Java de Cgue
3. ranger
4. Mon Ap
5. Reste
6. Fille et le Chien
7. Hiboux
8. J'Suis Mordu
9. Julie Jolie
10. Quand M
11. Fais Moi Valser
12. Va Danser
13. Mon Amant de La Coloniale
14. Deux Mtriers
15. Y Avait du Soleil
16. N'Est Pas Distingu
17. Chands d'Habits
18. Petite Boutique

Tracks:

1. Mon Lonnaire
2. Fanion de La Lon
3. Ne M'ris Pas
4. Contrebandier
5. Entre Saint-Ouen et Clignancourt
6. Dans un Bouge du Vieux Port
7. Mon Cur Est au Coin d'Une Rue
8. Corr' et Ryer
9. Paris-Mterran
10. Jeune Homme Chantait
11. Browning
12. C'est Toi le Plus Fort
13. Ding, Din, Don,
14. Tout Fout l'Camp
15. Mauvais Matelot
16. Partance
17. J'Entends La Sir
18. Chacal
19. Marin Fait des Voyages
20. Madeleine Qu'avait du Cur
21. C'est Lui Que Mon Cur a Choisi
22. Grand Voyage du Pauvre Ne

Tracks:

1. Je N'En Connais Pas La Fin
2. Elle Frentait La Rue Pigalle
3. Petit Monsieur Triste
4. Deux Copains
5. Sur une Colline (La Valse Sans Joie)
6. Y'en a un de Trop
7. On Danse Sur Ma Chanson
8. C'est La Moindre des Choses
9. Jimmy C'est Lui
10. Escale
11. Embrasse-Moi
12. Accordiste
13. J'Ai Dansvec l'Amour
14. Ot-Ils Mes Petits Copains?
15. C'est un Monsieur TrDistingu
16. C'ait un Jour de F
17. Tu Es Partout
18. Simple Comme Bonjour
19. Coin Tout Bleu
20. Vagabond
21. C'ait une Histoire d'Amour
22. J'Ai Qu'e Regarder

Tracks:

1. C'ait Si Bon [Int]
2. Valse de Paris [Int]
3. Ses Mains [Int]
4. Je Ne Veux Plus Laver La Vaisselle [Int]
5. Brun et le Blond
6. Disque Us
7. Chanson d'Amour [Int]
8. Histoires de Cur
9. Monsieur Me Suit dans La Rue
10. Coup de Grisou
11. C'est Toujours La M Histoire
12. Chasseur de l'H
13. Deux Rengaines
14. Y'a Pas de Printemps
15. Monsieur Saint-Pierre
16. Gars Qui Marchaient
17. Riait
18. Regarde-Moi Toujours Comme
19. Celui Qui Ne Savait Pas Pleurer
20. De l'Autre Cote La Rue

Tracks:

1. M de La Cloche
2. ranger
3. ranger
4. M de La Cloche
5. Fais-Moi Valser
6. Deux Mtriers
7. Chands d'Habits
8. Mon Lonnaire
9. Ne M'ris Pas
10. Jeune Homme Chantait
11. Fanion de La Lon
12. Fanion de La Lon
13. Mon Lonnaire
14. Mon Lonnaire
15. Ding, Din, Don,
16. Tout Fout le Camp
17. Partance [Prise Inte]
18. Chacal [Prise Inte]
19. Fanion de La Lon
20. Marins, Fait des Voyages
21. Madeleine Qu'avait de Cur
22. Madeleine Qu'avait de Cur [Prise Inte]
23. Mauvais Matelot
24. Java en Mineur

Tracks:

1. Elle Frentait La Rue Pigalle
2. C'est La Moindre des Choses
3. Embrasse-Moi
4. Embrasse-Moi [Prise Int]
5. Escale
6. Fille de Joie Est Triste [L'Accordiste 1ST Version, Inte]
7. C'ait un Jour de F
8. Ot-Ils Mes Petits Copains?
9. Vagabond
10. Vagabond [Prise Int]
11. J'Ai Qu''Regarder [Prise Directe]
12. Tu Es Partout
13. Monsieur Saint-Pierre
14. Monsieur Saint-Pierre [Prise Int]
15. Coup de Grisou [Prise Int]
16. Chasseur de l'H [Prise Int]
17. Coup de Grisou
18. Chasseur de l'H [Prise Int]
19. Chasseur de l'H
20. Monsieur Saint-Pierre
21. Monsieur Saint-Pierre
22. Escale
23. C'ait une Histoire d'Amour [Prise Int]
24. Homme des Bars

Tracks:

1. Adieu Mon Cur
2. Chant des Pirates
3. C'est Marveilleux
4. Dans Les Prisons de Nantes - Les Compagnons de la Chanson, Edith Piaf
5. Cne
6. Trois Cloches - Les Compagnons de la Chanson, Edith Piaf
7. Roi a Fait Battre Tambours - Les Compagnons de la Chanson, Edith Piaf
8. Petit Homme
9. J'M'en Fous Pas Mal
10. Mariage [First Version]
11. Vie en Rose
12. Refrain Courait dans La Rue
13. Geste
14. Si Tu Partais
15. Cloches Sonnent
16. Monsieur Ernest a Rsi
17. Sophie
18. Chanson rois Temps
19. Qu'as-Tu Fait John?
20. C'est Pour
21. Homme Comme Les Autres

Tracks:

1. Mariage
2. Amants de Paris
3. Monsieur Lenoble
4. Monsier X...
5. Vieux Bateaux
6. Pleut
7. a Chant
8. Amour du Mois de Mai
9. Cousu de Fil Blanc
10. Dany
11. Paris
12. Pot Pourri "Bouquet de Chansons"
13. Prisonnier de La Tour
14. Pour Moi Toute Seule
15. Bat dans Ma Rue
16. Orgue des Amoureux
17. Pleure Pas
18. Hymne 'Amour
19. P'tite Marie
20. Tous Les Amoureux Chantent
21. Ciel Est Ferm

Tracks:

1. Fait Bon T'Aimer
2. Chevalier de Paris
3. F Continue
4. C'est un Gars
5. C'est d'La Faute es Yeux
6. Vie en Rose [Version Anglaise]
7. Hymn to Love
8. Three Bells
9. y Avait
10. Simply a Waltz
11. Chante Moi [Version Anglaise]
12. Autumn Leaves
13. Don't Cry
14. My Lost Melody
15. I Shouldn't Care
16. 'Cause I Love You
17. Demain il Fera Jour
18. Matin Jusqu'au Soir
19. Homme Que J'Aimerai
20. Avant l'Heure
21. Rien de Rien
22. C'est Toi

Tracks:

1. Si, Si, Si
2. Valse de l'Amour
3. Chanson Bleue
4. Chante Moi
5. Enfant
6. Plus Bleu Que Tes Yeux
7. Je Hais Les Dimanches
8. Padam...Padam
9. Rue aux Chansons
10. Chanson de Catherine
11. Jbel
12. Node La Rue
13. l'Enseigne de La Fille Sans Cur
14. Tgramme
15. C'est Toi [Edith Piaf Seule]
16. Je T'Ai dans La Peau
17. Mon Ami M'A Donn
18. Bal de La Chance
19. Gueule Madame - Edith Piaf, Jacques Pills
20. Monsieur et Madame
21. Notre Dame de Paris
22. Elle a Dit
23. Amants de Venise

Tracks:

1. Bravo Pour le Clown!
2. Croix
3. Jean E Martine (Le Routier)
4. Pour Qu'elle Soit Jolie Ma Chanson - Edith Piaf, Jacques Pills
5. Et Moi
6. Sur Anne
7. N'Y Va Pas Manuel
8. Effet Que Tu Me Fais
9. Heureuse
10. Amants de Venise
11. Johnny Tu N'Es Pas un Ange
12. Goualante du Pauvre Jean
13. Ira
14. Bel Indiffnt (Pi en 1 Acte)

Tracks:

1. Heureuse
2. Sous le Ciel de Paris
3. Avec Ce Soleil
4. Mea Culpa
5. Enfin le Printemps
6. Homme au Piano
7. Retour
8. Snade du Pav
9. Chemin des Forains
10. C'est ambourg
11. Grand Amour Qui S'Ach
12. Miscorde
13. Lnde
14. Soudain une Vall
15. Homme a Moto
16. Avant Nous
17. Amants d'Un Jour
18. Toi Qui Sais
19. Dame
20. Accordiste
21. Et Pourtant
22. Marie La Franse

Tracks:

1. One Little Man
2. Heaven Have a Mercy
3. Grognards
4. Comme Moi
5. Salle d'Attente
6. Foule
7. Prisons du Roi (Allentown Jail)
8. Opinion Publique
9. Mon Man oi (Tu Me Fais Tourner La T)
10. ranger [Premi Version]
11. Fais Comme Si
12. Vallet des Curs
13. Amants de Demain
14. Neiges de Finlande
15. Tant Qu'il y Aura des Jours
16. Eden Blues
17. Gitan et La Fille
18. Orgues de Barbarie
19. Je Sais Comment
20. Je Me Souviens d'Une Chanson
21. C'est un Homme Terrible
22. Tatave
23. T'Es Beau Tu Sais

Tracks:

1. Milord
2. Mon Man oi (Tu Me Fais Tourner La T)
3. C'est l'Amour
4. ranger - Robert Chauvigny, Edith Piaf
5. Non La Vie N'Est Pas Triste
6. Kiosque ournaux
7. Mo de Paris
8. Ouragan
9. Cri du Cur
10. Je Suis oi
11. Amants Merveilleux
12. Vieux Piano
13. Non Je Ne Regrette Rien
14. Vie l'Amour
15. Jzalem
16. Mots d'Amour
17. Boulevard du Crime
18. Mon Dieu
19. Des Histoires
20. Ville Inconnue
21. Je M'Imagine
22. Belle Histoire d'Amour
23. Flonflons du Bal
24. T'Es l'Homme Qu'il Me Faut

Tracks:

1. Blouses Blanches
2. Toujours Aimer
3. Mon Vieux Lucien
4. Dans Leur Baiser
5. Exodus
6. Marie-Trottoir
7. Billard ectrique
8. Faut Pas Qu'il Se Figure
9. Mon Dieu [Version Anglaise]
10. No Regrets
11. Bleuets d'Azur
12. Bruit des Villes
13. C'est Peut-ait
14. Qu'il ait Triste Cet Anglaid
15. Carmen's Story
16. Amants
17. Toi Tu l'Entends Pas
18. Fallait-Il?
19. Polichinelle
20. Valse
21. On Cherche un Auguste
22. Fait Dr

Tracks:

1. C'est Peut-re
2. Inconnu Excepte Dieu
3. Amants de Tel
4. Quatorze Juillet
5. Petit Brouillard
6. Quoi Sert l'Amour - Edith Piaf,
7. Emporte-Moi
8. Musique out Va
9. Diable de La Bastille
10. Droit d'Aimer
11. Roulez Tambours
12. Rendez-Vous
13. Monsieur Incognito
14. Chant d'Amour
15. J'En Ai Tant Vu
16. C'ait Pas Moi
17. Margot Cur Gros
18. Gens
19. Traqu
20. Tiens V'la un Marin
21. Homme de Berlin

Tracks:

1. Et Pourtant (Copie de Travail)
2. Johnny Fedora et Alice Blue Bonnet
3. Rideau Tombe Avant La Fin
4. Elle Avait Son Sourire
5. Elle Chantait - Les Compagnons de la Chanson, Edith Piaf
6. Et Toi (Tu N'As Pas Besoin de Mes Rs)
7. Dans Ma Rue
8. Rideau Tombe Avant La Fin - Robert Chauvigny, Edith Piaf
9. Miss Otys Regrets
10. Monsieur Est Parti en Voyage
11. Mort du Petit Cheval [Diffuse 1 Janvier 1991]
12. Sans y Penser
13. Quand Tu Dors
14. Embrasse-Moi
15. J'N'attends Plus Rien [Extraits]
16. J'En Ai Passes Nuits [Extraits]
17. Dcheur [Extraits]
18. Tant Qu'il y Aura des Jours

Tracks:

1. Droit d'Aimer
2. Quoi Sert l'Amour
3. Mon Dieu
4. Rue de Siam [Int]
5. Jean l'Espagnol [Int]
6. Rtition Boulevard Lannes au Domicile d'Edith Piaf: MichaLe Mur/Le
7. Sale Petit Brouillard [Extraits]
8. T'Es Beau Tu Sais - Georges Moustaki, Edith Piaf
9. Dimanche ondres - Edith Piaf,
10. Lnde
11. C'est Pour [Version du 78 Tours]
12. Homme Comme Les Autres [Version du 78 Tours]
13. Si, Si, Si - Eddie Constantine, Edith Piaf
14. Padam...Padam [Version Rregistren 2003]
15. Long des Quaid [Orchestral]

Tracks:

1. Je N'En Connais Pas La Fin [Instrumental]
2. Sous le Ciel de Paris
3. Je T'Ai dans La Peau
4. Miscorde
5. C'est ambourg
6. Padam...Padam
7. Hymn to Love
8. Monsieur le Noble
9. Fanion de La Lon
10. Merry Go Round
11. Bravo Pour le Clown!
12. Amants de Paris
13. Je Hais Les Dimanches
14. Little Man
15. Escale
16. Homme a Moto
17. Autumn Leaves
18. Mariage
19. Vie en Rose [Version Anglaise]

Tracks:

1. Accordiste
2. Monsieur Saint-Pierre
3. C'est Pour
4. Je T'Ai dans La Peau
5. Amants d'Un Jour
6. Grognards
7. C'est ambourg
8. Miscorde
9. Goualante du Pauvre Jean
10. Padam...Padan
11. Jeune Homme Chantait
12. F Continue
13. Heureuse
14. Homme a Moto
15. Tgramme
16. Hymn to Love
17. Bravo Pour le Clown!
18. Vie en Rose [Version Anglaise]

Album Details

2007 Reissue of a Mammoth 40th Anniversary 20 CD Box Set Released in Conjunction with the Arrival in Theatres of the Motion Picture Biography "la Mome", Directed by Olivier Dahan. Includes 413 Recordings, of which Seven Are Previously Unreleased and 77 Various Rarities and Alternative Takes. The Discs Include her Legendary Concerts at New York's Carnegie Hall in 1956 and 57.

Average customer rating: A "tres bon!" for Chansons, Accordions, Croissants

Chansons, Accordions, Croissants: 25 Original French Accordion Songs Cafe Parisien Manufacturer: Metro Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Cafe de Paris: 1930-1941: 24 Accordion Classics Accordion Italiano C'est L'amour: Romantic French Classics French Cafe Frencher Style: French Cafe Accordion ASIN: B00004RIMT Release Date: 2003-02-24

Tracks:

1. Rosa Bianca - Orchestre Colmbo Du Bal Tabarin
2. Swing Valse - Gus Viseur
3. Nuages - Gus Viseur
4. Accordiste - Edith Piaf
5. Caprice Musette - Orcheste Mustte Carlinin
6. Winds & Strings (Andalousie) - Gus Viseur
7. Swing Guitare - Roger Etlens & Son Ensemble
8. Alhambra - Albert Haurd et Son Ensemble de La
9. Matelotte - Gus Viseur
10. Java du Tabarin - Maurice Muni et Son Orchestre Musette de la Rue de Lappe
11. Jeannette - Les Freres Colombo Du Bal Tabarin
12. Bois de la Cambe - Gus Viseur
13. Quand on Se Promene au Bord de l'Eau - Jean Gabin
14. Porter - Gus Viseur
15. Cafe au Lait - Tony Mur
16. Brise Napolitaine - Guerino Et Son Orchestre Musette
17. FlambMontalbanaise - Gus Viseur
18. Pegurinade - Les Freres Colombo Du Bal Tabarin
19. Valse de Minuit - Gus Viseur
20. Jour de Swing - Louis Richardet
21. Je Ne Saurai Jamais Dire Ca - Roger Chaput
22. Dans Les Musettes de Paris - Germaine Beria & Les Vagbonds Melomanes
23. Bastoche - Java Executee Par L'Orchestre Musette de Groch
24. Mado - Emile Vacher
25. Retour des Hirondelles - Robert Trogee & Ses Virtuoses

Album Description

Subtitled - Chansons Accordeons Croissants - 25 Original French Accordion Songs. Budget-price compilation highlights the cafe culture of Paris with tracks from Edith Piaf, Gus Viseur & Son Orchestre, & Jean Gabin. Metro. 2000.

Album Details

Welcome to the Tree-lined Boulevards of Paris and the Heyday of the Bal Musette. Sit Back with Your Cafe Au Lait and Croissant and Relax as Edith Piaf, Gus Viseur, Tony Murena and Other Star Performers Serenade You with a Collection of the Finest Accordion Classics Ever Made.

Customer Reviews:

A "tres bon!" for Chansons, Accordions, Croissants.......2006-02-25

The CD conjured up images of being in a lively French bistro with a wonderful glass of wine, and the pleasant exchange of lively conversations among "locals." I would highly recommend for anyone wanting to set the mood for a themed event or who personally enjoys traditional French accordion music.

Average customer rating: Breathtaking operatica "o" First few songs are good, the rest are??? This is the pits. . . the absolute pits Adding To My List Of Vices: A Continuation

O: Operatica, Vol. 1 Manufacturer: E-Magine Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music All Works by Gluck | Gluck, Christoph W. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Villa-Lobos, Heitor | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Vivaldi | Vivaldi, Antonio | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances 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 Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Computer | Electronic | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Operatica: Shine Myth of Red Trance Opera: The Complete Masterworks - Classic Meets Pop Etterna The Fifth Element: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ASIN: B00004Z42O Release Date: 2000-10-03

Tracks:

1. Ave Maria
2. Vocalise
3. Melancholy Rose
4. L'Heure Exquise
5. O Del Mio Dolce Ardor
6. Charmed By A Rose
7. In The City
8. Get Off My Land
9. Dite Oime
10. Bachianas Brasileiras No.5
11. Maria's Dream (Instrumental)
12. Bonus Track

Customer Reviews:

Breathtaking.......2006-12-17

I bought this CD before it was even well-known, though I wonder how many people even know about it right now. This is truly a gem of a find. The fusion of electronica and opera is amazing and the vocals are haunting and beautiful. I have had several friends listen to this CD and all of them fall in love with it, just like I did when I first heard it. I have since bought Operatica: Shine and the more recent Operatica: Christmas Classics and I can truly say I am just as pleased with both follow-up albums. I listen to a variety of music and have a large collection, and this is one of my favourite CDs! Bravo to the creators, composers, vocalist(s) and artists that brought this compilation together.

operatica "o".......2005-09-19

I have this album and think it is unusually beautiful, innovative, a woman with a lovely voice.

Why is she not mentioned or given the credit she deserves, it would appear she is some kind of a secret!

Maureen O'Flynn is only mentioned in the booklet of credits in the jewel case itself, why?
Enter her name in the search in CDNOW and it comes up blank! Why?

First few songs are good, the rest are???.......2004-02-13

First few songs are good, but the rest of the album is no good!

This is the pits. . . the absolute pits.......2003-08-23

Maureen O'Flynn is a perfectly good singer, but whoever thought this "marriage" of opera and pop was a good idea is the same guy that thinks John Tesh is a great composer. People have simply stopped listening seriously to music, and it is a real shame. This recording is for the scrap heap. The accompaniment is cheesier than a big wedge of provolone. There isn't a single live musician in the studio with this young lady. The people who think this is good music are the same ones that aren't bothered by the prospect of a canned sound track in a Broadway show or the "pop stylings" of Charlotte Church. Go out and find some REAL MUSIC, people! It's there if you look. As the great American composer Charles Ives wrote: "Open your ears!"

Adding To My List Of Vices: A Continuation.......2003-05-05

When coupling sounds from two opposing polarities into one another and blending them into the perfect texturization of harmonics, one has to have a few things that fit nicely together in order to succeed. One has to first have a musical stylization that works when placed into an arena that isn't normally associated with its feel, making sure that the seams that could be ripe for the picking aren't taken advantage of. Next, one has to make sure that the voice behind the work, if there is a vocal combination in the work at all, is something that will work smoothly and will not let the vehicle of sense assailment down. Otherwise, the end result is painful and the art, it is merely noise. This is especially true when one is trying to fit a glove on the hand that isn't accustomed to wearing it, making certain that the fit is right and that the end result isn't too rudimentary because something was overlooked.

With Operatica: "O" Volume 1, the components come together fabulously and the seams don't really show at all except on the rarest of occasions (two songs out of eleven by my count, and perhaps that's more beat than anything), throwing a mixture of motions into a vocally moving ocean that would, on many occasions, be seen as items that wouldn't fit together. Here, the beautiful voice of Maureen O'Flynn mixes the operatic sounds I had never truly experienced into a sea of electronic beats, ambient rhythms, speaking pianos, and other vessels to compose the perfect structure. This takes a classical form and introduces it to a world that paints new scenes that couldn't have been painted otherwise, letting its audience ingest a spectrum of thoughts that they wouldn't intake normally. I, myself, was stunned to find that I was instantly addicted to the release, listening to it over and over again and wondering where Opera had been all of my life. Honestly, being a child of electronic music that drifts into heavier organisms of feeling, I never thought I would ever think such thoughts.

For people that can't bridge the span of biases and enjoy items that span gaps in tastes and in sensations, then this wouldn't be something that you would enjoy. There are many things within it, like the work itself, that aren't traditional and that a person looking for the flairless would find flavorless, from the sound clips used as accents to the beats that infest the sounds and make them dance through the mind with zeal. For someone that is looking for something that breaks outside the mundane drum and bass notions of music and that wants to hear an angelic voice pouring through synthetically fashioned skylines, then this might be something you'd look into tasting. Me, I never thought that something like this would find its way into my home, but it did more than that. It actually made me listen to things I hadn't really listened to, liking them for what might amount to a first time.

Average customer rating: A good reference disc Beautiful music. Beneath the objective criticism often lies a subjective grandeur The Orlando Consort sings Desprez much better... Splendid

Josquin Desprez: Motets & Chansons Josquin Desprez , Paul Hillier , and The Hilliard Ensemble Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Requiems | Forms & Genres | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chansons | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Requiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli, Missa Aeterna Perotin / The Hilliard Ensemble Machaut: Messe de Notre Dame / The Hilliard Ensemble Guillaume de Machaut: Motets Josquin des Prés: Missa Pange Lingua; Missa La Sol Fa Re Mi ASIN: B000002SSH Release Date: 1997-01-21

Tracks:

1. Ave Maria... Virgo serena (Motet a quatre voix)
2. Absalon fili mi (Motet a quatre voix)
3. Veni Sancte Spiritus (Motet a six voix)
4. De profundis clamavi (Motet a quatre voix)
5. Scaramella va alla guerra And Scaramella fa la galla
6. In te Domine speravi
7. El grillo
8. Milles regretz (chanson a quatre voix)
9. Petite camusette (chanson a six voix)
10. Je me complains (chanson a cinq voix)
11. En l'ombre d'ung buissonet (chanson a trois voix)
12. Je ne me puis tenir d'aimer (chanson a cinq voix)
13. La deploration de Jehan Ockeghem

Amazon.com essential recording

The Hilliard Ensemble bathes these vital vocal works by Josquin in a Mediterranean light: clear, warm, and brilliant. Josquin was a northerner who, like so many other composers of the Renaissance, descended to Italy to pursue his career. The singers bring to life the composer's marriage of the Flemish preoccupation with technique and the southern instinct toward lyricism. This is an extraordinary disc. --Joshua Cody

Customer Reviews:

A good reference disc.......2007-03-20

These performance are crystal claer, but seem to lack emotional investment.

Beautiful music........2007-01-05

I just wish there was more recorded Desprez out there. Enjoy this lovely CD.

Beneath the objective criticism often lies a subjective grandeur.......2006-07-14

3 1/2


Sacred choral works sung with the subtle graces of stained glass refracting light, still at times synonymous sentiment in tonality looses value in between a few more upbeat numbers. While focusing and authenticating to the vibration of what was undoubtedly a symbolic pillar of faith many centuries ago, one benefits more from a detached awareness from composition in favor of utter immersion into the sublime transitions throughout these hallowed vocals. Although hardly a definitive collection, this disc serves as a good introduction (& painful reminder) to the ancient, purist reception this stilling music once knew.

The Orlando Consort sings Desprez much better..........2005-03-28

This unexpensive and rather short cd offers a selection of Desprez's works, both sacred and profane in a 50/50 ratio.

While some people may find the contrast between the (extremely)slow, stately religious pieces and the quick, playful songs in French and Italian stimulating, I found it slightly disturbing. I definitely would have preferred a selection of pieces with a greater unity of mood and style.

While the performance is certainly first-rate, the recording seems to me to be below average: when you turn up the volume, an annoying hum is heard in the background. Is this problem due to the inferior quality of my hi-fi? It might be, but the fact is that this maddening defect has appeared only on very few of my cds (it is also very evident on recordings of the King's College Choir).

I recommend in addition to this cd Ockeghem's Mass "De plus en plus" by the Orlando Consort. Ockeghem's Great Lament for the death of Jean Binchois is in my opinion much more beautiful and moving than Desprez's own lament for Ockeghem on this cd.

I also warmly recommend "Desprez: Motets", also by the Orlando Consort, an imported October 2000 Deutsche Grammophon CD, for me one of the best, if not the best Renaissance sacred music recording. IMHO, The Orlando Consort sings and interprets Desprez infinitely better than the Hilliard Ensemble and even beats the Tallis Scholars.

The total duration of this recording is 50 minutes.

Splendid.......2005-02-23

Other reviewers have pretty much said it all-- all I can add is-- if you don't like James's voice, then don't listen to Hilliard. David James is to the Hilliard Ensemble what The Edge is to U2. ;)

Average customer rating: Susan Graham, Songs of Reynaldo Hahn Excellent Catalyst for Seduction. Buy It. Graham's Artistry Makes for Compelling Listening in a Collection of Songs from a 'Minor' Composer The beauty of "La Belle Époque" A very good Hahn collection

Susan Graham - La Belle Époque (The Songs of Reynaldo Hahn) Reynaldo Hahn , Susan Graham , and Roger Vignoles Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD 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 $7.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | 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: Susan Graham ~ Berlioz - Les nuits d'été Susan Graham - Songs of Ned Rorem Poèmes de l'Amour Susan Graham - Mozart & Gluck Arias ~ Il tenero momento Susan Graham at Carnegie Hall ASIN: B00000AG7M Release Date: 1998-09-15

Tracks:

1. A Chloris
2. Le Rossignol des lilas
3. L'Enamour
4. Trois Jours de vendage
5. Lyde
6. Tyndaris
7. Phyllis
8. Les Fontaines
9. L'Automne
10. Infidelit
11. Dans la nuit
12. D'une prison
13. Quand la nuit n'est pas teoilee
14. Fume
15. Le Printemps
16. Je me souviens
17. Quand je fus pris au pavillion
18. Paysage
19. Fetes galantes
20. Nocturne
21. Mai
22. L'Heure exquise
23. Offrande
24. Si mes vers avaient des ailes

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Lyric mezzo-soprano Susan Graham stands out from the crowd for her expressive, opulent voice and communicative gifts. Someone at Sony has made the decision to place her in the public mind primarily as a singer of French works, and although it would be a shame to see her limited to that area of the repertoire, she does sing the French repertoire exceptionally. Graham sings sensitively and idiomatically in this group of 24 songs by Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947), a Venezuelan-born, French-reared composer and conductor who knew how to craft a song like few others. In such lovely songs as "A Chloris," which opens the album, and "Je me souviens," Hahn creates a bevy of beautiful little worlds, which Graham and the outstanding pianist Roger Vignoles present in memorable form. This album belongs in the collection of all lovers of song. --Sarah Bryan Miller

Customer Reviews:

Susan Graham, Songs of Reynaldo Hahn.......2007-01-10

Stunning. The sticker on the front of the CD (New York Times quote) says it all: "breathtaiking and unforgettable!".

Excellent Catalyst for Seduction. Buy It........2006-05-19

'La Belle Epoque, The Songs of Reynaldo Hahn' by mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, accompanied by pianist, Roger Vignoles, is much different from my earlier subject of a Graham Review, some songs from Berlioz. The Berlioz material struck me as a concerto for orchestra and voice. This was excellent material for to wow a mate on a first date. Reynaldo Hahn's chamber songs are for much more intimate venues and objectives. Even more than any other 'Lieder' or 'Chansom' specialist I can think of, these are the sorts of things you want to use when the object is seduction.

The songs are so gentle and so seductive that they are as likely to set the tone for the seducer as well as for the seductee. Even if you are not in a seductive situation, the songs will make you want to be there.

All this means is that while Reynaldo Hahn does not have the great reputation of Berlioz or Shubert or Schuman or Debussy, you really should know his songs, and Ms. Graham does a great interpretation to make this introduction.

Graham's Artistry Makes for Compelling Listening in a Collection of Songs from a 'Minor' Composer.......2006-02-27

This was only Graham's second solo outing, and for many listeners it confirmed the promise of her d?but recording of "Les Nuits d'?t?" -- an unusual accomplishment for a relatively minor project.

I know the songs of Reynaldo Hahn from a number of worthy recordings from other artists -- Rachel Yakar, Martyn Hill, Bruno Laplante, Mady Mespl?, Graham Johnson & Co. (the Hyperion French Song Edition), one-offs on Elly Ameling albums, not to mention vintage recordings by Hahn himself. All the same, this recording was a complete revelation. Her beauty of tone, her ease with the French language (surpassing, I daresay, the much-vaunted Francophony of Felicity Lott), her canny selection of songs, Vignoles's sensitive accompaniment, they all add up. But there's that (ahem) je-ne-sais-quoi that makes something a classic, and this album has it. It captures an era, it creates a time and place that come wafting out of your speakers.

My favorite song on this record is "Si la nuit n'est pas ?toil?e" -- it is a rapturous melody to a quintessential Victor Hugo text. But there is nary a false note on the entire album. I do recommend, if you can find it, the Ameling album "Serenata," which includes two Hahn songs I haven't encountered elsewhere, "L'amiti?" with its faint melancholy and "La vie est belle" with its French ?lan.

As we know, Graham has gone on to much bigger things, but she retains her commitment to the art of song and to breathing fresh life into French rarities (as in her delightful operetta album). In terms of tone, timbre, and intonation, for my money she has the most beautiful voice in opera today. My only hope is that she doesn't go the way of Ren?e Fleming and become The Voice Beautiful ... she veered a bit in that direction with her recent Chausson record, and I hope she gets back to business and gets her vivid personality back in action in her song performances.

The beauty of "La Belle Époque".......2005-09-13

This is one of the most beautiful vocal recordings I have recently experienced. The songs of Reynaldo Hahn are beautiful gems exquisitly presented by the polished voice of Susan Graham. I have gone back to this recording many times.

A very good Hahn collection.......2004-12-05

Venezuelan-born Reynaldo Hahn was taken to Paris at age 3, and became, early enough (his most famous song, Si mes vers avaient des ailes, was composed when he was 12!) a steady feature in the musical life of Paris.

Lover of Marcel Proust, sought-after musical entertainer in the salons of the Highest Society, diarist, composer, singer, renowned conductor, influential music writer in the most powerful daily in France (Le Figaro) finally General Manager of the Opéra Comique before dying of a brain tumor in 1947, Hahn was a multi-faceted musician of the highest probity. His songs are simple, patrician, utterly elegant, and always set to the best poetry. His simplicity and purity of means accomplish in little what many pretentious thunderers fail even to approximate.

Hahn himself had a light little baritone voice, a little croak of a voice, really, with which he became popular in high society drawing rooms before the First World War: a voice that charmed duchesses and made the most reserved princesses smile. He even made some 50 records between 1920 and 1930, which show his unique, expressive musicality, unfailing sense of phrasing, elegance of style, and fine piano-playing (He almost invariably accompanies himself.)

Hahn's own 78s, and a very few others by the likes of Ninon Vallin, give a clear recorded testimony of how his songs ought to be performed: simply, elegantly, with charm.

Graham is a lovely singer and a supple musician. Her French is not exactly top-notch but most people will not care: they will respond to her beautiful sound and endearing manner. The pianist is also good.

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

Amazon.com

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: Lovely An unexpected glimpse of happiness. Enchanting recital of French Melodies Nuit d'toiles - Melodies Francaises/ Gens, Vignoles An Outstanding Vocal Performance

Véronique Gens - Nuit d'étoiles (Mélodies Française) / Vignoles Gabriel Fauré , Claude Debussy , Francis Poulenc , Véronique Gens , and Roger Vignoles Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Poulenc | Poulenc, Francis | ( P ) | 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 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 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 $9.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Poulenc, Francis | ( P ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Véronique Gens ~ Berlioz - Les Nuits d'été · La mort de Cléopatre Poulenc - Melodies / Ameling · Gedda · W. Parker · Sénéchal · Souzay · Baldwin Reneé Fleming & Jean-Yves Thibaudet - Night Songs (Fauré, Debussy, Marx, Strauss, Rachmaninov) Tragédiennes Joseph Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne ASIN: B00003ZKR9 Release Date: 2000-04-11

Tracks:

1. Apres un reve, Op. 7 No. 1
2. Sylvie, Op. 7 No. 3
3. Au bord de l'eau, Op. 8 No. 1
4. Lydia, Op. 4 No. 2
5. Le papillon et la fleur, Op. 1 No.1
6. Mandoline, Op. 58 No. 1: 5 Melodies de Venise
7. Clair de lune, Op. 46, No. 2
8. Les berceaux, Op. 23 No. 1
9. 3 Chansons de Bilitis: I. La flute de Pan
10. 3 Chansons de Bilitis: II. La chevelure
11. 3 Chansons de Bilitis: III. Le tombeau des Naiades
12. Fetes galantes: I. En sourdine
13. Fetes galantes: II. Fantoches
14. Fetes galantes: III. Clair de lune
15. Nuit d'etoiles
16. Beau soir
17. Fleur des bles
18. La Belle au bois dormant
19. Noel des enfants qui n'ont plus de maison
20. BANALITES: I. Chanson d'Orkenise
21. BANALITES: II. Hotel
22. BANALITES: III. Fagnes de Wallonie
23. BANALITES: IV. Voyage a Paris
24. BANALITES: V. Sanglots
25. 2 Melodies de Guillaume Apollinaire: I. Montparnasse
26. 2 Melodies de Guillaume Apollinaire: II. Hyde Park
27. Les chemins de l'amour - valse chantee

Customer Reviews:

Lovely.......2005-08-30

I recommend this to any art-song lover, and really, anybody at all. Gens does an excellent performance of a great collection of beautiful French songs. Her voice is enjoyable all the way, she has great expression, and a convincing mastery of the genre.

An unexpected glimpse of happiness........2001-07-21

Stendhal wrote that "the sight of anything extremely beautiful, in nature or in art, brings back the memory of what one loves, with the speed of lightning. That is, ... all that is beautiful and sublime in the world takes part in the beauty of what one loves, and this unexpected glimpse of happiness immediately fills the eyes with tears. This is how love of the beautiful and love give each other life." This is what Ms. Gens will do to you when you listen to this CD.

Enchanting recital of French Melodies.......2000-07-07

This is a most enjoyable release, all the more so because Veronique Gens, who is generally considered a baroque specialist on the lyric stage, may well be a torch-bearer of the elusive art of the French song in the coming decades. The voice of Gens, which is solid and well-integrated with an alluring dash of vibrancy embedded therein, is eminently suited to the repertoire represented in this new Virgin Classics release. Her secure technique (just a hint of strain in one or two high notes) also renders it possible for her to fine down her voice in the ending of phrases to a charming effect. Being a native French speaker certainly helps, too. Although hers is perhaps not the most strongly-etched of readings, she is able to inflect the text intelligently, and her subtle but heart-felt stresses on particular words not only serve to illuminate the poetic prose, but also meld beautifully with the notes that she sing.

The CD opens with songs by Faure, and while Gens may not possess the charm and naturalness of utterance of Maggie Teyte, whose recordings of Faure's songs are, in the opinion of this reviewer, unsurpassable, she can conjure up the right kind of feeling for every song as no one can. Her tempo for the popular "Apres un reve" is a trifle too laid back. Yet, she conveys to perfection the dream-like quality of the song, as well as the sense of confusion and regret at awakening. Her singing of "Le papillon et la fleur" is delightfully vivid, and her evocation of the feeling of sadness being kept in restraint in "Les berceaux" makes the performance both intimate and touching.

The Debussy group is no less impressive. Despite the innovative idiom in which most of these songs are composed, Gens is able bring them off effortlessly and stylishly. She is in total command whether in the serenity of "Beau soir", the romanticism of "Nuit d'etoiles", the rustic charm of "Fleur des bles", or the harrowing grimness of "Noel des enfants qui n'ont plus de maison", the last one composed when Debussy was being haunted by the atrocities of the Great War. In "Fetes galantes I", although the vocal and piano parts are often independent of each other, Gens's remarkable interpretation succeeds in unifying the two strands into a picturesque and colourful whole. The "3 Chansons de Bilitis", which are composed very much in the style of PELLEAS ET MELISANDE, also find an ideal interpreter in Gens where, blessed with a keen sense of rhythm, she succeeds in propelling the texts forward with musical grace and dramatic import. She would surely make a wonderful Melisande.

The Poulenc is equally fine. The young soprano is able to do full justice to the diverse moods in "Banalites", which, according to Olivier Opdebeeck, who penned the CD notes, is composed in a "part-melancholy, part-joyful tone with a barb of irony which the composer identified in the poet". The "2 Melodies de Guillaume Apollinaire" are sharply contrasted, one (Montparnasse) languid and brooding and the other (Hyde Park) gusty and piquant. Gens's singing of "Les chemins de l'amour", a cross between a Viennese waltz and a cabaret song, is loveliness itself and provides a delicious end to an enchanting recital.

The major reservation that this reviewer has involves the accompaniment of Roger Vignoles. While he is able to provide secure support for the singer, his playing is uncharacterful and even bland. Besides, the piano tone seems to be rather thin at times. Nonetheless, this should not detract one from the sensuous beauty of Gens's performance. This reviewer hopes that Virgin Classics would be encouraged by the success of this release so that they can present this most promising singer in further volumes of French songs by, say, Chausson, Ravel and Duparc.

Nuit d'toiles - Melodies Francaises/ Gens, Vignoles.......2000-06-13

Not being a professional, but loving the genre of French melodies I'll avoid technical commentary; I have become a collector of these in recent years and find this one extremely satifying and appreciate the variety this CD presents.

An Outstanding Vocal Performance.......2000-05-01

This ranks as one of the very best recordings of French 'melodies' that I have yet heard. Unlike most other singers, Gens gives the words drama and meaning. Too many singers perform these works in a detached 'artistic' manner that often makes them all sound almost alike. I say this not to belittle Gens' voice (which is superb), but to indicate that this disk will take you beyond the 'standard' interpretations of these works. I had a chance to compare one of the melodies with another recent recording by Schafer, another singer whom I respect Both were being featured in a local record store. It was hard to realize they were actually singing the same piece. I recently saw Gens perform much of the same program at a recital in NYC. This was the best recital I had heard in a very long time (I go to many). The disk is almost as good. It suffers a bit from a very unnatural recorded sound: the microphone is much too close to the singer and the piano is much too forward. Also the accompaniest in NYC was clearly better. Nevertheless, it would be hard to find a better recorded performance. The more I listen to the disk, the less I notice these drawbacks. The choice of repetoire is also well done. I particularly liked the Debussy 'Trois chansons de Bilitis.' She ends with 'Les chemins de l'amour' which Poulenc wrote for Jean Anouilh's play 'Leaocadia'. This has become very popular outside the normal recital circuit. If you get only one disk of French melodies, this is the one to get.

Average customer rating: French folkloric chanson possibly Nana's best a MUST for every Mouskouri fan The old made new in tuneful interpretation Five stars aren't enough!

Vielles Chansons de France Nana Mouskouri Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music French Pop | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Dans le Soleil et Dans le Vent Nuestras Canciones La Dame De Coeur Christmas Album Ma Verite ASIN: B000001F7M Release Date: 1996-09-27

Tracks:

1. Voici Le Mois De May
2. Belle Doette
3. Le Roi A Fait Battre Tambour
4. Pauvre Retebeuf
5. A La Claire Fontaine
6. L'Amour De Moy
7. Le Pont De Nantes
8. Brave Marin
9. Aux Marches Du Palais
10. V'La L'Bon Vent
11. Plaisir D'Amour
12. Un Beau Matin A La Fraiche
13. Mariez-Vous Belles
14. Va Mon Ami Va
15. Ah! Si Mon Moine
16. Je N'aimerai Jamais Que Vous
17. Mes Belles Amourettes
18. Dans Les Prisons De Nantes
19. La Vierge A La Fontaine
20. Vive La Rose

Customer Reviews:

French folkloric chanson.......2006-04-29

I have treasured this CD. It's a great way to introduce the rich French repertoire of folk music to language learners. Her voice is heavenly and her rendition of these lilting ballads are a perfect match for each other.

possibly Nana's best.......2002-07-06

I have owned this album in vinyl, tape or cd form for more than 25 years. I first acquired it in the winter of '76-'77. I play it at least once a year. I have a great deal of Nana's music -- this is quite possibly the very best, especially for anyone who understands French.

a MUST for every Mouskouri fan.......1999-08-29

Actually these are 2 original Mouskouri's old french album compiled on 1 CD.As other reviewer wrote,this album really captures the French spirit with lots of feeling poured from these songs.Mouskouri's large part from her repertoire is her french songs & this album is one of her best studio efforts in this direction.Also ,I'd recommend on the "In Paris" album from 66,presently available only on Lps.

The old made new in tuneful interpretation.......1999-07-26

I'd never even heard of Nana Mouskouri, but I like French music, so I purchased this CD. I found a beautiful voice and over an hour of lovely, richly interpreted songs. I'd never heard any of these tunes before, but I love almost every one. What a great sing-along album! The booklet contains all the lyrics, too. Mouskouri is the only singer I can think of who wears glasses on stage (well, besides Buddy Holly).

Five stars aren't enough!.......1998-09-25

Nana Mouskouri gives us an intelligent and sensitive interpretation of old French songs. The songs are lyrical and in some cases, haunting. (I have played this music for teenagers who were also impressed and moved by it.)

Actually, it was Nana's rendition of "Pauvre Reutebeuf", which I heard on Karl Haas' Adventures in Good Music, that introduced me to Nana Mouskouri and made me an instant fan. Mr. Haas' point was that this music epitomizes the French spirit. It helps, but is not mandatory, to understand French to get the most out of this album. However the music is so powerful and honest that it transcends language. (Lyrics are included.) My life would be a lot poorer without this album.

Average customer rating: Wonderful Voice! Fabulous

Marlene Dietrich: Lili Marlene Marlene Dietrich Manufacturer: Arkadia Chansons ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Germany | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Very Best of Marlene Dietrich: 50 Greatest Hits Die Grossen Erfolge The Voice of the Sparrow: The Very Best of Edith Piaf Falling in Love Again Ute Lemper - Berlin Cabaret Songs ASIN: B000005BAA Release Date: 1997-07-01

Tracks:

1. Lili Marlene
2. Lola
3. Boys in the Back Room
4. Quand l'Amour Meurt
5. Symphonie
6. Moi, Je M'Ennuie
7. Illusions
8. Johnny
9. I've Been in Love Before
10. Black Market
11. Another Spring, Another Love
12. Falling in Love Again
13. Give Me the Man
14. You Go to My Head
15. You've Got That Look
16. Near You (Prde Vous)
17. Such Trying Times
18. Mein Blondes Baby

Album Description

The arch-duchess of cabaret, Marlene Dietrich is the quintessential glamour girl of the twentieth century. Two parts ice-queen and one part vamp, her voice -- shown-off in this state-of-the-art remastered classic collection of hits displaying Marlene at her best -- was an instrument she used to tease, seduce, and mock.

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful Voice!.......2000-04-02

Marlene Dietrich undoubtedly has a spectacular and lovely voice. This CD can appeal to so many. I am fourteen, and even I can appreciate the time of Marlene Dietrich. Her beauty survives. She has a voice that surely can enchant eveyone. This CD has a perfectly reasonable price and a short biography of Marlene Dietrich inside the cover in which it tells some of her accomplishments. It is not a brilliant bio or anything, but it was helpful for me because I knew practically nothing about the woman. I also have to note, though, that the quality of the songs is not great, but this CD is worth it. "Lili Marlene," "Black Market," "Falling in Love Again," and "Near You" are surely the best songs. Dietich's voice is beatiful, though a little deep and masculine. It is a pleasing gift.

Fabulous.......1998-10-13

The sultry, siren-esque sounds of Marlene's lyrics are unparalelled in the whole sphere of music. From the delicacy of falling in love again to the raunch of Jonny, each provides a seamingly aphrodisiac quality. Although no recording can do her justice, this one makes a vallant attempt. Bravo Marlene!

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