Boire [Import]

1. Non Non Non Non (Je Ne Su

2. Regarde Un Peu La France

3. Le Cul Par Terre

4. Merci Pour La Joie

5. Crachons Veux Tu Bien

6. Evoluer En 3 Division

7. La Vielle

8. Des Moments De Plaisir

9. La Fille A Qui Je Pense

10. Gilles

11. Combien T'es Beau, Combie

12. Que Devient Ton Poing Qua

13. Recouvrance

Tracks:

Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act I: Prde
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act I: Valse
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act I: Sc
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act I: Mazurka
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act I: Sc
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act I: Ballade
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act I: Th slave varl
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act I: Czarda-Danse hongroise
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act I: Sortie
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act I: Final
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act II: Entr'acte
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act II: Sc
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act II: Sc
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act II: Musique des automates
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act II: Sc
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act II: Sc
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act II: Chanson oire et Sc
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act II: Sc
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act II: Valse de la poup
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act II: Sc
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act II: Bol
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act II: Gigue
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act II: Sc

Tracks:

Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act III: Marche de la cloche - F del la cloche - Divertissement
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act III: Valse des heures
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act III: L'aurore
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act III: Coppa, Act 3: 4: La pri
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act III: Le travail
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act III: L'Hymen (Noce villageoise)
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act III: La discorde et la guerre
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act III: La paix (Pas de deux)
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act III: Variation
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act III: Danse de f
Coppa, Ballet In 3 Acts: Act III: Galop final
La Source, Suite No. 2: Sc dans
La Source, Suite No. 2: Scherzo Polka
La Source, Suite No. 2: Pas de la Guzla
La Source, Suite No. 2: Marche danset Final
La Source: Intermezzo (Pas des Fleurs, Grande Valse)
La Source, Suite No. 3: Incantation
La Source, Suite No. 3: Romance
La Source, Suite No. 3: Introduction et Mazurka
La Source, Suite No. 3: Finale

Customer Reviews:

Coppelia.......2007-07-27

I ordered two DVD versions of Coppelia along with this CD in order to learn the choreography from the ballet. My only complaint about this CD is that the music is considerably faster than either of the orchestras have played the score on the DVDs. This makes it difficult to learn the choreography with out slowing down the CD on a variable speed CD player.

A full-length Coppelia at an appealing price.......2003-06-26

Andrew Mogrelia has conducted a number of full-length ballets for Naxos: Giselle, Sylvia, Sleeping Beauty, and this Coppelia. I own all of them, because I find Mogrelia is one of those rare conductors who make a ballet sound like a ballet.
In concert hall versions, conductors often make ballet music impossibly fast, or simply too unpredictable. (Gergiev's Nutcracker is in this category: fun to listen to, definitely NOT a dancer's Nutcracker.) But when dancers are on stage, they need a regular, dependable beat to dance to. Mogrelia's Coppelia never sounds sing-song, because he uses dynamics so skillfully - but he does conduct at an authentic dance tempo.
Another Coppelia I like and own is Mark Ermler's (ASIN: B0000024CL), but while it's much more than highlights it is not the full ballet. The first act mazurka is missing, and that's a definite loss.
La Source is a bit of an oddity because it was originally commissioned as a sort of competition: half composed by Minkus, half by Delibes. Delibes was generally considered the winner, so he stayed in Paris while Minkus went off to Russia. This album is strictly Delibes, so it's only highlights from La Source. But it does include my favorite, the utterly charming Pas des Fleurs, Grande Valse.

Inspired ballet music at a bargain price........2002-07-13

Although I'm not particularly fond of watching ballets I have a special love for ballet music, and Coppelia is one of my favorites. It is the masterpiece of Leo Delibes who was one of the greatest of ballet composers. Even Tchaikovsky -- probably the greatest ballet composer of all -- greatly admired Delibes' work. This recording presents not only the complete music for Coppelia but also the lovely, but seldom-heard, music Delibes wrote for La Source -- both conducted by the excellent ballet conductor Andrew Mogrelia. And at a bargain price to boot. Please don't pass up this special treasure.

Superb Performance.......2000-08-27

I search for the recording for the complete Coppelia when my daughter's dance school was practicing for it. I found this item. Performance was meticulous. It was recorded in the Orchestra's concert hall over a period of almost two weeks. All digital recording. Well balanced orchestra. Fine details. A good item to collect.

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beautiful music

Delibes: Sylvia & Coppelia [Highlights]

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ASIN: B000002SBK
Release Date: 1992-09-29

Tracks:

Sylvia: Prde
Sylvia: Act 1 : Faunes et Dryades (scherzo)
Sylvia: Act 1 : Le Berger (pastorale)
Sylvia: Act 1 : Les Chassereresses (fanfare)
Sylvia: Act 1 : Valse lente
Sylvia: Act 1 : Cort rustique
Sylvia: Act 1 : Entrdu sorcier (final)
Sylvia: Act 2 : Pas des Ethiopiens
Sylvia: Act 2 : Chant bachique
Sylvia: Act 2 : Sc et danse de la Bacchante
Sylvia: Act 3 : Marche et cort de Bacchus
Sylvia: Act 3 : Sc
Sylvia: Act 3 : Barcarolle
Sylvia: Act 3 : Pizzicati
Sylvia: Act 3 : Violon solo
Sylvia: Act 3 : Pas des escalves
Sylvia: Act 3 : Variation - valse
Sylvia: Act 3 : Strette - galop (danse grale)
Sylvia: Act 3 : Le Temple de Diane (final)
Sylvia: Act 3 : Apparition d'Endymion (apothe)

Tracks:

Coppelia: Prelude
Coppelia: Act 1 : Valse
Coppelia: Act 1 : Mazurka
Coppelia: Act 1 : Scene
Coppelia: Act 1 : Ballade
Coppelia: Act 1 : Theme slave varie
Coppelia: Act 1 : Czardas
Coppelia: Act 2 : Musique des automates
Coppelia: Act 2 : Chanson a boire
Coppelia: Act 2 : Valse de la poupee
Coppelia: Act 2 : Bolero
Coppelia: Act 2 : Gigue
Coppelia: Act 3 : Fete de la cloche
Coppelia: Act 3 : Valse des heures
Coppelia: Act 3 : L'Aurore
Coppelia: Act 3 : La Priere
Coppelia: Act 3 : Le Travail (La Fileuse)
Coppelia: Act 3 : L'Hymen (Noce villageois)
Coppelia: Act 3 : La Discorde et la Guerre (Marche des Guerriers)
Coppelia: Act 3 : La Paix
Coppelia: Act 3 : Danse de fete
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!

Berlioz - La Révolution Grecque (Grandes Oeuvres Chorales)

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Excellent collection of enjoyable rarities

Berlioz - La Révolution Grecque (Grandes Oeuvres Chorales)
Michel Plasson , Laurent Naouri , Rolando Villazon , and Nicolas Rivenq
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ASIN: B00008ODZY
Release Date: 2004-01-13

Tracks:

Sara, Belle D'indolence
Meditation Religieuse: Ce Monde Entier N'est Qu'une Ombre Fugitive
La Mort D'Ophelie
Marche Funebre Pour La Derniere Scene d'Hamlet
Formez Vos Rangs, Entrez En Danse!
Dieu Tout-Puissant, Dieu De L'aurore
Veni Creator Spiritus
Tantum Ergo Sacramentum
Recit & Air: Leve-toi, Fils De Sparte!
Choeur: Mais La Voix Du Dieu Des Armees
Priere: Astre Terrible Et Saint, Guide Les Pas Du Brave!
Final: Des Sommets De L'Olympe

Tracks:

Des Espagnols M'ont Pris Sur Leur Navire
Introduction
Recit & Air: Pretresses De Bacchus... O Seul Bien Qui Me Reste!
Recit: Quels Cris Affreux Se Font Entendre?
Bacchanale: O Dieu Puissant, Fils De Latone... O Bacchus Evoe!
Tableau Musical
N'oublions Pas Ces Champs, Dont La Poussiere
Amis, La Coupe Ecume
C'est Le Grand Jour, Le Jour De Fete
Dieu Tout-Puissant, Dieu De L'Aurore
Bien Que Le Ciel Parfois Se Couvre D'un Nuage

Customer Reviews:

Excellent collection of enjoyable rarities.......2005-08-13

Before I get verbose here I'll start with this: the superb performance of the cantata "The Greek Revolution" in this set alone is worth the price of the entire set. This is very early Berlioz but it contains some astonishing things, including a big ending "The Summit of Olympus"--a classic snowballing "call-to-arms" that would make anyone want to go out and battle the Turk--that consistently avoids the trite and obvious and contains ideas about generating excitement a modern rut-ridden choral composer like Philip Glass should pay close attention to. Fornet's recording of this on Denon is also nice and brings out the detail better, and is very powerful, but ultimately isn't as viscerally rousing. Savvy conductors know that even youthful Berlioz contains great stuff.

Anyway:

It's a bit sad that Berlioz is known to many listeners only through a handful of works like the Symphonie Fantastique (his most famous, yet an early work), maybe the Requiem and Harold in Italy, and a few other items (the short list seems to vary from person to person but it's always short). Sad, because unlike some other composers who are one or two trick ponys, Berlioz was a continuously strong and imaginative composer, in fact he was a great composer, up there with the best of them, who let loose with a long string of masterpieces that still need attention--like his opera Benvenuto Cellini and twenty other things. The man, even when trying to write boring music, was incapable of writing boring music. Then there's his incredible writing: his autobiography, his criticisms, his satires. He's not only one of my very favorite composers but one of my very favorite writers too. There's no other composer I can say that about.

So what's up with him, and why should you pay attention to this pricey collection of unknowns? Jacques Barzun, another favorite writer and an authority on Berlioz, thinks the Frenchman was so advanced in his ideas that he's been thoroughly misunderstood and grotesquely underappreciated up until fairly recently. Even Donald Francis Tovey, an insightful musical commentator (and another favorite writer--his books are highly recommended) of over 100 years ago talks of Berlioz as if, at times, he didn't known exactly what he was doing. There's an awful comment by him about how Berlioz allegedly knew how to start and end a piece but got a bit lost in between. How untrue. Barzun, on the other hand, mentions an incident where some critic complains about a series of wrong (meaning incompetently judged and not conforming to theory of that time) chords used in Harold in Italy and the response by a sharp conductor was "So tell me then why they sound so right?" (Someone later did a proper modern analysis and found the chord use was subtle and brilliant) Barzun's point, in a wonderful essay "Berlioz after a Hundred Years" (In "Critical Questions")is that we have yet to totally figure out why so much of his music sounds right. I'd also add that we are only just maybe starting to learn how to make it sound right. Berlioz was smart, possibly smarter than any of us and it's taking us 200 years to catch up with him.

[My guess at one explanation of his greatness was his total mastery of the very poetic French language and his ability to translate that into a sort of music. His melodies often sound like someone speaking. Elliot Carter is another great composer who is intensely literate and a fine writer... and a great composer perhaps for similar reasons.]

I'll go even further, after 30 years of listening to his music I'm convinced he stands at the top platform with the handful of all-time great composers. Berlioz transformed Western art music--single-handedly--into a supple, breathing, colorful, and living thing, and in a way that few composers have managed since. Moving from the Masters (Bach through Beethoven) to Berlioz is like moving from great oil painting to motion pictures in Technicolor and that's about the best way I can describe the phenomenon (Barzun notes his unique multidimensionality). Listen to Mozart's Marriage of Figaro and then listen to Benvenuto Cellini. The music, over 150 years old and only about 50 years older than Mozart's sounds totally modern, and often modern like a modern that hasn't even happened yet. Listen to Schumann's "Faust" (and I dearly love Schumann) and listen to Berlioz's and be shocked. The Schumann version sounds like flat soda in comparison. The only other composer I've encountered whose music has this same visceral "aliveness" (at times) is Shostakovich. Oddly, Berlioz can make even the mighty Strauss sound wooden and fussy (some would say Germanic).

The argument then is one shouldn't avoid anything by Berlioz and one should shop around to find recordings by conductors who understand his music (Gad! Solti doing Faust is stunning)and orchestras who can handle the twists, turns and other race car demands of the scores. This collection of choral works, many rare, many early (keeping in mind the ever-popular Fantastique is early too), is excellent with the only drawback being that a few, lovely as they are, don't showcase his best compositional assets. He was, regardless, a striking choral composer as Colin Davis noted during the recording sesssions for "Cellini." Personally, I never cared much for choral music or even opera until I forced myself to listen to the non-orchestral Berlioz. Well, at least I like HIS stuff in these genres! Everything about this disc is first-rate: performances, conducting (Plasson is an excellent Berlioz conductor) and sound. The only complaint is the cover art is awful. It looks like someone at EMI wanted to save a few bucks so they hired a vaguely talented teenage niece or something to handle it.

Finally, unlike most collections of rarities and odds and ends by composers--even the best of them--this is a set of discs I drag out, play, and enjoy regularly.

Richafort: Requiem in memoriam Josquin Desprez; Motets /Huelgas Ensemble * P van Nevel

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eyewatering :*(
wow
neglected masterpiece
A marvelous recording of an unjustly neglected composer

Richafort: Requiem in memoriam Josquin Desprez; Motets /Huelgas Ensemble * P van Nevel
Jean Richafort , Huelgas Ensemble , and Paul van Nevel
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ASIN: B0000634VR
Release Date: 2002-07-09

Tracks:

Requiem: Introitus
Requiem: Kyrie
Requiem: Graduale
Requiem: Offertorium
Requiem: Sanctus
Requiem: Agnus Dei
Requiem: Communio
Motets: Laetamini in Domino
Motets: Sufficiebat nobis paupertas
Motets: Salve Regina
Motets: Ne vous chaille mon cueur
Motets: Tru tru trut avant
Motets: Il n'est si douce vie

Customer Reviews:

eyewatering :*(.......2006-04-29

Requiems seem to me to be intense, dark or depressing; however this one is more sad than dark. It's obvious that Richafort was heartbroken when his hero Josquin died, especially when hearing the first 10-12 minutes of his requiem. It's also obvious that Richafort, as someone else said, was truly a master in his own right to be able to write music like this. I don't think it sounds like Josquin though. The long, effortless lines (in the beginning anyway) make me think of Palestrina instead. Midway through the graduale the requiem becomes slightly faster and more intense. Among the other tracks, as others have mentioned the Salve Regina & Tru Tru Tru Avant also stand out. Tru Tru Tru Avant is fun to listen to, and somewhat surprising to me since the rest of the album is fairly serious. The Salve Regina is also a masterpiece, but the Requiem is still the centrepiece of this album for sure. I only wish the Huelgas Ensemble included the motet Quem Dicunt Homines on the disc. It is allegedly another masterpiece which is mentioned in the liner notes a few times, but not recorded.

wow.......2006-03-17

Impeccable blend and tone is possesd by the Huelgas Ensemble in this recording of the otherwise unknown Jean Richafort. His requiem was unlike any choral work i've heard previously, Renaissance or otherwise. A phenomenal piece, guaranteed to please. The other tracks are great as well.

neglected masterpiece.......2003-01-16

Jean Richafort's stunning requiem a 6 was written in memorial for his contemporary; Josquin. They are similar stylistically but from the first few seconds of the introitus the awareness dawns that one is in the presence of a fully fledged master in his own right. Imagine Josquin but transformed into smoother, more mannered lines, more intricate and subtle counterpoint and a manipulation of voicing and sonority quite unlike anything else you've heard. The architecture is still there but one becomes so bewitched by the sonic filigree unfolding that one scarcely notices. The whole requiem is very quiet and serene, beautifully paced and with a pliant expressiveness that makes you wonder where this manuscript has been hiding all this time. (Well done Paul van Nevel!)
Probably the most interesting feature of the requiem in my opinion is that each of it's movements wind down softly to end on plagal cadences (chord IV-1) compared to the ubiquitous perfect (chord V-1). I don't know of anywhere else in classical music where this device is employed so consistently and beautifully. The effect as the last notes dissolve into nothingness is unforgettable and will leave you with the realisation that perfect cadences are way to harsh on the ear in comparison!!
This sole recording of the requiem has amazing clarity, presence and depth to complement the ensemble's superb purity, balance and general culture. It will leave you panting for their next project...

A marvelous recording of an unjustly neglected composer.......2002-07-15

For a composer whose works served as models for some of the greatest composers of his day--Morales, Gombert, and Palestrina, to name a few--Jean Richafort is surprisingly little known today. This recording attempts to change this, offering a selection of motets and chansons along with the stunning Requiem mass Richafort wrote to commemorate Josquin Desprez's death in 1521. The Huelgas Ensemble's characteristically warm, rich tone serves the works (especially the Requiem and the Salve) well, lending them a contemplative, spiritual air that puts one in mind of the vast cathedrals and monestaries in which they would have been sung. The chansons, on the other hand, have a bounce and vivacity in keeping with their worldly nature. (The drinking song "Tru, Tru, Trut Avant," probably my favorite track on the album, has so much energy and is so catchy that it will make you want to dance, and will likely make you thirsty as well.) This isn't the only Richafort CD available (the Chapelle du Roi have also released one), but it is certainly the best. (The Chapelle's counter-tenor is very noticeable, and their blend is less seamless than that of the Huelgas Ensemble, although their Latin is a little easier to understand.) The only other thing I can say against the Huelgas recording is that it lacks the "Quem Dicunt Homines" Paul Van Nevel makes so much of in the liner notes, which would have been nice to hear; nonetheless, all of the pieces on the recording are well worth hearing, so this is not much of a complaint. All told, the ensemble's impeccable blend, tone, and musicality do a marvelous job of bringing one of the most talented composers of the Renaissance out of obscurity, and make this CD a must have for lovers of Early Music and choral music alike.

Poulenc - Melodies / Ameling · Gedda · W. Parker · Sénéchal · Souzay · Baldwin

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Essential for the chansom junkie. Buy It.
Almost completely wonderful
Indisputable Gallic flair
Idiomatic, fresh, cleanly recorded
the best songs ever ruined by uneven performing

Poulenc - Melodies / Ameling · Gedda · W. Parker · Sénéchal · Souzay · Baldwin
Francis Poulenc , Dalton Baldwin , Elly Ameling , Gérard Souzay , Nicolai Gedda , Michel Sénéchal , and William Parker
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A French Song Companion
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The Songs of Henri Duparc

ASIN: B000002S31
Release Date: 1992-01-23

Tracks:

LE BESTIAIRE OU CORTEGE D'ORPHEE: I - Le Dromadaire
LE BESTIAIRE OU CORTEGE D'ORPHEE: II - La Chevre Du Tibet
LE BESTIAIRE OU CORTEGE D'ORPHEE: III - La Sauterelle
LE BESTIAIRE OU CORTEGE D'ORPHEE: IV - Le Dauphin
LE BESTIAIRE OU CORTEGE D'ORPHEE: V - L'ecrevisse
LE BESTIAIRE OU CORTEGE D'ORPHEE: VI - La Carpe
COCARDES: I - Miel De Narbonne
COCARDES: II - Bonne D'enfant
COCARDES: III - Enfant De Troupe
5 POEMES DE RONSARD: I - Attributs
5 POEMES DE RONSARD: II - Le Tombeau
5 POEMES DE RONSARD: III - Ballet
5 POEMES DE RONSARD: IV - Je N'ai Plus Les Os
5 POEMES DE RONSARD: V - A Son Page
CHANSONS GAILLARDES: I - La Maitresse Volage
CHANSONS GAILLARDES: II - Chanson A Boire
CHANSONS GAILLARDES: III - Madrigal
CHANSONS GAILLARDES: IV - Invocation Aux Parques
CHANSONS GAILLARDES: V - Couplets Bachiques
CHANSONS GAILLARDES: VI - L'offrande
CHANSONS GAILLARDES: VII - La Belle Jeunesse
CHANSONS GAILLARDES: VIII - Serenade
AIRS CHANTES: I - Air Romantique
AIRS CHANTES: II - Air Champetre
AIRS CHANTES: III - Air Grave
AIRS CHANTES: IV - Air Vif
Epitaphe
3 POEMES DE LOUISE LALANNE: I - Le Present
3 POEMES DE LOUISE LALANNE: II - Chanson
3 POEMES DE LOUISE LALANNE: III - Hier
4 POEMES DE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE: I - L'anguille
4 POEMES DE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE: II - Carte Postale
4 POEMES DE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE: III - Avant Le Cinema
4 POEMES DE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE: IV - 1904
5 POEMES DE MAX JACOB: I - Chanson Bretonne
5 POEMES DE MAX JACOB: II - Cimetiere
5 POEMES DE MAX JACOB: III - La Petite Servante
5 POEMES DE MAX JACOB: IV - Berceuse
5 POEMES DE MAX JACOB: V - Souric Et Mouric
8 CHANSONS POLONAISES: I - La Couronne
8 CHANSONS POLONAISES: II - Le Depart
8 CHANSONS POLONAISES: III - Les Gars Polonais
8 CHANSONS POLONAISES: IV - Le Dernier Mazour
8 CHANSONS POLONAISES: V - L'adieu
8 CHANSONS POLONAISES: VI - Le Drapeau Blanc
8 CHANSONS POLONAISES: VII - La Vistule
8 CHANSONS POLONAISES: VIII - Le Lac

Tracks:

5 POEMES DE PAUL ELUARD: I - Peut - Il Se Reposer?
5 POEMES DE PAUL ELUARD: II - Il La Prend Dans Ses Bras
5 POEMES DE PAUL ELUARD: III - Plume D'eau Claire
5 POEMES DE PAUL ELUARD: IV - Rodeuse Au Front De Verre
5 POEMES DE PAUL ELUARD: V - Amoureuses
A Sa Guitare
TEL JOUR, TELLE NUIT: I - Bonne Journee
TEL JOUR, TELLE NUIT: II - Une Ruine Coquille Vide
TEL JOUR, TELLE NUIT: III - Le Front Comme Un Drapeau Perdu
TEL JOUR, TELLE NUIT: IV - Une Roulotte Couverte En Tuiles
TEL JOUR, TELLE NUIT: V - A Toutes Brides
TEL JOUR, TELLE NUIT: VI - Une Herbe Pauvre
TEL JOUR, TELLE NUIT: VII - Je N'ai Envie Que De T'aimer
TEL JOUR, TELLE NUIT: VIII - Figure De Force Brulante Et Farouche
TEL JOUR, TELLE NUIT: IX - Nous Avons Fait La Nuit
3 POEMES DE LOUISE DE VILMORIN: I - Le Garcon De Liege
3 POEMES DE LOUISE DE VILMORIN: II - Au-Dela
3 POEMES DE LOUISE DE VILMORIN: III - Aux Officiers De La Garde Blanche
2 POEMES DE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE: I - Dans Le Jardin D'anna
2 POEMES DE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE: II - Allons Plus Vite
MIROIRS BRULANTS: I - Tu Vois Le Feu Du Soir
MIROIRS BRULANTS: II - Je Nommerai Ton Front
Le Portrait
La Grenouillere
Priez Pour Paix
Ce Doux Petit Visage
Bleuet
FIANCAILLES POUR RIRE: I - La Dame D'andre
FIANCAILLES POUR RIRE: II - Dans L'herbe
FIANCAILLES POUR RIRE: III - Il Vole
FIANCAILLES POUR RIRE: IV - Mon Cadavre Est Doux Comme Un Gant
FIANCAILLES POUR RIRE: V - Violon
FIANCAILLES POUR RIRE: VI - Fleurs

Tracks:

BANALITES: I - Chanson D'orkenise
BANALITES: II - Hotel
BANALITES: III - Fagnes De Wallonie
BANALITES: IV - Voyage A Paris
BANALITES: V - Sanglots
CHANSONS VILLAGEOISES: I - Chanson Du Clair Tamis
CHANSONS VILLAGEOISES: II - Les Gars Qui Vont A La Fete
CHANSONS VILLAGEOISES: III - C'est Le Joli Printemps
CHANSONS VILLAGEOISES: IV - Le Mendiant
CHANSONS VILLAGEOISES: V - Chanson De La Fille Frivole
CHANSONS VILLAGEOISES: VI - Le Retour Du Sergent
METAMORPHOSES: I - Reine Des Mouettes
METAMORPHOSES: II - C'est Ainsi Que Tu Es
METAMORPHOSES: III - Paganini
2 POEMES DE LOUIS ARAGON: I - C
2 POEMES DE LOUIS ARAGON: II - Fetes Galantes
2 POEMES DE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE: I - Montparnasse
2 POEMES DE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE: II - Hyde Park
2 POEMES DE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE: I - Le Pont
2 POEMES DE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE: II - Un Poeme
Paul Et Virginie
Mais Mourir
Hymne
3 CHANSONS DE FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA: I - L'enfant Muet
3 CHANSONS DE FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA: II - Adelina A La Promenade
3 CHANSONS DE FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA: III - Chanson A L'oranger Sec
Le Disparu
Main Dominee Par Le Coeur
CALLIGRAMMES: I - L'espionne
CALLIGRAMMES: II - Mutation
CALLIGRAMMES: III - Vers Le Sud
CALLIGRAMMES: IV - Il Pleut
CALLIGRAMMES: V - La Grace Exilee
CALLIGRAMMES: VI - Aussi Bien Que Les Cigales
CALLIGRAMMES: VII - Voyage

Tracks:

Mazurka
LA FRAICHEUR ET LE FEU: I - Rayon Des Yeux...
LA FRAICHEUR ET LE FEU: II - Le Matin Les Branches Attisent...
LA FRAICHEUR ET LE FEU: III - Tout Disparut...
LA FRAICHEUR ET LE FEU: IV - Dans Les Tenebres Du Jardin...
LA FRAICHEUR ET LE FEU: V - Unis La Fraicheur Et Le Feu...
LA FRAICHEUR ET LE FEU: VI - Homme Au Sourire Tendre...
LA FRAICHEUR ET LE FEU: VII - La Grande Riviere Qui VA...
PARISIANA: Le Joueur De Bugle
PARISIANA: Vous N'ecrivez Plus?
Rosemonde
LE TRAVAIL DU PEINTRE: I - Pablo Picasso
LE TRAVAIL DU PEINTRE: II - Marc Chagall
LE TRAVAIL DU PEINTRE: III - Georges Braque
LE TRAVAIL DU PEINTRE: IV - Juan Gris
LE TRAVAIL DU PEINTRE: V - Paul Klee
LE TRAVAIL DU PEINTRE: VI - Joan Miro
LE TRAVAIL DU PEINTRE: VII - Jacques Villon
La Souris
Nuage
Dernier Poeme
Une Chanson De Porcelaine
LA COURTE PAILLE: I - Le Sommeil
LA COURTE PAILLE: II - Quelle Aventure!
LA COURTE PAILLE: III - La Reine De Coeur
LA COURTE PAILLE: IV - Ba, Be, Bi, Bo, Bu
LA COURTE PAILLE: V - Les Anges Musiciens
LA COURTE PAILLE: VI - Le Carafon
LA COURTE PAILLE: VII - Lune D'avril
Toreador
4 CHANSONS POUR ENFANTS: I - La Tragique Histoire Du Petit Rene
4 CHANSONS POUR ENFANTS: II - Nous Voulons Une Petite Soeur
4 CHANSONS POUR ENFANTS: III - Le Petit Garcon Trop Bien Portant
4 CHANSONS POUR ENFANTS: IV - Monsieur Sans-Souci
Fancy
Colloque

Customer Reviews:

Essential for the chansom junkie. Buy It........2006-10-25

'Poulenc Melodies' performed by a really impressive lineup of vocal talent including Elly Ameling and Nicolai Gedda is exactly the kind of recording you need if you are compulsive about having 'complete' collections of things. This shows a range of composition which smaller releases such as single CD 'Voyage a Paris' (Hyperion, with Felicity Lott and Graham Johnson)can give us. For starters, many of these chansom showed a lot more evidence of more modern stylings and a far greater range of interpretation. In fact, I even had to check the lyrics in the included booklet to verify that on some songs, the performers were singing in French. Even though I have a smattering of knowledge of French, I would have sworn that the singers were performing songs in Russian.

I am happy that all four discs run for more than 60 minutes. No cheap short changing here. If you don't want to spring for the large set, the Hyperion release is great, but this is worth every penny.

Almost completely wonderful.......2005-04-29

Its very considerable advantage lies in its completeness. Poulenc was one of the very greatest songwriters of any era. If you have no Poulenc songs in your collection, start here. The recommendation of Kruysen is a fine one, but only after you have heard this as a basis of comparison. Of Ameling, Senechal, Souzay, Gedda, and Parker, the only disappointment is Parker, who - I'll just say it - sings with his usual bleat. Souzay is a shade past it in vocal quality, but he still understands these songs as well as anybody, with great declamation (and that, after all, is what most of French singing is about). The dryness of the voice is nowhere close to disastrous, as it might have been in Italian opera. Indeed, it lends an air of life lived, without excuses. Gedda is okay. The standouts are Souzay, Ameling, and Senechal. Baldwin accompanies superbly.

Indisputable Gallic flair.......2004-06-06

These performances are piquant and stylistically right on target. Even if Souzay is past his best here, he brings a lifetime of experience to bear and the other performers are wonderful. Ignore the curmudgeon who blasted this set. You will enjoy this tremendously if you love Poulenc.

Idiomatic, fresh, cleanly recorded.......2001-05-12

This is a fine set. Dalton Baldwin accompanies each singer with clarity and zest. And who can resist the affectionate singing of the likes of Nicolai Gedda and Elly Ameling? The "melodies" themselves are magnificent--among Poulenc's finest creations. Whether you have other performances of these works or not, I think you'd be pleased with this beautifully recorded set. Certainly the 70's-vintage performances are more individual in profile, more "romantic," if you will, than those conjured by most of the "anonymous" singers of our own age. Recommended with enthusiasm.

the best songs ever ruined by uneven performing.......2001-05-05

This is a warning for all Poulenc fans NOT to take the bargain route and purchase this immense collection -- you might think you're getting a great deal but: the singing and pianism is substandard and doesn't do the music justice (remotely). Songs like Bonne Journe'e or Ho^tel are all but ruined... Here's what to buy: Bernard Kruysen's CD of selected Poulenc masterpieces (favoring the Elouard settings)... nobody will ever come close to Kruysen in interpreting Poulenc. Avoid THIS CD. They still get 2 stars for (1) being encyclical and (2) delivering clear and even sound quality.

Average customer rating:

Delibes: Coppélia [Highlights]

Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Act I: Theme Slave Varie
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Act II: Musique Des Automates
Act II: Chanson A Boire
Act II: Valse De La Poupee
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Act II: Gigue
Act III: Marche De La Cloche - Fete De La Cloche (Divertissement)
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Act III: Le Travail (La Fileuse)
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The Golden Age of Opera in France, Vol. 1

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The Golden Age of Opera in France, Vol. 1

Manufacturer: Symposium
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009J4SXW
Release Date: 2005-08-30

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Allons Boire Un Coup
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Valcour Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Poulenc: Figure humaine

Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2005-07-12

Tracks:

La blance neige
A peine defiguree
Par une nuit nouvelle
Tous les droits
Belle et ressemblante
Marie
Luire
La fue
Un loup
Derniers Instants
Du dehors
Bientot
Le role des femmes
Aussi bas que le silence
Patience
Premiere marche/La voix d'un autre
Un Loup Le jour metonne et la nuiter me fait
Un fue sans tache
Liberte
Salut, Dame Sainte
Tout puissant, tres saint
Seigneur je vous en prie
O mes tres chers freres
Canson a boire

Amazon.com

This CD of choral music by Poulenc is a stunning study of textures; every so often you may think you hear an instrument, so flavorful are the timbres of the voices and the manner in which Poulenc uses them. This is serious music--"Un soir de neige" and "Figure humaine" were composed during World War II--and the subjects of the poems can be bleak, but they are endlessly inventive in their harmonies and rhythms. The St. Francis prayers are for male voices only and their dark hue offers moments of peace and solitude. And the CD ends with a drinking song asking the male voice to descend to great depths in a thoroughly jolly fashion. The Sept Chansons, from 1936, have Debussy-like moments, and the alternation of soli and chorus just adds to the colors. The performances are perfect, with the German RIAS-Kammerchor singing with impeccable French diction under Daniel Reuss. An unusual, valuable, enchanting disc. --Robert Levine

Album Description

TITLE: Poulenc: Figure Humaine