Chausson: Songs

CDA67321/2

Recording details: Various dates
Various recording venues
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell & Julian Millard
Release date: March 2001
Total duration: 126 minutes 33 seconds

'Superb. Art is long, life is short, and this offering is very, very rich' (Fanfare, USA)

'To have the complete collection gathered together on disc is a treat, and with artists like these, the performances are about as good as you could expect this side of the pearly gates … If a reason for a reassessment of Chausson's role as a writer of mélodie is needed, this marvellous set is overwhelmingly it' (Amazon.co.uk)

'This is Hyperion at its best, presenting sensuous, exquisite performances … Dames Felicity Lott and Ann Murray generate magical artistry' (Music Week)

'Up to Hyperion's habitual high standard' (Gramophone)

'With this disc, the music of Chausson really does find revelatory new significance' (The Times)

'Felicity Lott…is radiant and unhurried and the pick of an excellent crop of singers' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Unlikely to be bettered' (www.musicweb)

'Editor, musicologist, impresario and pianist Graham Johnson gives us a jewel-box of essays, poems, time-lines, artwork, and Chausson's complete songs. And the performances are as magical and eloquent as the program book' (Opera News)

The Hyperion French Song Edition

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)

Songs

Graham Johnson (piano)

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		MP3	FLAC	ALAC
CD1	1	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Les papillons Op 2 No 3 [1'16] Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
	2	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	La dernière feuille Op 2 No 4 Dans la forêt chauve et rouillée [2'14] Chris Pedro Trakas (baritone)
	3	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	Le charme Op 2 No 2 Quand ton sourire me surprit [1'55] Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
	4	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	Sérénade italienne Op 2 No 5 Partons en barque sur la mer [1'59] Chris Pedro Trakas (baritone)
	5	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	Hébé Op 2 No 6 Les yeux baissés, rougissante et candide [2'55] Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
	6	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	Le rideau de ma voisine sn7 [1'42] Chris Pedro Trakas (baritone)
	7	£0.45	£0.45	£0.45	L'albatros sn10 Souvent, pour s'amuser, les hommes d'équipage [3'42] Chris Pedro Trakas (baritone)
	8	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	La nuit Op 11 No 1 Nous bénissons la douce Nuit [2'42] Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
	9	£0.40	£0.40	£0.40	Sérénade Op 13 No 2 Tes grands yeux doux semblent des îles! [3'01] Chris Pedro Trakas (baritone)
	10	£0.45	£0.45	£0.45	Le réveil Op 11 No 2 Mon cœur, lève-toi! Déjà l'alouette [3'39] Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
	11	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	Nous nous aimerons sn19 [2'24] Chris Pedro Trakas (baritone)
	12	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	Chanson sn2 Nous sommes partis un matin [2'38] Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
	13	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	L'âme de bois sn3 Oh! ma bien-aimée est la fleur des fleurs [2'39] Chris Pedro Trakas (baritone)
	14	£0.55	£0.55	£0.55	Le temps des lilas [4'20] Dame Felicity Lott (soprano)
	15	£0.45	£0.45	£0.45	Printemps triste Op 8 No 3 Nos sentiers aimés s'en vont refleurir [3'44] Chris Pedro Trakas (baritone)
	16	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	Nocturne Op 8 No 1 La nuit était pensive et ténébreuse; à peine [2'29] Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
	17	£0.40	£0.40	£0.40	Nos souvenirs Op 8 No 4 [3'10] Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
	18	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	Amour d'antan Op 8 No 2 Mon amour d'antan, vous souvenez-vous? [2'57] Chris Pedro Trakas (baritone)
	19	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	La cigale Op 13 No 4 Ô Cigale, née avec les beaux jours [1'39] Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
	20	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	Nanny Op 2 No 1 Bois chers aux ramiers, pleurez, doux feuillages [2'28] Chris Pedro Trakas (baritone)
	21	£0.40	£0.40	£0.40	Le colibri Op 2 No 7 Le vert colobri, le roi des collines [2'59] Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
	22	£0.85	£0.85	£0.85	La caravane Op 14 [6'55] Chris Pedro Trakas (baritone)
CD2	23	£0.45	£0.45	£0.45	L'aveu Op 13 No 3 J'ai perdu la forêt, la plaine [3'41] Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
	24	£0.40	£0.40	£0.40	Les morts Op 17 No 1 Ne crois pas que les morts soient morts! [3'15] Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
	25	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	La pluie Op 17 No 2 [1'11] Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
	26	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	Apaisement Op 13 No 1 La lune blanche [2'22] Chris Pedro Trakas (baritone)
		£1.75	£1.75	£1.75	Serres chaudes Op 24 [13'31] Dame Felicity Lott (soprano)
	27	£0.45	£0.45	£0.45	Serre chaude Ô serre au milieu des forêts [3'24]
	28	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	Serre d'ennui Ô cet ennui bleu dans le cœur [2'55]
	29	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	Lassitude Ils ne savent plus où se poser ces baisers [2'37]
	30	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	Fauves las Ô les passions en allées [1'49]
	31	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	Oraison Vous savez, Saigneur, ma misère! [2'46]
		£1.10	£1.10	£1.10	Trois Lieder de Camille Mauclair Op 27 [8'41] Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
	32	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	Les heures Les pâles heures, sous la lune [2'43]
	33	£0.40	£0.40	£0.40	Ballade Quand les anges se sont perdus [3'13]
	34	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	Les couronnes C'est la fillette aux yeux cernés [2'45]
	35	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	Marins dévots à la vierge Marie 'Ballade française' sn27 [2'53] Chris Pedro Trakas (baritone)
	36	£0.45	£0.45	£0.45	Dans la forêt du charme et de l'enchantement Op 36 No 2 Sous vos sombres chevelures [3'31] Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
		£0.90	£0.90	£0.90	Deux Poèmes de Verlaine Op 34 [7'12] Chris Pedro Trakas (baritone)
	37	£0.40	£0.40	£0.40	La chanson bien douce Écoutez la chanson bien douce [3'06]
	38	£0.50	£0.50	£0.50	Le chevalier malheur Bon chevalier masqué qui chevauche en silence [4'06]
					Trois Chansons de Shakespeare Op 28
	39	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	Chanson de clown 'Le soir des rois' Fuis, mon âme! Je meurs sous les traits [2'45] Chris Pedro Trakas (baritone)
	40	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	Chanson d'amour Loin de moi, loin de moi ces lèvres que j'adore [2'07] Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
	41	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	Chanson d'Ophélie Il est mort ayant bien souffert [1'36] Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
	42	£0.45	£0.45	£0.45	Cantique à l'épouse Op 36 No 1 Épouse au front lumineux [3'33] Chris Pedro Trakas (baritone)
	43	£0.85	£0.85	£0.85	Chanson perpétuelle Op 37 Bois frissonnants, ciel étoilé [6'48] Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Chilingirian Quartet

Ernest Chausson's music has always seemed, to those who love it, a 'special case'. So ready are French-song enthusiasts to praise and celebrate Duparc and Fauré, Debussy and Ravel, that the quiet, self-effacing man hiding behind a beard is all too easily overlooked.

These two compact discs contain all of Chausson's published solo songs (and two duets) for voice and piano, as well as the Chanson perpétuelle with string quartet. Also included are several unpublished songs transcribed from manuscript sources in the Bibliothèque Nationale. There are 43 songs altogether, several receiving their first recording. Dame Felicity Lott and Ann Murray need no introduction but the disc also represents the recording debut of baritone Chris Pedro Trakas who has won many plaudits for his concerts and operatic work in his native America.

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