Hyperion Records | Duparc: Songs

CDA66323

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Recording details: August 1988
Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: December 1989
Total duration: 61 minutes 14 seconds
Available for download on iTunes: Yes

'The Hyperion issue is as near an ideal Duparc record as could be' (Penguin Guide)

'Another impressive first for Hyperion. There are few singers in Britain today more at home in the French language, and both are well attuned to Duparc's subtle and refined musical world! (BBC Record Review)

'Roger Vignoles is a most sympathetic accompanist, and virtuosic where virtuosity is called for, and the whole set is at one with Duparc's own evaluation of these magnificent songs' (Gramophone)

'For a disc of all 17 of Duparc's melodies, the clear first choice is Sarah Walker and Thomas Allen' (BBC Music Magazine)

The Hyperion French Song Edition

Henri Duparc (1848-1933)

Songs

Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)

1		L'invitation au voyage 'Mon enfant, ma sœur' [4:40] Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
2		Sérénade florentine 'Étoile dont la beauté luit' [2:08] Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)
3		Testament 'Pour que le vent te les apporte' [3:16] Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
4		Phidylé 'L'herbe est molle au sommeil sous les frais peupliers' [5:10] Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)
5		Extase 'Sur un lys pâle mon cœur dort' [3:18] Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
6		La vague et la cloche 'Une fois, terrassé par un puissant breuvage' [4:36] Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)
7		Chanson triste 'Dans ton cœur dort un clair de lune' [3:21] Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
8		Le galop 'Agite, bon cheval, ta crinière fuyante' [2:38] Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)
9		Romance de Mignon 'Le connais-tu ce radieux pays' [4:37] Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
10		Sérénade 'Si j'étais, ô mon amoureuse' [2:01] Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)
11		La fuite 'Au firmament sans étoile' [3:13] Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)
12		Lamento 'Connaissez-vous la blanche tombe' [3:17] Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)
13		Élégie 'Oh! ne murmurez pas son nom!' [3:14] Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
14		Le manoir de Rosemonde 'De sa dent soudaine et vorace' [2:28] Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)
15		Au pays où se fait la guerre [5:12] Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
16		Soupir 'Ne jamais la voir ni l'entendre' [3:23] Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)
17		La vie antérieure 'J'ai longtemps habité sous de vastes portiques' [4:42] Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)