Le bestiaire, Op 17a (Durey)
from Durey: Songs (CDA67257)
1 La tortue [1'39]
2 Le cheval [0'44]
3 Le chèvre du Thibet [0'48]
4 Le serpent [0'51]
5 Le chat [1'09]
6 Le lion [1'12]
7 Le lièvre [0'35]
8 Le lapin [0'43]
9 Le dromadaire [0'43]
10 La souris [1'13]
11 L'éléphant [1'18]
12 La chenille [0'28]
13 La mouche [0'33]
14 La puce [0'42]
15 La sauterelle [0'48]
16 Le dauphin [0'50]
17 Le poulpe [0'32]
18 La méduse [0'52]
19 L'écrevisse [0'57]
20 La carpe [1'06]
21 Les sirènes [1'20]
22 La colombe [0'51]
23 Le paon [0'30]
24 Le hibou [1'07]
25 Ibis [0'56]
26 Le bœuf [0'53]
23 minutes 20 seconds 26 tracks
‘A vital addition to Hyperion's French song series, beautifully sung and played’ (Gramophone)
‘Johnson has done much to rehabilitate the reputations of obscure composers of French Songs’ (BBC Music Magazine)
‘A worthy and wonderful treat … a scintillating disc’ (The Observer)