Sabine Devieilhe and Alexandre Tharaud bring their customary clarity, finesse and insight to the works of four composers who defined the path of French art song or melodie from the late 19th to the mid-20th century. In an imaginatively balanced recital, the two French luminaries perform Faure, Debussy, Ravel and Poulenc. Their programme, built around Ravel's Cinq Chansons populaires grecques and Debussy's Verlaine setting Ariettes oubliees, takes up the themes of love, war and death and offers both favourite songs like Faure's 'Apres un reve' and some rarer treasures.