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Clair-Obscur / Sandrine Piau, Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté, Jean-François Verdier

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Composer
BERG STRAUSS ZEMLINSKY
Artist
Piau, Verdier
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Mar 12, 2021
Catalog #
ALPHA727
UPC
3760014197277

About

‘The dreamer! That double of our existence, that chiaroscuro of the thinking being’, wrote Gaston Bachelard in 1961. ‘The old is dying, the new cannot be born, and in that chiaroscuro, monsters appear’, adds Antonio Gramsci. Sandrine Piau has chosen to use these two quotations as an epigraph to her new recording: ‘My family and friends know about this obsession that never leaves me completely. The antagonism between light and darkness. The chiaroscuro, the space in between . . .’ This program, recorded with the Orchestre Victor Hugo under its conductor Jean-François Verdier, who is also principal clarinettist of the Paris Opéra, travels between the chilly Rhenish forest of Waldgespräch, a ballad by Zemlinsky composed for soprano and small ensemble in 1895, the night of the first of Berg’s Seven Early Songs (1905-08), and the sunlight of Richard Strauss’s Morgen, which are followed by the Four Last Songs, composed in 1948, the first two of which, Frühling and September (evoking spring and autumn respectively) are also, as Sandrine Piau concludes, ‘the seasons of life’.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 Waldgespräch: Es ist schon spat, es ist schon kalt 07:03
    Track
    1
    Title
    Waldgespräch: Es ist schon spat, es ist schon kalt
    Duration
    07:03
    Composer
    Alexander Zemlinsky
    Performer
    Sandrine Piau
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  2. 2 4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 4. Morgen 03:42
    Track
    2
    Title
    4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 4. Morgen
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Sandrine Piau
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  3. 3 6 Lieder, Op. 37, TrV 187: No. 3. Meinem Kinde 02:40
    Track
    3
    Title
    6 Lieder, Op. 37, TrV 187: No. 3. Meinem Kinde
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Sandrine Piau
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  4. 4 No. 1. Nacht 03:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 1. Nacht
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Alban Berg
    Performer
    Sandrine Piau
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  5. 5 No. 2. Schilflied 02:06
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 2. Schilflied
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Alban Berg
    Performer
    Sandrine Piau
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  6. 6 No. 3. Die Nachtigall 01:52
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 3. Die Nachtigall
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Alban Berg
    Performer
    Sandrine Piau
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  7. 7 No. 4. Traumgekrönt 02:19
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 4. Traumgekrönt
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Alban Berg
    Performer
    Sandrine Piau
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  8. 8 No. 5. Im Zimmer 01:11
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 5. Im Zimmer
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Alban Berg
    Performer
    Sandrine Piau
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  9. 9 No. 6. Liebesode 01:37
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 6. Liebesode
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Alban Berg
    Performer
    Sandrine Piau
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  10. 10 No. 7. Sommertage 01:33
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 7. Sommertage
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Alban Berg
    Performer
    Sandrine Piau
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  11. 11 No. 1. Frühling (Spring) 03:07
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 1. Frühling (Spring)
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Sandrine Piau
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  12. 12 No. 2. September 04:53
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 2. September
    Duration
    04:53
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Sandrine Piau
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  13. 13 No. 3. Beim Schlafengehen (At Bedtime) 05:07
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 3. Beim Schlafengehen (At Bedtime)
    Duration
    05:07
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Sandrine Piau
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  14. 14 No. 4. Im Abendrot (In the Evening Glow) 06:46
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 4. Im Abendrot (In the Evening Glow)
    Duration
    06:46
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Sandrine Piau
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  15. 15 Malven (Mallows), TrV 297 02:55
    Track
    15
    Title
    Malven (Mallows), TrV 297
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Sandrine Piau
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier