Debussy: C'est l'extase, La mer / Franck, Radio France Philharmonic
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Debussy: C'est l'extase, La mer / Franck, Radio France Philharmonic

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Composer
Claude Debussy
Artist
Vannina Santoni, Mikko Franck
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
Alpha
Released
Jun 09, 2023
Catalog #
ALPHA981
UPC
3760014199813

About

Debussy’s song cycle Ariettes oubliées of 1888 set six poems from Paul Verlaine’s collection Romances sans paroles, beginning with C’est l’extase and Il pleure dans mon cœur – penetratingly poetic images of love’s ecstasy and rainlike tears of despair. The six Ariettes are the departure point for the arrangement realized in 2012 by British composer Robin Holloway in response to a request from the San Francisco Symphony. Holloway has altered their order while adding a further four Debussy songs, binding the whole work together with brief orchestral links and a feverish epilogue, ‘con moto agitato’. This world first recording is given by French soprano Vannina Santoni, with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France under the baton of Mikko Franck. The Finnish conductor, a great admirer of Debussy, here also presents the master’s bewitching masterpiece La mer, first heard in Paris in 1905.

Critic reviews

  • “The recording, singing, and playing are all first class. This is a must-have for lovers of the music of Claude Debussy.”

    American Record Guide, American record guide critics’ choice 2024, January 2025

  • “Holloway’s idiomatic orchestrations, Mikko Franck’s capable conducting, and Vannina Santoni’s near-perfect voice (easily on a par with the classic Maggie Teyte/Alfred Cortot recordings of the voice and piano originals) combine to create a luminous, sensuous whole.”

    Fanfare, Want list, November 2024

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. C'est l'extase langoureuse 02:37
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. C'est l'extase langoureuse
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Robin Holloway
    Performer
    Vannina Santoni
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
    Conductor
    Mikko Franck
  2. 2 No. 2. Il pleure dans mon cœur 02:57
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Il pleure dans mon cœur
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Robin Holloway
    Performer
    Vannina Santoni
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
    Conductor
    Mikko Franck
  3. 3 No. 3. L'ombre des arbres 02:11
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. L'ombre des arbres
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Robin Holloway
    Performer
    Vannina Santoni
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
    Conductor
    Mikko Franck
  4. 4 No. 4. Green 02:16
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Green
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Robin Holloway
    Performer
    Vannina Santoni
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
    Conductor
    Mikko Franck
  5. 5 No. 5. Le son du cœur s'afflige vers les bois 02:44
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. Le son du cœur s'afflige vers les bois
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Robin Holloway
    Performer
    Vannina Santoni
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
    Conductor
    Mikko Franck
  6. 6 No. 6. L'échelonnement des haies 01:44
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. L'échelonnement des haies
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Robin Holloway
    Performer
    Vannina Santoni
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
    Conductor
    Mikko Franck
  7. 7 No. 7. Spleen 02:47
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7. Spleen
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Robin Holloway
    Performer
    Vannina Santoni
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
    Conductor
    Mikko Franck
  8. 8 No. 8. Chevaux de bois 02:53
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 8. Chevaux de bois
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Robin Holloway
    Performer
    Vannina Santoni
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
    Conductor
    Mikko Franck
  9. 9 No. 9. Mandoline 01:41
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 9. Mandoline
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Robin Holloway
    Performer
    Vannina Santoni
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
    Conductor
    Mikko Franck
  10. 10 No. 10. La mer est plus belle 03:25
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 10. La mer est plus belle
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Robin Holloway
    Performer
    Vannina Santoni
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
    Conductor
    Mikko Franck
  11. 11 Épilogue 02:32
    Track
    11
    Title
    Épilogue
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Robin Holloway
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
    Conductor
    Mikko Franck
  12. 12 No. 1. De l'aube à midi sur la mer 08:50
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 1. De l'aube à midi sur la mer
    Duration
    08:50
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
    Conductor
    Mikko Franck
  13. 13 No. 2. Jeux de vagues 06:50
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 2. Jeux de vagues
    Duration
    06:50
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
    Conductor
    Mikko Franck
  14. 14 No. 3. Dialogue du vent et de la mer 09:09
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 3. Dialogue du vent et de la mer
    Duration
    09:09
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
    Conductor
    Mikko Franck