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En sourdine
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En sourdine

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Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Naouri, Loiseau
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Oct 09, 2020
Catalog #
ALPHA628
UPC
3760014196287

About

We are familiar with the flamboyant baritone Laurent Naouri, a distinguished exponent of the four villains in Les Contes d'Hoffmann from Paris to The Metropolitan Opera New York and an unforgettable Golaud in Pelléas et Mélisande. But here it is a much more intimate Naouri, the lover of melodies by Faure, Debussy and Poulenc, who invites us to a rendezvous: 'Here is a repertory I've been performing for more than thirty years, sometimes not without a certain frustration: for how can you achieve the intimacy suggested by a poem like Baudelaire's Le Jet d'eau- it almost pillow talk- when the vocal style forces you to "project" the voice? Although classical art song authorizes you to sing piano or pianissimo, it's still inconceivable to whisper in the listener's ear. To whisper, you need a microphone, and there we leave the world of the melodie and enter the world of "chanson," as that term was understood at the beginning of the radio era. I had already been thinking about these questions for a few years when I met the jazz guitarist Frederic Loiseau. We started off our collaboration with Les Berceaux, a melodie that Yves Montand had already sung in a "chanson" style. Encouraged by the result, we looked for other songs that we felt could benefit from this intimate treatment."

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 Ici-bas!, Op. 8, No. 3 (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar) 03:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    Ici-bas!, Op. 8, No. 3 (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar)
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Laurent Naouri, Frédéric Loiseau
  2. 2 Les Berceaux, Op. 23 No. 1 (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar) 04:52
    Track
    2
    Title
    Les Berceaux, Op. 23 No. 1 (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar)
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Laurent Naouri, Frédéric Loiseau
  3. 3 Chanson d'amour, Op. 27, No. 1 (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar) 02:49
    Track
    3
    Title
    Chanson d'amour, Op. 27, No. 1 (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar)
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Laurent Naouri, Frédéric Loiseau
  4. 4 5 Melodies de Venise, Op. 58: No. 2. En sourdine (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar) 03:04
    Track
    4
    Title
    5 Melodies de Venise, Op. 58: No. 2. En sourdine (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar)
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Laurent Naouri, Frédéric Loiseau
  5. 5 Dernier poème, FP 163 (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar) 03:54
    Track
    5
    Title
    Dernier poème, FP 163 (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar)
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Laurent Naouri, Frédéric Loiseau
  6. 6 Mai, Op. 1, No. 2 (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar) 02:53
    Track
    6
    Title
    Mai, Op. 1, No. 2 (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar)
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Laurent Naouri, Frédéric Loiseau
  7. 7 Prison, Op. 83, No. 1 (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar) 02:35
    Track
    7
    Title
    Prison, Op. 83, No. 1 (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar)
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Laurent Naouri, Frédéric Loiseau
  8. 8 Spleen, Op. 51, No. 3 (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar) 02:41
    Track
    8
    Title
    Spleen, Op. 51, No. 3 (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar)
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Laurent Naouri, Frédéric Loiseau
  9. 9 2 Poèmes de Louis Aragon, FP 122: No. 2. Fêtes galantes (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar) 01:16
    Track
    9
    Title
    2 Poèmes de Louis Aragon, FP 122: No. 2. Fêtes galantes (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar)
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Laurent Naouri, Frédéric Loiseau
  10. 10 Le promenoir des deux amants: No. 3. Je tremble en voyant ton visage (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar) 01:53
    Track
    10
    Title
    Le promenoir des deux amants: No. 3. Je tremble en voyant ton visage (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar)
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Laurent Naouri, Frédéric Loiseau
  11. 11 Le jet d'eau (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar) 05:11
    Track
    11
    Title
    Le jet d'eau (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar)
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Laurent Naouri, Frédéric Loiseau
  12. 12 Poème d'un jour, Op. 21: No. 2. Toujours (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar) 01:22
    Track
    12
    Title
    Poème d'un jour, Op. 21: No. 2. Toujours (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar)
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Laurent Naouri, Frédéric Loiseau
  13. 13 Le secret, Op. 23, No. 3 (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar) 02:11
    Track
    13
    Title
    Le secret, Op. 23, No. 3 (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar)
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Laurent Naouri, Frédéric Loiseau
  14. 14 Mazurka, FP 145 (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar) 03:51
    Track
    14
    Title
    Mazurka, FP 145 (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar)
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Laurent Naouri, Frédéric Loiseau
  15. 15 En prière (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar) 02:04
    Track
    15
    Title
    En prière (arr. L. Naouri and F. Loiseau for voice and guitar)
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Laurent Naouri, Frédéric Loiseau