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A. Hugo: Mélodies sur des poèmes de Victor Hugo
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A. Hugo: Mélodies sur des poèmes de Victor Hugo

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Details

Composer
Adele Hugo
Artist
Karine Deshayes, Sandrine Piau, Isabelle Druet, Axelle Fanyo, Anais Constans, Laurent Naouri, Choeur
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Nov 15, 2024
Catalog #
ALPHA1086
UPC
3701624510865

About

This album pays homage to the composer Adele Hugo (1830-1915), the fifth child of the great poet Victor Hugo. Suffering from lifelong psychological instability, she spent half of her tragic life in mental institutions, from the age of 42 until her death aged 85. Hers was an exalted and sensitive temperament; she became passionately fond of music from an early age, studying the piano and then composition. Her musical manuscripts were recently rediscovered, and the Director of the Victor Hugo Museums in Paris and Guernsey entrusted them to composer Richard Dubugnon, so as to research and reconstruct the jigsaw of these often quite fragmentary scores, which had been lying forgotten for more than a century. What has emerged is a set of fourteen of her songs on poems by Victor Hugo and verses taken from his great novel Les Miserables, as well as five songs without words. Appropriately, the Orchestre Victor Hugo and it's Music Director Jean-Francois Verdier have been involved in the project, and they invited Dubugnon to orchestrate the pieces, presented here by a multi-generational team of leading singers.

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 Nuits de juin (arr. R. Dubugnon for voice and orchestra) 02:16
    Track
    1
    Title
    Nuits de juin (arr. R. Dubugnon for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Adèle Hugo
    Performer
    Karine Deshayes
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  2. 2 Châtiments (arr. R. Dubugnon for voice and orchestra) 04:42
    Track
    2
    Title
    Châtiments (arr. R. Dubugnon for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Adèle Hugo
    Performer
    Sandrine Piau
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  3. 3 Chants du crépuscule I (arr. R. Dubugnon for voice and orchestra) 03:42
    Track
    3
    Title
    Chants du crépuscule I (arr. R. Dubugnon for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Adèle Hugo
    Performer
    Isabelle Druet
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  4. 4 Sans titre in F Major 01:36
    Track
    4
    Title
    Sans titre in F Major
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Adèle Hugo
    Performer
    Anaïde Apelian, Laurianne Corneille
  5. 5 Flebile nescio quid (arr. R. Dubugnon for voice and orchestra) 02:53
    Track
    5
    Title
    Flebile nescio quid (arr. R. Dubugnon for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Adèle Hugo
    Performer
    Axelle Fanyo
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  6. 6 Regret (arr. R. Dubugnon for voice and orchestra) 02:55
    Track
    6
    Title
    Regret (arr. R. Dubugnon for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Adèle Hugo
    Performer
    Karine Deshayes
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  7. 7 Chanson de Jean Prouvaire (arr. R. Dubugnon for voice and orchestra) 03:59
    Track
    7
    Title
    Chanson de Jean Prouvaire (arr. R. Dubugnon for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Adèle Hugo
    Performer
    Sandrine Piau
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  8. 8 Simple mélodie in A-Flat Major 02:24
    Track
    8
    Title
    Simple mélodie in A-Flat Major
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Adèle Hugo
    Performer
    Thomas Saulet, Laurianne Corneille
  9. 9 No. 1. — 02:57
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 1. —
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Adèle Hugo
    Performer
    Anaïs Constans
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  10. 10 No. 2. — 03:30
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 2. —
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Adèle Hugo
    Performer
    Anaïs Constans
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  11. 11 No. 3. — 01:47
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 3. —
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Adèle Hugo
    Performer
    Anaïs Constans
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  12. 12 Bourdon in F Minor 01:56
    Track
    12
    Title
    Bourdon in F Minor
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Adèle Hugo
    Performer
    Anaïde Apelian, Laurianne Corneille
  13. 13 Hymne des transportés (arr. R. Dubugnon for voice, choir and orchestra) 05:28
    Track
    13
    Title
    Hymne des transportés (arr. R. Dubugnon for voice, choir and orchestra)
    Duration
    05:28
    Composer
    Adèle Hugo
    Performer
    Laurent Naouri
    Ensemble
    Choeur de l'Opéra de Dijon, Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  14. 14 Chant sans paroles in A Major 02:14
    Track
    14
    Title
    Chant sans paroles in A Major
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Adèle Hugo
    Performer
    Sophie Paul-Magnien, Laurianne Corneille
  15. 15 Chants du crépuscule II (arr. R. Dubugnon for voice and orchestra) 03:20
    Track
    15
    Title
    Chants du crépuscule II (arr. R. Dubugnon for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Adèle Hugo
    Performer
    Axelle Fanyo
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  16. 16 L'oiseau passe (arr. R. Dubugnon for voice and orchestra) 01:44
    Track
    16
    Title
    L'oiseau passe (arr. R. Dubugnon for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Adèle Hugo
    Performer
    Anaïs Constans
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  17. 17 Simple mélodie in C Major 01:47
    Track
    17
    Title
    Simple mélodie in C Major
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Adèle Hugo
    Performer
    Anaïde Apelian, Laurianne Corneille
  18. 18 Encore à toi (arr. R. Dubugnon for voice and orchestra) 02:37
    Track
    18
    Title
    Encore à toi (arr. R. Dubugnon for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Adèle Hugo
    Performer
    Axelle Fanyo
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier
  19. 19 Priez pour les morts (arr. R. Dubugnon for voice and orchestra) 05:55
    Track
    19
    Title
    Priez pour les morts (arr. R. Dubugnon for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    05:55
    Composer
    Adèle Hugo
    Performer
    Isabelle Druet
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
    Conductor
    Jean-Francois Verdier