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Illuminations - Faure, Debussy, & Britten / Nicholas Phan
Avie Records

Illuminations - Faure, Debussy, & Britten / Nicholas Phan

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Composer
BRITTEN DEBUSSY FAURE
Artist
Phan, Huang, The Knights, C. Jacobsen, E. Jacobsen
Format
CD
Label
Avie Records
Released
Apr 20, 2018
Catalog #
AV2382
UPC
822252238228

About

A New York Times 25 Best Tracks Selection for 2018 - Fanfare

Following acclaimed albums devoted to Britten, baroque lute songs and German lieder, Grammy Award-nominated tenor Nicholas Phan continues to spread his wings with Illuminations, an album featuring compositions by Benjamin Britten, Claude Debussy and Gabriel Faure who were each inspired by the poetry of two nineteenth century French literary titans, Paul Verlaine and his protégé and eventual lover Arthur Rimbaud. The intertwined lives of the French poets and composers manifested themselves in Faure’s impassioned Verlaine-inspired ‘La bonne chanson’ and Debussy’s ‘Ariettes oubliees’ drawn from Verlaine’s ‘Romances sans paroles.’ Just decades later Britten was inspired by Rimbaud’s influential prose-poetry ‘Les Illuminations.’ Critical acclaim for Nicholas Phan has been widespread.



REVIEW:

Britten captures the blend of bizarre, beautiful, decadent, and courtly elements in Rimbaud's symbolist poems. These mingled emotions enliven Mr. Phan’s singing on this recording, starting with the opening “Fanfare,” in which, in trembling voice, he declares that he alone holds the key to this savage parade (of life).

– New York Times

Tracklist 25 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Une Sainte en son auréole 02:18
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Une Sainte en son auréole
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan, Myra Huang
    Ensemble
    Telegraph Quartet
  2. 2 No. 2. Puisque l'Aube grandit 01:55
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Puisque l'Aube grandit
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan, Myra Huang
    Ensemble
    Telegraph Quartet
  3. 3 No. 3. La lune blanche luit dans les bois 02:31
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. La lune blanche luit dans les bois
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan, Myra Huang
    Ensemble
    Telegraph Quartet
  4. 4 No. 4. J'allais des chemins perfides 01:59
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. J'allais des chemins perfides
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan, Myra Huang
    Ensemble
    Telegraph Quartet
  5. 5 No. 5. J'ai presque peur, en vérité 02:17
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. J'ai presque peur, en vérité
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan, Myra Huang
    Ensemble
    Telegraph Quartet
  6. 6 No. 6. Avant que tu ne t'en ailles 02:48
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. Avant que tu ne t'en ailles
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan, Myra Huang
    Ensemble
    Telegraph Quartet
  7. 7 No. 7. Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d'été 02:42
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7. Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d'été
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan, Myra Huang
    Ensemble
    Telegraph Quartet
  8. 8 No. 8. N'est-ce pas? 02:33
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 8. N'est-ce pas?
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan, Myra Huang
    Ensemble
    Telegraph Quartet
  9. 9 No. 9. L'hiver a cessé 03:16
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 9. L'hiver a cessé
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan, Myra Huang
    Ensemble
    Telegraph Quartet
  10. 10 No. 1. C'est l'extase 03:07
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 1. C'est l'extase
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan, Myra Huang
  11. 11 No. 2. Il pleure dans mon cœur 02:35
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 2. Il pleure dans mon cœur
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan, Myra Huang
  12. 12 No. 3. L'ombre des arbres 02:38
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 3. L'ombre des arbres
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan, Myra Huang
  13. 13 No. 4. Chevaux de bois 03:17
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 4. Chevaux de bois
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan, Myra Huang
  14. 14 No. 5. Green 02:23
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 5. Green
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan, Myra Huang
  15. 15 No. 6. Spleen 02:26
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 6. Spleen
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan, Myra Huang
  16. 16 No. 1. Fanfare 02:28
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 1. Fanfare
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan
    Ensemble
    The Knights
    Conductor
    Colin Jacobsen, Eric Jacobsen
  17. 17 No. 2. Villes 02:24
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 2. Villes
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan
    Ensemble
    The Knights
    Conductor
    Colin Jacobsen, Eric Jacobsen
  18. 18 No. 3. Phrase 01:11
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 3. Phrase
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan
    Ensemble
    The Knights
    Conductor
    Colin Jacobsen, Eric Jacobsen
  19. 19 No. 4. Antique 02:20
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 4. Antique
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan
    Ensemble
    The Knights
    Conductor
    Colin Jacobsen, Eric Jacobsen
  20. 20 No. 4. Royauté 01:35
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 4. Royauté
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan
    Ensemble
    The Knights
    Conductor
    Colin Jacobsen, Eric Jacobsen
  21. 21 No. 5. Marine 00:59
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 5. Marine
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan
    Ensemble
    The Knights
    Conductor
    Colin Jacobsen, Eric Jacobsen
  22. 22 No. 6. Interlude 02:37
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 6. Interlude
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan
    Ensemble
    The Knights
    Conductor
    Colin Jacobsen, Eric Jacobsen
  23. 23 No. 7. Being Beauteous 04:11
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 7. Being Beauteous
    Duration
    04:11
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan
    Ensemble
    The Knights
    Conductor
    Colin Jacobsen, Eric Jacobsen
  24. 24 No. 8. Parade 02:48
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 8. Parade
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan
    Ensemble
    The Knights
    Conductor
    Colin Jacobsen, Eric Jacobsen
  25. 25 No. 9. Départ 02:43
    Track
    25
    Title
    No. 9. Départ
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    Nicholas Phan
    Ensemble
    The Knights
    Conductor
    Colin Jacobsen, Eric Jacobsen