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La vie d'une rose / Silver, Tocci, Bonynge
SOMM Recordings

La vie d'une rose / Silver, Tocci, Bonynge

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Composer
MASSENET, JULES
Artist
Silver, Tocci, Bonynge
Format
CD
Label
SOMM Recordings
Released
Aug 16, 2019
Catalog #
SOMMCD 0600
UPC
748871060029

About

SOMM Recordings is honored to release one of the last recordings made by the much-loved and admired soprano Sally Silver before her death at the age of 51 in 2018. Silver’s third release on SOMM, La vie d’une rose returns to the evocatively perfumed songs of Jules Massenet following 2015’s well-received Les amoureuses sont des folles. Accompanied again by the renowned conductor- pianist Richard Bonynge – who also provides a moving, specially written tribute – she is joined by the mezzo-soprano Christine Tocci on six duets. The 25 (of Massenet’s 285) mélodies heard here offer a marked contrast to the familiar image of the composer’s famed operatic credentials. As Massenet expert Hervé Oléon says in his authoritative booklet notes: “Massenet, the song composer, was, in his own words, rather more at home in salons – this ‘bourgeois artist at the fireside’ as he liked to describe himself”. Embracing a multitude of emotions, sacred and profane, these songs employ wide-ranging forms and a broad musical palette to always captivating ends while also revealing a composer perpetually developing, keen to experiment and looking towards the future. La vie d’une rose is produced by the late soprano’s husband Jeremy Silver (Director of the Opera School at the University of Cape Town) who also provides the translation of Hervé Oléon’s booklet notes. Of Sally Silver’s previous releases with SOMM, her first volume of Massenet songs, Les amoureuses sont des folles (SOMMCD 0151), received the coveted Orphée d’or from L’Académie du disque lyrique and was a Recording of the Month for MusicWeb International, who described it as “A pure delight... [Silver and Bonynge] bring inspired, sympathetic, thoughtfully nuanced readings to these songs”. Songs by William Vincent Wallace (SOMMCD 0131) was hailed by Classical Ear as “A release full of delightful discoveries distinguished by persuasive performances of idiomatic charm”.

Tracklist 25 tracks

  1. 1 Sérénade d'automne 02:35
    Track
    1
    Title
    Sérénade d'automne
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Sally Silver, Richard Bonynge
  2. 2 Passionnément 02:44
    Track
    2
    Title
    Passionnément
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Sally Silver, Richard Bonynge
  3. 3 L'heure solitaire 03:31
    Track
    3
    Title
    L'heure solitaire
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Sally Silver, Christine Tocci, Richard Bonynge
  4. 4 Nuit d'Espagne 03:11
    Track
    4
    Title
    Nuit d'Espagne
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Sally Silver, Richard Bonynge
  5. 5 Souhait 02:19
    Track
    5
    Title
    Souhait
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Sally Silver, Richard Bonynge
  6. 6 La mélodie des baisers 01:59
    Track
    6
    Title
    La mélodie des baisers
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Christine Tocci, Richard Bonynge
  7. 7 Rien ne passe! 02:14
    Track
    7
    Title
    Rien ne passe!
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Sally Silver, Richard Bonynge
  8. 8 4 Mélodies, Op. 12: No. 3. La vie d'une rose 04:15
    Track
    8
    Title
    4 Mélodies, Op. 12: No. 3. La vie d'une rose
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Sally Silver, Richard Bonynge
  9. 9 Le poète et le fantôme (version for voice and piano) 03:06
    Track
    9
    Title
    Le poète et le fantôme (version for voice and piano)
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Sally Silver, Christine Tocci, Richard Bonynge
  10. 10 Poëme d'amour: No. 4. Puisqu'elle a pris ma vie 01:50
    Track
    10
    Title
    Poëme d'amour: No. 4. Puisqu'elle a pris ma vie
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Sally Silver, Richard Bonynge
  11. 11 Dieu créa le désert 03:49
    Track
    11
    Title
    Dieu créa le désert
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Sally Silver, Richard Bonynge
  12. 12 Expressions lyriques: No. 5. La dernière lettre de Werther à Charlotte 04:08
    Track
    12
    Title
    Expressions lyriques: No. 5. La dernière lettre de Werther à Charlotte
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Christine Tocci, Richard Bonynge
  13. 13 Le sais-tu? 02:16
    Track
    13
    Title
    Le sais-tu?
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Sally Silver, Richard Bonynge
  14. 14 La dernière chanson 02:27
    Track
    14
    Title
    La dernière chanson
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Sally Silver, Richard Bonynge
  15. 15 Aux étoiles 04:15
    Track
    15
    Title
    Aux étoiles
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Sally Silver, Christine Tocci, Richard Bonynge
  16. 16 Chanson pour elle 02:25
    Track
    16
    Title
    Chanson pour elle
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Sally Silver, Richard Bonynge
  17. 17 Etre aimé 01:56
    Track
    17
    Title
    Etre aimé
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Sally Silver, Richard Bonynge
  18. 18 Salut, Printemps! 03:28
    Track
    18
    Title
    Salut, Printemps!
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Sally Silver, Christine Tocci, Richard Bonynge
  19. 19 Le coffret d'ébène 02:30
    Track
    19
    Title
    Le coffret d'ébène
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Sally Silver, Richard Bonynge
  20. 20 Poeme d'avril, Op. 14: No. 5. Vous aimerez demain 03:13
    Track
    20
    Title
    Poeme d'avril, Op. 14: No. 5. Vous aimerez demain
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Sally Silver, Richard Bonynge
  21. 21 Joie 02:52
    Track
    21
    Title
    Joie
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Sally Silver, Christine Tocci, Richard Bonynge
  22. 22 L'ame des fleurs 01:40
    Track
    22
    Title
    L'ame des fleurs
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Sally Silver, Richard Bonynge
  23. 23 Les fleurs 03:29
    Track
    23
    Title
    Les fleurs
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Sally Silver, Christine Tocci, Richard Bonynge
  24. 24 Le petit Jesus 02:57
    Track
    24
    Title
    Le petit Jesus
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Sally Silver, Richard Bonynge
  25. 25 Amoureux appel 02:15
    Track
    25
    Title
    Amoureux appel
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Sally Silver, Richard Bonynge