Paysage / Gens, Niquet, Munich Radio Orchestra
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Paysage / Gens, Niquet, Munich Radio Orchestra

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Composer
Ernest Chausson, Theodore Dubois, Gabriel Faure, Charles Gounod, Reynaldo Hahn, Jules Massenet, Cami
Artist
Veronique Gens, Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Herve Niquet
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
Alpha
Released
Mar 29, 2024
Catalog #
ALPHA1030
UPC
3701624510308

About

In this recital, Véronique Gens and Hervé Niquet bring back to life a neglected aspect of France’s Romantic heritage: songs with orchestral accompaniment. Aside from a few pieces by Debussy and Duparc, and Berlioz’s famous Nuits d’été, orchestral mélodies form a virtually forgotten continent. In collaboration with the specialists of the Palazzetto Bru Zane, Alpha now revisits these musical landscapes, taking us from Brittany (Hahn) to Persia, whose beauties Fauré and Saint-Saëns exalt in very different ways. Mélodies by Chausson, Gounod and Dubois and rarely heard instrumental pieces by Massenet, Fauré and Fernand de La Tombelle round out the journey with their musical reveries.

Critic reviews

  • “Gens models exquisite French emotions in orchestral garb. In the ensuing decades since her Berlioz disc, Gens’ voice (always strong) has become fuller in tone.”

    Limelight, Editor’s choice, May 2024

  • “A rich feast of late-Romantic French orchestral song from our Artist of the Year, Véronique Gens; her skills of story-telling and of shaping atmosphere are compelling from the start.”

    Gramophone Awards, Voice & ensemble, September 2024

Tracklist 22 tracks

  1. 1 Chansons de Marjolie: No. 3. Celui que j'aime 02:25
    Track
    1
    Title
    Chansons de Marjolie: No. 3. Celui que j'aime
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Théodore Dubois
    Performer
    Véronique Gens
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  2. 2 Paysage 02:28
    Track
    2
    Title
    Paysage
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Reynaldo Hahn
    Performer
    Véronique Gens
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  3. 3 Petits reves d'enfants: No. 1. Andantino 01:51
    Track
    3
    Title
    Petits reves d'enfants: No. 1. Andantino
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Théodore Dubois
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  4. 4 Clair de lune, Op. 46, No. 2 03:06
    Track
    4
    Title
    Clair de lune, Op. 46, No. 2
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Véronique Gens
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  5. 5 Chansons de Marjolie: No. 7. En paradis 02:41
    Track
    5
    Title
    Chansons de Marjolie: No. 7. En paradis
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Théodore Dubois
    Performer
    Véronique Gens
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  6. 6 Mélodies persanes, Op. 26: No. 2. La splendeur vide 04:07
    Track
    6
    Title
    Mélodies persanes, Op. 26: No. 2. La splendeur vide
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Véronique Gens
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  7. 7 Les Erinnyes, Act II: Scène religieuse 02:06
    Track
    7
    Title
    Les Erinnyes, Act II: Scène religieuse
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Performer
    Alexandre Vay
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  8. 8 Chansons de Miarka, Op. 17: No. 1. Les morts 03:14
    Track
    8
    Title
    Chansons de Miarka, Op. 17: No. 1. Les morts
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Ernest Chausson
    Performer
    Véronique Gens
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  9. 9 Rêverie 02:24
    Track
    9
    Title
    Rêverie
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Fernand de La Tombelle
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  10. 10 Mai 01:58
    Track
    10
    Title
    Mai
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Reynaldo Hahn
    Performer
    Véronique Gens
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  11. 11 La fauvette 02:19
    Track
    11
    Title
    La fauvette
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Charles Gounod
    Performer
    Véronique Gens
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  12. 12 Esclarmonde: Pastorale 01:36
    Track
    12
    Title
    Esclarmonde: Pastorale
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  13. 13 Musiques sur l'eau: No. 6. Blancheurs d'ailes 02:51
    Track
    13
    Title
    Musiques sur l'eau: No. 6. Blancheurs d'ailes
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Théodore Dubois
    Performer
    Véronique Gens
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  14. 14 Clos ta paupière 03:27
    Track
    14
    Title
    Clos ta paupière
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Charles Gounod
    Performer
    Véronique Gens
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  15. 15 Les roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39, No. 4 03:00
    Track
    15
    Title
    Les roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39, No. 4
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Véronique Gens
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  16. 16 Petits reves d'enfants: No. 2. Andantino grazioso 01:37
    Track
    16
    Title
    Petits reves d'enfants: No. 2. Andantino grazioso
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Théodore Dubois
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  17. 17 Ce qui dure 02:04
    Track
    17
    Title
    Ce qui dure
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Théodore Dubois
    Performer
    Véronique Gens
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  18. 18 Sapho: Solitude 02:10
    Track
    18
    Title
    Sapho: Solitude
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  19. 19 D'une prison 02:15
    Track
    19
    Title
    D'une prison
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Reynaldo Hahn
    Performer
    Véronique Gens
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  20. 20 Shylock Suite, Op. 57: V. Nocturne: Andante molto moderato 01:53
    Track
    20
    Title
    Shylock Suite, Op. 57: V. Nocturne: Andante molto moderato
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Véronique Gens
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  21. 21 La chanson du pêcheur, Op. 4, No. 1 03:02
    Track
    21
    Title
    La chanson du pêcheur, Op. 4, No. 1
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Véronique Gens
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  22. 22 Aimons-nous 03:36
    Track
    22
    Title
    Aimons-nous
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Véronique Gens
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet