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Saint-Saens: Melodies avec orchestre / Poschner

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Composer
SAINT-SAENS, CAMILLE
Artist
Beuron, Christoyannis, Poschner
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
Alpha
Released
Feb 24, 2017
Catalog #
ALPHA273
UPC
3760014192739

About

Although the turn of the twentieth century marked the golden age of French song, the genre was generally accompanied on the piano and only rarely orchestrated by its composers. But Camille Saint-Saëns, a great lover of poetry, was also a champion of the orchestrated mélodie and the French coloristic style. He also wanted to counterbalance the overwhelming popularity of operatic arias in concert programmes. An immense admirer of Victor Hugo, Saint-Saëns set many of his poems to music, including L'Enlèvement, Rêverie, and Le Pas d'armes du Roi Jean, regarded as one of his masterpieces. Exoticism and a certain sense of the supernatural run through such songs as Danse macabre, one of the most popular pieces of classical music, but always heard nowadays either in its version for orchestra alone or performed by a singer with piano accompaniment. Of the twenty-five mélodies with orchestra listed in the catalogue of Saint-Saëns, nineteen are recorded here, all of them for the first time! With interpreters of the calibre of Yann Beuron and Tassis Christoyannis, the words are perfectly served here and the composer’s coloristic talents heard from the very first bars. This release of world premiere recordings is a genuine event that enables us to rediscover a whole segment of the history of vocal music, a renaissance made possible by the Fondation Bru Zane.

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 Angélus 03:42
    Track
    1
    Title
    Angélus
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Yann Beuron
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Markus Poschner
  2. 2 L'attente 01:43
    Track
    2
    Title
    L'attente
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Yann Beuron
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Markus Poschner
  3. 3 Rêverie 02:52
    Track
    3
    Title
    Rêverie
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Yann Beuron
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Markus Poschner
  4. 4 Mélodies persanes, Op. 26: No. 1. La brise (version for voice and orchestra) 02:22
    Track
    4
    Title
    Mélodies persanes, Op. 26: No. 1. La brise (version for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Tassis Christoyannis
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Markus Poschner
  5. 5 Extase (version for voice and orchestra) 04:00
    Track
    5
    Title
    Extase (version for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Tassis Christoyannis
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Markus Poschner
  6. 6 La feuille de peuplier (The Poplar Leaf) 02:03
    Track
    6
    Title
    La feuille de peuplier (The Poplar Leaf)
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Yann Beuron
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Markus Poschner
  7. 7 L'enlèvement 02:07
    Track
    7
    Title
    L'enlèvement
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Yann Beuron
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Markus Poschner
  8. 8 Les fées 02:50
    Track
    8
    Title
    Les fées
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Tassis Christoyannis
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Markus Poschner
  9. 9 Souvenances (arr. for voice and orchestra) 03:36
    Track
    9
    Title
    Souvenances (arr. for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Yann Beuron
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Markus Poschner
  10. 10 Désir d'amour (arr. for voice and orchestra) 02:14
    Track
    10
    Title
    Désir d'amour (arr. for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Tassis Christoyannis
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Markus Poschner
  11. 11 Les cloches de la mer 03:17
    Track
    11
    Title
    Les cloches de la mer
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Tassis Christoyannis
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Markus Poschner
  12. 12 Mélodies persanes, Op. 26: No. 2. La splendeur vide (version for voice and orchestra) 04:23
    Track
    12
    Title
    Mélodies persanes, Op. 26: No. 2. La splendeur vide (version for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    04:23
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Tassis Christoyannis
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Markus Poschner
  13. 13 Le pas d'armes du Roi Jean 04:10
    Track
    13
    Title
    Le pas d'armes du Roi Jean
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Tassis Christoyannis
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Markus Poschner
  14. 14 La cloche 03:20
    Track
    14
    Title
    La cloche
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Yann Beuron
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Markus Poschner
  15. 15 Papillons 03:03
    Track
    15
    Title
    Papillons
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Yann Beuron
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Markus Poschner
  16. 16 Plainte 02:40
    Track
    16
    Title
    Plainte
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Yann Beuron
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Markus Poschner
  17. 17 Aimons-nous 03:35
    Track
    17
    Title
    Aimons-nous
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Yann Beuron
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Markus Poschner
  18. 18 Mélodies persanes, Op. 26: No. 5. Au cimetière (version for voice and orchestra) 03:51
    Track
    18
    Title
    Mélodies persanes, Op. 26: No. 5. Au cimetière (version for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Tassis Christoyannis
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Markus Poschner
  19. 19 Danse macabre (version for voice and orchestra) 02:17
    Track
    19
    Title
    Danse macabre (version for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Tassis Christoyannis
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Markus Poschner