Gabriel Faure Henri Duparc Claude Debussy - Et La Melodie Francaise (27 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Gabriel Faure, Henri Duparc, Claude Debussy
Et La Melodie Francaise
Genres: Pop, Classical

Track Listings (27) - Disc #1
1. Mandoline, song for voice & piano (Cinq M?lodies 'de Venise'), Op. 58/1
2. Clair de lune, song for voice & piano (or orchestra) in B flat minor, Op. 46/2
3. Prison, song for voice & piano in E flat minor, Op. 83/1
4. Apr?s un r?ve ('Dans un sommeil'), song for voice & piano, Op. 7/1
5. Extase ('Sur un lys p?le'), song for voice & piano (or orchestra)
6. L'invitation au voyage ('Mon enfant, ma soeur'), song for voice & piano (or orchestra)
7. Phidyl? ('L'herbe est molle au sommeil'), song for voice & piano (or orchestra)
8. Chanson triste ('Dans ton coeur...'), song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 2/4
9. Le Galop ('Agite, bon cheval'), song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 2/5
10. F?tes galantes (3), song cycle for voice & piano, Set II, L. 104: les ingenus
11. F?tes galantes (3), song cycle for voice & piano, Set II, L. 104: le faune
12. F?tes galantes (3), song cycle for voice & piano, Set II, L. 104: Colloque sentimental
13. Chansons de Don Quichotte, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (from film score): Depart Song
14. Chansons de Don Quichotte, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (from film score): Song to Dulcinea
15. Chansons de Don Quichotte, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (from film score): The Duke song
16. Chansons de Don Quichotte, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (from film score): Death Song
17. Po?mes (4) D'apr?s L'intermezzo for voice & piano, Nos 1-4 (complete): Pr?lude
18. Po?mes (4) D'apr?s L'intermezzo for voice & piano, Nos 1-4 (complete): Tenderly embracing, my dear beloved
19. Po?mes (4) D'apr?s L'intermezzo for voice & piano, Nos 1-4 (complete): Why do I see the fragrant rose grow pale
20. Po?mes (4) D'apr?s L'intermezzo for voice & piano, Nos 1-4 (complete): Those who, amongst the dead of love
21. Po?mes (4) D'apr?s L'intermezzo for voice & piano, Nos 1-4 (complete): Now that not a single ray from your beloved eyes
22. Le bestiaire (Cort?ge d'Orph?e), song cycle for voice & piano (or chamber ensemble), FP 15a: The Dromedary
23. Le bestiaire (Cort?ge d'Orph?e), song cycle for voice & piano (or chamber ensemble), FP 15a: The Tibetan Goat
24. Le bestiaire (Cort?ge d'Orph?e), song cycle for voice & piano (or chamber ensemble), FP 15a: The Grasshopper
25. Le bestiaire (Cort?ge d'Orph?e), song cycle for voice & piano (or chamber ensemble), FP 15a: The Dolphin
26. Le bestiaire (Cort?ge d'Orph?e), song cycle for voice & piano (or chamber ensemble), FP 15a: The Grayfish
27. Le bestiaire (Cort?ge d'Orph?e), song cycle for voice & piano (or chamber ensemble), FP 15a: The Carp

CD Details

All Artists: Gabriel Faure, Henri Duparc, Claude Debussy, Jacques Ibert, Joseph Guy Ropartz, Francis Poulenc, Maciej Pikulski, José van Dam
Title: Et La Melodie Francaise
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Forlane
Release Date: 8/27/2002
Genres: Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 822165668129, 3399240168265

CD Reviews

Jose Van Dam at his finest.

W. N. Hay | Princeton, NJ United States | 05/04/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The great bass-baritone Jose Van Dam has enjoyed a long career in opera, song and oratorio. He has been recording for nearly forty years and still does not cease to amaze his listener. This CD of French songs represents a good variety of composers such as Faure, Ibert, Duparc, Ropartz and Poulenc. The songs by Faure are pretty well known. Van Dam sings these songs very musically and with great beauty of tone. Songs by Henri Duparc fit Jose Van Dam's voice perfectly. Especially notable is his beautiful soft voice in Extase. This group of Duparc songs includes Le Gallop which is rarely performed. The Chanson de Don Quichotte by Jacques Ibert are an old friend for Jose Van Dam. He has recorded them several times with great success. These songs really fit the character of Don Quichotte. The soft high note that ends the last of these four songs has never been sung more beautifully. Guy Ropartz is a wonderful composer that is not very well known. These songs are also sung very well on this CD. The Poulenc cycle is also wonderful music. Some of the songs are as short as thirty seconds but they work really well. Jose Van Dam is a master at changing the color of his voice to express emotion. He is also a master of the French language. I highly recommend this CD."