Gérard Souzay, baritone ; Jacqueline Bonneau, piano (1st-26th works) ; Orchestra de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Robert Cornman, conductor (27th-30th works). Recorded Jan. 1953 (27th-30th works) and at West Hampstead Studios, London, Apr. 11-12 and 15, 1953 (1st-7th works) and Jan. 1953 (8th-26th works). Compact disc. Program notes in English with French and German translations and texts in French, German, or Italian, with English translations (23 pages : ports. ; 12 cm.) in container.
Contents:
Chanson des bougies / Louis XIII, Roi de France ; arr. Louis Couperin (2:37) -- Cette Anne si belle / Pierre Guédron (2:14) -- Me veux-tu voir mourir (2:12) ; Cachez, beaux yeux (2:56) / Antoine Boësset -- Tambourin / traditional (1:09) -- Brézairola (3:08) ; Malurous qu'o uno fenno (1:31) / trad., arr. Canteloube -- Songs from the anthology "Canzone scordate". Four sacred German songs. Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt (2:42) ; Ein neues andächtiges Kindelwiegen (2:19) ; Bringet mein Herrn zu Ruh' (3:09) ; Liebster Gott, wann werd' ich sterben (2:45). Three songs by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Jesus in Gethsemane (4:50) ; Weihnachslied (2:36) ; Über die Finsterniss kurz vor dem Tode Jesu (4:28). Seven Italian monodies. O miei giorni fugaci (3:00) ; Or ch'io non seguo più (1:03) ; Ferma, dorinda mia (2:20) ; Apra il suo verde seno (1:22) ; Occh' immortali (2:37) ; Donn' ingrata (1:43) ; Cara mia cetr' andiamo (3:31). Five songs by Alessandro Scarlatti. Chi vuole innamorarsi (2:22) ; Cara e dolce (2:07) ; Belezza, che s'ama (1:11) ; O, dolcissima speranza (1:07) ; Toglietemi la vita ancor (1:52) / arranged by Arne Dørumsgaard -- Alceste. Il faut passer (3:49) ; Cadmus et Hermione. Belle Hermione (3:15) / Jean-Baptiste Lully -- Castor et Pollux. Nature, amour / Jean-Philippe Rameau (4:46) -- Le rencontre imprévue. Cest un torrent; Un ruisselet bien clair / Christoph Willibald Gluck (3:23).
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