Title from disc label. Subtitle on container verso: Opera arias and songs. Sabine Devieilhe, soprano ; with, Jodie Devos, soprano (track 13) ; Marianne Crebassa, mezzo-soprano (tracks 9, 13) ; Alexandre Tharaud, piano (tracks 8, 12, 14) ; Les Siècles ; François-Xavier Roth, conductor. Recorded 2017 February 27-March 2 and March 6-9 Philharmonie de Paris, Salle de répétition no. 1. Compact disc. Program notes by Alain Perroux in French with English and German translations, and texts with English and German translations (46 pages) inserted in container.
Contents:
Lakmé. Tu m'as donné le plus doux rêve / Delibes (2:22). Pelléas et Mélisande. Mes longs cheveux descendent / Debussy (2:01) -- Lakmé. Où va la jeune hindoue / Delibes (7:26) -- 4 poèmes hindous / Delage (9:14) -- La romance d'Ariel / Debussy (4:22) -- Lakmé. Viens Mallika... Sous le dôme épais / Delibes (5:40) -- Le rossignol. Ah, joie, emplis mon cœur : chanson du rossignol / Stravinsky (3:32) -- Hamlet. A vos jeux, mes amis / Thomas (11:49) -- La mort d'Ophélie / Berlioz (5:39) -- Thaïs. Celle qui vient est plus belle / Massenet (4:19) -- Le voyage / Koechlin (2:58) -- Lakmé. Tu m'as donné le plus doux rêve / Delibes (2:22).
Summary:
Soprano Sabine Devieilhe's signature operatic role, Lakmé, forms the starting point for her enticing collection of opera and songs in French. The album's theme is the exotic allure of faraway, and imagined, places and people.
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