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Title:

L'heure exquise : a French songbook.

Publisher:

Hyperion,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

1 audio disc (1:14:32) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Songs (Medium voice) with piano.
Songs, French.
Songs.
Art music.
Sound recordings.
Songs.
Sound recordings.
Compact disc

Other Authors:

Coote, Alice, singer.
Johnson, Graham, 1950- instrumentalist.
Container of (expression): Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963. Leocadia. Chemins de l'amour; arranged.
Container of (work): Hahn, Reynaldo, 1875-1947. Chansons grises. Heure exquise.
Container of (work): Hahn, Reynaldo, 1875-1947. Rondels. Etoiles.
Container of (work): Faure, Gabriel, 1845-1924. Secret.
Container of (work): Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Serenade.
Container of (work): Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Au printemps.
Container of (work): Chabrier, Emmanuel, 1841-1894. Toutes les fleurs.
Container of (expression): Chausson, Ernest, 1855-1899. Poeme de l'amour et de la mer. Temps des lilas; arranged.
Container of (work): Faure, Gabriel, 1845-1924. Fleur jetee.
Container of (work): Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Nuits d'ete. Spectre de la rose.
Container of (work): Saint-Sae˜ns, Camille, 1835-1921. Aimons-nous.
Container of (work): Chabrier, Emmanuel, 1841-1894. Melodies (1890). Ile heureuse.
Container of (work): Bachelet, Alfred, 1864-1944. Chere nuit.
Container of (work): Saint-Sae˜ns, Camille, 1835-1921. Soiree en mer.
Container of (work): Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Chansons de France. Grotte.
Container of (work): Hahn, Reynaldo, 1875-1947. Feuilles blessees. Compagne de l'ether.
Container of (work): Satie, Erik, 1866-1925. Je te veux.
Container of (work): Hahn, Reynaldo, 1875-1947. Chere blessure.
Container of (work): K¿chlin, Charles, 1867-1950. Melodies, op. 22. Novembre.
Container of (work): Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963. Banalites. Voyage a Paris.
Container of (work): Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963. Banalites. Hotel.
Container of (work): Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963. Grenouillere.
Container of (work): Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963. Calligrammes. Voyage.

Notes:

The 1st work is an excerpt from incidental music, originally with clarinet, bassoon, violin, double bass, and piano accompaniment; the 8th work originally with orchestra accompaniment. Title from disc label. Compact disc. Program notes by Susan Youens and biographical notes on the performers in English and texts with English translations (23 pages : portrait) in container. Alice Coote, mezzo-soprano ; Graham Johnson, piano. Recorded 2012 October 18-20 All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London.

Contents:

Voyage / Francis Poulenc (3:01) L'heure exquise / Reynaldo Hahn (2:26) -- Les etoiles / Reynaldo Hahn (2:50) -- Le secret / Gabriel Faure (2:33) -- Serenade / Charles Gounod (4:26) -- Au printemps / Charles Gounod (1:57) -- Toutes les fleurs / Emmanuel Chabrier (4:45) -- Le temps des lilas / Ernest Chausson (4:11) -- Fleur jetee / Gabriel Faure (1:39) -- Le spectre de la rose / Hector Berlioz (6:11) -- Aimons-nous / Camille Saint-Sae˜ns (4:11) -- L'ile heureuse / Emmanuel Chabrier (2:50) -- Chere nuit / Alfred Bachelet (4:56) -- Soiree en mer / Camille Saint-Sae˜ns (4:34) -- La grotte / Claude Debussy (2:25) -- Fumee / Reynaldo Hahn (2:41) -- Je te veux / Erik Satie (3:54) -- La chere blessure / Reynaldo Hahn (3:20) -- Novembre / Charles Koechlin (3:17) -- Voyage a Paris / Francis Poulenc (:58) -- Hotel / Francis Poulenc (1:45) -- La Grenouillere / Francis Poulenc (1:50) -- Voyage / Francis Poulenc (3:01)

Summary:

Alice Coote is the darling of the world's opera stages and recital halls. Her solo recordings are rare events. In this much-anticipated French songbook, Graham Johnson lends his incomparable insight to this most remarkable of talents on an emotional roller coaster through twenty-three songs of Gallic love in all its guises.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)911044331

UPC:

034571179629

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)