Musique de Nuit

On this CD:

1. Le Repos de Tityre, Pour Hatbois Di Amour Seul Tityre's Rast
Composed by Charles Koechlin
Performed by Lajos Lencses

2. Work(s) Unspecified piece for oboe & harp
Composed by Gabriel Faure
Performed by Lajos Lencses

3. Sicilienne, for cello & piano, Op. 78 arranged for oboe & harp
Composed by Gabriel Faure
Performed by Lajos Lencses

4. Impromptu, for harp in D flat major, Op. 86
Composed by Gabriel Faure

5. Berceuse, for violin & piano (or orchestra) in D Major, Op. 16
Composed by Gabriel Faure
Performed by Lajos Lencses

6. Serenade for violin and piano
Composed by Gabriel Pierne
Performed by Lajos Lencses

7. Gnossienne, for piano No.1, for piano
Composed by Erik Satie

8. Gnossiennes (6), for piano, complete
Composed by Erik Satie

9. Gnossiennes (6), for piano, complete
Composed by Erik Satie

10. Au Loin, Op 20, Chant Pour Cor Anglais et piano In die Ferne, song for English Horn and Harp
Composed by Charles Koechlin
Performed by Lajos Lencses

11. Gymnopédies (3), for piano, complete (also orchestrated by Debussy)
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Lajos Lencses

12. Gymnopédies (3), for piano, complete (also orchestrated by Debussy)
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Lajos Lencses

13. Gymnopédies (3), for piano, complete (also orchestrated by Debussy)
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Lajos Lencses

Tracks:

I. Andante Moderato - Allegro Non Troppo (Cadenza)
II. Largo
III. Airs Slovaques: Allegro - Allegro Maestoso - Allegro Molto Animato
1. Papillons Noirs (Allegro Agitato Molto)
2. Papillons Blancs (Allegro)
1. Eau Dormante (Lent Et Calme)
2. Eau Courante (Vite)
Toccata
Musique Pour Bercer Les Petits Enfants
1. Nocturne: Andante Con Moto
2. Marche: Allegro Con Molto Di Moto
3. Barcarolle: Andantino Quasi Andante
4. Rigodon: Allegro Non Troppo
5. Melodie (Elegie Jouee Par Les Erinnyes): Lento Ma Non Troppo
6. Saltarello: Allegro Vivace
7. Vieille Chanson: Andante Quasi Andantino
8. Legende: Allegretto - Presto
9. Fughetta: Andantino Quasi Allegretto
10. Carillon: Allegro
1. Andantino (Calme Et Soutenu Sans Lenteur)
2. Allegretto Con Grazia - Con Moto
3. Triste Et Lent
4. Allegretto Scherzando
5. Andante Cantabile Espressivo (Quasi Recitativo)
6. Allegro Deciso Con Moto
7. Allegretto (Calme Et Simplement)

Tracks:

Valse Folle
Valse Tres Lente (Tres Lente Et Tres Douce)
Devant La Madonne (Souvenir De La Campagne De Rome, Nuit De Noel) (Allegro Moderato)
I. A L'Ombre (Assez Lent Et Mysterieux)
II. Dans Les Bles (Modere)
III. Grand Soleil (Avec Ampleur)
I. Feuilles Jaunes (Assez Lent)
II. Deux Novembre (Triste, Assez Lent)
III. Joyeuse Chasse (Tres Anime)
I. Noel (Tres Modere)
I. En Songeant (Tres Lent)
III. On Valsait (Mouvement De Valse)
I. Premiers Nids (Vif, Alerte Et Gai)
II. Lilas (Tres Modere Et Caressant)
III. Paques (Sortie De La Grand-Messe) (Modere)
1. Avec Entrain (In C)
2. Tres Anime (In G)
3. Expressif Et Triste, Sans Lenteur (In B Flat Minor)
4. Tres Anime (In D Flat)
5. Avec Elan (In C)
6. Avec Ampleur, Sans Lenteur (In F)
1. Modere Et Bien Rythme (In B Minor)
2. Allegretto, Avec Delicatesse (In G)
3. D'Une Allure Franche Et Gaie, Mesure Cependant (In C)
La Vierge: Danse Galileenne
I. Andante (In F)
II. Allegretto Quasi Allegro (In G)
III. Andante (In D Flat)
1. Tres Calme Avec Un Sentiment Intime (In E Flat)
2. (Sans Indication De Mouvement) (In G)

Customer Reviews:

Rare French Musique..........2007-02-12

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Nice reissue of some rare French piano music, at a bargan rate.

Ciccolini is an adequate pianist who specializes in French art. His readings of Satie are questionable--but Massenet's piano pieces are otherwise unobtainable.

Jules Massenet is not widely remembered now--aside from a couple of operas which maintain a toehold in the repetoire. In his heyday during the Second Empire, however, he was an important teacher and opera impresario. These little piano pieces reflect the pale rosy eroticism popular in art during the corrupt reign of Napoleon III.
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Rameau: Règne Amour - Love Songs from the Operas

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The beauty and grace of French Baroque Opera
A beautiful addition to any baroque music-lover's collection
Good, but I would have cut back on the instrumental movements
A Beautiful Introduction to Rameau's Operas
Excellent introduction to Rameau

Rameau: Règne Amour - Love Songs from the Operas

Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
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ASIN: B0001ZXMNQ
Release Date: 2004-06-08

Customer Reviews:

The beauty and grace of French Baroque Opera.......2007-04-29

I hadn't heard of Carolyn Sampson before I bought this CD, and since there aren't any sample tracks for this CD, I was sort of going out on a limb when I bought this CD...but I wanted a Rameau aria CD badly, so I decided just to go ahead and buy it. One of the best buys I ever made. Carolyn Sampson's voice is not the typical colorless, vibratoless, dull voice that you sometimes get with a baroque recital. Instead her voice has radiance, resplendence, and resonance. She has a quick, fluttery, but even vibrato, which is ideal for these arias. But she doesn't use her vibrato on every tone...for example, sometimes she will hit and sustain and crescendo on a note in her upper register without using any vibrato at all and it is one of the most beautiful sounds I've ever heard come out of the human throat. She has a very agile voice, which every singer who attempts any kind of baroque singing should have. Her runs are clean and precise. Her voice is "french" sounding, but it isn't weak or limp...it has a considerable amount of power, and she wields it with an enviable amount of professionalism. The music, of course, is sheer beauty and elegance. I'll take any one of Rameau's simple, lovely melodies over the heavy, dramatic "screamo" arias of Wagner or Verdi. The CD's sound quality is crystal clear. The Ex Cathedra Chorus and Orchestra deliver Rameau's music beautifully and effortlessly. This disc deserves to be played only in your finest stereo.

P.S. Track 17 was recently featured in the 2006 movie "Marie Antoinette"...It's one of my personal fav's :-)

A beautiful addition to any baroque music-lover's collection.......2007-03-03

The lovely voice of Carolyn Sampson is well suited to the truly gorgeous music of Rameau, of which a nice selection is included on this CD. The music itself poses no difficulty for Ms Sampson, and she negotiates the elegant lines and tuplet-endowed sections, along with the intrinsic embellishments of the arias, with ease.

There are many beautiful things in the CD, and for the sheer loveliness of the voice, what a pleasure it is to hear.

As the previous reviewer mentioned, there is a bit of cross-over between this and the delicious "Airs baroque français" by Patricia Petibon - and that is an album I strongly recommend in addition to this. I do personally prefer Petibon's recording, although this CD by Ms Sampson is also charming.

There are a number of reasons for that. Firstly, Petibon is French, and she sings (of course) in perfect French. Ms Sampson's French does not sound entirely French (however, most listeners won't be worried by this). Secondly, Patricia Petibon's understanding of the language also enables her to paint the words and music to convey meaning to an extent that is not equalled by Carolyn Sampson. Again, this won't matter a great deal to most listeners who will primarily be ravished by the lovely sounds of Carolyn Sampson's singing. Thirdly, it's true that there are quite a few purely instrumental pieces on this recording. Not that I particularly object... I love both Rameau's vocal music and his instrumental music, but in general when one purchases a vocal recital album, that's what one wants - a vocal recital.

The differences between the two singers' approach is exemplified mostly in the arias which are sung by each - that is, Rameau's "Soleil, fois de ces lieux !" and "Formons les plus brillants concerts... Aux langeurs d'Apollon". There is more "coeur" in Petibon's singing, but Ms Sampson offers her own attractions in her singing, of course. It's the lovely clarity of her voice that will appeal - it's a light and well-focused soprano timbre with considerable agility and a beautiful evenness throughout the range.

I enjoyed this album very much, and Carolyn Sampson's fresh and shining voice is extremely attractive to listen to. I have listened with pleasure to almost everything this very gifted singer has recorded, and she is certainly a singer whose recordings are worth collecting.

Recommended.

Good, but I would have cut back on the instrumental movements.......2006-09-18

I like this CD a lot and I have listened to it many times since I bought it. Carolyn Sampson has a fine soprano voice and a great vocal technique. I have enjoyed her singing for some time and her contributions to the King's Consort recordings of cantatas by Kuhnau, Zelenka, Knüpfer and Schelle were highlights for me.

I have few complaints about this disc, but I would have liked a few more vocal works and slightly less instrumental movements from the operas. However, as a "walk through" Jean-Philippe Rameau's operas, this CD is first class. There are so many Handelians around these days, endlessly singing the praises of the "Beloved Saxon", it is easy to forget that Rameau was easily as great as Handel in most areas and he certainly was a much more imaginative and skilled composer of orchestral music than his British-based peer. Whenever Handel had more instruments at his disposal, what did he do? He had the extra instruments play in unison with existing musical lines.
I digress.

I also have Patricia Petibon's incredible "Virtuoso French Baroque Opera Arias" CD, which is, in my opinion, utterly beyond any serious criticism. I was eager to compare Ms Sampson's interpretations with Mademoiselle Petibon's slightly older recording. Carolyn Sampson does well, however, in "Aux langueurs d'Apollon", it is clear to me that she just can't touch Patricia Petibon in realm of imagination, characterisation, wit and style. Sampson's La Folie seems to be polite and charming - as opposed to Petibon's La Folie, who really is quite mad.

Sampson does use more vibrato than Petibon, who uses virtually none. Listeners who aren't attracted to HIP interpretations of Baroque music will probably thus favour Sampson's interpretations over Petibon's.

Carolyn Sampson's interpretations of the slower and less extrovert arias are very good indeed. Her "Soleil, fuis de ces lieux" is very attractive and not inferior to Petibon's in any way. I just wish someone had brought the great aria "Triste apprêts, pâles flambeaux" from Castor et Pollux to her attention. Ms Sampson would have done something very nice with that great Baroque aria.

I love this CD and it makes for some great listening. Needless to say, the experience of Patricia Petibon in French Baroque opera gives her a considerable edge, but Sampson's is a highly worthy recording.

A Beautiful Introduction to Rameau's Operas.......2006-04-25

I had the pleasure of hearing high tenor Jean-Pierre Fouchard and the Opera LaFayette perform a recital of Rameau's operatic music during a snowy February afternoon concert at the University of Maryland. I wanted to hear more Rameau opera and found this excellent CD with a program similar to the one I heard live, but for a soprano voice. This CD on Hyperion, "Love Songs from the Operas" features soprano Carolyn Sampson and Jeffry Skidmore conducting the choir and orchestra of Ex Cathedra, an English early music ensemble, similar to the Opera LaFayette of my own home town, that performs in period style on period instruments. The CD is a wonderful way to get to know Rameau.

Jean-Phillipe Rameau (1687 -- 1764) began composing operas at the age of 50. (Together with his near-contemporary, Domenico Scarlatti, Rameau shows there is hope yet for us late-bloomers)
With their emotional passion, harmonic daring, and unmistakable rhythms, Rameau initiated a new age in French opera. A figure of the Enlightenment in music, Rameau went far towards initiating the classical style of Gluck and Mozart. French opera during Rameau's time was largely a mixture of dramatic stage material and musical interludes known as divertissiments. Thus, his musical accomplishment can legitimately be approached by a selection from his various operas, as offered on this CD and in the live performance I mentioned above.

Sampson and Skidmore offer selections from seven Rameau operas, including his first opera Hipolyte et Acis of 1733, and including as well Les Indes galantes, Les Paladin, Plate, Zoroastre, Dardanus, and Pygmalion. Many of the works include collections of musical interludes from the divertissiments, while others are solo selections. There is a great variety of music on the recording, including a surprising amount of comedy material and, in Platee, Rameau's satire of the florid, melismatic style of Italian opera. Much of appeal of Rameau's music results from the interplay between simple melodic lyricism and the variety of his orchestration, particularly for winds. Flute, oboe, bassoon, and percussion are all well in evidence here. I particularly enjoyed some of the slower more serious ariettes, including "Soleil fuis du ces lieux" from Plate and "Regne Amour" from Zoroastre. Several of the selections show the origins of French baroque music in the dance and feature lively orchestral introductions followed by solos. There are two fine examples in the opening divertissiment from Les Indes Gallantes. Strongly structured and rhythmic orchestral interludes are offered in "Tambourin" from Dardanus and in the minuet and rondo from "Les Indes Gallantes." And the choir is featured in selections from Plate. But Ms Sampson's clear, passionate, and idiomatic soprano remains the chief attraction of this CD.

In his study, "French Baroque Music", James Anthony observed (p. 129) that "In terms of musical statement, there is no question but that [Rameau] is the greatest composer of the French eighteenth century; there is also no question that, among all the first line composers of that century of giants, he is the one least appreciated today." For those who lack the good fortune I had in hearing a live recital of Rameau, this CD provides an introduction to the beauty and power of his operatic music.

I am pleased that this CD has already attracted the attention of two excellent and thoughtful reviewers.

Robin Friedman

Excellent introduction to Rameau.......2006-01-09

I just want to add a few comments on this disc, which has already been very well reviewed: I've enjoyed some of Rameau's keyboard music, but can't say I've been thoroughly captured by his operas. This disc proved to be an excellent exploration of Rameau's vocal music, and I highly recommend it. Carolyn Sampson has a light, fresh voice with great appeal. The selections include pieces from several of the lesser-known operas that are real gems, along with more well-known items (within the Rameau orbit, which is arguably underappreciated). The accompaniment, by Jeffrey Skidmore and Ex Cathedra, is superb--delicate when required, or bustling along, but never intrusive, and lacking that "Original Instruments" edginess that some of us find irritating at times. The sound is typical Hyperion--first rate, if slightly recessed.

If you have any interest in this repertoire, but haven't found the right place to dive in, this ought to do the job.

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Very pretty and with the virtues of that prettiness

Debussy: Early Songs

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ASIN: B0000926RI
Release Date: 2003-12-30

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Very pretty and with the virtues of that prettiness.......2007-05-18

Gillian Keith's voice is a young very pretty light soprano, with ease in the top notes and considerable agility. She brings all of that plus her very good French to this recording of often unrepresented Debussy songs - some rarities indeed of Debussy's early vocal compositions.

Accompanist Simon Lepper is marvellous. He plays like limpid streams of water - transparent, beautiful, full of movement and colour and reflections.

Where this album falls for me is in the vocal interpretation. What I hear is sound - very pretty sound, but not a remarkable facility for interpretation. I feel the phrasing is musical but perfunctory, so that many times a moment of significance is lost because it is not phrased with more feeling. And while the voice is (as I said) very pretty, and the top notes are sung with ease, it does seem to me that some of those top notes are slightly pinched... a little white and not quite matching the rest of the voice. But this is a minor criticism - from what I can see, Ms Keith has plenty of time to develop her technique further, and it's always a pretty sound and with such a lovely line of clarity.

It's charming to listen to, and if I was left wanting a little more, it doesn't detract from the prettiness of it. I think this will please many listeners. Recommended.

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Musique de Nuit

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ASIN: B00004WH83
Release Date: 2000-08-29

Tracks:

'Le repos de Tityre' Op. 216 - 'Tityre's Rast' Monodie fur Oboe d'amore
Piece fur Oboe und Harfe
Sicilienne Op. 78 fur Oboe und Harfe (Original fur Klavier)
Impromptu Op. 86 fur Harfe solo
Berceuse Op. 16 fur Oboe und Harfe (Original fur Violine und Klavier)
Serenade fur Oboe und Harfe (Original fur Violine und Klavier)
Gnossienne I fur Harfe solo
Gnossienne II fur Harfe solo
Gnossienne III fur Harfe solo
'Au loin Op. 20' - 'In die Ferne' Gesang fur Englischhorn und Harfe
Gymnopedie I fur Oboe und Harfe
Gymnopedie II fur Oboe und Harfe
Gymnopedie III fur Oboe und Harfe (Original fur Klavier)

Opéra Français: Le Récital Oublié (The Forgotten Arias Collection)

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Opéra Français: Le Récital Oublié (The Forgotten Arias Collection)

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Turner, Whistler, Monet: Peinture, Musique, Paysages

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Turner, Whistler, Monet: Peinture, Musique, Paysages

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Masters of the Opera, 1642-1926 (Box Set)

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Incredible Value

Masters of the Opera, 1642-1926 (Box Set)

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Customer Reviews:

Incredible Value.......2003-11-14

The recordings are crisp, the performers are big stars. The selections are nicely arranged. Being a Mozart fan, I think the first two discs are worth the price of the entire set. Look at the selections! It's all here and it's all great recordings.

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Debussy Songs

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Janine Micheau Sings
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Release Date: 2003-02-25

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La Demoiselle Elue
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Guy Reibel: Rabelais ou la Naissance du Verbe - for voice and percussion
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