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French ‘lightness’ and ‘charm’? Germanic ‘profundity’ and ‘gravity’?
These words sum up in a nutshell what we are offered by the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen conducted by Oswald Sallaberger for their first collaboration with Zig-Zag Territoires.
On the programme: Gabriel Fauré’s symphonic suite Pelléas et Mélisande; then a selection of his songs in their orchestral versions, performed by Karine Deshayes (Victoire de la Musique for opera singer of the year 2011).
Finally the Siegfried Idyll of Richard Wagner, probably the most delicately poetic of his works, far removed from the grandiosity of his music dramas.
Gabriel Faure: Pelleas et Melisande Suite, Op. 80
I. Prelude
II. Fileuse
III. Sicilienne
Gabriel Faure: Chanson de Melisande (arr. C. Koechlin for voice and orchestra)
Chanson de Melisande (arr. C. Koechlin for voice and orchestra)
Pelleas et Melisande Suite, Op. 80
IV. Mort de Melisande: Molto adagio
Gabriel Faure: Soir, Op. 83, No. 2 (arr. L. Aubert for voice and orchestra)
Soir, Op. 83, No. 2 (arr. L. Aubert for voice and orchestra)
Gabriel Faure: Les roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39, No. 4 (version for voice and orchestra)
Les roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39, No. 4 (version for voice and orchestra)
Gabriel Faure: Clair de lune, Op. 46, No. 2 (version for voice and orchestra)
Clair de lune, Op. 46, No. 2 (version for voice and orchestra)
Gabriel Faure: Le parfum imperissable, Op. 76, No. 1 (arr. H. Busser for voice and orchestra)
Le parfum imperissable, Op. 76, No. 1 (arr. H. Busser for voice and orchestra)
Gabriel Faure: 5 Melodies de Venise, Op. 58 (arr. F. Schmitt for voice and orchestra)
5 Melodies de Venise, Op. 58: No. 1. Mandoline (arr. F. Schmitt for voice and orchestra)
Gabriel Faure: La chanson du pecheur, Op. 4, No. 1 (version for voice and orchestra)
La chanson du pecheur, Op. 4, No. 1 (version for voice and orchestra)
Gabriel Faure: Elegie, Op. 24 (version for cello and orchestra)
Elegie, Op. 24 (version for cello and orchestra)
Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Op. 103
Siegfried Idyll
July 2012
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“A pleasingly intimate account of Faure's Pelleas et Melisande suite...and a ravishing Elegie from cellist Francois Salque.”
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