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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Frederica von Stade sings Fauré Melodies
Fauré: | Les berceaux, Op. 23 No. 1 Le papillon et la fleur, Op. 1 No. 1 Lydia, Op. 4 No. 2 Rêve d'amour, Op. 5 No. 2 La fée aux chansons Op. 27 No. 2 Au bord de l'eau, Op. 8 No. 1 (Prudhomme) Notre amour Op. 23 No. 2 Les roses d'Ispahan Op. 39 No. 4 Dans les ruines d'une abbaye Op. 2 No. 1 Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1 Clair de Lune, Op. 46 No. 2 Mandoline, Op. 58 No. 1 (Verlaine) En sourdine, Op. 58 No. 2 (Verlaine) L'aurore Arpège, Op. 76 No. 2 (Samain) Prison, Op. 83 No. 1 Dans la forêt de septembre Op. 85 No. 1 Au cimetière, Op. 51 No. 2 Mélisande's song from Op. 80 |
Described by the New York Times as “one of America’s finest artists and singers,” Frederica von Stade continues to be extolled as one of the music world’s most beloved figures. Known to family, friends, and fans by her nickname “Flicka,” the mezzo-soprano has enriched the world of classical music for three decades. This release highlights the iconic recordings of Faure Melodies with Jean-Philippe Collard and Melisande's Song from Faure's Pelleas et Melisande with Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse under Michel Plasson. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Teresa Berganza - An Evening of Song, 1985
Teresa Berganza is undoubtedly one of the greatest Spanish singers of the 20th century. She enchanted audiences in opera houses around the world. Throughout her career, she would give recitals of songs, especially the songs of her homeland. This recital includes songs by Haydn, Fauré, Respighi, Braga and Rossini. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Gérard Souzay
Falla: | Siete Canciones populares españolas | Fauré: | C'est l'extase langoureuse, Op. 58 No. 5 (Verlaine) Green, Op. 58 No. 3 (Verlaine) Mandoline, Op. 58 No. 1 (Verlaine) Prison, Op. 83 No. 1 Spleen, Op. 51 No. 3 (Verlaine) Tristesse, Op. 6 No. 2 Au bord de l'eau, Op. 8 No. 1 (Prudhomme) Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1 Clair de Lune, Op. 46 No. 2 (Verlaine) Arpège, Op. 76 No. 2 (Samain) En sourdine, Op. 58 No. 2 (Verlaine) L'horizon chimérique, Op. 118 | Ravel: | Histoires naturelles (5) |
Gérard Souzay (baritone), Jacqueline Bonneau & Dalton Baldwin (piano) Recorded 1950-55 “Canciones populaires espanolas could not be sung with greater feeling...it has lost none of its ability to enchant and remains one of the most eloquent of Souzay's song records.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Nuit d'étoiles
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| |  | Fauré - La Chanson d'Eve and other songs
Fauré: | Le papillon et la fleur, Op. 1 No. 1 Chanson du pêcheur Op. 4 No. 1 Rêve d'amour, Op. 5 No. 2 Hymne Op. 7 No. 2 Aubade, Op. 6 No. 1 Barcarolle Op. 7 No. 3 Toujours!, Op. 21 No. 2 Les berceaux, Op. 23 No. 1 Le secret Op. 23 No. 3 Aurore, Op. 39 No. 1 Les roses d'Ispahan Op. 39 No. 4 En prière Les présents Op. 46 No. 1 La chanson d'Ève, Op. 95 Spleen, Op. 51 No. 3 (Verlaine) Green, Op. 58 No. 3 (Verlaine) En sourdine, Op. 58 No. 2 (Verlaine) Mandoline, Op. 58 No. 1 (Verlaine) Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1 |
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| |  | Liederabend: Frederica von Stade
Another favourite of the Salzburg public was the mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, who besides her Cherubino in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro also enjoyed repeated successes in Salzburg with her song recitals. In 1986, accompanied by Martin Katz, she offered a programme that knew no boundaries – ranging from the florid poesy of settings by Fauré and Strauss to Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer, the moderate American Modernism of Charles Ives, Copland and Pasatieri, then to Canteloube’s French folk song adaptations. Schoenberg’s early cabaret songs served to round off the evening in ebullient fashion. “the mezzo-soprano on excellent form in a fascinating programme … Katz is a consistently birlliant accompanist and the programme is as absorbing as it is enterprising. Nobody who admires this singer should hesitate for a moment.” International Record Review, December 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Insomnia: A nocturnal voyage in song
Bennett, R R: | Dream-Song | Debussy: | Nuit d'étoiles | Fauré: | Clair de Lune, Op. 46 No. 2 Mandoline, Op. 58 No. 1 (Verlaine) Sérénade toscane Op. 3 No. 2 | Gounod: | Viens! Les gazons sont verts | Liszt: | O quand je dors (Hugo), S282 | Mozart: | Abendempfindung an Laura, K523 | Ravel: | Le Grillon (from Histoires naturelles) | Schubert: | Auf der Bruck, D853 | Schumann, Clara: | Der Mond kommt still gegangen | Strauss, R: | Morgen, Op. 27 No. 4 | Vaughan Williams: | Tired | Warlock: | The Night | Wolf, H: | Um Mitternacht (No. 19 from Mörike-Lieder) Schon streckt' ich aus (No. 27 from Italienisches Liederbuch) Nicht länger kann ich singen (No. 42 from Italienisches Liederbuch) Und steht Ihr früh am Morgen auf (No. 34 from Italienisches Liederbuch) | Yiu: | Sonnet |
For his solo debut on disc, William Berger has devised an ingenious sequence of 17 songs describing a sleepless night experienced by a man who reflects on his love for an unnamed woman. From Viennese classicism to fin-de-siècle Romanticism, shadowy English pastoral to the contemporary worlds of Richard Rodney Bennett and Raymond Yiu, this wide-ranging programme is brought to nuanced life by this outstanding young baritone. The indefatigable Iain Burnside provides lucid and imaginative accompaniment. Together, their performances vividly capture the full gamut of nocturnal emotions. A graduate and Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in London, Berger is a former member of the Young Singers Programme at English National Opera. Recent engagements include singing Aeneas to Susan Graham's Dido, on tour in California, and his recital debut at the Lucerne International Festival. Pianist Iain Burnside has forged a worldwide reputation through his commitment to song repertoire and his collaborations with leading international singers. “[the programme] plays out its chronological narrative – songs depicting specific hours of a sleepless night – with logical and psychological inevitability...Berger sustains a magnetic affection throughout the varied sequence, aided by Iain Burnside’s deft pianism.” The Scotsman, 30th July 2012 **** “Berger is a gem of a singer” Los Angeles Times “Burnside handles everything with aplomb and insight'” Sunday Times “His tone is beautiful, his technique immaculate. He does extraordinary things with breath control in Oh! Quand Je Dors and Wolf's Um Mitternacht, and his sense of line is exceptional...Iain Burnside is wonderfully responsive to his shifts in mood and style. An idiosyncratic disc, but very fine.” The Guardian, 9th August 2012 **** “You’ll be beguiled by Berger’s voice and entranced by the more left-field musical choices...Songs by Wolf and Liszt dominate post-midnight, and after Morgen we get a couple of encores, including a tiny Gounod number sufficiently breezy to banish the introspective mood and leave one feeling invigorated, not depressed.” The Arts Desk, 8th September 2012 “[Burnside] is unfailingly sensitive and powerfully communicative throughout. The dreamy undulations of Mandoline are a knockout, as is the gently suggestive accompaniment to Wolf’s Um Mitternacht, to name but two examples.” MusicWeb International, October 2012 “Berger has a warm, resonant baritone and an hour spent in its company is a pleasurable experience … the partnership between Berger and Iain Burnside yields some fine performances.” Gramophone Magazine, November 2012 “Much in this recital gives satisfaction and pleasure. First of all comes the sound of the voice, warm, full, smoothly emitted and steady. One notes too the use of legato, enabling lines and notes to flow” International Record Review, December 2012 “Berger's grainy baritone is pleasing more than awe-inspiring...But he communicates with keen enthusiasm, and his word-lively Mozart Abendempfindung immediately draws the listener in to this artfully selected and ordered programme. With Iain Burnside as accompanist, there are light-filled starry nights aplenty” BBC Music Magazine, February 2013 *** | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Fauré & Wagner
Karine Deshayes (mezzo soprano) & François Salque (cello) Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie, Oswald Sallaberger 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. “A pleasingly intimate account of Faure's Pelleas et Melisande suite...and a ravishing Elegie from cellist Francois Salque.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2012 **** | | | (also available to download from $10.75) | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Après un rêve
Fauré: | Les roses d'Ispahan Op. 39 No. 4 Clair de Lune, Op. 46 No. 2 Mandoline, Op. 58 No. 1 (Verlaine) Automne, Op. 18 No. 3 | Pfitzner: | Alte Weisen, Op. 33 | Reger: | Volkslied aus Franken – Waldeinsamkeit, Op. 76, No. 3 Beim Schneewetter, Op. 76 No. 6 Schlecht’ Wetter, Op. 76 No. 7 Friede, Op. 76 No. 25 | Respighi: | Quattro Rispetti toscani | Strauss, R: | Für fünfzehn Pfennige Op. 36 No. 2 Schlagende Herzen Op. 29 No. 2 Schlechtes Wetter, Op. 69 No. 5 Hat gesagt - bleibt's nicht dabei, Op. 36 No. 3 Mädchenblumen (4 songs), Op. 22 | Wolf-Ferrari: | Rispetti (4), Op. 11 |
Sarah Maeder (soprano), Gérard Wyss (piano) This is a unique recital of lieder by composers who were contemporaries of one another whose music is likely to appeal to the same music-lover. Alongside relatively familiar songs by Richard Strauss and Gabriel Fauré, from whence the CD takes its title, we are pleased to include rarely-heard examples from Reger, Pfitzner and Wolf-Ferrari. Sarah Maeder is a much-admired soprano who has made a special study of this repertoire, and she is excellently accompanied by the talented Gérard Wyss, to produce a recording that will be highly-prized by connoisseurs of this distinguished repertoire. “Maeder can certainly turn on the charm but never goes coy, sings always with accuracy, purity and freshness, and articulates very clearly. She is also very fortunate in her accompanist. Gerard Wyss is a class act.” International Record Review, November 2011 | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | Fête Galante
This recital includes songs by Fauré, Ravel, Debussy, Poulenc, Honneger and Vuillermoz and was first released in 1999. Karina Gauvin is Canada’s superstar soprano and impressed audiences and critics the world over with her luscious timbre, profound musicality and wide vocal range. “One of the many joys of this fine disc is the absolute refusal of either singer or accompanist either to wallow in sentiment or to indulge in wayward self-promotion. Karina Gauvin's voice is one of rare beauty, with a high register fully integrated with the middle...Not all virtuoso pianists can accompany sensitively, but Marc-André Hamelin is superb - technically impeccable and with a wide tonal range.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2011 ***** “Karina Gauvin is a remarkable Canadian soprano with a wonderfully fresh and firm voice. Francophone herself, she is ideally suited to sing this ambitious collection of French songs, perfectly supported by pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin...Altogether a most satisfying recital, not just superbly performed but very well recorded, if with the balance slightly favouring the singer.” Gramophone Magazine, July 2011 “If this disc is something of a calling-card...then it highlights on the part of the singer both an evident sympathy with this French repertoire and a sharp musical intelligence at work...hardly surprisingly, Marc-André Hamelin dispatches even the trickiest of all the accompaniments with ease, even nonchalance: this is luxury casting.” International Record Review, April 2011 | | | (also available to download from $10.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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