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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Simon Keenlyside & Malcolm Martineau
Fauré: | Aubade, Op. 6 No. 1 En sourdine, Op. 58 No. 2 (Verlaine) Green, Op. 58 No. 3 (Verlaine) Notre amour Op. 23 No. 2 Fleur jetée, Op. 39 No. 2 Spleen, Op. 51 No. 3 (Verlaine) Madrigal Op. 35 Le papillon et la fleur, Op. 1 No. 1 | Poulenc: | Hotel Encore | Ravel: | Histoires naturelles (5) | Schubert: | An Sylvia, D891 Die Einsiedlei D393 (Salis-Seewis) Verklarung D59 (Herder, after Pope) Die Sterne, D939 (Leitner) Himmelsfunken, D651 Ständchen 'Leise flehen meine Lieder', D957 No. 4 | Wolf, H: | Der Knabe und das Immlein (No. 2 from Mörike-Lieder) Gesang Weylas (No. 46 from Mörike-Lieder) An die Geliebte (No. 32 from Mörike-Lieder) Auf eine Christblume II (No. 21 from Mörike-Lieder) Lied eines Verliebten (No. 43 from Mörike-Lieder) Lied vom Winde |
He was already noted as a recitalist, and “a talent to cherish” as far back as 1989. Since appearing in La Scala in 1998 he has performed recitals all over the world, his repertoire including: Schubert, Schumann, Strauss, Brahms, Fauré, Wolf and Mahler. He has also recorded many English songs. Gramophone describe him as the finest baritone singer of Lieder this country has ever produced. In Simon's own words “I've probably got around 15 years, and think I can see the end of the tunnel. I've done most of the roles that suit me and some, like Papageno, I'll never want to drop…” “In Wagner I shan't go beyond Wolfram in Tannhauser. I know there's Beckmesser, but I'm afraid it's not a role that excites or fascinates me. I'll never get tired of the stand-and-sing roles like Germont in Traviata and Posa in Don Carlos - parts where you really have to act with your voice and pin the audience to their seats with inflexion, nuance and colour. I probably shan't sing Billy Budd again… and am moving down from Pelleas to Golaud. The two new roles I'm most excited about are Wozzeck and Rigoletto, which are both great theatre and call on a huge palette of colours. Wozzeck in particular, is a mountain any baritone wants to climb…” “The opening Schubert group demonstrates the baritone's natural and unaffected delivery - an ability to hold words and notes together in one single gesture - and his finely tuned vocalism, founded on a lightly rounded but always expressive tone. He sounds equally at ease in the French half of the programme. ...'En sourdine' flows beautifully...and the light humour of 'Le Papillon et la Fleur', Fauré's Op. 1 No. 1, is flawlessly conveyed in Martineau's enchantingly lithe pianism.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2009 “Hugo Wolf is at his most welcoming in "Der Knabe und das Immelein" and Keenlyside is at his most responsive in "An die Geliebte". Keenlyside is at his best in "Notre amour" - and very French. In… Malcolm Martineau: he has a collaborator in whom the life of texts as well as the music is experienced and communicated unfailingly.” Gramophone Magazine, November 2009 “you’re being invited to step into a more gently nuanced and delicately observed world, where the expressive weight of each phrase is being judged to perfection, with not a gram of emotional excess...this is such a successful document of the occasion that you might honestly end up feeling that you were [there]… and can be again, and again.” Andrew McGregor, bbc.co.uk, 22nd December 2009 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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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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| |  | 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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David Ripley (bass), Arlene Kies (piano) | |
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