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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | The SeaSongs by Debussy, Fauré & Schubert
Debussy: | Trois Mélodies de Verlaine Beau Soir | Fauré: | Poème d'un jour Op. 21 L'horizon chimérique, Op. 118 Les berceaux, Op. 23 No. 1 En sourdine, Op. 58 No. 2 (Verlaine) Chanson du pêcheur Op. 4 No. 1 Larmes Op. 51 No. 1 | Schubert: | Der Schiffer, D536 (Mayrhofer) Meeres Stille, D216, Op. 3 No. 2 (Goethe) Fahrt zum Hades, D526 (Mayrhofer) Auf der Donau, D553 (Mayrhofer) Erlafsee D586 (Mayrhofer) Gondelfahrer, D808 Ruckweg, D476 (Mayrhofer) Am Strome, D539 (Mayrhofer) Gruppe aus dem Tartarus, second version, D583 (Schiller) |
Henk Neven (baritone) & Hans Eijsackers (piano) The Sea, songs of water and the sea, diverse in colour and emotion. Henk Neven on his new ONYX recording: "During the recordings of my debut album 'Auf einer Burg' in Suffolk, I visited, after a day’s work, the coastal town of Aldeburgh. It was winter-time and at six o’clock pitch dark already. I was walking along the sea. Darkness all around. Nevertheless I heard, smelt and felt the sea. Not visible but very present. We sat by the water for ages and indulged in fancies, philosophised, and written poetry lustily about the endless deep of the sea, about the horizon and what is behind it, about the similarity to our spiritual lives, about the currents that are as our lives; about the sea that takes us with it when we are tired of living; about the restless sailor who revives between storm and waves; about the solitary wife who, rocking her baby, is left alone; about the sea in which you pour out your heart… Have all these tears made the seawater so bitterly salt? The sea and the water have been a source of inspiration for many poets and their poems inspired the composers likewise. The songs that were created that way have inspired me". Henk’s debut album 'Auf einer Burg', lieder by Loewe and Schumann, ONYX4052, was praised by BBC Radio 3: "songsettings by Loewe, beautifully brought to life by baritone Henk Neven and pianist Hans Eijsackers... A world of fantasies and dreams and reflections on the passing of time and the transience of life. That’s what it says on the sleeve, and that’s exactly what they deliver so successfully. It’s the CD Review Disc of the Week and you’ll find it on ONYX Classics.” “A delightful recital … Neven’s melodies are every bit as persuasive as his lieder … the recording team does the project proud.” Classical Music, 17th November 2012 “Rarely do you hear, even in the rarefied world of French melodie and German Lieder, a baritone who sings with such subtlety in shading of dynamic and tone as the Dutch baritone Henk Neven...and this latest disc extends my admiration even further in totally exquisite singing...Altogether a most memorable song record.” Gramophone Magazine, February 2013 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Sandrine Piau: Aprés un Rêve
Bouchot: | Galgenlieder - Mondendinge Der Hecht Die Mitternachtsmaus Das Wasser Galgenkindes Wiegenlied | Britten: | Down by the Salley Gardens There's none to soothe I wonder as I wander | Chausson: | Amour d’antan, Op. 8 No. 2 Dans la forêt du charme et de l’enchantement, Op. 36 No. 2 Les Heures, Op. 27 No. 1 | Fauré: | Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1 Clair de Lune, Op. 46 No. 2 Les berceaux, Op. 23 No. 1 | Mendelssohn: | Nachtlied, Op. 71 No. 6 Neue Liebe, Op. 19a No. 4 Hexenlied, Op. 8 No. 8 Schlafloser Augen Leuchte (Byron) | Poulenc: | Montparnasse Hyde Park C Fêtes galantes | Strauss, R: | Die Nacht, Op. 10 No. 3 Das Geheimnis, Op. 17 No. 3 Morgen, Op. 27 No. 4 |
The award-winning pairing of soprano Sandrine Piau and pianist Susan Manoff received unanimous critical acclaim for their previous recital disc Evocation, (V5063). On their new CD Après un rêve they perform a fascinating collection of songs by some of the greatest composers for the voice of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Richard Strauss, Fauré, Mendelssohn, Chausson, Poulenc, Britten and Vincent Bouchot. After initially making her reputation in Baroque music alongside the likes of William Christie, Philippe Herreweghe, Christophe Rousset, and René Jacobs, Sandrine Piau now sings a broad repertoire reflected in her large discography. and she has now confirmed her position at the forefront of the new generation of French singers. Her Handel album with Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques (E8928), was an Editor’s Choice in Gramophone, and in 2007 she released an award-winning recital CD entitled Évocation (V5063), on which she was accompanied by the pianist Susan Manoff. Après un rêve demonstrates once again the strength of her musical relationship with Manoff, with whom she appears regularly at venues like the Carnegie Hall and the Wigmore Hall. Her solo discography for Naïve also includes a programme of Mozart opera arias with the Freiburger Barockorchester (V4932), and two recent bestselling Handel albums, duets with Sara Mingardo directed by Rinaldo Alessandrini (OP30483) and the solo album Between Heaven and Earth with Accademia Bizantina (OP30484). “Piau brings her limpid tone, refined phrasing and easy, silvery top notes to this eclectic programme, built around the themes of night, dreams and the fantastic...With virtually accent-free English, Piau gives true and touching performances of three Britten folksong arrangements.” Gramophone Magazine, July 2011 “Piau's exquisite voice has a limpid quality all through its range, an evennes of tone which seduces the ear and - art concealing art - she makes her performance sound as easy as breathing...Bouchot's Galgenlieder songs,m with their skewed harmonies, off-centre melodies and dark fairy-tale lyrics, are a fascinating addition to the repertoire too, and Manoff's accompanying is a treat.” Classic FM Magazine, July 2011 **** “surrender to Piau's gifts as a singer, the purity of her tone, with that light silvery quality that we should associate with the best of the French style, and the effortless, so it seems, spinning of a seamless legato...Everything is grist to her mill, it seems, even Britten's most English songs that she delivers with immaculate diction while sounding completely at home in a second language...this is a sophisticated and a fine artist at work.” International Record Review, July 2011 “This celebration of dreams and childhood is, on the purely sensuous level, an unending delight. Piau's sweet, unforced tone, her bright top notes perfectly integrated with her medium and exemplary diction combine to make this in many ways yet another exmaple of how well Baroque vocal technique translates into the later song repertoire.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2011 **** “It's a journey whose darkest depths are reached by Vincent Bouchot's use of Morgenstern's Galgenlieder (Gallow Songs), in which are encountered more surreal images – notably the inhabitants of the moon depicted "show[ing] their teeth to the sulphurous hyena" in "Moonthings".” The Independent, 1st July 2011 *** “there's exquisite playing from Susan Manoff, and no mistaking the beauty of Piau's voice, or her hypnotic way with words. This is singing that sends shivers down your spine.” The Guardian, 7th July 2011 **** | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | 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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| |  | L'heure ExquiseMelodies Francaises
Christian-Pierre La Marca (cello), Amandine Savary (piano) | | | 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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| |  | Diana Damrau: Recital at Baden Baden & Documentary 'Diva Divina'From the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Debussy: | Nuit d'étoiles Le Lilas Fleur des blés (André Girod) Claire de lune (song) Mandoline (Verlaine) Beau Soir Apparition - song (1884) Arabesque No. 1 | Fauré: | Impromptu No. 6 in D flat major for harp, Op. 86 Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1 Clair de Lune, Op. 46 No. 2 Sérénade toscane Op. 3 No. 2 Les berceaux, Op. 23 No. 1 Adieu, Op. 21 No. 3, from Poème d'un jour Notre amour Op. 23 No. 2 | Gounod: | Ave Maria | Schumann: | Lied der Suleika, Op. 25 No. 9 Der Nussbaum, Op. 25 No. 3 Die Lotosblume, Op. 25 No. 7 Er ist's! Op. 79 No. 23 (Eduard Mörike) Widmung, Op. 25 No. 1 | Strauss, R: | Nichts, Op. 10 No. 2 Freundliche Vision, Op. 48 No. 1 All mein Gedanken ... Op. 21 No. 1 Wiegenlied, Op. 41 No. 1 Die Nacht, Op. 10 No. 3 Morgen, Op. 27 No. 4 Kling! Op. 48 No. 3 Ständchen, Op. 17 No. 2 |
This DVD, centered on the dazzling German soprano Diana Damrau, complements a ravishing recital with a fascinating documentary. In March 2013, Damrau achieved “a daring victory” (in the words of the New York Times) when the Metropolitan Opera witnessed her first-ever performances of Verdi’s La traviata. In recent years she has made the transition from glittering, stratospheric roles such as Mozart’s Queen of the Night and Strauss’ Zerbinetta to lyrical heroines of greater emotional complexity, such as Gilda in Rigoletto, Adina in L’elisir d’amore and Lucia di Lammermoor. A series of triumphs at the Met have made her a favourite singer in New York – as she is in other leading opera houses around the world. In the documentary, Diana Damrau – Diva Divina, the soprano explains that, when she was just 12 years old, it was La traviata (in Franco Zeffirelli’s lavish 1982 cinematic version) that inspired her to make a career in opera. The documentary, directed by Beatrix Conrad, follows Damrau over the course of nine months, covering operatic performances and rehearsals in Geneva, New York, Paris and Munich, recitals, recordings and the arrival of her first child, Alexander. The recital, filmed at the impressive Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden, pairs Damrau with the French harpist Xavier de Maistre in an exquisite selection of songs by Schumann, Fauré, Debussy and Strauss. Among the best-loved items in the programme are: Schumann’s ‘Widmung’; both Fauré’s and Debussy’s settings of Verlaine’s poem ‘Clair de lune’; Fauré’s ‘Après un rêve’; a harp arrangement of Debussy’s piano Arabesque No 1; Strauss’ ‘Morgen‘ and ‘Ständchen’ and, among the encores, the famed Bach-Gounod ‘Ave Maria’. In the course of 2013, Damrau and de Maistre will also perform together in concert seasons in Washington D.C., Paris, Geneva, Lyon, Reykjavik, Hamburg, Munich and London and at festivals in Menton, Gstaad, Schwarzenberg and Grafenegg. Reviewing the performance in Baden-Baden – for which the audience joined Damrau and de Maistre on the stage, rather than being distanced from them in the expansive auditorium – the Badische Neueste Nachrichten wrote of Damrau as a recitalist “whose vocal material and abilities as a storyteller approach perfection”, while the Badisches Tagblatt said:” Damrau’s diction is a pleasure, her vocal flexibility amazing. She sings phrases with ample breath, while her nuanced shadings create subtle changes of mood from song to song.” Die Rheinpfalz described the “gentle, sometimes ethereal tones of the harp” as being in perfect harmony with the “exceptionally subtle and detailed vocal art of the soprano … particularly exceptional are the delicate tracery and colours of Diana Damrau’s singing. Her shaping and accenting of the text is meticulous, her phrasing is of great sensitivity and her dynamics are richly nuanced, yet her song performances are never mannered, rather always full of lyrical feeling.” | 
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| |  | Do you Dream in Color?
Laurie Rubin (mezzo-soprano) The title work on this disc ‘Do You Dream in Color?’ is both a personal memoir and a celebration of the human spirit: an emotional, probing dramatic text that explores the nature of blindness and of human perception. Laurie Rubin's remarkable debut disc includes songs sung in four languages. She sings in English, Spanish, French, accompanied by the excellent Marija Stroke, and completes her recital in Hebrew, performing with brilliant composer/pianist Noam Sivan. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Gerard McChrystal: AriaWorks for Saxophone
Gerard McChrystal (saxophone), Craig Ogden (Guitar) & Shiroma de Silva (piano) Smith Quartet, Codetta & Trinity Laban String Ensemble Award winning saxophonist Gerard McChrystal comes from Derry, N.Ireland and has become the player of choice for composers and performers internationally. Gerard has premiered concertos by Sir Malcolm Arnold, Dave Heath and John Metcalf and in his career to date performed with, amongst others, Philip Glass, Smith Quartet and Craig Ogden. This brilliantly devised new CD, with many works transcribed by Gerard, is at times melancholic but this deeply personal album is always beautiful and captivating. “McChrystal excels in these mainly slow, reflective pieces” BBC Music Magazine, March 2012 **** | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Faure: Complete Songs, Vol. 2
Pierre Mollet (baritone), Simone Gouat (piano), Berthe Monmart (soprano), Renee Doria (soprano), Jacques Dutey (baritone), Tasso Janopoulo (piano) | |
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