Gabriel Faure: Sämtliche Lieder Vol.3 (CD)

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)

Felicity Lott, Jennifer Smith, John Mark Ainsley, Stephen Varcoe, Graham Johnson, Christopher Maltman

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Puisque j'ai mis ma levre; Tristesse d'Olympio; Hymne op. 7, 2; Sylvie op. 6, 3; Poeme d'un jour op. 21; Nell op. 18, 1; Notre amour op. 23, 2; Le secret op. 23, 3; Chanson d'amour op. 27, 1; Fleur jetee op. 39, 1; Les presents op. 46, 1; Shylock op. 57; Serenade "Le bourgeois gentilhomme"; La bonne chanson op. 61; Le ramier op. 87, 2; Le don silencieux op. 92

Artists:: Felicity Lott, Jennifer Smith, John Mark Ainsley, Christopher Maltman, Stephen Varcoe, Graham Johnson
Label:: Hyperion
Year of recording ca.:: 2004
UPC/EAN:: 0034571173351
Release date:: 26.8.2005

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This third instalment in our series encompassing all Fauré’s songs takes its title from the famous Silvestre setting Chanson d’amour and guides the listener on a journey through the panoply of human emotion. Alongside finely chiselled miniatures we have the early cycle Poème d’un jour (to poetry by Grandmougin), the suite from the Shakespeare / Haraucourt drama Shylock (which includes some notable rarities in the form of two-piano arrangements made with Fauré’s blessing by the composer Léon Boëllmann), and what is surely the apotheosis of the mélodie genre: La bonne chanson.

As with preceding volumes, Graham Johnson has employed a range of artists—the very finest interpreters of French song that could be found. Generous commentaries are provided for each song along with the original poems and English translations.

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'recording and presentation are the stuff of dreams. Hyperion has done Fauré proud' (Gramophone)

'The songs certainly show Fauré to possess a far wider expressive range than an acquaintance with just a handful of his best-known examples would suggest … the gem of the set has to be Christopher Maltman's traversal of the substantial cycle La bonne chanson. The baritone's rich, subtly shaded tone and alert sensitivity to text prove ideal in this perfectly judged performance' (BBC Music Magazine)

'No other disc, I imagine, has ever managed to be quite so scholarly and quite so erotic at the same time' (The Guardian)