Véronique Gens, I Giardini - Nuits (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

As the symbiosis between the art of the poet and that of the composer, the French melodie became the jewel of the salons of the Belle epoque. By placing a string quartet and a piano around the singer, Chaussons Chanson perpetuelle, Lekeus Nocturne and Faures La Bonne Chanson oscillate between chamber musical intimacy and orchestral ambition. Alongside these famous pioneering pieces, this programme devised by the Palazzetto Bru Zane champions a return to the art of transcription, so popular in the nineteenth century, with the aim of expanding the repertory for voice, strings and piano in order to unearth some forgotten treasures. Hence Hahn, Berlioz, Saint-Saens, Massenet, La Tombelle, Ropartz, Louiguy and Messager all appear in a programme whose guiding thread is the emotions of nocturnal abandonment: the charms of twilight, the trajectory of dreams, the terror of nightmare or the exhilaration of festive occasions. Alexandre Dratwicki has made these arrangements in the style of the nineteenth century. Appropriately enough, the programme ends with La Vie en rose, for this music offers a kaleidoscope of all the colors of human feeling. The texture of solo strings and piano sets Veronique Genss incomparable storytelling artistry in a new light.

TRACKLIST

1. Véronique Gens, I Giardini - Trois poèmes: 3. Nocturne
2. Véronique Gens, I Giardini - La bonne chanson, Op. 61: III. La lune blanche luit dans les bois
3. Véronique Gens, I Giardini - Les nuits d'été, H 81: VI. L'île inconnue
4. Véronique Gens, I Giardini - Orientale
5. Véronique Gens, I Giardini - Nuit d'Espagne
6. Véronique Gens, I Giardini - Désir de l'Orient
7. Véronique Gens, I Giardini - Chanson perpétuelle
8. Véronique Gens, I Giardini - La lugubre gondola, pour violoncelle et piano, S. 134
9. Véronique Gens, I Giardini - Quatre poèmes: Ceux qui, parmi les morts d'amour
10. Véronique Gens, I Giardini - Après un rêve
11. Véronique Gens, I Giardini - Quintette avec piano No. 14 en ré mineur, Op. 7: III. Molto vivace
12. Véronique Gens, I Giardini - La vie en rose
13. Véronique Gens, I Giardini - L'amour masqué: J'ai deux amants
14. Véronique Gens, I Giardini - Une revue: La dernière valse



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