Utwory na płycie:

• Poulenc - Les Chemins de lamour FP 1-6-la (1940)
• Satie - La Diva de IEmpire (1904)

Maurice Ravel:
Shéhérazade

Olivier Messiaen:
Trois Mélodies

Achille-Claude Debussy:
Apparition
En sourdine
La Romance d’Ariel

Pauline Viardot:
Les Deux Roses, VWV 1055
Hai luli!, VWV 1106
Havanaise, VWV 1019

Cécile Chaminade:
La Lune paresseuse
L’Amour captif
Ronde d’amour

Joseph Canteloube:
O up!

Alfred Bachelet:
Chere Nuit

Francis Poulenc:
Les Chemins de l’amour, FP 106-Ia (Waltz Song)
Métamorphoses, FP 121

Erik Satie:
La Diva de ‘l’Empire’
Je te veux

Maurice Yvain:
Je chante la nuit

The acclaimed British soprano Louise Alder returns for her second recital on Chandos, joined once again by star pianist Joseph Middleton. Enthusiastic praise was widespread for her Chandos début, Lines Written during a Sleepless Night: The Russian Connection, which earned significant accolades in the USA and continental Europe in addition to the UK.

For this recording the pair explore a rich and varied selection of French songs from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Louse Alder writes: ‘I have always held French song very dear to my heart and when we settled on this wildly varied programme, I quickly grew excited at the prospect of exploring the art form in virtually all its styles. From Ravel to Yvain, I hope we paint pictures of a French evening, of mystery, intrigue, discovery, seduction, love, and blissful night.’

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Recording: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk; 29 July – 1 August and 1 September 2020. Piano: Steinway Model D (serial no. 592 087) concert grand piano courtesy of Potton Hall.