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Susan Graham - La Belle Époque (The Songs of Reynaldo Hahn)
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  • Susan Graham, Songs of Reynaldo Hahn
  • Excellent Catalyst for Seduction. Buy It.
  • Graham's Artistry Makes for Compelling Listening in a Collection of Songs from a 'Minor' Composer
  • The beauty of "La Belle Époque"
  • A very good Hahn collection
 Susan Graham - La Belle Époque (The Songs of Reynaldo Hahn)
Reynaldo Hahn , Susan Graham , and Roger Vignoles
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ASIN: B00000AG7M
Release Date: 1998-09-15

Tracks:

  1. A Chloris
  2. Le Rossignol des lilas
  3. L'Enamour
  4. Trois Jours de vendage
  5. Lyde
  6. Tyndaris
  7. Phyllis
  8. Les Fontaines
  9. L'Automne
  10. Infidelit
  11. Dans la nuit
  12. D'une prison
  13. Quand la nuit n'est pas teoilee
  14. Fume
  15. Le Printemps
  16. Je me souviens
  17. Quand je fus pris au pavillion
  18. Paysage
  19. Fetes galantes
  20. Nocturne
  21. Mai
  22. L'Heure exquise
  23. Offrande
  24. Si mes vers avaient des ailes

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Lyric mezzo-soprano Susan Graham stands out from the crowd for her expressive, opulent voice and communicative gifts. Someone at Sony has made the decision to place her in the public mind primarily as a singer of French works, and although it would be a shame to see her limited to that area of the repertoire, she does sing the French repertoire exceptionally. Graham sings sensitively and idiomatically in this group of 24 songs by Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947), a Venezuelan-born, French-reared composer and conductor who knew how to craft a song like few others. In such lovely songs as "A Chloris," which opens the album, and "Je me souviens," Hahn creates a bevy of beautiful little worlds, which Graham and the outstanding pianist Roger Vignoles present in memorable form. This album belongs in the collection of all lovers of song. --Sarah Bryan Miller

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Susan Graham, Songs of Reynaldo Hahn.......2007-01-10

Stunning. The sticker on the front of the CD (New York Times quote) says it all: "breathtaiking and unforgettable!".

5 out of 5 stars Excellent Catalyst for Seduction. Buy It........2006-05-19

'La Belle Epoque, The Songs of Reynaldo Hahn' by mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, accompanied by pianist, Roger Vignoles, is much different from my earlier subject of a Graham Review, some songs from Berlioz. The Berlioz material struck me as a concerto for orchestra and voice. This was excellent material for to wow a mate on a first date. Reynaldo Hahn's chamber songs are for much more intimate venues and objectives. Even more than any other 'Lieder' or 'Chansom' specialist I can think of, these are the sorts of things you want to use when the object is seduction.

The songs are so gentle and so seductive that they are as likely to set the tone for the seducer as well as for the seductee. Even if you are not in a seductive situation, the songs will make you want to be there.

All this means is that while Reynaldo Hahn does not have the great reputation of Berlioz or Shubert or Schuman or Debussy, you really should know his songs, and Ms. Graham does a great interpretation to make this introduction.

5 out of 5 stars Graham's Artistry Makes for Compelling Listening in a Collection of Songs from a 'Minor' Composer.......2006-02-27

This was only Graham's second solo outing, and for many listeners it confirmed the promise of her d?but recording of "Les Nuits d'?t?" -- an unusual accomplishment for a relatively minor project.

I know the songs of Reynaldo Hahn from a number of worthy recordings from other artists -- Rachel Yakar, Martyn Hill, Bruno Laplante, Mady Mespl?, Graham Johnson & Co. (the Hyperion French Song Edition), one-offs on Elly Ameling albums, not to mention vintage recordings by Hahn himself. All the same, this recording was a complete revelation. Her beauty of tone, her ease with the French language (surpassing, I daresay, the much-vaunted Francophony of Felicity Lott), her canny selection of songs, Vignoles's sensitive accompaniment, they all add up. But there's that (ahem) je-ne-sais-quoi that makes something a classic, and this album has it. It captures an era, it creates a time and place that come wafting out of your speakers.

My favorite song on this record is "Si la nuit n'est pas ?toil?e" -- it is a rapturous melody to a quintessential Victor Hugo text. But there is nary a false note on the entire album. I do recommend, if you can find it, the Ameling album "Serenata," which includes two Hahn songs I haven't encountered elsewhere, "L'amiti?" with its faint melancholy and "La vie est belle" with its French ?lan.

As we know, Graham has gone on to much bigger things, but she retains her commitment to the art of song and to breathing fresh life into French rarities (as in her delightful operetta album). In terms of tone, timbre, and intonation, for my money she has the most beautiful voice in opera today. My only hope is that she doesn't go the way of Ren?e Fleming and become The Voice Beautiful ... she veered a bit in that direction with her recent Chausson record, and I hope she gets back to business and gets her vivid personality back in action in her song performances.

5 out of 5 stars The beauty of "La Belle Époque".......2005-09-13

This is one of the most beautiful vocal recordings I have recently experienced. The songs of Reynaldo Hahn are beautiful gems exquisitly presented by the polished voice of Susan Graham. I have gone back to this recording many times.

4 out of 5 stars A very good Hahn collection.......2004-12-05

Venezuelan-born Reynaldo Hahn was taken to Paris at age 3, and became, early enough (his most famous song, Si mes vers avaient des ailes, was composed when he was 12!) a steady feature in the musical life of Paris.

Lover of Marcel Proust, sought-after musical entertainer in the salons of the Highest Society, diarist, composer, singer, renowned conductor, influential music writer in the most powerful daily in France (Le Figaro) finally General Manager of the Opéra Comique before dying of a brain tumor in 1947, Hahn was a multi-faceted musician of the highest probity. His songs are simple, patrician, utterly elegant, and always set to the best poetry. His simplicity and purity of means accomplish in little what many pretentious thunderers fail even to approximate.

Hahn himself had a light little baritone voice, a little croak of a voice, really, with which he became popular in high society drawing rooms before the First World War: a voice that charmed duchesses and made the most reserved princesses smile. He even made some 50 records between 1920 and 1930, which show his unique, expressive musicality, unfailing sense of phrasing, elegance of style, and fine piano-playing (He almost invariably accompanies himself.)

Hahn's own 78s, and a very few others by the likes of Ninon Vallin, give a clear recorded testimony of how his songs ought to be performed: simply, elegantly, with charm.

Graham is a lovely singer and a supple musician. Her French is not exactly top-notch but most people will not care: they will respond to her beautiful sound and endearing manner. The pianist is also good.
Michel Legrand by Michel Legrand
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Michel Legrand
  • Sunlight on his fingertips
  • all the stars you've got
  • Maestro Legrand , at last !
  • For Jazz piano purest... Only!
 Michel Legrand by Michel Legrand

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ASIN: B00005YW0W
Release Date: 2002-04-16

Tracks:

  1. I Will Wait For You
  2. The Windmills Of Your Mind
  3. The Summer Knows
  4. How Do You Keep The Music Playing?
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If the American pop culture profile of French composer-jazz pianist Michel Legrand doesn't seem what it once was, don't be misled: his European indie film scores continue six decades on, now numbering nearly 200. But Legrand's most beloved work remains the lovely, evocative themes he created in the '60s and '70s, including "I Will Wait for You" from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Thomas Crown Affair's "Windmills of Your Mind," the theme from Summer of '42, and his work on Barbra Streisand's Yentl. This collection marks Legrand's first solo piano recordings, presenting those and other film score highlights in spontaneously improvised performances that offer a glimpse of Legrand's musical soul. If, as in "Windmills," his enthusiasm gets the best of him and he occasionally lapses into flights of melodramatic pianistic self-parody, there are more than enough sublime moments here to compensate, especially on lesser-known songs like Best Friends' "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?," "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" from The Happy Ending, and Brian's Song's "Hands of Time." --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Michel Legrand.......2007-03-12


This is a great CD! Sound is awesome. I highly recommend it.

5 out of 5 stars Sunlight on his fingertips.......2005-08-10

Sunlight on his fingertips

The very bright talent of Michele Legrand you can feel especially when Maestro is playing piano himself.

I heard some orchestra performance of Legrand before, that was good, but I was still thinking about him just like about pop music composer.

Now I think different - he is Genius!

5 out of 5 stars all the stars you've got.......2005-01-29

Bill Evans once said that technique in jazz "is the ability to translate your ideas into sound through your instrument." If that's the case, Legrand possesses technique in spades.

Before commenting on this rewarding disc, a few words about Legrand himself:

Is there a better songwriter or a more versatile all-around musican alive today? I think you have to go back to people like Gershwin and Billy Strayhorn to find a rough parallel to Legrand's multifaceted, genre-crossing genius. A pupil of Nadia Boulanger (who studied with Faure and taught many important American composers, including Aaron Copland and Philip Glass), Legrand is an heir of the great French tradition of music--but one who has chosen to express himself through popular songs, film scores, and jazz. He possesses that rare combination of an absolutely rigorous theoretical knowledge of music and an intuitive, spontaneous instinct for both melody and improvisation. He combines exquisite refinement with a popular touch, a need to communicate directly with all who love music. To me, his work represents the most perfect expression of such typically French traits as lightness, insouciance, wit, melodic charm, and direct emotional expression since Poulenc.

Here you'll find many of Legrand's signature songs--"I Will Wait for You," "The Windmills of Your Mind," "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?," "The Hands of Time," "You Must Believe in Spring," etc.--reharmonized and enriched in stunningly beautiful solo recreations. Those unfamiliar with Legrand's pianistic abilities will probably be surprised by what they hear, for he's no part-time piano tickler. He can easily hold his own in the company of the best modern jazz pianists. He has a wonderfully refined touch that is incapable of making a harsh sound and a profusive sense of fantasy that keeps you constantly guessing as to where the music will go next. Yet you always feel satisfied when you find out, because Legrand possesses a composer's comprehension of harmony and form. And his own style is in no way compromised by an occasional nod here and there toward Bill Evans, Erroll Garner, Rachmaninoff, and so on. (Please: disregard the Amazon reviewer's remark about "flights of melodramatic pianistic self-parody." It's called a stride chorus, and it's just one example of Legrand's surprising way of recasting these songs--and of his encyclopedic command of jazz styles.)

This disc represents the essence of Legrand. It really should have been recorded a long time ago, but the fact that it has captured his undiminished abilities as he enters his twilight years lends it an added poignance--a sense of "just in time!"--that makes it all the sweeter. If you're already a Legrand fan, it should be a self-recommending treasure, and if you're a fan of great piano playing or of sophisticated jazz treatments of great songs, odds are you'll find this a very rewarding disc indeed. For me, the highlight is this version of "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" in which every note seems inevitable--not at all an easy thing to make happen in an improvisation.

Miles Davis once said of a Duke Ellington recording, "Give that one all the stars you've got." That's the way I feel about this disc, and I thought that phrase "all the stars you've got" was appropriate because it almost sounds like the title of a Legrand song.

5 out of 5 stars Maestro Legrand , at last !.......2004-10-10

Legrand has recorded at last one of his more intimate renditions to himself with his most remarkable themes along his brilliant career .
From a summer of 42 , The windmills of your mind (The Thomas crown afair) , what are you doing the rest of your life or the romantic Umbrellas of Cherbourg ; all those unforgettable themes are played in this album for piano solo in the real intimacy between him and the listener .
Legrand is the golden master of soundtracks in France and one of the top in the world . He owns that inner vision to catch the spirit of every movie he accompains . He composes music as he was a real director movie . The psychological concerns , the romantic efluvies and the precise and lyrical atmosphere , with that touch of class, artistic elegance and sublime eloquency .
Think also in the important recordings with Miles Davis . That issue will give you the size of that artist and anothe point to remark . In 1954 , Legrand made a golden jewel : I lvoe Paris (See my review) that has become through the years in the most famous and the best album of instrumental music ever recorded .
What other background do you need to acquire this gem ?

4 out of 5 stars For Jazz piano purest... Only!.......2002-09-07

I love the music of Michele Legrand! It is a rich mixture of
graceful tones and notes, that create memories of a certain
time and place in each of our own lives.
When accompaned with great orchestration Its wonderful. When done in a jazz piano style, its not as good. Not to take anyting away from the talents of Mr Legrand as a pianist. Its just that like hearing a lusher, grander version of his music. So if you like jazz piano music, and Michele Legrand.
Then this is the cd for you!
Famous Ballet Music ~ Gaîté Parisienne, The Sleeping Beauty, Coppélia, Les Sylphides / von Karajan, Berlin PO
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 Famous Ballet Music ~ Gaîté Parisienne, The Sleeping Beauty, Coppélia, Les Sylphides / von Karajan, Berlin PO
Jacques Offenbach , Léo Delibes , Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky , Charles Gounod , Fryderyk Chopin , Amilcare Ponchielli , Berliner Philharmoniker , and Herbert von Karajan
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ASIN: B00001IVO9
Release Date: 1999-09-14

Tracks:

  1. Gaite Parisienne: Ouverture - Herbert von Karajan_
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  4. Gaite Parisienne: 6. Allegro - Herbert von Karajan_
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  6. Gaite Parisienne: 9. Marche (Without Tempo Indication) - Herbert von Karajan_
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  9. Gaite Parisienne: 12. Valse - Herbert von Karajan_
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  22. Faust: 5. Moderato con moto (Entree des jeunes Troyennes) - Herbert von Karajan_
  23. Faust: 6. Allegretto (Variation d'Helene) - Herbert von Karajan_
  24. Faust: 7. Allegro vivo (Final - Entree de Phryne) - Herbert von Karajan_
  25. Faust: Valse - Waltz: Tempo di valse - Herbert von Karajan_
  26. The Sleeping Beauty: Suite From The Ballet Op. 66 - I. Introduction. La Fee des lilas - Allegro vivo - Andantino - Andante sostenuto - Herbert von Karajan_
  27. The Sleeping Beauty: II. Adagio. Pas d'action - Andante - Adagio maestoso - Tempo I - Molto sostenuto, quasi piu andante - Tempo I - Herbert von Karajan_
  28. The Sleeping Beauty: III. Pas de caractere. Le Chat Botte et La Chatte Blanche - Allegro moderato - Herbert von Karajan_
  29. The Sleeping Beauty: IV. Panorama - Andantino - Herbert von Karajan_
  30. The Sleeping Beauty: V. Valse - Allegro (Tempo di Valse) - Herbert von Karajan_

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  5. Coppelia: Ballet Suite: 5. Ballade - Various Artists
  6. Coppelia: Ballet Suite: 6. Variation sur un theme slave - Various Artists
  7. Les Sylphides: 1. Prelude - Various Artists
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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Ballet .......2007-07-01

I was away for a long time. I feel very better now. I love this music and I am grateful to it.

5 out of 5 stars Masterful recording of masterful compositions.......2007-01-19

This recording has become rare to find (in Europe), which surprises me, for I find both the compositions and the performance excellent. Especially the Sylphides, which are orchestral arrangements of some of Chopin's finest piano pieces - are heavenly. Highly recommended.

4 out of 5 stars Ballet bon bons German style.......2004-06-26

Herbert von Karajan was the most recorded conductor in history. For that reason, he made a lot of records (that turned into CDs) like this one -- collections of well-known music that the public wants to hear over and over again. This group of ballet music is good, done in Karajan's typical highly chiseled style with a minimum of sentimentality. I once read a critic who called the style Karajan and Szell popularized the "school of industrial perfection", meaning every note in its place every time. That's true here, too. My favorite among these bon bons is the Tchaikovsky music from "Sleeping Beauty". Karajan is still hailed today for his later stereo version of the final Tchaikovsky troika of symphonies. Many critics put him up there with the best Tchaikovksy recordings ever. You can tell why critics were so persuaded by listening to his bleeding chuncks from "Sleeping Beauty". Not only does it contain the essential Berlin Philharmonic perfection and polish, it goes a little further than everything else on this set in terms of emotional attachment. The first two sections of the music, "Introduction. La Fee da Lilas" and "Adagio. Pas d'action" pack an enormous wallop. The final section is monumentally done by Karajan and the Berliners, surging forward in waves of sound and emotion until the listener is swept away during the crescendo in almost unconscious grandeur. I urge you to listen to this magnificent music-making and try not to develop goose flesh at the peak. This connection between perfection, music and emotion is what set Karajan apart from every other conductor in the 20th Century, and the reason he is as vivid and a larger than life figure today, 15 years after his death.

5 out of 5 stars First-Rate Ballet Music.......2003-11-14

This collection of "Famous Ballet Music" from DG's mid-priced "2CD" series is truly first-rate. A lot of the credit for that goes to the man in charge of this set, Herbert von Karajan. The great conductor leads the Berlin Philharmonic through glowing highlights and suites from Offenbach's "Gaite Parisienne," Gounod's "Faust," Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty" and Delibes' "Coppelia," and the complete Chopin's "Les Sylphides" and "Dance of the Hours" from Ponchielli's "La Gioconda." Of course, the pieces featured here are the types of orchestral nuggets that someone like Karajan and the Berliners could eat for breakfast while reading the paper. But Karajan really prided himself in being one of the stereo-age's best Tchaikovsky conductors, and he made several recordings of each of the three ballet suites in addition to his many Symphonic Cycles. Also, his early 1960s accounts of the Chopin and Delibes in particular (the remainder of the works were recorded in the early 1970s), are as good, if not better, than any performance I have heard. In all, this is a collection that will appeal to the casual fan and serious collector alike.
The Songs of Chausson / Lott · Murray · McGreevy · Trakas · Chilingirian Quartet · G. Johnson
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • A SUPERB SET...
  • a spectacular record
  • Fascinating rep, rancid singing
 The Songs of Chausson / Lott · Murray · McGreevy · Trakas · Chilingirian Quartet · G. Johnson
Ernest Chausson , Felicity Lott , Ann Murray , Chilingirian Quartet , Graham Johnson , Chris Pedro Trakas , and Geraldine McGreevy
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
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ASIN: B00004RITI
Release Date: 2001-04-10

Amazon.com

When it comes to song writing, Ernest Chausson has long stood in the shadows of Debussy, Duparc, Fauré, and Ravel, but his gentle and self-effacing songs go so much further than the merely charming. To have the complete collection gathered on disc is a treat, and with artists like these, the performances are about as good as you could expect this side of the pearly gates. Ann Murray and Felicity Lott need no introduction for their celestial singing of this repertoire. The American baritone Chris Pedro Trakas is less well-known, but he comes with a clutch of top prizes and, more to the point, a beautifully sensitive voice, which he uses to great effect here.

Underpinning everything is accompanist Graham Johnson, whose playing is always just so right, whatever area of the song repertoire he takes on, and who provides (uncredited) a must-read essay on Chausson that really engages with the music. Soprano Geraldine McGreevy is a welcome addition in two duets, as is the Chilingirian Quartet, accompanying Ann Murray in the final number, "Chanson perpétuelle." If a reason for a reassessment of Chausson's role as a writer of mélodie is needed, this marvelous set is overwhelmingly it. --Keith Clarke

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A SUPERB SET..........2007-04-30

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5-stars just for being in print.

A rare and superb set; ignore the 1-star review.
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5 out of 5 stars a spectacular record.......2003-10-10

Truly a great recording - sung by outstanding artists, especially Felicity Lott, and accompanied by Graham Johnson in his best form..... The music is truly glorious and the recording is a revelation with many beautiful nuances. A total joy!!!

1 out of 5 stars Fascinating rep, rancid singing.......2003-06-10

I picked this CD up because I love the melodie in general and Chausson in particular. What a pity that the performances can't hold a candle to the composer's inspiration. Felicity Lott is her usual shrill self, Ann Murray is even more wobbly and out-of-line than usual, Chris Trakas has no lower range and a pinched top, and Geraldine McGreevy sings as if she had a beautiful voice, which she most emphatically does not. All of these artists are woefully out of tune, which sits particularly unpleasantly on the ear in the chromatic universe of Chausson. As for Graham Johnson, the less said the better. There are those who think he is a fine accompanist and pianist. Fine. Let them think so. They must be deaf or have short memories. If one wants to hear great performances of French rep, turn to young Souzay, with Jacqueline Bonneau on a deleted Decca CD. This is rarified music, but these people have not the technique to do it justice.
Christine Schäfer - Debussy & Chausson: Mélodies / Irwin Gage
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • A smoky-voiced interpretation - highly intelligent, but not to everyone's taste
  • French song recital a real treasure
 Christine Schäfer - Debussy & Chausson: Mélodies / Irwin Gage
Claude Debussy , Ernest Chausson , Christine Schäfer , Irwin Gage , and Stella Doufexis
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ASIN: B00003ZA6A
Release Date: 2000-03-14

Tracks:

  1. Dans La Foret Du Charme Et De L'enchantement, Op.36 No.2
  2. Quatre Melodies Op.13: 1. Apaisement
  3. Quatre Melodies Op.13: 2. Serenade
  4. Quatre Melodies Op.13: 3. L'Aveu
  5. Quatre Melodies Op.13: 4. La Cigale
  6. Poeme De L'amour Et De La Mer: Le Temps Des Lilas, Op.19 No.3
  7. Fetes Galantes (1er Recueil): 1. En Sourdine
  8. Fetes Galantes (1er Recueil): 2. Fantoches
  9. Fetes Galantes (1er Recueil): 3. Clair De Lune
  10. Proses Lyriques: 1. De Reve ...
  11. Proses Lyriques: 2. De Greve ...
  12. Proses Lyriques: 3. De Fleurs ...
  13. Proses Lyriques: 4. De Soir ...
  14. Nuits Blanches: 1. Nuit Sans Fin
  15. Nuits Blanches: 2. Lorsqu'elle Est Entree
  16. Sept Melodies Op.2: 6. Hebe
  17. Sept Melodies Op.2: 7. Le Colibri
  18. Quatre Melodies Op.8: 1. Nocturne
  19. Quatre Melodies Op.8: 3. Printemps Triste
  20. Deux Duos Op.11: 1. La Nuit
  21. Deux Duos Op.11: 2. Reveil

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A smoky-voiced interpretation - highly intelligent, but not to everyone's taste.......2007-05-19

I bought this CD with high anticipation. I've loved some of Christine Shäfer's singing, and expected her French to be good. (She certainly gives the impression of being a very intelligent singer.)

But I'm afraid I cannot unequivocally like this album. While there is much to admire in Ms Schäfer's voice, I thought continually in each track that there seemed signs of damage in the voice. Ms Schäfer uses a slightly "smoky" sound, which - however appropriate for Berg, Schönberg, etc. - is NOT appropriate for French vocal salon music as the basic vocal sound. Because she uses it all the time, it seems to me to have become part of her timbre. There will be many, I'm sure, who will like this. I don't. That's my personal taste.

Secondly - I must respectfully disagree with the reviewer below who said that the French sung here was beautiful. I couldn't help but notice the discernible German accent in the French. But on the plus side, Ms Schäfer has an impressive rapport with the MEANING of the French. She was meticulous with the faint emphases - she obviously knows what she is singing. I appreciate that enormously.

My third reason for not completely loving this recording was the performance of the two duets. I simply did not like the deliberate downward glissandi - not at all. They only occurred a couple of times, but those slides have preyed on me so much that I can't relax and enjoy just the beautifully sung parts of those duets (and some of those of two duets are very beautifully sung) because I'm mentally bracing myself for the sliding. I think that most listeners won't react with the nails-in-the-palms wincing - but for me, it fatally flaws both of those duets.

The songs chosen for this CD are exquisite - often dreamy and wandering with apparent casualness through a meandering stream of delicate notes. The music will certainly delight.

All in all, I give a half-hearted and equivocal recommendation of the album. My main reason for this equivocation is that I don't like the smoky timbre of Schäfer in this repertoire, and the glissandi in the duets. For those who simply flat-out love Ms Schäfer's voice, you'll find nothing at which to cavil in the solo repertoire, and I suspect most people will not mind the occasional downward slides in the duets (otherwise quite lovely).

5 out of 5 stars French song recital a real treasure.......2000-07-31

This is a wonderful collection of songs by the Master Impressionist composer Claude Debussy and his lesser-known but highly gifted compatriot Ernest Chausson. German soprano Christine Schafer is an almost ideal singer for this elegant genre. She has a beautiful, delicate lyric voice, and offers the listener musical intelligence of the highest order. Her French diction is impeccable and her attention to musical detail is exquisite. She captures the emotional essence of each song, whether it is bathed in cool refinement or heated with sensuous passion. Ms. Schafer creates an indelible stamp on this gorgeous, complex music. Three examples of her stunning artistry are her rendition of Chausson's "Le temps des lilas", which is all sweeping, heartfelt melancholy, her deliciously naughty "Fantoches" with Debussy's marvelous musical effects honored so meticulously, and her lucid and luminous interpretation of Chausson's "Le Colibri," surely one of his most breathtaking songs. The pianist Irwin Gage offers compelling, beautifully textured accompaniments throughout. This is a great addition to the avid artsong lover's CD library.
Lilas
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Pure Artistry
  • A must-have album!!!
  • One of the Best!!!
  • Great, Great, Great!!!
  • Great Brazilian/American Crossover
 Lilas
Djavan
Manufacturer: Discos CBS International
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ASIN: B00000G7UK
Release Date: 1988-02-05

Tracks:

  1. Lil
  2. Infinito
  3. Esquinas
  4. Transe
  5. Obi
  6. Miragem
  7. is
  8. Canto da Lira
  9. Liberdade

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Pure Artistry.......2006-08-12

Here's another one of my "flavorite" listening experiences: Djavan's 'Lilas.' I initially heard the songs "Transe" and "Esquinas" on FM radio, like many who first 'discovered' this artist via this release and was just taken away! Being in and around the L.A. studio environment for several years, I was already familiar with most of the west coast session players on this record(the bulk of them are great artists on their own merits). But Djavan has always; on the majority of his projects; worked primarily with many of the finest Brazilian musicians - and a few of them, such as drummer/percussionist Teo Lima and others eventually moved to the U.S. and now have worked with other artists(the Brazilian players all are outstanding musicians, hands down). The singer himself has also been spotlighted on albums by Lee Ritenour and others. This is one of his best productions, with great contributions from some of L.A.'s most gifted talents. I bought the original vinyl album but the sound quality was insufficient for this style of music. I then got the cassette tape version but it also was low fidelity. Fortunately, I snared the SONY/EPIC/JASRAC Import copy on compact disc, which is the only way to thoroughly enjoy listening to this work due to the sensitive nature of the songs(particularly with all the lyrics being in Portuguese). Even those who don't normally listen to music with non-English lyrics will enjoy this album, if only for the instrumental performances of pros like Ernie Watts, Greg Phillinganes, Nathan East and Paulinho da Costa, among others. A close friend of mine had been listening to the tape repeatedly(..luv'you,Heidi!)and really longed for a better-sounding version to 'get closer' to the music, so I made a dub(of the CD) on a high-quality cassette with Dolby noise reduction(she didn't own a CD player back then and was moving soon to Hawaii for five years). She was totally jazzed at now being able to really get 'into' this album! For this one, turn the lights down; pour a cold glass and relax to some of the best 'chill-out' music around. Guaranteed!

5 out of 5 stars A must-have album!!!.......2006-02-18

I was introduced to Brasilian music by this LP back in 1985. I would listen to this album all night and every night for about a year and a half and would just take me away. When I went to this country four years later I could not find this LP but I was overjoyed to find he was on the same plane I was coming back to NYC and I had to approach him to say how much I enjoyed Lilas and he was so nice. I am so glad it's on CD. It's a must-have for me and I think people could be musically persuaded to get this. The tracks are performed by some of the best studio musicians from L.A. and they help propel the energy and spirit of this incredible artist.

5 out of 5 stars One of the Best!!!.......2006-01-31

This recording introduced me to Brazilian music at an early age and made me a believer. There is something to be said for non-corporate derived music that can be enjoyed even without being able to speak the languge of the artist. Djavan's emotional delivery is simply understood. Every cut on this one shines. I wore this one out on vinyl, then someone 'borrowed' it from me years ago. I've been looking for it ever since. Well, it is nice to know it out on CD. I will have to get a copy or two. So will you..just in case!

5 out of 5 stars Great, Great, Great!!!.......2002-06-01

Djavan was first introduced to my collection in 1984. This album has been my favorite for many years. I don't have it on CD, but I will as soon as it's available. "Esquinas" is so smooth and relaxing. Even though the album is in Portuguese, it's still a great find. Buy it, if you can find it!!

5 out of 5 stars Great Brazilian/American Crossover.......2000-07-31

I bought this album 15 years ago for 5 guilders (a bit more than 2 dollars) in a supermarket during a sale. My girlfriend back then was very surprised that I bought an album of an unknown Brazilian artist without having listened to the songs on the album. I had heard one track of the album on the radio and that was enough to be sure that I would not be disappointed. Also the names of some of the finest LA studio musicians was a second argument to be confident about my purchase (this is not always true). I really liked the album and my girlfriend liked it even better. The light Brazilian grooves together with intriguing Portuguese lyrics keep your attention from the first track till the last. Djavan is an excellent composer, arranger and singer who produces records of consistent high quality.
I Was Born in Love With You
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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  • Sublime, Incandescent
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  • For intent listening and getting blown away
 I Was Born in Love With You
Michel Legrand , Jessye Norman , Ron Carter , and Grady Tate
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ASIN: B00004C4Q3
Release Date: 2000-02-08

Tracks:

  1. The Summer Knows
  2. Dans ses yeux
  3. Je vivrai sans toi
  4. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life
  5. I Was Born In Love With You
  6. Dis-moi
  7. Les enfants qui pleurent
  8. The Moon And I
  9. Celui-La
  10. Les moulins de mon coeur
  11. You Must Believe In Spring
  12. La valse des lilas
  13. Afterthoughts
  14. Les parapluies de Cherbourg
  15. Between Yesterday And Tomorrow

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Just in case the name of Michel Legrand is not familiar, he is the composer of the infuriatingly catchy "The Windmills of My Mind" (actually "The Windmills of My Heart" in the original French) and all the songs in Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, the charming Catherine Deneuve film musical. The material on this disc ranges from the smoky melancholy of "Je vivrai sans toi" ("I Will Live Without You") to the hyperbolic camp of "Celui-là" ("The One") but mainly hovers in the realm of anguished longing. Jessye Norman uses the material to show off the extraordinary range and flexibility of her voice. She slips between a pure, almost boyish sound and a full-throated luxurious warble with ease. But idiomatically she may not be to everyone's taste: for the most part this is the musical territory inhabited by the Billie Holidays of the world, and Norman's technique puts her at a disadvantage. Michel Legrand in his role as pianist is another matter, however. His carefully nuanced accompaniments flow with improvisatory ease, and inspire some great moments from the bass and drums. --Warwick Thompson

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Partly disappointing.......2007-04-04

I own many of Ms Norman's records, and she has just about the best classically trained voice around, but this record is very up and down. In short... her voice is overly classical for this type of music. M. Michel Legrand est genial... and his music makes this record.

5 out of 5 stars Sublime, Incandescent .......2006-12-02

Like most of the reviewers here, this album has given me countless hours of sublime pleasure. It's pure gold. This collaboration embodies a wonderful honesty, authenticity, subtlety, and incandescence...qualities that are very rare nowadays. It's a must have for anyone who appreciates the subtle, sublime and the unpretentious. This album simply could not be better.

The silly comments made by the the first reviewer is an unfortunate testament to the muederous mediocrity of the common palate. The macdonaldization of the collective palate, renders most of us incapable of appreciating anything but the expected.

Both Norman and Legrand were simply sublime.

5 out of 5 stars Breathtaking, magnificent....A MUST HAVE!!!.......2006-08-03

This is no doubt, a great CD by a great diva and a great composer...period. It's jazz singing at its very finest, with the most beautiful nuances and vocalization you'll probably ever hear. Jessye Norman, one of my favorite Sieglinde's, Ariadnes, and Kundry's, sings these songs in such an artistic and captivating way that I would gladly give in and say that this is one of the best CD's I've ever owned. Highly recommended!

5 out of 5 stars CATASTROPHIC! .......2006-07-23

THIS ALBUM HAS BROUGHT ME TO THE BRINK OF... I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, FOR AFTER HEARING THIS, ALL MY ANSWERS...
this is the purpose of art-exhuming life

5 out of 5 stars For intent listening and getting blown away.......2005-05-07

I just don't believe anyone would give this less than 4 or 5 stars, how can this be ?

I can't describe the listening pleasure I derived from hearing this. I don't like opera. No, worse than that. What with modern electronic sound equipment that can record the many hues of the human voice, opera is not singing, but "lunging". In actuality, we hear more meaning with other vocalising technologies. Plus, we are expected to believe that because of the complexities of performing this style of (mostly) archaic music that we are witness to genius living out the equivalent of solving Rubic's Cube right before our eyes. Let's show a little descriminative restraint, ladies and gentlemen. "Opera" could be a valuable adjunct to good theater. It's place in academia needs an adjustment, to say the least. Let's do other acts with ourselves.

But you can't top Jessye Norman, nonetheless. This recording blew me clean away.

Yes, the sound is lush. But it's worse (better, I mean) than that. This singer should stop you in your tracks, not just provide you with a lush feel. If you listen seriously -- well, each word, almost each and every separate word is like a natural, richly colored landscape painting.

I should have waited to collect my thoughts with more specific appreciative comments. There are some nice reviewer comments on this Jessye Norman work listed already here.

For those of you with odd music prejudices -- you'd be best to concern yourself with constructive commentary on some other CD rather than cannibalizing this superb and unique recording to compensate for your limits in listening comprehension.

I almost jumped in the air after my first listen through. I still feel unmitigated joy from the work of all, here. No, it's not one that will fit neatly into everyone's pre-existing grooves and mental ruts. Wowee ! Six or seven stars at least.

Songs by Reynaldo Hahn / Lott, Bostridge, Bickley; Johnson
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • A star of the 'chansom'. Buy It.
  • A fine, underestimated master of the mélodie
  • Beautiful French lieder
 Songs by Reynaldo Hahn / Lott, Bostridge, Bickley; Johnson
Reynaldo Hahn , Graham Johnson , Felicity Lott , Ian Bostridge , and Stephen Layton
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
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ASIN: B00000300V
Release Date: 1996-07-10

Tracks:

  1. If My Verses Had Wings
  2. A Landscape
  3. Reverie
  4. An Offering
  5. May
  6. Infidelity
  7. Alone
  8. The Swans
  9. Nocturne
  10. Three Days Of Vintaging
  11. From A Prison
  12. Seraphina
  13. The Exquisite Hour
  14. Fetes galantes
  15. Day
  16. I Submit To Your Mercy
  17. Smiling Spring, You Have Arrived!
  18. Air
  19. Peace
  20. Beware The Arrow From The Window
  21. Fishing
  22. When In Her Pavillion I Lost My Heart
  23. The Stars
  24. Autumn
  25. Night
  26. The Memory Of Singing

Tracks:

  1. When Night Is Not Studded With Stars
  2. The Loveliest Gift
  3. On The Water
  4. The Nightingale Among The Lilac
  5. To Chloris
  6. My Youth
  7. Since I've Pressed My Lips...
  8. Lydia
  9. Neaera
  10. Salinum
  11. Thaliarque
  12. Lyde
  13. You Will Drink...
  14. Tyndaris
  15. Pholoe
  16. Phidyle
  17. Phyllis
  18. The Water Nymph
  19. To The Nightingale
  20. I Remember
  21. Air de la lettre
  22. It Is Very Bad To Be Unfaithful
  23. There Are Trees...
  24. We've Had A Lovely Trip
  25. The Last Waltz

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A star of the 'chansom'. Buy It........2006-10-02

'Songs by Reynaldo Hahn',French 'chansoms' written by a Venezualean Jew and performed by an all star English team of vocalists and accompaniest, is quite enough for me to forsake my Shubert for a few hours and immerse myself in these evocations of the world's most musical language. My discovery of Hahn in this release and the similar collection by Susan Graham shows me that the salon art song did not die in the 19th century, even if offerings from artists in English, German, and Italian are a bit thin.

From my point of view of the amateur listener, these performances are simply so pretty, as with an overripe peach, they approach, but never pass over to the banal.

Beautiful songs, expertly realized.

4 out of 5 stars A fine, underestimated master of the mélodie.......2004-12-05

Venezuelan-born Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947) was taken to Paris at age 3 and became, early enough (his most famous song, Si mes vers avaient des ailes, was composed when he was 12!) a steady feature in the musical life of Paris.

Lover of Marcel Proust, sought-after musical entertainer in the salons of the Highest Society, diarist, composer, singer, renowned conductor, influential music writer in the most powerful daily in France (Le Figaro) finally General Manager of the Opéra Comique before dying of a brain tumor in 1947, Hahn was a multi-faceted musician of the highest probity. His songs are simple, patrician, utterly elegant, and always set to the best poetry. His simplicity and purity of means accomplish in little what many pretentious thunderers fail even to approximate. He was a minor master.

Hahn had a light little baritone voice, a little croak of a voice, really, with which he made himself enourmously popular in high society drawing rooms before the First World War: the voice that charmed duchesses and made the most reserved princesses smile! He even made some 50 records between 1920 and 1930, which show his unique, expressive musicality, unfailing sense of phrasing, unpretentious elegance of style, and fine piano-playing (He almost invariably accompanies himself.)

Hahn's own 78s, and a very few others by the likes of Ninon Vallin, give a clear recorded testimony of how his songs ought to be performed: simply, sincerely, with charm.

Charm is not in oversupply in this Hyperion collection (the singers are rather wooden English people with somewhat grey voices) but the other qualities are honestly, conscientiously supplied. Many of these pieces are not easily come by, especially in such well-recorded, well-accompanied perfomances, and though Hahn might perhaps have smiled to hear such a straight-laced presentation of his little creations, this album is really quite worth the asking price.

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful French lieder.......1999-04-24

Reynaldo Hahn's early years coincided with the sway of French impressionism, and these early experiences with introverted poetic expression affected his life for ever. Hahn's songs are by nature reflective. Many of them are set to poems by impressionist poets, such as Verlaine; some of the most sublime ones grow out of the lyrics by Victor Hugo. Some of these songs subtly reflect Hahn's personal experiences: he was gay, unreconciled with himself, and closeted till the day he died. Even some of his closest friends didn't know the source of his restlessness. A one-time lover, and a life-long friend of Marcel Proust's, Hahn learned to express himself in song, the way Proust expressed himself through the chain of forever regressing recolletions in prose. The selection of songs on these two discs presents some of the best Hahn's output, exhibiting all the hallmarks of his style: subtly undulating accompaniment, melodies full of free-flowing intimacy, imaginative cadences, and plenty of room for interpretation by individual performers. Of the wonderful vocalists here, Steven Varcoe, a beguilingly beautiful baritone voice, deserves a special mention.
Melodies Francaises
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    		Melodies Francaises

    Manufacturer: RCA Red Seal
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    ASIN: B00009963B
    Release Date: 2003-04-24

    Tracks:

    1. Le Papillon Et Al Fleur
    2. Mai
    3. Chanson Du Pecheur
    4. Lydia
    5. Reve D'amour
    6. Tristesse
    7. Les Berceaux
    8. Notre Amour
    9. Le Secret
    10. Aurore
    11. Les Roses D'lspahan
    12. Nocturne
    13. Clair De Lune
    14. Spleen
    15. Mandoline
    16. En Sourdine
    17. Green
    18. A Clymene
    19. C'est L'extase
    20. Prison
    21. Histories Naturales
    22. La Caravane
    23. Le Temps Des Lilas
    24. Les Heures
    25. La Chansson Perpetuelle
    26. Arettes Oubliees
    27. Cinq Poemes De Baudelaire
    28. Chansons De Bilitis
    29. Montparnasse

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    The Best of Tchaikovsky
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    ASIN: B00062IDK6
    Release Date: 2004-10-19

    Tracks:

    1. The Silver Fairy, Variation II - Andrew Mogrelia
    2. Waltz - Andrew Mogrelia
    3. Violente, Variation V - Andrew Mogrelia
    4. Panorama - Andrew Mogrelia
    5. The Lilac Fairy Waltz, Variation VI - Andrew Mogrelia
    6. March Slav, Op.31 - Theodore Kuchar
    7. Overture
    8. Russian Dance - Trepak
    9. Dance Of the Sugar Plum Fairy
    10. Danse Chinoise - Tea
    11. Flower Waltz
    12. Danse Arabe - Coffee
    13. Divertissement - Chocolate - Spanish Dance
    14. Piano Concerto No.1 In B Flat, Op.23 - Ondrej Lenard
    15. Waltz - Vienna Chamber Orchestra
    16. Act II, No.10 Scene
    17. Waltz
    18. Neopolitan Dance
    19. Waltz
    20. Dance Of the Little Swans - Russian State Symphony Orchestra
    21. 1812 Festival Overture, Op.49 - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    22. Tchaikovsky Discovers America (Excerpt) - Commentator

    Album Description

    The Best of Classical Kids CD series feature 55 - 70 minutes of instrumental music from six major composers specially selected by Classical Kids producer Susan Hammond. Each compilation includes child-proven works first heard in the award-winning and best-selling Classical Kids series but extended and without narration. Each CD is an engaging and entertaining listening experience for all ages. Liner notes include fascinating facts about each composer plus an introduction to the award-winning Classical Kids CDs - to build Classical Kids fans for the next generation.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars kitemom.......2007-03-13

    Really love the CD but most importantly my 2 year old does! We can spend all day with it on the back ground. I like this series because the recordings are carefully curated orchestral selections rather than a children's adaptation. The only variation is that some movements are abridged for shorter attention spans. There is nothing wrong with children's adaptations, it's good to expose the kids to any type of music.

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