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Britten/Canteloube: Songs

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CHSA 5289

Britten/Canteloube: Songs

CD UPC: 0095115528921

Release Date: November 2021
Originally recorded in June 2020

Composer
Benjamin Britten

Composer
Marie-Joseph Canteloube de Malaret

Soprano Voice soprano
Mari Eriksmoen

Orchestra
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor
Edward Gardner

Executive Producer Executive
Ralph Couzens

Producer LAWO Classics
Vegard Landaas

Engineer LAWO Classics
Thomas Wolden

Engineer assistant (February 2021)
Gunnar Herleif Nilsen

Venue
Grieg Hall, Bergen, Norway

Genre:
Vocal & Song
Orchestral & Concertos

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BENJAMIN BRITTEN

Quatre Chansons françaises (1928)

12:05

(Four French Songs)

for High Voice and Orchestra

Dedicated to his parents on their twenty-seventh wedding anniversary

Edited by Colin Matthews

Nuits de juin. Lento e molto rubato

2:45

Sagesse. Lento ma non troppo

2:45

L'Enfance. Animato - Lento

4:19

Chanson d'automne. Moderato con molto moto ma sempre colla voce

2:16

MARIE-JOSEPH CANTELOUBE DE MALARET

From 'Chants d'Auvergne' (1923-54)

39:56

(Songs of the Auvergne)

A Selection of Songs from

Premiére Série (First Series, 1923)

Deuxième Série (Second Series, 1923)

Troisième Série (Third Series, 1927). À Madeleine Grey

Quatrième Série (Fourth Series, 1930). À Étienne Clémentel

Cinquième Série (Fifth Series, 1954). À Lucie Doléne

Pastourelle (Deuxième Série, No.1) Doux et tendre

3:42

Lo fiolairé (Troisième Série, No.1) Repaide et léger

2:30

La pastrouletta è lou chibalié (Deuxième Série, No.3) Léger et narquois

1:49

Chut, chut (Quatrième Série, No.4) Très animé - Plus vite

2:00

La delaïssádo (Deuxième Série, No.4) Triste - Plus lent

4:24

10.

Oï ayaï (Quatrième Série, No.2)

2:48

Modéré - Moins vite - Vite - Décidé - Moins vite - Vite - Décidé -

Vite - Décidé - Hésitant - Plus vite - Vite - Décidé - Élargi

11.

Baïlèro (Premiére Série, No.2). Chant de Berger de Haute-Aubergne.

5:59

Noté aux environs de Vic-sur-Cère (Cantal)

Calme et contemlatif - Plus vite (á pleine voix) - Moins vite (Écho - de très loin)

12.

Lou coucut (Quatrième Série, No.6) Assez vite

1:43

13.

Pastorale (Quatrième Série, No.5)

3:42

Modéré, mais pas trop - Moins vite - Plus lent - Plus vite - Moins vite

14.

Lá-haut, sur le rocher (Cinquième Série, No.3). Chanson de Haute-Auvergne

3:24

Modéré et très expressif - Moins vite - Plus vite -

Moins vite - Un peu plus animé - Très lent

15.

Postouro, sé tu m'aymo (Cinquième Série, No.5). Chanson de fileuse de Haute-Auvergne

1:26

Un peu animé

Trois Bourrées (Premiére Série, No.3)

16.

a) L'aïo dé rotso. Bourrée recueillie en Haute-Auvergne, aux environs

1:10

du Puy Violent à Collandres (Cantal) -

Assez animé - Lent et très libre - Vif et très rythmé - Lent et libre - Vit et rythmé

17.

b) Ound' onorén gorda? Bourrée recueillie en Haute-Auvergne prés d'Aurillac (Cantal) -

2:50

Vif - Lent et trés libre - Vif et rythmé - Vif - Vite

18.

c) Obal din lou Limouzi. Bourrée recueillie en Haute-Auvergne. un jour de fête votive, à Maurs (Cantal)

2:22

Vif

BENJAMIN BRITTEN

Les Illuminations, Op.18 (1939)

21:56

(Illuminations)

for Soprano or Tenor and String Orchestra

To Sophie Wyss

19.

Fanfare. Maestoso (poco presto) -

2:01

20.

Villes. Allegro energico

2:21

21.

IIIA

Phrase. Lento ed estatico -

1:01

22.

IIIB

Antique. Allegretto, un poco mosso

2:06

23.

Royauté. Allegro maestoso

1:37

24.

Marine. Allegro con brio

1:05

25.

Interlude. Moderato ma comodo -

2:47

26.

VII

Being Beauteous. To P.N.L.P. Lento ma comodo

3:44

27.

VIII

Parade. Alla Marcia

2:48

28.

Départ. Largo mesto

2:21

Total time: 73:45

Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Melina Mandozzi leader

Conductor: Edward Gardner

12 and 13 February 2021 (Les Illuminations) and 21-23 June 2021 (other works)

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Reviews

Performance **** Recording *****

“In Britten’s Les illuminations, the generally bell-like accuracy of Norwegian soprano Mari Eriksmoen’s singing is more than matched by the expressive truth of her interpretations. She is most beguiling when floating her voice weightlessly and with a serene joie de vivre in ‘Antique’, perfectly partnered by the lovely violin playing of the Bergen Philharmonic leader Melina Mandozzi…”

Daniel Jaffé – BBC Music magazine – January 2022

“… this new recording is highly persuasive. The Norweigian soprano delivers snimated performances, rolling her ‘r’ sounds and relishing the quickfire patter of ‘Villes’. She attacks ‘Royaute’ and ‘Marine’ with insouciant swagger, while ‘Being Beauteous’ is urgently phrased. She is well partnered by Gardner, who draws incisive playing from the Bergen strings …”

Mark Pullinger – Gramophone magazine – December 2021

“… In both cycles, the accompaniment by the Bergen Philharmonic under Edward Gardner is fresh and vital. Mari Eriksmoen also makes a memorable impression in the Canteloube songs, singing them with the charm of a young girl … Edward Gardners accompanies attentively and very colorfully with the Bergen Philharmonic.” ****

Remy Franck – Pizzicato.lu – 11 December 2021

“… This fine SACD has atmospheric surround sound, the voice realistically balanced with the orchestra… A fine collection from a Norwegian soprano very well worth hearing.”

Roy Westbrook – MusicWeb-International.com – 10 December 2021

Editor’s Choice

“French songs, most by an English composer, performed by a Norwegian soprano and orchestra under a British conductor. But nothing gets lost in translation in this immensely attractive new recording of Britten and Canteloube by soprano Mari Eriksmoen, Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic.” ****

Alexandra Coghlan – Limelightmagazine.com.au – 3 December 2021

“… Here she [Eriksmoen] joins the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Edward Gardner for a powerful album of orchestral songs, coupling Britten’s Les Illuminations and Four French Songs with a selection of Canteloube’s inimitable Songs of the Auvergne. Eriksmoen spent a year studying in Paris, and proves an effective and natural singer in the French language …”

HRAudio.net – October 2021

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