Pastorale: French Choral Music Choir Guild

Pastorale: French Choral Music

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GM 7199

Pastorale: French Choral Music

Label Catalogue Number:
GMCD7199

Running Time: 75:48

Release Date: January 2000
Originally recorded in 2000

Composer (1862-1918)
Claude Debussy

Composer (1835-1921)
Camille Saint-Saëns

Composer (1836-1891)
Léo Delibes

Composer (1879-1957)
Joseph Canteloube

Composer (1845-1924)
Gabriel Fauré

Composer (1875-1937)
Maurice Ravel

Composer (1842-1912)
Jules Massenet

Solo piano
Jeremy Filsell

Choral
Vasari Singers

Conductor
Jeremy Backhouse

Venue
The Great Hall, Dulwich College, London

Producer
Ben Turner

Engineer
Paul Newis

Genre:
Choir

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CLAUDE DEBUSSY

(1862-1918)

Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orléans (1898-1908)

6:17

Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder

2:12

Quant j'ai ouy le tambourin sonner

2:02

Yver, vous n'estes qu'un villain

2:03

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS

(1835-1921)

Sérénade d'hiver

6:11

LÉO DELIBES

(1836-1891)

Les Norwègiennes

4:26

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS

Deux Chansons, Op. 68

6:03

Calme des nuits

4:11

Les Fleurs et les arbres

1:52

JOSEPH CANTELOUBE

(1879-1957)

Baïlèro ('Chants d'Auvergne')

3:44

L'Amour de moi

5:18

GABRIEL FAURÉ

(1845-1924)

10.

Madrigal, Op. 35 (1883)

4:30

11.

Pavane, Op. 50 (1887)

6:49

MAURICE RAVEL

(1875-1937)

Traois Chansons (1916)

6:58

12.

Nicolette

2:04

13.

Trois beaux Oiseaux du Paradis

2:56

14.

Ronde

1:58

LÉO DELIBES

15.

Les Nymphes des bois

6:04

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS

16.

Hymne au printemps

8:00

JULES MASSENET

(1842-1912)

Chansons des bois d'Amaranthe

11:28

17.

O bon Printemps

2:21

18.

Oiseau des bois

2:03

19.

Chères Fleurs

2:04

20.

O Ruisseau

3:16

21.

Chantez!

1:44

77:03

Solo: Jeremy Filsell piano

Choral: Vasari Singers

Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse

25-27 February 2000

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Reviews

This is worthy of the choral aficionado’s attention for the generously apportioned repertoire – as delightful as it is seldom performed. Delibes’s “Nymphs des bois”, Massenet’s “Oiseau des bois” from his Amaranthe songs, Ravel’s chansons, and the Saint-Saëns “Serenade” are just some of the charmers that await you. While I can’t say I love everything the Vasaris do, they are polished professionals who sing with commendable spirit. The fellows can be especially good, as you’ll hear in the Saint-Saëns “Sereande to Winter”. Ravel’s “Ronde” quivers with energy, while Massenet’s “Oiseau des bois” is sweet and flirtatious to a fault. I’m less impressed with the cool, clear soprano soloist who adds no sparkle at all to Debussy’s “Tambourin” or Ravel’s “Birds of Paradise”. A slow, stodgy Fauré “Pavane” and some forced crescendos in the Saint-Saëns “Hymns to Spring” also detract. But the good outweighs the not so good by a comfortable margin, and the repertoire is a joy."

E Greenfield - American Record Guide - March/April 2001

This is distinguished singing from a superb choir, and – for once – a programme of music by seven composert does not appear as a hodgepodge of little appeal Throughout this deeply impressive recital it is well-neigh impossible to choose one track above any other, son consistently attractive and moving are the music and the manner of the performances. The Ravel chansons, to his own texts, are brilliantly done here; Masonet’s Amaranthe songs are a real treasure, and Jeremy Filsell’s piano accompaniments are excellent.

The recordings have been carefully balanced with the occasional piano accompaniment in order to maintain the clarity of the choral writing, and the acoustic of the Great Hall of Dulwich College is well suited to this repertoire an enthusiastic recommendation for a conspicuously successful album, which is completed by good notes from David Bray."

Robert Matthew-Walker - International Records Review - February 2001

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