Un Frisson Français - A century of French song / Susan Graham, Malcolm Martineau

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Album Summary

Performers

• Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
• Malcolm Martineau (Piano)

Composers

• Edouard Lalo (1823 - 1892)
• Emmanuel Chabrier (1841 - 1894)
• Alfred Bachelet (1864 - 1944)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Erik Satie (Composer) (1866 - 1925)
• Manuel Rosenthal (1904 - 2003)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Emile Paladilhe (1844 - 1926)
• Henri Duparc (1848 - 1933)
• Albert Roussel (1869 - 1937)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)
• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
• César Franck (1822 - 1890)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Ernest Chausson (1855 - 1899)
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
• Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992)
• Reynaldo Hahn (1875 - 1947)
• Joseph Canteloube (1879 - 1957)
• André Caplet (1878 - 1925)

Notes & Reviews:

The mezzo Susan Graham is truly one of the great singers of our time. A dedicated Francophile and expert in French music, Graham was decorated by the French government as a "Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres." This month marks her recording debut for Onyx Classics with a disc featuring twenty-two of her favorite French songs. 'Un Frisson Francais' is a perfect introduction to this rich, sensuous musical world. The Financial Times said of their Wigmore Hall recital, "There were many delights in the course of the evening... and Honegger's miniature 'Trois Chansons de la petite sirene', accompanied with inimitable elegance by Malcolm Martineau, made a particularly welcome discovery."

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Bizet, Georges : Chanson d'avril :: "Lève-toi! lève-toi!", song for voice & piano (Vingt mélodies no 1)

• Performers: Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1866

César Franck (1822 - 1890) : Nocturne, M 85

• Performers: Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1884

Lalo, Edouard : Guitare, Op. 28

• Performers: Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1882

Gounod, Charles : Au rossignol

• Performers: Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Danse macabre

• Performers: Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1872

Chabrier, Emmanuel : Mélodies (6) for voice and piano :: Les Cigales

• Performers: Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1890

Paladilhe, Emile : Psyché

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Chausson, Ernest : Mélodies (7), Op. 2

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1880

Bachelet, Alfred : Chère nuit

• Performers: Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1897

Duparc, Henri : Au pays où se fait la guerre

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: ?1869-70

Ravel, Maurice : La paon

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1906

André Caplet (1878 - 1925) : Le Corbeau et la Renard for voice & piano

• Performers: Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Roussel, Albert : Poèmes chinois (2), Op. 35 :: Réponse d'une épouse sage

• Performers: Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1927

Messiaen, Olivier : Mélodies (3) :: La Fiancée perdue

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1930

Debussy, Claude : Fêtes galantes, Set 2

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1904

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Vocalise-étude

• Performers: Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1906

Hahn, Reynaldo : A Chloris

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1913

Satie, Erik [Composer] : Mélodies (3) of 1916, for voice & piano :: Le Chapelier

• Performers: Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1916

Honegger, Arthur : Chansons de "La Petit Sirène" d'Anderson (3), songs for voice & string quartet (or piano), H. 63

• Performers: Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1926

Canteloube, Joseph : Brezairola

• Performers: Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1923-1930

Rosenthal, Manuel : Les souris d'Angleterre, for voice & piano

• Performers: Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1934

Poulenc, Francis : La dame de Monte Carlo, monologue lyrique for soprano & orchestra, FP 180

• Performers: Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Running Time: 7 min. sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1961