The Essential Pierre Bernac / Poulenc, Moore, Johnson, - Testament - TES 3161 -

This 3 CD set from Testament focuses on the music of Poulenc, Gounod, Faure, Debussy and Satie. Bernac's performances of these masterworks of the French melodie are among the touchstones of recorded singing. Of special interest will be Graham Johnson's interview with Bernac, found on disc three.

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Gounod, Charles : Sérénade

Performers: Pierre Bernac (Baritone); Francis Poulenc (Piano)
Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Duparc, Henri : Soupir

Performers: Francis Poulenc (Piano); Pierre Bernac (Baritone)
Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1869

Duparc, Henri : L'invitation au voyage

Performers: Pierre Bernac (Baritone); Francis Poulenc (Piano)
Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1870

Chabrier, Emmanuel : Mélodies (6) for voice and piano :: L'ile heureuse

Performers: Pierre Bernac (Baritone); Francis Poulenc (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1890

Chausson, Ernest : Mélodies (7), for voice & piano, Op. 2 :: VII

Performers: Pierre Bernac (Baritone); Francis Poulenc (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1879-1882

Roussel, Albert : Poèmes (4) for voice & piano, Op. 3 :: III

Performers: Pierre Bernac (Baritone); Francis Poulenc (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1903

Roussel, Albert : Mélodies (2), for voice & piano, Op. 50 :: I

Performers: Francis Poulenc (Piano); Pierre Bernac (Baritone)
Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1933-1934

Schumann, Robert : Lieder und Gesänge (5), Op. 127 :: II

Performers: Pierre Bernac (Baritone); Gerald Moore (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1840-1850

Schumann, Robert : Dichterliebe, Op. 48

Performers: Gerald Moore (Piano); Pierre Bernac (Baritone)
Running Time: 25 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1840

Liszt, Franz : Freudvoll und Leidvoll, S 280

Performers: Pierre Bernac (Baritone); Francis Poulenc (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1844

Liszt, Franz : Es muss ein Wunderbares sein, S 314

Performers: Francis Poulenc (Piano); Pierre Bernac (Baritone)
Notes: Composition written: 1852.
Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1852

Liszt, Franz : Ihr Auge, S 310

Performers: Francis Poulenc (Piano); Pierre Bernac (Baritone)
Period Time: Romantic
Written: circa 1849-1859

Milhaud, Darius : Poèmes (4) de Léo Latil, Op. 20 :: IV

Performers: Francis Poulenc (Piano); Pierre Bernac (Baritone)
Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1914

Vellones, Pierre : A mon fils, for voice & piano

Performers: Francis Poulenc (Piano); Pierre Bernac (Baritone)
Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Beydts, Louis : La lyre et les amours (song cycle)

Performer: Pierre Bernac (Baritone)
Conductor: Louis Beydts
Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1

Performers: Pierre Bernac (Baritone); Francis Poulenc (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1877

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Le secret, Op. 23 no 3

Performers: Francis Poulenc (Piano); Pierre Bernac (Baritone)
Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 07/06/1881

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Aurore, Op. 39 no 1

Performers: Pierre Bernac (Baritone); Francis Poulenc (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 55 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 05/20/1884

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Songs (2) for voice & piano, Op. 83

Performers: Francis Poulenc (Piano); Pierre Bernac (Baritone)
Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1894

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Mirages, song cycle (4) for voice & piano, Op. 113 :: no 3, Jardin nocturne

Performers: Francis Poulenc (Piano); Pierre Bernac (Baritone)
Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 12/12/1919

Debussy, Claude : Chansons de France (3), song cycle for voice & piano, L. 102

Performers: Francis Poulenc (Piano); Pierre Bernac (Baritone)
Running Time: 5 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Choral
Written: 1904

Debussy, Claude : Fêtes galantes (3), song cycle for voice & piano, Set II, L. 104 :: III

Performers: Francis Poulenc (Piano); Pierre Bernac (Baritone)
Running Time: 4 min. sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1904

Debussy, Claude : Ballades (3) de François Villon

Performers: Francis Poulenc (Piano); Pierre Bernac (Baritone)
Running Time: 10 min. 36 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1910

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

Performers: Pierre Bernac (Baritone); Francis Poulenc (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1916

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

Performers: Pierre Bernac (Baritone); Francis Poulenc (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1916

Ravel, Maurice : Don Quichotte à Dulcinée

Performers: Pierre Bernac (Baritone); Francis Poulenc (Piano)
Running Time: 5 min. 36 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1932-1933

Poulenc, Francis : La belle Jeunesse (Chansons gaillardes, no 7) :: IV

Performers: Francis Poulenc (Piano); Pierre Bernac (Baritone)
Running Time: 1 min. 34 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Choral
Written: 1925-1926

Poulenc, Francis : La belle Jeunesse (Chansons gaillardes, no 7) :: VII

Performers: Francis Poulenc (Piano); Pierre Bernac (Baritone)
Running Time: 1 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Choral
Written: 1925-1926

Poulenc, Francis : C'est ainsi que tu es (Métamorphoses, no 2)

Performers: Pierre Bernac (Baritone); Francis Poulenc (Piano)
Running Time: 4 min. sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1943

Poulenc, Francis : Le bestiaire (Cortège d'Orphée), song cycle for voice & piano (or chamber ensemble), FP 15a

Performers: Francis Poulenc (Piano); Pierre Bernac (Baritone)
Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1919

Poulenc, Francis : Montparnasse

Performers: Pierre Bernac (Baritone); Francis Poulenc (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1941-1945

Poulenc, Francis : Deux poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire, for voice & piano, FP 94 :: I

Performers: Pierre Bernac (Baritone); Francis Poulenc (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1938

Poulenc, Francis : Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon, for voice & piano, FP 122

Performers: Pierre Bernac (Baritone); Francis Poulenc (Piano)
Running Time: 4 min. 9 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1943

Poulenc, Francis : Tel jour, telle nuit, song cycle for voice & piano, FP 86

Performers: Francis Poulenc (Piano); Pierre Bernac (Baritone)
Running Time: 11 min. 55 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1936-1937

Gounod, Charles : Ce que je suis sans toi, song for voice & piano

Performers: Francis Poulenc (Piano); Pierre Bernac (Baritone)
Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Gounod, Charles : Au rossignol

Performers: Pierre Bernac (Baritone); Francis Poulenc (Piano)
Running Time: 4 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Gounod, Charles : Venise, song for voice & piano (Six Songs no 6)

Performers: Francis Poulenc (Piano); Pierre Bernac (Baritone)
Notes: Composition written: 1842.
Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1842

Gounod, Charles : Prière, song for voice & piano

Performers: Pierre Bernac (Baritone); Francis Poulenc (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Gounod, Charles : Chanson du printemps, for voice & piano

Performers: Francis Poulenc (Piano); Pierre Bernac (Baritone)
Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Gounod, Charles : L'absent

Performers: Francis Poulenc (Piano); Pierre Bernac (Baritone)
Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1876

Gounod, Charles : Viens, les gazons sont verts, song for voice & piano

Performers: Francis Poulenc (Piano); Pierre Bernac (Baritone)
Running Time: 1 min. 22 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Gounod, Charles : Envoi de fleurs, song for voice & piano

Performers: Pierre Bernac (Baritone); Francis Poulenc (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Gounod, Charles : Mignon, song for voice & piano

Performers: Pierre Bernac (Baritone); Francis Poulenc (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Poulenc, Francis : Le travail du peintre, song cycle for voice & piano, FP 161

Performers: Pierre Bernac (Baritone); Francis Poulenc (Piano)
Running Time: 10 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1956

Pierre Bernac/ Graham Joh : Bernac interviewed by Graham Johnson (Interview)

Performer: Pierre Bernac (Baritone)
Running Time: 10 min. 10 sec.

Poulenc, Francis : L'histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant, melodrama for narrator & piano (or orchestra), FP 129

Performers: Pierre Bernac (Baritone); Graham Johnson (Piano)
Running Time: 28 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1940-1945

The Essential Pierre Bernac / Poulenc, Moore, Johnson

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