Debussy, Claude > Vocal

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs] [Limited Edition]

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; Der Erlkönig, D 328; An den Frühl...
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demus, Jörg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donderer, Georg; Dyk, Cornelis van; ...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Richter, Karl; Gorvin, Carl; Stadlmair, Hans; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Weissenborn, Gunther; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Joch...


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Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 by Franz Schubert

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romanti

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Mélodie Francaise - Songs by Fauré, Debussy; Hahn; Chausson / Sandrine Piau, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Stephane Degout, Bernard Kruysen [6 CDs]

6 CD / Naïve / 2012-10-30

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Nell, Op. 18 no 1; Songs (2) for voice & piano, Op. 27; Songs (2) for voice & piano, Op. 46; Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 51; Mélodies (5), Op. 58 "de Venise"; La bonne c...
Performers: Blumenthal, Daniel; Degout, Stéphane; Immerseel, Jos van; Kruysen, Bernard; Lee, Noël [Piano]; Lucas, Hélène; Manoff, Susan; Piau, Sandrine

This beautiful boxed set of French melodies gathers some of the most intriguing recordings from the Naïve Classique catalogue. This subtle and fascinating repertoire will...continue...

Claude Debussy: Mélodies / Philippe Cantor, baritone; Sophie Rives, piano

1 CD / Anima Records / 2012-10-09

Works: Claude Debussy: Mandoline; Mélodies (3), song collection for voice & piano, L. 81; Ariettes oubliées; Chansons de France; Le promenoir des deux amants, song cycle for voice & piano, L.118...
Performers: Cantor, Philippe; Rives, Sophie

French baritone Philippe Cantor first appeared interpreting ancient music but soon embarked on a career as a recitalist and opera singer. He won the City...continue...
Recording information: Église Saint-Vincent du Mesnil-le-Roi (05/03/2009-05/05/2009)....continue...

Christine Schafer Sings Melodies - Chausson, Debussy / Christine Schafer, Irwin Gage, piano

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2012-09-04

Works: Ernest Chausson: Dans la forêt du charme et de l'enchantement, for voice & piano, Op. 36/2; Mélodies (4), for voice & piano, Op. 13; Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19; Mélod...
Performers: Doufexis, Stella; Gage, Irwin; Schafer, Christine

Recording information: Teldec-Studio, Berlin, Germany (06/1999)....continue...

Debussy: Melodies / Yumi Nara, Claude Lavoix

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Proses lyriques; Chansons (3) de Bilitis; Ariettes oubliées; Poèmes (3) de Mallarmé, song collection for voice & piano, L. 127; Poèmes (5) de Baudelaire
Performers: Lavoix, Claude; Nara, Yumi

Frederica von Stade in Duets, Arias, Scenes & Songs

4 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Robert Schumann: Botschaft ("Nelken wind ich und Jasmin"), for soprano voice, alto voice & piano (Spanisches Liedersp; Das Glück (" Vöglein vom Zweig"), song for voice & piano (Lieder-Album...
Performers: Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Brehm, Alvin; de Peyer, Gervase; Glickman, Loren; Katz, Martin; Kavafian, Ani; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Lesser, Laurence; Maria, Joel Del; Phillips, Daniel; Schwarz, G...
Conductors: Bernardi, Mario; Davis, Andrew

Born in 1945, Frederica von Stade - who auditioned for the Met on a $50 bet - is considered one of the world's most accomplished...continue...
Recording information: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, NY (08/1977/07/1978); National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Canada (08/1977/07/1978); Studio No. 1, Abbey Road, London (08/1977/07/1978); Columbia...continue...

Album Debussy: The composer and his interpreters / Historic recordings from 1904 - 1955

3 CD / Aeon / 2012-05-08

Works: Claude Debussy: Ariettes oubliées; Mandoline; Fêtes galantes; Trois Ballades de Villon; Cinq Poèmes de Charles Baudelaire; Chansons (3) de Bilitis; Estampes; Images; Children's Corner;...
Performers: Bathori, Jane; Bonneau, Jacqueline; Brothier, Yvonne; Cloez, Gustave; Croiza, Claire; Debussy, Claude; Dufranne, Hector; Garden, Mary; Joachim, Irene; Meedintiano, Ivana; Meyer, Marcelle; Moiseiwitsc...
Conductors: Chevillard, Camille; Toscanini, Arturo; Straram, Walther; Desomiere, Roger; Monteux, Pierre; Truc, Georges; Coppola, Piero; Cloez, Gustave; Beydts, Louis; Lindenberg, Edouard

The "Debussy, Music and the Arts" exhibition, organized by Paris's Musée d'Orsay, proposes to evoke the musician's major encounters with contemporary artists and poets. Paintings,...continue...

Pierre Boulez Conducts Ravel & Debussy

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-05-08

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Images for Orchestra; Printemps, symphonic suite for chorus, piano & orchestra, L. 61; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Premiè...
Performers: Cohen, Franklin; Hagley, Alison [Soprano Vocals]; von Otter, Anne Sofie; Wellbaum, Lisa; Zimerman, Krystian
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre

"In Ma mere, he is among the master magicians: subtleties of nuance and timing now abound; here is playing of a wholly different order of...continue...

The Debussy Edition [18 CDs]

18 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-05-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra; Jeux; La mer; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Images for Orchestra; Printemps,...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Badings, Vera; Borkh, Inge; Cassard, Philippe; Christ, Wolfram [Viola]; Cohen, Franklin; Danco, Suzanne; Dietschy, Veronique; Dumay, Augustin [Violin]; Ericourt, Daniel; Ewi...
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Haitink, Bernard; Beinum, Eduard Van; Chailly, Riccardo; Tetu, Bernard; Abbado, Claudio; Ansermet, Ernest; Gardiner, John Eliot; Lindenberg, Edouard; Fistoular...

Following our successful Mahler and Chopin editions, this is a joint Deutsche Grammophon/Decca Classics unlimited edition with benchmark Deutsche Grammophon and Decca Classics recordings....continue...

Claude Debussy: Songs, Vol. 2 / Lorna Anderson, Lisa Milne, Malcolm Martineau

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-04-10

Works: Claude Debussy: Fêtes galantes (3), song cycle for voice & piano, Set I, L. 80; Proses lyriques; Chansons (3) de Bilitis; Ariettes oubliées (6), song cycle for voice & piano, L. 60; Chan...
Performers: Anderson, Lorna; Martineau, Malcolm; Milne, Lisa

Acclaimed sopranos Lorna Anderson and Lisa Milne, two of Britain's leading exponents of French song, join pianist Malcolm Martineau for the second volume of Hyperion's...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London....continue...

Moods: Relaxation, Dream, Lullabies / Surrounding Yourself with Classical Music

3 CD / Analekta / 2012-01-31

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite in D major; Suite in C minor; Sonata no 2 in A minor; Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet in A major, for bassett clarinet and strings...
Performers: Baril, Louise-Andree; Bessette, Louise; Booth, Jane; Boucher, Remi; Brock, Aaron; Dubeau, Angele; Ehnes, James [Violin]; Fiset, Marianne; Kay, Francine; Lapointe, Jean Francois; McMahon, Michael; Mil...
Conductors: Lamon, Jeanne; Talmi, Yoav; ; Patenaude, Gilbert; Hanson, George
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Caprice; La Pietà (Orchestra)

Portrait: Claude Debussy [10 CDs]

10 CD / Red/membran / 2011-12-06

Works: Claude Debussy: La mer; Images for Orchestra; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Petite su...
Performers: Agosti, Guido; Collart, Claudine; Cortot, Alfred; Danco, Suzanne; Gieseking, Walter; Gulda, Friedrich; Horowitz, Vladimir; Plantey, Bernard; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]
Conductors: Inghelbrecht, Désiré-Emile; Markevitch, Igor; Monteux, Pierre; Ansermet, Ernest; Mengelberg, Willem; Cluytens, André

Albéniz: The French Connection / Marisa Martins, mezzo-soprano; Mac McClure, piano

1 CD / Klassic Cat / 2011-10-11

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Il en est de l'amour, for voice & piano; Morceaux (2) de prose de Loti, for voice & piano; Chanson de Barberine, song for voice & piano; Melodías (4), for voice & piano; Maur...
Performers: Martins, Marisa; McClure, Mac

All of the music on this CD was written between 1895 and 1909, the year of Albeniz's death. It is a remarkable document, for it...continue...

Claude Debussy: The Musician of Love / Jan Van der Crabben, baritone; Inge Spinette, piano

1 CD / Fuga Libera / 2011-09-13

Works: Claude Debussy: Nuit d'étoiles ("Nuit d'étoiles, sous tes voiles"), song for voice & piano, L. 4; Romance ("L'âme evaporéee est souffrante"), song for voice & piano, L. 79/1; Les ...
Performers: Crabben, Jan Van der; Spinette, Inge

Jan Van der Crabben's art has seduced the most demanding lovers of French melody. This is because, in the line of Bernard Kruysen or José...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall - Royal Conservatory of Brussels (08/15/2009-08/18/2009)....continue...

Jan DeGaetani and Gilbert Kalish in Concert

2 CD / Bridge / 2011-06-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Songs (3) (Goethe) for voice & piano, Op. 83; Abendlied unterm gestirnten Himmel, WoO 150; Francis Poulenc: Chansons Villagioises; A sa guitare; Métamorphoses (3); Main d...
Performers: DeGaetani, Jan [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Kalish, Gilbert [Piano]

To many observers, no artist has ever replaced the great mezzo-soprano, Jan DeGaetani, as an interpreter of contemporary song. Writing of her, New York Times...continue...

Till Solveig / Karen Vourch, soprano; Susan Manoff, piano

1 CD / Aparte / 2011-06-14

Works: Edvard Grieg: Songs (6), Op. 48; Jeg elsker dig! (I Love Thee!), song for voice & piano, Op. 5/3; Dromme (Dreams), poem for voice & piano, Op. 69/5; Songs (6), Op. 25; To brune Ojne (Two Brown Eyes),...
Performers: Manoff, Susan; Vourc'h, Karen [Soprano]

Prize winning French soprano Karen Vourc'h is joined here by accompanist Susan Manoff for Till Solveig..., a delightful recital disc featuring songs by Grieg, Sibelius,...continue...
Recording information: Temple Manin, Paris, France (09/??/2009/09/11/2009)....continue...

Mélodies for Baritone & Piano

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-01-25

Works: Claude Debussy: La mer est plus belle, song for voice & piano, L. 81/1; Le son du cor s'afflige vers les bois, song for voice & piano, L. 81/2; L'échelonnement des haies, song for voice & piano,...
Performers: Degout, Stephane; Lucas, Helene

"naïve classique is pleased to present the their first release featuring art song interpretations by internationally-acclaimed French baritone Stephane Degout. Since his triumphant debut as...continue...
Recording information: Salle Varèse, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musiq (07/2010)....continue...

Fête Galante / French songs for soprano & piano

1 CD / ATMA / 2011-01-25

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Mélodies (5), Op. 58 "de Venise"; Clair de lune, Op. 46 no 2; Aurore, Op. 39 no 1; Maurice Ravel: Mélodies populaires grecques (5); Claude Debussy: Fêtes galantes...
Performers: Gauvin, Karina; Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]

In collaboration with Espace musique (Radio-Canada), ATMA Classique presents a reissue of an outstanding recital of French songs with soprano Karina Gauvin and pianist Marc-André...continue...
Recording information: Studio 12, Maison de Radio-Canada, Montreal (05/14/1999-05/15/1999)....continue...

Songs by The Young Debussy / Chase, tenor

1 CD / Albany Records / 2010-11-09

Works: Claude Debussy: Beau soir; Paysage sentimental; Romance ("Voici que le printemps, ce fil léger d'avril"), song for voice & piano, L. 52; Fleur des blés ("Le long des blés que la brise ...
Performers: Chase, Darren [Tenor]; Cogley, Mark

The Young Debussy comprises the songs composed by Claude Debussy before his 30th birthday that he felt were good enough to publish. The vocal writing...continue...
Recording information: L. Brown Studios, New York....continue...

The Art of Susan Graham

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-10-26

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Paride ed Elena; Iphigénie en Tauride; Orphée et Eurydice; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze de Figaro; La clemenza di Tito; Le nozze di Figaro; Idomeneo; Lucio S...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Graham, Susan; Martineau, Malcolm
Conductors: Bicket, Harry; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Abel, Yves; Christie, William; Nagano, Kent; Nelson, John; Summers, Patrick;
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Oriol; Les Arts Florissants

Debussy: Songs; A Hommage to Jenny Tourel / Hendricks

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Claude Debussy: Ariettes oubliées; Fêtes galantes (3), song cycle for voice & piano, Set I, L. 80; Poèmes (5) de Baudelaire; Chansons (3) de Bilitis; Gioachino Rossini: Péch&#...
Performers: Beroff, Michel; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Scheja, Staffan

Barbara Hendricks' voice - particularly suited to Mozart, Debussy, Faure, and the lighter roles of Puccini and Richard Strauss - has a warm, crystalline quality...continue...

Songs Of A New Era: Schoenberg, Berg, Honegger

1 CD / Oehms / 2010-05-25

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Book of the Hanging Gardens, Op. 15; Alban Berg: Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 2; Arthur Honegger: Chansons pour voix grave (4), song cycle for voice & piano, H. 184; Claude Deb...
Performers: Pfister, Leila; Polgar, Judit

Recording information: Hardstudios Winterthur, CH (06/27/2008-06/28/2008)....continue...

Chansons De La Nuit / Amy Yeung

1 CD / Centaur / 2010-04-02

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Bei der Wiege ("Schlummre! Schlummre und träume von kommender Zeit"), song for voice & piano, Op. 47; Songs (2); Songs (6), Op. 19a; Richard Strauss: Die Nacht, Op. 10 no 3; S...
Performers: Shin, Jung-Won [Piano]; Yeung, Amy [Soprano]

A native of Hong Kong, Amy Yeung has performed extensively in concerts throughout the Asian countries, including Taiwan, Malaysia, Korea, and Hong Kong, as well...continue...
Recording information: Murray State University Performing Arts Hall, Murray Ke (05/30/2008-06/02/2008)....continue...

The Demo

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2010-02-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Claude Debussy: Fêtes galantes; Richard Strauss: Lieder (6), Op. 17
Performers: Kat, Katie [Soprano]

The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala - Oct. 22, 1983 [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-09-15

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; ...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Berberian, Ara; Blegen, Judith; Bruscantini, Sesto; Bruson, Renato; Bumbry, Grace; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose; Ciannella, Giuliano; Cotrubas, Ileana; Darrenkamp, John; Di F...
Conductors: Levine, James; ; Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The gala celebration is a collection of opera's best-loved favorites and immediately catches attention with spectacular performances by stars such as Dame Joan Sutherland, Anna...continue...
Run Time: 231 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, Frenc...continue...

Hector Dufranne - Arias & Songs

1 CD / Musique en Wallonie / 2009-09-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande; Jules Massenet: Manon; Thaïs; Grisélidis; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; The Pearl Fishers, opera; A...
Performers: Dufranne, Hector

Innocence Lost - Debussy, Berg, Currier, Hyla, Tredici, etc / Nessinger, Golan

1 CD / Albany Records / 2009-04-14

Works: Claude Debussy: Chansons (3) de Bilitis; Eleanor Sandresky: Voyelles ("A noir, E blanc, I rouge"), for voice & piano; Jorge Martin: La Soga ("Este canto es la soga"), for voice & piano; Sebastian Cur...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Nessinger-Golan Duo

Reference Gold - Las locas por amor - Debussy, Granados, etc / Oelze, Jensen

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2009-04-14

Works: Claude Debussy: Nuit d'étoiles ("Nuit d'étoiles, sous tes voiles"), song for voice & piano, L. 4; Fleur des blés ("Le long des blés que la brise fait onduler"), song for voice & p...
Performers: Jansen, Rudolf [Piano]; Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]

Recital at Ravinia - Brahms, Handel, Debussy, Mozart, etc / Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Peter Serkin, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-02-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (8) for voice & piano, Op. 57; Die schöne Magelone, Op. 33; Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 46; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Giulio Cesare; Claude Debussy: Chansons (...
Performers: Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine; Minter, Drew [Counter Tenor Vocals]; Serkin, Peter [Piano]

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson displays her own special sense of drama in a program on the theme of love, ranging over several centuries and covering every...continue...

Icon - Victoria de los Angeles - The Voice of an Angel Sings Puccini, Verdi, etc

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Otello; Simon Boccanegra; La traviata; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Alfredo ...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Borelli, Giannella; Christoff, Boris; Croisier, Marcelle; De Larrocha, Alicia; de los Angeles, Victoria; Drolc, Eduard; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gedda, Nicolai; Gerard, Jean-Claude...
Conductors: Morelli, Giuseppe; Robinson, Stanford; Susskind, Walter; Villa-Lobos, Heitor; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Santini, Gabriele; Cellini, Renato; Serafin, Tullio; Gui, Vittorio; Monteux, Pierre; Cluytens, Andr...

The distinguished Spanish soprano Victoria de los Angeles was one of the best-loved classical singers of the 20th century. With a voice of exceptional beauty,...continue...

The Color of the World - Wolf, Caplet, Mussorgsky, Debussy, Purcell, et al / Georgine Resick, Warren Jones

1 CD / Bridge / 2008-09-09

Works: Hugo Wolf: Eichendorff Lieder; Lieder von Mörike; Gedichte (6); Auf einer Wanderung; Italienisches Liederbuch I; André Caplet: Fables (3) de Jean de la Fontaine, for voice & piano; Modest M...
Performers: Jones, Warren; Resick, Georgine

'The Color of the Word' presents songs by some of the greatest masters of the art of setting poetry to music. With the exception of...continue...

None but the Lonely Heart / Roocroft, Martineau

1 CD / Onyx Classics / 2008-01-08

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The sun has set, song for voice & piano, Op. 73/4; Lullaby, Op. 16/1; Songs (6), Op. 6; Songs (6), Op. 73; To forget so soon; None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6, no 6; Claude...
Performers: Martineau, Malcolm; Roocroft, Amanda

Winner of the 2007 Olivier Award for her outstanding portrayal of Jenufa at English National Opera, Amanda Roocroft is recognized as Britain's leading lyricdramatic soprano....continue...

Choral Arrangements - Ravel, Wolf, Berg, etc / Gottwald

1 CD / Signum UK / 2007-11-03

Works: Gustav Mahler: Die zwei blauen Augen, song for low voice & piano (or orchestra) (Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen No; Rückert Lieder (5); Maurice Ravel: Poèmes (3) de Stéphane Malla...

Choral director, composer and musicologist, Clytus Gottwald turns his attention to complex and masterly choral arrangements of works from the late nineteenth and early twentieth...continue...

Susan Graham - Portrait

1 CD / Erato / 2007-10-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Ned Rorem: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, for voice & piano; Early in the ...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Graham, Susan; Martineau, Malcolm
Conductors: Bicket, Harry; Christie, William; Nagano, Kent; Nelson, John; Summers, Patrick; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Abel, Yves

José Van Dam et la Mélodie Francaise

1 CD / Forlane (France) Import / 2007-07-10

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Mélodies (5), Op. 58 "de Venise"; Clair de lune, Op. 46 no 2; Prison, Op. 83 no 1; Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Henri Duparc: Extase; L'invitation au voyage; Phidyl&#...
Performers: Pikulski, Maciej; Van Dam, Jose

Verlaine: Symbolist Poets and the French Mélodie

1 CD / Analekta / 2007-05-15

Works: Reynaldo Hahn: Mélodies (20), Volume 1; Fêtes galantes (text by Verlaine), for voice & piano (from "Melodies, Book I"); L'Incrédule, for voice & piano (from "Melodies, Book I"); Cha...
Performers: Baril, Louise-Andrée; Lapointe, Jean Francois

Sketches of Greece

1 CD / Coviello / 2007-02-04

Works: Franz Schubert: Die Götter Griechenlands ("Schöne Welt, wo bist du"), song for voice & piano (two versions), D. 677; Atys, D 585; Memnon, D 541/Op. 6 no 1; Iphigenia ( "Blühet denn hie...
Performers: Bauni, Axel; Doufexis, Stella

For centuries the Greek antiquity has held a strong fascination: As a romanticized ideal, it has inspired artists of many different origins to poems and...continue...

Berlioz: Les Nuites d'été, Ravel: Shéhérazade / Crespin, Ansermet, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2007-01-09

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle; Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (or piano); Claude Debussy: Chansons (3) de Bi...
Performers: Crespin, Regine; Wustman, John
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra

"With Regine Crespin's richness of tone, and with Ansermet at his finest accompanying brilliantly, this glowing performance is truly legendary - a tour de force....continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Martial Singher

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-02-01

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Amadis, LWV 63; André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Richard Coeur-de-lion, opera in 3 acts; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliet...
Performers: Lawrence, Marjorie; Singher, Martial
Conductors: Breisach, Paul; Abravanel, Maurice; Coppola, Piero; Hahn, Reynaldo

After escaping occupied France with his wife Eta Busch (daughter of conductor Fritz Busch), Martial Singher made his Met debut in the US in 'The...continue...

"L'heure exquise" / Marie-Nicole Lemieux

1 CD / Naïve / 2005-10-18

Works: George Enescu: Chansons (7) de Clément Marot, for voice & piano, Op. 15; Reynaldo Hahn: Mélodies (20), Volume 1; Chansons grises (7); Fêtes galantes (text by Verlaine), for voice & pia...
Performers: Blumenthal, Daniel

Marie-Nicole Lemieux, whose astonishing performance as Orlando in Vivaldis Orlando Furioso garnered such critical acclaim, now presents a Nave recording of French melodies of the...continue...

OSR Memories - Britten, De Falla, et al / Danco, Ansermet

1 CD / Cascavelle / 2005-08-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18; Manuel de Falla: Canciones populares españolas (7); Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Emmanuel Chabrier: La sulamite; Claude Debussy: Pell...
Performers: Danco, Suzanne; Mollet, Pierre; Vessieres, Andre
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest
Ensemble: Strasbourg Choir; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Poèmes de l'amour - Debussy, Chausson, Ravel / Graham, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2005-03-29

Works: Ernest Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19; Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (or piano); Claude Debussy: Poèmes (5) de ...
Performers: Graham, Susan
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Graham's unique charm is composed of her thrilling voice, an engaging and acting ability and her tall graceful stature. Her smooth lyric voice has an...continue...

Pierette Alarie - Debussy & Ravel

1 CD / Pearl / 2004-05-25

Works: Claude Debussy: Noël des enfants qui n'ont plus de maison, for voice & piano, L. 139; Beau soir; Mandoline; Fantoches, song for voice & piano, L. 80/2 (second version); Les ingénus ("Les ha...
Performers: Alarie, Pierrette; Rogers, Allen

Ravel, Debussy / Boulez, Otter, Cleveland Orchestra

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2004-05-11

Works: Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (or piano); Le tombeau de Couperin; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Menuet antique; Claude Debussy: Dans...
Performers: Hagley, Alison [Soprano Vocals]; von Otter, Anne Sofie; Wellbaum, Lisa
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra

Following their successful Mahler Symphony No. 3 which just won the Grammy for best orchestral performance (Boulez's 32nd!), Pierre Boulez and Anne Sofie von Otter...continue...

Petre Munteanu - A Recital / Dobrindt, Favaretto, Raucheisen

1 CD / Symposium / 2004-02-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Work(s); Alessandro Scarlatti: La donna ancora è fedele, opera (with intermezzo "Filandra e Selvino"); Il Pirro e Demetrio, opera ("La forza della fedeltà"); Vi...
Performers: Favaretto, Giorgio; Monteanu, Petre; Raucheisen, Michael
Conductors: Dobrindt, Otto

Ravel, Debussy, Chausson, Duparc: Mélodies / Gérard Souzay

1 CD / Testament / 2003-11-01

Works: Maurice Ravel: Don Quichotte à Dulcinée; Claude Debussy: Ballades (3) de François Villon; Chansons de France (3), song cycle for voice & piano, L. 102; Mandoline; Ernest Chausson...
Performers: Souzay, Gérard
Conductors: Lindenberg, Edouard

"If you love French melodies, then 80 minutes of Gerard Souzay in his prime makes this a necessary acquisition. Everything here was recorded in the...continue...

Susan Graham at Carnegie Hall / Graham, Martineau

1 CD / Erato / 2003-10-07

Works: Johannes Brahms: Zigeunerlieder (11) for vocal quartet & piano, Op. 103; Claude Debussy: Proses lyriques; Fantoches; Alban Berg: Early Songs (7); Francis Poulenc: Quatre poèmes de Guillaume Apol...
Performers: Graham, Susan; Martineau, Malcolm

A born artist and star, American mezzo-soprano Susan Graham adds another landmark to her remarkable career with this live recording of her recent Carnegie Hall...continue...

Debussy: Mélodies / Sandrine Piau, Jos van Immerseel

1 CD / Naïve / 2003-07-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Apparition; Romance ("Silence ineffable de l'heure"), song for voice & piano, L. 43; Les papillons, song for voice & piano; En sourdine; Regret ("Devant le ciel d'été, ti...
Performers: Immerseel, Jos van; Piau, Sandrine

"One of [Debussy's] earliest songs, the unpublished 'Papillons', becomes a palpable series of wing-beats, carrying Piau's long, gently elided lone of melodic flight. And the...continue...

Fauré, Debussy: Mélodies / Suzanne Danco, Guido Agosti

1 CD / Testament / 2003-06-01

Works: Gabriel Fauré: La bonne chanson, Op. 61; Claude Debussy: Ariettes oubliées; Fêtes galantes (3), song cycle for voice & piano, Set I, L. 80; Chansons (3) de Bilitis; Le promenoir des ...
Performers: Agosti, Guido; Danco, Suzanne

"Every reissue of Suzanne Danco's recordings is an occasion for celebration, and this one should make lovers of French melodies delirious with excitement... Just get...continue...

Songs of Debussy and Mozart - Juliane Banse, András Schiff

1 CD / ECM Import / 2003-04-29

Works: Claude Debussy: Beau soir; Clair de lune; Pierrot; Apparition; Quatre chansons de jeunesse - 1. Pantomime (Debussy); Fêtes galantes (3), song cycle for voice & piano, Set I, L. 80; Ariettes oubl...
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Schiff, Andras

The multi-lingual Juliane Banse is supremely at ease with the fine poetry she is called upon to sing in German and French on this disc....continue...