Ravel, Maurice > All Classical > Mélodies hébraïques (2)

Of the Hungarian and Jewish Soul / Duo Edan, Edua Zadory, Anatasiia Dombrovska

1 CD / Gramola / 2012-11-13

Works: George Perlman: Israeli Concertino, for violin & piano; Jenö Hubay: Scène de la Csárda no 5 for violin & piano ("Hullàmzò Balaton"), Op. 33; Six Pieces, Op. 121; Scène d...
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Ensemble: Duo Edan

Recording information: 4Tune Studio, Vienna, Austria (04/02/2012-04/04/2012)....continue...

Gerard Souzay: Liederabend 1960 - Schubert, Martin, Ravel, Strauss

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-04-24

Works: Franz Schubert: Der Zwerg, D 771/Op. 22 no 1; Blumenlied, D 431; Seligkeit, D 433; An die Musik, D 547; Frank Martin: Monologes (6) aus Jedermann, for alto (or baritone) & piano (or orchestra); Mauri...
Performers: Baldwin, Dalton; Souzay, Gerard

Baritone Gérard Souzay never had the opportunity to develop a following due to his brief operatic career. Yet experts recognized his innate musicality and his...continue...
Recording information: Konzertsaal, Schwetzinger Schloss (05/25/1960)....continue...

Pierre Bernac & Francis Poulenc

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-08-10

Works: Francis Poulenc: Banalités; Chansons villageoises, song cycle for voice & piano (reduct. of chamber work), FP 117; Quatre poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire, for voice & piano, FP 58; Tu vois ...
Performers: Bernac, Pierre; Poulenc, Francis

Francis Poulenc composed some 90 songs for Pierre Bernac and other composers, including Andre Jolivet and Henri Sauget dedicated works to him. Bernac and Poulenc...continue...
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reVisions / Steven Isserlis, cello

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2010-08-07

Works: Sally Beamish: Suite for cello & orchestra (after Debussy); Maurice Ravel: Mélodies hébraïques (2); Sergey Prokofiev: Concertino for Cello in G minor, Op. 132; Ernest Bloch: From J...
Performers: Isserlis, Steven
Conductors: Takacs-Nagy, Gabor

Steven Isserlis has earned a reputation as one of the foremost cellists of our day. At the same time he has become known for his...continue...
Recording information: Tapiola Concert Hall, Finland (11/2009)....continue...

Melodies Francaises / Gérard Souzay

4 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-07-27

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Chanson du pêcheur ("Ma belle amie est morte"), song for voice & piano or orchestra in F minor ("lam; Poème d'un jour, Op. 21; Les berceaux, Op. 23 no 1; Le secret, Op...
Performers: Baldwin, Dalton; Souzay, Gérard

A recital of French song by one of the great singers of the 20th century. Souzay possessed a warm, lyrical, supple, sensual and vibrant voice,...continue...

Ravel: Songs / Finley, Drake

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-06-09

Works: Maurice Ravel: Histoires naturelles; Ronsard à son âme; Don Quichotte à Dulcinée; Un grand sommeil noir; Les grands vents venus d'outre-mer; Sur l'herbe; Chants populaires;...
Performers: Drake, Julius [Piano]; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]

"As we have heard in previous recordings, Finley's voice is pure pleasure--73 minutes goes by easily and effortlessly, and whether it's French or German or...continue...

Ravel: Tzigane, Violin Sonata, etc / Winther , Romaniuk, Wood

1 Super Audio CD / Melba Recordings / 2009-01-13

Works: Maurice Ravel: Tzigane; Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major; Sonata for Violin and Cello; Mélodies hébraïques (2)
Performers: Romaniuk, Anthony; Winther, Kristian [Violin]; Wood, Michelle

The Australian violinist Kristian Winther has studied at the Australian National Academy of Music and performed as a soloist with the Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland and...continue...

Byways of French Song - Gounod, et al / Sperry, Hobson

2 CD / Zephyr / 2007-04-01

Works: Charles Gounod: Chanson du printemps, for voice & piano; Songs (6) for voice & piano; Au rossignol; Ce que je suis sans toi, song for voice & piano; Ma belle amie est morte, song for voice & piano; V...
Performers: Hobson, Ian [Piano]; Sperry, Paul [Tenor (Vocal)]

Madeleine Grey sings Canteloube & Ravel

1 CD / Cascavelle / 2006-12-01

Works: Joseph Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne; Maurice Ravel: Mélodies hébraïques (2); Chansons madécasses
Performers: Cruque, Auguste; Grey, Madelaine; Moyse, Marcel
Conductors: Cohen, Elie
Ensemble: Orchestra

"Canteloube's irresistible Songs of the Auvergne never fail to give at least some satisfaction, even in the most sanitized, glossiest versions. Natalia Davrath's idiomatic recording...continue...

Maurice Ravel - Son oeuvre et son temps Vol 2 - 1910-1925

3 CD / Cascavelle / 2005-08-01

Works: Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte; Chants populaires; Daphnis et Chloé; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Ma mère l'oye; Mélodies hébraïques (2); Tr...
Performers: Heifetz, Jascha; Piatigorsky, Gregor; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]

Ravel: Songs / Mula, Millot, Brua, Naouri, Abramovitz, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-01-01

Works: Maurice Ravel: Chants populaires; Chanson du rouet, song for voice & piano; Noël des jouets; Mélodies hébraïques (2); Épigrammes (2) de Clément Marot; Mél...
Performers: Abramovitz, David; Brua, Claire; Gagnepain, Xavier; Millot, Valerie; Mula-Tchako, Inva; Naouri, Laurent; Prat, Vincen; Theruel, Gerard

"Hard as it is to believe, substantive collections of Ravel's songs are remarkably rare beasts, and no truly complete survey exists. Nonetheless, there are riches...continue...

Après un rêve / Mischa Maisky, Daria Hovora

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2000-01-11

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Au bord de l'eau, Op. 8 no 1; Songs (3) for voice & piano, Op. 23; Tristesse, Op. 6 no 2; Georges Bizet: Adieux de l'hôtesse arabe; Maur...
Performers: Hovora, Daria; Maisky, Mischa

"...With Maisky's part so wholly lyrical and free from technically showy passages, interpretation is everything. Both he and Hovora seem so drenched in the sensuous...continue...

Chant d'Amour / Cecilia Bartoli, Myung-Whun Chung

1 CD / Decca Import / 1996-10-15

Works: Georges Bizet: Vingt mélodies for voice & piano; Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible), opera in 5 acts (unfinished); Adieux de l'hôtesse arabe; Tarantelle, song for voice & piano; Léo Delibe...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Chung, Myung-Whun [Conductor/Piano]

"Cecilia Bartoli's "Chant d'Amour" is both well-calculated commercial packaging, and supremely executed popular art of a very high order. Her Mezzo-soprano singing is intensely sexy,...continue...