Gabriel Fauré: Mélodies
| Gabriel Fauré: Mélodies | |
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| 📅 Released | 1983 (first version), 2011 (second version) |
| Studio | Salle Wagram, Paris and Halle-aux-Grains, Toulouse (second version only) |
| ⏳ Length | 54:02 (first version), 57:15 (second version) |
| Language | French and English (second version only) |
| 🏷️ Label | EMI Records |
| 🤑 Producer | Eric Macleod |
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Gabriel Fauré: Mélodies is a 54-minute classical studio album of art songs (mélodies) performed by Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano) with piano accompaniment by Jean-Philippe Collard.[1] It was released in 1983. A second, 57-minute version of the album, released in 2011, added a bonus track in which von Stade sang a further song of Fauré's accompanied by the Orchestre Nationale du Capitole de Toulouse under the baton of Michael Plasson.
Recording[edit]
The eighteen songs on the first version of the album were digitally recorded in the Salle Wagram, Paris, on 16–18 December 1981 and on 8 June 1982.[1] The nineteenth song that was added to the second version of the album was recorded using analogue technology in the Halle-aux-Grains, Toulouse on 12-15 June 1980.[1]
Packaging[edit]
The cover of the second version of the album was designed by Shaun Mills for WLP Ltd and features a photograph of von Stade taken by Julian Broad.[1]
Critical reception[edit]
Reviews[edit]
The album was reviewed by J. B. Steane in Gramophone in March 1983[2] and by George Jellinek in the "Best Recordings of the Month" pages of Stereo Review in October 1983.[3]
Accolades[edit]
Under the title Fauré: Eighteen Songs, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for the best classical vocal solo performance of 1983.[4] J. B. Steane included the album in his 1983 Gramophone Critic's Choice list of the best recordings of the year.[5]
CD track listing[edit]
First version (EMI Records TOCE-13459)[1][6][edit]
All music composed by Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924).
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Les berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1" | Sully Prudhomme | 3:40 |
| 2. | "Le papillon et la fleur, Op. 1, No. 1" | Victor Hugo | 2:17 |
| 3. | "Lydia", Op. 4, No. 2" | Leconte de Lisle | 3:40 |
| 4. | "Rêve d'amour, Op. 5, No. 2" | Victor Hugo | 2:24 |
| 5. | "La fée aux chansons, Op. 27, No. 2" | Armand Silvestre | 1:49 |
| 6. | "Au bord de l'eau, Op. 8, No. 1" | Sully Prudhomme | 2:03 |
| 7. | "Notre amour, Op. 23, No. 2" | Armand Silvestre | 1:58 |
| 8. | "Les roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39, No. 4" | Leconte de Lisle | 3:35 |
| 9. | "Dans les ruines d'une abbaye, Op. 2, No. 1" | Victor Hugo | 2:12 |
| 10. | "Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1" | Romain Bussine | 3:50 |
| 11. | "Clair de lune, Op. 46, No. 2" | Paul Verlaine | 3:16 |
| 12. | "Mandoline, Op. 58, No. 1" | Paul Verlaine | 2:02 |
| 13. | "En sourdine, Op. 58, No. 2" | Paul Verlaine | 4:02 |
| 14. | "Aurore" | Victor Hugo | 1:40 |
| 15. | "Arpège, Op. 76, No. 2" | Albert Samain | 2:44 |
| 16. | "Prison, Op. 83, No. 1" | Paul Verlaine | 3:00 |
| 17. | "Dans la forêt de septembre, Op. 85, No. 1" | Catulle Mendès | 4:09 |
| 18. | "Au cimetière, Op. 51, No. 2" | Jean Richepin | 5:28 |
Second version: bonus track (EMI Records 50999 0 94425 2 8)[1][edit]
All music composed by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924).
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19. | "Chanson de Mélisande, from Pelléas et Mélisande - Incidental Music, Op. 80" | J. W. Mackail, adapted from Maurice Maeterlinck | 3:13 |
Personnel[1][6][edit]
Musical[edit]
- Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano
- Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
- Orchestre Nationale du Capitole de Toulouse (second version only)
- Michel Plasson, conductor (second version only)
Other[edit]
- Eric Macleod, producer
- Serge Rémy, balance engineer
Release history[edit]
In 1983, EMI (in Europe) and Angel (in the US) released the first version of the album on LP (catalogue number DS-37893), with texts, translations and notes.[7] The album was also issued on cassette.
In 1987, EMI issued the first version of the album on CD as the fifth disc in their 5-CD compilation Fauré: Œuvres pour piano & Mélodies (catalogue number 50999 501759 2 5), with an 8-page booklet including notes by Adélaïde de Place.[8] In 2007, EMI reissued the first version of the album on CD (catalogue number TOCE-13459) with a 28-page booklet including texts in French and notes and translations in Japanese.[6] In 2011, EMI issued the second version of the album on CD (catalogue number 50999 0 94425 2 8) with an 8-page booklet lacking texts or translations but featuring notes by Jim Samson.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Frederica von Stade: Fauré Mélodies; Jean-Philippe Collard; EMI Records CD, 50999 0 94425 2 8, 2011
- ↑ Gramophone, March 1983, p. 91
- ↑ Stereo Review, October 1983, p. 66
- ↑ https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/frederica-von-stade-0
- ↑ Gramophone, December 1983, p. 76l
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Gabriel Fauré: Mélodies; Frederica von Stade & Jean-Philippe Collard ; EMI Records CD, TOCE-13459, 2007
- ↑ Gabriel Fauré: Mélodies; Frederica von Stade & Jean-Philippe Collard, EMI Records LP, DS-37893, 1983
- ↑ Fauré: Œuvres pour piano & Mélodies, EMI Records CD, 50999 501759 2 5, 1987
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