Shéhérazade / Ravel. Nuits d'été / Berlioz.

Author/creator Crespin, Régine
Format Audio (CD)
Publication InfoLondon : Decca, [2006]
Description1 audio disc (68 min., 47 sec.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorAnsermet, Ernest, 1883-1969 conductor.
Other author/creatorWustman, John performer.
Other author/creatorGautier, Théophile, 1811-1872 librettist.
Other author/creatorKlingsor, Tristan, 1874-1966 librettist.
Other author/creatorLouÿs, Pierre, 1870-1925 librettist.
Other author/creatorApollinaire, Guillaume, 1880-1918 librettist.
Other author/creatorCarême, Maurice, 1899-1978, librettist.
Other author/creatorFombeure, Maurice, 1906-1981, librettist.
Other author/creatorAragon, 1897-1982 librettist.
Included WorkBerlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Nuits d'été.
Included WorkRavel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Shéhérazade (Song cycle)
Included WorkDebussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Chansons de Bilitis (Songs)
Included WorkPoulenc, Francis, 1899-1963. Songs. Selections.
Other author/creatorOrchestre de la Suisse romande performer.
Contents Nuits d'été. Villanelle ; Spectre de la rose ; Absence ; Sur les lagunes ; Au cimetière ; L'Île inconnue / Hector Berlioz -- Shéhérazade. Asie ; Flûte enchantée ; L'Indifférent / Maurice Ravel -- Trois chansons de Bilitis. Flûte de Pan ; Chevelure ; Tombeau des naïades / Claude Debussy -- Banalités. Chanson d'Orkenise ; Hôtel ; Courte Paille. Carafon ; Reine de cœur ; Chansons villageoises. Gars qui vont à la fête ; Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon. "C" ; Fêtes galantes / Francis Poulenc.
General noteTitle from container.
General noteTexts based on poems by Théophile Gautier (1st work); by Tristan Klingsor (2nd); Pierre Louÿs (3rd); Guillaume Apollinaire (4th); Maurice Carême (5th); Maurice Fombeure (6th); and Louis Aragon (7th).
General noteConsists of previously released material.
General noteCompact disc.
General noteBiographical notes about the performer in English, with French and German translations, and texts in French, with English and German translations, (45 p.) inserted in container.
Performer Régine Crespin, soprano; L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet, conductor (1st-2nd works); John Wustman, piano (remainder).
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded at Victoria Hall, Geneva, Sept. 1963 (1st-2nd works) and at Kingsway Hall, London, May 1967 (remainder).
LanguageSung in French.
UPC 028947577126
Publisher number475 7712 Decca
Stock numberMZ01642960 BWI