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Album Title: 100 Best Adagio Voices CD 6
Performer: Various Artists
Audio CD (20 April 2009)
Number of Discs: 6
Label: Mixed Repertoire
Copyright: (C) 2009 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics.
Total Length: 6:57:53
Genres: Classical
1. Concerto for Coloratura Soprano & Orchestra, in F minor, Op. 82: Ⅰ. Andante (8:43)
Common Name Concerto For Coloratura Soprano & Orchestra
Composer Reinhold Glière (1875 - 1956)
Conductor Michael Schoenwandt
Performer Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Orchestra Berliner Philharmoniker
Genre Concerto
Date Written 1943; USSR
Period Post-Romantic
Country Russia
2. Rondels: L' Air (Banville), for voice & piano (3:42)
Composer Reynaldo Hahn (1875 - 1947)
Performer Rachel Yakar (Soprano)
Claude Lavoix (Piano)
Date Written 1899; France
Period Post-Romantic; 20th Century
3. Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (or piano): Ⅲ. L'Indifférent (4:13)
Common Name L'indifferent, Sheherazade Poems For Soprano Or Tenor & Orchestra Or Piano
Composer Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
Conductor Libor Pešek
Performer Arleen Augér (Soprano)
Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
Genre Poetry
Date Written 1903; France
Period Modern; 20th Century
Notes Composition written: 1903. Composition revised: Middle East.
4. Après un rêve ("Dans un sommeil"), song for voice & piano, Op. 7 No. 1 (Romaine Bussine) (2:36)
Composer Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Performer Véronique Gens (Soprano)
Roger Vignoles (Piano)
Genre Art Song / Romantic Period / Song
Date Written 1877; France
Period Romantic
5. Trois Chansons (3) a Capella (Charles D'Orléans): Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder!, song for chorus, L. 92/1 (1:57)
Catalog No. L 92
Composer Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
Conductor Jean Sourisse
Ensemble Ensemble Vocal Jean Sourisse
Date Written 1898; France
Period Modern; 20th Century
6. Cantique de Jean Racine, for 4-part chorus & organ (or orchestra), Op. 11 (5:52)
Composer Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Conductor David Hill
Choir Winchester Cathedral Choir
Genre Anthem / Romantic Period
Date Written 1865; France
Period Romantic
Country France
Work Note (Version With Organ)
7-8. Duos (2), for 2 voices & piano, Op. 11 (6:32)
Composer Ernest Chausson (1855 - 1899)
Conductor Jean Sourisse
Performer Emmanuel Strosser (Piano)
Ensemble Ensemble Vocal Jean Sourisse
Date Written 1883; France
Period Post-Romantic
Ⅰ. La Nuit (Theodore de Banville) (2:19)
Ⅱ Le réveil (Honore De Balzac) (4:13)
9. Trois beaux oiseaux du paradis, for chorus (or voice & piano) (Trois Chansons No. 2) (2:41)
Common Name Trois Chansons a capella (3): No. 2, Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis
Composer Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
Conductor Jean Sourisse
Performer Brigitte Vinson (Mezzo Soprano)
Gérard Wieclaw (Baritone)
Jean-Louis Bouillat (Tenor)
Delphine Collot (Soprano)
Ensemble Ensemble Vocal Jean Sourisse
Date Written 1914-1915; France
Period Modern; 20th Century
10. Choruses (2) for chorus with piano ad lib, Op. 68: 1. Calme des Nuits (Anon) (2:17)
Common Name Choruses For Chorus With Piano (Choeurs Pour 4 Voix Mixtes A Capella)
Composer Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
Conductor Jean Sourisse
Ensemble Ensemble Vocal Jean Sourisse
Genre Romantic Period
Date Written 1882; France
Period Romantic
11. Baïlèro, folksong for voice & orchestra (Chants d'Auvergne, Series Volume 1, No. 2, Baïlèro) (6:42)
Common Name Baïlèro Folksong For Voice & Orchestra
Composer Joseph Canteloube (1879 - 1957)
Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
Performer Arleen Augér (Soprano)
Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra
Date Written 1923-1930; France
Period Modern; 20th Century
Country France
12. Vocalise-Étude en forme de Habañera, for voice & piano (3:24)
Composer Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
Conductor Michael Schoenwandt
Performer Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Orchestra Berliner Philharmoniker
Genre Etude
Date Written 1907; France
Period Modern; 20th Century
Country France
13. L'invitation au voyage ("Mon enfant, ma soeur"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra) (3:45)
Composer Henri Duparc (1848 - 1933)
Conductor John Nelson
Performer François LeRoux (Baritone)
Ronald Patterson
Jeff Cohen
Orchestra Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Genre Art Song
Date Written 1870; France
Period Post-Romantic; 20th Century
Country France
14. Delage: Quatre poèmes hindous (Four Hindu Poems), for soprano & ensemble: Lahore - Heinrich Heine (3:52)
Common Name Lahore
Composer Maurice Delage (1879 - 1961)
Conductor Armin Jordan
Performer Dame Felicity Lott (Soprano)
Jean-Claude Bouveresse
Ensemble Kammersensemble de Paris
Date Written 1912-1913; France
Period Modern; 20th Century
15. Les Chansons de Bilitis, incidental music for narrator, 2 flutes, 2 harps & celesta, L. 96: XII. La Pluie au matin (2:38)
Common Name Epigraphes antiques (6): No. 6, Pour remercier
Catalog No. L 96
Composer Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
Conductor Lionel Friend
Performer Delphine Seyrig (Voice reciter)
Ensemble The Nash Ensemble
Date Written 1900;1901-1914; France
Period Modern; 20th Century | 