Chausson, Berlioz, Duparc - Orchestral Songs
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Label: Ondine
Cat No: ODE12612
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 31st July 2015
Contents
Works
Les Nuits d'ete, op.7Poeme de l'amour et de la mer, op.19
Chanson triste
L'Invitation au voyage
Le Manoir de Rosamonde
Artists
Soile Isokoski (soprano)Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
John StorgardsWorks
Les Nuits d'ete, op.7Poeme de l'amour et de la mer, op.19
Chanson triste
L'Invitation au voyage
Le Manoir de Rosamonde
Artists
Soile Isokoski (soprano)Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
John StorgardsAbout
Soprano Soile Isokoski sings orchestral songs by three different French composers in her new recording. The recording includes two major works in the French song repertoire – Ernest Chausson’s Poème de l’amour et de la mer and Hector Berlioz’s Nuits d’été.
The disc ends with three finely-crafted miniature songs by Henri Duparc, which are of no less artistic value.
Soile Isokoski is recognized as one of the world’s finest lyric sopranos and regularly appears on the most renowned stages. Isokoski made her début at the Finnish National Opera as Mimi in Puccini’s 'La Bohème' and has since delighted audiences and critics alike at opera houses in Vienna, Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, London, Milan, Paris and New York, and at the festivals of Salzburg, Savonlinna, Ravinia, Tanglewood, Edinburgh and Orange. Soile Isokoski has worked with numerous distinguished conductors. Isokoski has an extensive concert repertoire, and she regularly gives recitals on the most renowned stages.
In this recording Soile Isokoski is accompanied by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra together with its celebrated Chief Conductor John Storgårds.
Sound/Video
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1Chausson - Poeme de l'amour et de la mer op.19 no.1: La fleur des eaux
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2Chausson - Poeme de l'amour et de la mer op.19 no.2: Interlude
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3Chausson - Poeme de l'amour et de la mer op.19 no.3: La mort de l'amour
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4Berlioz - Les Nuits d'Ete - no.1 Villanelle
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5Berlioz - Les Nuits d'Ete - no.2 Le Spectre de la Rose
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6Berlioz - Les Nuits d'Ete - no.3 Sur les Lagunes
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7Berlioz - Les Nuits d'Ete - no.4 Absence
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8Berlioz - Les Nuits d'Ete - no.5 Au Cimitiere
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9Berlioz - Les Nuits d'Ete - no.6 L'Ile inconnue
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10Duparc - Le Manoir de Rosamonde
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11Duparc - L'Invitation au Voyage
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12Duparc - Chanson Triste
Europadisc Review
Opening proceedings is Ernest Chuasson's great Poème de l'amour et de la mer, to texts by Maurice Bouchor. The story is a simple one: a young man falls in love with a girl on a beach; returning a year later, he finds she has forgotten him. Isokoski captures perfectly both the ecstasy of youthful love and its doubts and anguish. Chausson's post-Wagnerian musical language finds an ideal vehicle in her sumptuous but flexible tones, while the orchestra conjures up a vivid evocation of nature in all its splendid indifference, with some particularly outstanding woodwind and string playing. With a dynamic range that matches the emotional one, this is an exceptionally rewarding performance, each rehearing offering some new detail to the listener.
Berlioz's Les Nuits d'été then breeze in like a breath of fresh air, the bright outer movements reminding us of why Isokoski has proved such a winning Mozartian, with a deft touch and felicitous orchestral detail in support. The inner four movements of these Théophile Gautier settings call for more reflectiveness, and Ms Isokoski is at every point alive to their expressive demands. The reverie of 'Le spectre de la rose' is expertly pitched, as delicate as rose petals, 'Absence' and 'Au cimetière' are luminously sensitive, while the doleful 'Sur les lagunes' hits its mark without ever losing its underlying classical poise. Indeed, in every song the stylishness of singing and playing is as miraculous as the expressive immediacy, focused yet meltingly gorgeous.
The Chausson and Berlioz performances themselves are reason enough hear this disc, but the icing on the cake is a trio of mélodies by the master of the genre, Henri Duparc, in his own orchestrations. With its vibrant horn calls, Le Manoir de Rosamonde is immediately striking, while the achingly beautiful Chanson triste provides a perfect close to the disc, but it is the Baudelaire setting, L'Invitation au voyage that proves most haunting here, a miracle of tone painting that is done rare justice by Ms Isokoski and the superb Helsinki forces.
For connoisseurs and the curious alike, and with outstanding recording to match the top-drawer performances, this disc is quite simply a must-have, and easily one of the discs of the year so far.
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