Verbier Festival – Susan Graham – French Songs
Susan Graham mezzo-soprano | Malcom Martineau piano
One reviewer of Susan Graham’s Verbier Festival recital praised her ‘radiant voice’ and marveled at her ability to convey the subtle nuances of what seems like ‘her second native language’. Her programme offers a ‘tasting menu’ of the French mélodie tradition – a varied selection of songs ranging from the youthful charm of Bizet’s Chanson d’avril to the high drama of Poulenc’s La dame de Monte Carlo, and from the barbed irony of Ravel’s ‘Le paon’ to the sensuous beauty of Fauré’s Vocalise-Étude.
Region code
0
Picture format NTSC 16:9
Sound format
PCM Stereo
Dolby Digital 5.1
Release August 1, 2010
Total running time 60 mins
Subtitles English, French, German, Japanese
Booklet notes English, French, German
No. of discs 1
Recording 2009
Bizet: Chanson d’avril
Franck: Nocturne
Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre
Chabrier: Les cigales
Bachelet: Chère nuit
Duparc: Au Pays où se fait la guerre
Ravel: Le Paon
Caplet: Le corbeau et le renard
Roussel: Response d’une épouse sage No. 2, Op. 35
Debussy: Colloque sentimental
Fauré: Vocalise-Etude
Honegger: Three Songs of the Little Siren, H 63
Rosenthal: La souris d’Angleterre, excerpts from “Monsieur Bleu” No. 9
Poulenc: La Dame de Monte-Carlo; Hahn: À Chloris