Sandrine Piau - Debussy: Mélodies
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Composer: Claude DebussyPerformer: Sandrine Piau
Performer: Jos van Immerseel
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2003-07-15
Music Label: Naïve
Soundtracks:
- Apparition 1884 - Poeme De Stephane Mallarme 1863
- Romance 1883 - Poeme De Paul Bourget
- Les Papillons 1881 - Poem De Paul Bourget
- Les Papillions 1881 - Poeme De Theophile Gautier In 'Premieres Poesies
- Regret 1884 - Poeme De Paul Bourget
- C'est L'extase
- Il Pleure Dans Mon Coeur
- L'ombre Des Arbres
- Paysages Belges: Chevaux De Bois
- Aquarelles: Green
- Aquarelles: Spleen
- De Reve
- De Greve
- De Fleurs
- De Soir
- Soupir
- Placet Futile
- Eventail
Music reviews of Sandrine Piau - Debussy: Mélodies
Music Review: Piau, Debussy and an Érard Piano Make for a Transcendent Combination
Rating: 5 Stars
Soprano Sandrine Piau impressed me considerably with her period-authentic performance on her recent 2005 recording, "Handel Opera Seria", as she provides expressive vocalism, a wide-ranging coloratura and an immaculate technique. This 2003 release applies her talent to the demanding art of French song, which has been well trodden of late with superbly rendered releases from the likes of mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, lyric tenor Rolando Villazón and countertenor David Daniels. Piau has the advantage of singing in her native tongue, and she is matched admirably by accompanist Jos van Immerseel, who plays on an 1897 Érard grand piano to uphold the integrity of Debussy's original compositions. The combination of the piano's precise and subtle sound and Piau's clear diction and phrasing makes Debussy's music transcendent.
The program is organized chronologically with two song cycles from Debussy's later years, the "Ariettes oubliées" and the "Proses lyriques", sandwiched between songs from Debussy's youth ("Mélodies de jeunesse") and his final cycle based on texts by Stéphane Mallarmé. It's obvious from the opening song, "Apparition", that Piau loves this music, as she milks the intensely expressive line with vigor and lets her supple voice soar with ease. In "C'est l'extase", the first song of the "Ariettes oubliées", she gently brings out each syllable's meaning indicating a gradual maturity in approach that is quite moving. But unlike Graham's consistently sonorous set, Piau lets loose with exuberant abandon on "Paysages belges: Chevaux de bois" when she enthusiastically describes the unfettered excitement of a carousel from a child's perspective. The last cycle is perhaps Piau's most accomplished, as she lends symmetry to the three songs from the sunrise described in the opening "Soupir" matches her glowing tone in the last song, "Évantail". Piau sings with astonishing precision and clarity of tone throughout no matter what the dramatic setting, whether she is being mournful or girlish. With the deeper tessitura of each succeeding cycle, Piau's voice deepens, and her interpretations take on a burnished quality. It is thrilling to hear such an ideal match between composer, voice and instrument.
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All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.Soprano Sandrine Piau follows her exciting all-Mozart aria recital with a disc of Debussy melodies, where subtlety and declamatory elegance replace coloratura fireworks. Piau?s sparing use of vibrato testifies to her acclaim as a singer of early music, and it?s "authentic" for turn-of-the-century music too. Her refined soprano is a quality instrument, though some may prefer the richer voice of Juliane Banse, whose recent Mozart-Debussy recital on ECM duplicates some of the material. But Piau covers more ground, including the 1913 Trois poémes de Stéphane Mallarmé and a brace of early songs from the 1880s since her well-chosen program spans Debussy?s life-long interest in melodies. She captures his idiom well--just listen to the delicacy of her phrasing in C?est l?extase and the floating, disembodied close of De rêve and Soupir, among many such instances on this disc. Of special interest are the mellow-sounding piano accompaniments of Jos van Immerseel, playing an 1897 Erard, an instrument whose timbre Debussy would have expected in these songs. --Dan Davis
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