SKU: LO.10-5538S

ISBN 9780787771775.

This work is a true and exciting rarity: an accessible sacred anthem by the great French composer Claude Debussy. Richard Williamson has arranged this selection from one of the composer's early cantatas. The words (translated into sung English) celebrate God's glory as manifested in the beauty of nature. A practical accompaniment is effective on either piano or organ.

SKU: CA.926200

ISBN 9790007249243. Key: E major. Language: French. Text: Bourget, Paul.

Beau soir seems to have inspired musicians to make their own arrangements - for violin, cello, saxophone quartet, or even for five-part chamber choir and piano, as in this version by Denis Rouger. Unlike the instrumental versions, this one retains Paul Bourget's text: the poetic depiction of a sunset on a mild summer evening, on which light and shade merge into one another like the rhythm and harmony in Debussy's setting. It is not an unclouded depiction, but the recognition of our own finiteness. This art song was originally composed not for chamber choir, but for solo voice and piano. Denis Rouger has carefully adapted it to suit the requirements and expressive possibilities offered by a larger ensemble, without losing the any of the qualities of the original in the process. Each part in the choir has a melodic line drawn from the harmonic and rhythmic framework. In the process, the variety and refinement of the choral language combines with an enormous flexibility in form and expression, as French melodies or German art song demand from a soloist and pianist. The songs have been recorded by the figure humaine chamber choir on the CD Kennst du das Land ... (Carus 83.495).

SKU: BT.HU-2125-250

French.

SKU: BT.HU-2248-250

French.