SKU: CA.925500
ISBN M-007-24917-5. Key: G flat major. Language: French. Text: Leconte de Lisle, Charles.
The writer Charles Marie Rene Leconte, born on the French island of La Reunion, published his literary works under the nom de plume Leconte de Lisle (the Count of the island). His poem Nell, a poetic vow of eternal fidelity to the beloved, was written in 1852 and set to music by Gabriel Faure in 1878. Long vocal phrases unfold over continuous sixteenth-note figurations in the piano, which combine emphatic depictions of nature and affirmations of love both in text and music. These art songs were originally composed not for chamber choir, but for solo voice and piano. Denis Rouger has carefully adapted them 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: CA.927900
ISBN 9790007299316. Key: G major. French. Text: Silvestre, Armand.
Over three verses, Aurore describes the approaching dawn through an intensifying piano accompaniment: shining out like fading stars, the short quarter notes in the first verse in G major give way in the second verse to a rippling sixteenth note accompaniment in the minor key. Shimmering harmonies allow the first rays of sun to shine in glistening drops of dew, and the dreams escape “like a light swarmâ€. The third verse returns to the key of G major, full of promise: the new day awakens with its promise of love and beauty.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 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.
SKU: CA.924200
ISBN 9790007244378. Key: G major. Language: French. Text: Leconte de Lisle, Charles.
SKU: VD.ED22799
ISBN 9790202047996. 11.69 x 8.27 inches.
SKU: VD.ED22800
ISBN 9790202048009. 11.69 x 8.27 inches.
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