Par CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO MARIO. Born into a family that had lived in Florence since the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) entertained only a distant relationship with the music he heard at synagogue. It was only when he discovered Schelemo, a rhapsody for cello and orchestra written in 1916 by Ernest Bloch, that he began to understand what ' Jewish music” could be. In the mid-1920s, the young composer found a collection of prayers set to music among his maternal grandfather' s papers. Something clicked, and from then on, Jewish tradition would become a source of inspiration for Castelnuovo-Tedesco. In 1928, two years after publishing the Dances of King David, he wrote this Vocalise-E tude for medium voice and piano at the request of vocal teacher Amédée-Landély Hettich, who wanted to include it in the Répertoire moderne de Vocalises-E tudes published by Leduc. The piece became so popular that several instrumental adaptations were soon created, published under the title Chant hébraïque (for violin and piano: AL17 713- for cello and piano: AL 17196). Divided into three sections, this wordless melody opens with a ' sad and impassioned” chant that appears to grieve the tragic fate of the Jewish people. A folk dance follows, in which a ' lively and stubborn” movement has great panache. The third section returns to the initial poignant theme before briefly reiterating the dance motif, allowing the piece to conclude on a hopeful note. The composer himself would adopt this proactive stance, refusing to yield to resignation when, fleeing Mussolini' s anti-Semitic laws, he decided to emigrate in 1939 to the United States, a land of refuge to which he would remain faithful until his death some thirty years later./ Etude / Voix Moyenne et Piano

Traduction en anglais par Elizabeth Mayer et Peter Pears / Voix Moyenne(s) Et Piano

Anciennes Et Nouvelles Chansons Humoristiques Par Bach, Händel, Haydn, Mozart, Telemann, Zelter, Marschner, Weber, Schubert, Loewe, Wolf, Mussorgsky/ Recueil / Voix Moyennes et Piano

Voix Moyenne Et Piano - Francais-Hebreux. Par MILHAUD DARIUS. 5 Chants de Rosch Haschanah (French and Hebrew text)/ Répertoire / Voix Moyenne et Piano

Par GOUNOD CHARLES. Gounod, comme Berlioz à la même époque, eut le grand mérite d'avoir donné à la mélodie un relief qu'elle n'avait pas eu jusque là en France. C'est avec lui que naît véritablement la mélodie française qui se substitue peu à peu à la romance, plus simple et d'un accompagnement moins raffiné. Gounod, en particulier dans ses premières oeuvres, choisit de beaux textes et calque avec un grand talent sa mélodie sur le 'chant' du langage français, en respectant le rythme établi par le poète. Nous avons voulu présenter une anthologie des mélodies qui nous ont semblé les mieux adaptées au goût d'aujourd'hui. Les Editions Henry Lemoine, qui furent à l'époque l'un des principaux éditeurs de Charles Gounod, souhaitent ainsi contribuer à faire aimer ces oeuvres au même titre que celles de compositeurs plus souvent interprétés et qui doivent peut-être quelque chose à Gounod... Jacqueline Bonnardot / classique / Répertoire / Voix Moyenne et Piano

As a continuation of the new Urtext edition of the Schubert lieder, Walther Dürr has now edited volume five for high, medium and low voices. Volumes 1 to 4 of this edition contain mainly lieder which Schubert himself saw into print (in his own choice and order) and in the fourth volume works from the last two years of his life are included. The lieder in volume 5 onwards are strictly presented in the order of Deutsch's Thematic Catalogue which means that in principle they are arranged chronologically. The lieder in volume five were composed in the years 1811 to 1814. The first - 'Hagars Klage' (D 5), dated 30 March 1811 - is also his first complete surviving song. The first eleven lieder are evidence of his early studies (1811-1813/14). During this period Schubert immersed himself in Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg's ballads and lieder and wrote Italian arias during his composition lessons with Antonio Salieri. He also composed a single strophic song ('Klaglied', D 23), which - the only one of these songs - was published shortly after his death in November 1830 as op. 131, 3. His apprentice work, as it were, was the major ballade 'Der Taucher' (D 77) which was composed between 1813 and roughly the beginning of 1815. Probably not by chance, his first complete opera ('Des Teufels Lustschloss', D 84) was written at the same time. He also set fourteen poems by Friedrich von Matthisson exploring the principle of the strophic lied. - Excellent new engraving based on the 'New Schubert Edition'- Foreword by Walther Dürr discussing the history the works' composition and transmission, together with a list of sources for each song (Ger/Eng)- English translation of the song texts by Richard WigmoreContents:Hagars Klage, D 5 / Leichenfantasie, D 7 /Der Vatermörder, D 10 / Klaglied, op. post. 131, 3 - D 23 / Misero pargoletto, D 42 (high voice only) / Totengräberlied, D 44 / Die Schatten, D 50 / Verklärung, D 59 / Pensa che questo istante, D 76 (medium and low voice only) /Der Taucher, D 77 / Son fra l'onde, D 78 (high voice only) /Adelaide, D 95 / Trost. An Elisa, D 97 /Erinnerungen, D 98 / Andenken, D 99 /Geisternähe, D 100 / Erinnerung, D 101 /Die Betende, D 102 / Die Befreier Europas in Paris, D 104 /Lied aus der Ferne, D 107 (1st version) / Lied aus der Ferne, D 107 (2nd version) / Der Abend, D 108 / Lied der Liebe, D 109 /Romanze, D 114 (1st version) / Romanze, D 114 (2nd version) /An Laura (als sie Klopstocks Auferstehungslied sang), D 115 / Der Geistertanz, D 116 /Appendix (lower transpositions of the songs only in high ranges):Die Schatten, D 50 / Adelaide, D 95 / Voix Moyenne(s)