(Voice and Piano)
SKU:
HL.48186451
Composed
by Reynaldo Hahn. Leduc.
Post-1900. Softcover. 39
pages. Alphonse Leduc
#AL30690. Published by
Alphonse Leduc
(HL.48186451).
UPC:
888680828332.
9.0x12.0x0.185
inches.
Exceptional
singer Reynaldo Hahn
(1875-1947) owes his
early successes to the
?songs for voice and
piano? genre, whose
raison d?etre he defines
in his journal as
follows: ?To highlight a
poem, word for word but
without uniformity; to
emphasize its meaning
without distorting it; to
shine light upon one
idea, obscure another and
present it all in vocal,
sung form; to produce a
sharp, precise sensation
by touching a heartstring
or evoking an image - all
in a well-structured and
tastefully written
piece?. Enhanced by an
audio version attached as
a download card, this
anthology of songs should
dispel a good many
misconceptions. This is
no salon miniature:
L?Heure exquise radiates
an infinite tenderness,
exalted by the high vocal
cadences of O Bien-Aimee!
and C?est l?heure
exquise, which surely
wrought tears from the
author of the verses,
Verlaine. Tyndaris, the
jewel of Heures latines,
clears a crystal-clear
space given over to the
delights of slumber and
of love. Like D?une
prison and Cygnes, these
songs do more than wet
the eyes: they grip the
heart..
