Only uploading this because it was requested a couple times. Quite a nice recording I think. Special thanks to gawgul for sending me this recording (hope it's okay with him).
High resolution:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PduvQDw7Cg0&fmt=18
"Le charme", poem by Armand Sylvestre (1837-1901), music by Ernest Chausson (1855-1899), No. 2 from Sept mélodies, Op. 2 (1879-1882).
Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor.
Jérôme Ducros, piano.
Prieuré de Blyes, May 26, 2008.
Festival Le Printemps de Pérouges.
Many thanks to mahajaroussky for finding this video.
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Le charme
Quand ton sourire me surprit,
Je sentis frémir tout mon être ;
Mais ce qui domptait mon esprit,
Je ne pus d'abord le connaître.
Quand ton regard tomba sur moi,
Je sentis mon âme se fondre ;
Mais ce que serait cet émoi,
Je ne pus d'abord en répondre.
Ce qui me vainquit à jamais,
Ce fut un plus douloureux charme,
Et je n'ai su que je t'aimais,
Qu'en voyant ta première larme.
Translation (by Thomas A. Gregg):
The charm
When your smile surprised me,
I felt a shudder through my entire being,
But what tamed my spirit,
At first I did not recognize.
When your glance fell on me,
I felt my soul melt,
But what that emotion was,
At first I could not answer it.
What conquered me forever,
That was a charm more sad,
And I did not know that I loved you,
Until I saw your first tear.
***
M.D.
Registrazione dal Concerto dell'Orchestra della Radiotelevisione Albanese, Premiere di "Bolero" di Ravel, "Suite" di Albert Paparisto e "Poem" di Chausson. Ilir Cerisha - violino Dirigeva l'Orchestra Eno Koço, direttore stabile dell'Orchestra di Radiotelevisione Albanese...
Soprano Anait Khamroian sings French art songs
song cycle Ernest Chausson "Serre Chaude."
1. Serre Chaude
2. Serre d'ennui
3. Lassitude
4. Fauves Las
5. Oraison
Art song's brief description: a poem set to classical music, usually for trained voice and piano with a duration of about three minutes. Other names include: solo song, concert song, classical song, piano song and Lied. What does the word Lied mean? It is simply German for art song or classical song. Lied (singular) and Lieder (plural). It is the German practice to capitalize their nouns. Some of the greatest German poets, including Heine and Goethe have been set by composers such as Schubert, Schumann and Wolf.
But this concise definition really doesn't touch the soul of art song. The elements comprise a quartet if you like: poet, composer, singer and pianist. These work together, each complimenting the other resulting in something much greater than the individual elements.
French art song is called mélodie, which looks a lot like the English word melody. Mélodie conforms to the description of classical song given above. Just as Heine has been more often set to song than other poets, one of the greatest French poets, Verlaine, has been frequently set to song by composers such as Fauré and Debussy.
Rachel Kolly d'Alba, 18 years old, plays live on the TV (Switzerland) the Poëme by Chausson with the orchestra della svizzera italiana. more on racheldalba.com
"Cheti, cheti immantinente..." Duetto barítono-bajo de la opera Don Pasquale de Gaetano Donizetti.
17 mayo 2002, Teatro Principal de Mahón (Menorca). Eugene Kohn director. Orquestra Simfònica de les Illes Balears.
Registrazione dal Concerto dell'Orchestra della Radiotelevisione Albanese, Premiere di "Bolero" di Ravel, "Suite" di Albert Paparisto e "Poem" di Chausson. Ilir Cerisha - violino Dirigeva l'Orchestra Eno Koço, direttore stabile dell'Orchestra di Radiotelevisione Albanese...
Ne ate vit, Orkestra e Radiotelevizionit luante per here te pare ne Shqiperi "Bolero" e Maurice Ravel... Ne pjesen e pare te koncertit u luajten (premiere) "Suite" per violine e orkester e kompozitorit te shquar shqiptar Albert Paparisto dhe "Poema" per violine e orkester e kompozitorit francez Ernest Chausson... Violinist - Ilir Cerisha Dirigjent - Eno Koço Ne kohen e dyte orkestra luajti Bolerò...
Poème pour violon et orchestre( Opus 25 - Parte 2 );
obra del compositor Ernest Chausson
interpretada por Mario Escoto,
primer Violín de la OFEQ
(Orquesta Filarmónica de Querétaro, México);
en el teatro de la República.
This is from a recital of transcriptions that I did that included a bach sonata BWV1023 and Barber Violin concerto the Barber is not here cause the camera stopped.
