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Valentina Coladonato- Melodies 1939-1961 (CD)

SKU: 5028421958149
¥97.00
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Poulenc once declared that 'the musical transposition of a poem must be an act of love, not a marriage of convenience.' By the age of four he was already able to recite Mallarme's Apparition by heart, and while still very young he made his first efforts at setting verses to music. He loved listening to poets read their own work, and he was a voracious reader, who saw his purpose as a composer to embellish to enrich but never to obscure the words or their meaning. Poulenc loved singers and good singing as much as poetry. All these cycles were written with particular artists in mind; several of them for his life partner, the baritone Pierre Bernac, but he also worked very closely with Clare Croiza and Denise Duval, among others. Thus his vocal lines reflect their individual personalities while being couched in his own, very singable, jazz-inflected idiom. Valentina Coladonato has chosen a path less travelled through Poulenc's song oeuvre, avoiding the Chansons villageoises and Air chantes. Yet in La Fraîcheur et le feu, setting Poulenc's contemporary Paul Eluard, we find an intensity and urgency of expression to rival his masterpiece, the Dialogues of the Carmelites. Motifs from the opera recur in another Eluard cycle, Le travail du peintre, which addresses seven modern painters in turn from Picasso to Villon. A bittersweet air lingers over the Dernier poeme by Desnos, Aragon's C and the monologue La dame de Monte Carlo; but his extrovert, amusing music-hall side comes to the fore in Les chemins de l'amour, based on Jean Anouilh's Leocadia and dedicated to Yvonne Printemps, who was a singer of light music. Even within the same cycle there are contrasting moments that eloquently illustrate Poulenc's own artistic credo: 'My music is my portrait'. A specialist in early and new music, the soprano Valentina Coladonato has worked with conductors including Riccardo Muti and Claudio Abbado. She and Claudio Proietti have also recorded the Shakespeare Sonnets of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco for Brilliant Classics (BC95548).

Tracklist:

  1. Calligrammes, Fp 140: I. L'espionne
  2. Calligrammes, Fp 140: II. Mutation
  3. Calligrammes, Fp 140: III. Vers Le Sud
  4. Calligrammes, Fp 140: IV. Il Pleut
  5. Calligrammes, Fp 140: V. La Grâce Exilée
  6. Calligrammes, Fp 140: VI. Aussi Bien Que Les Cigales
  7. Calligrammes, Fp 140: VII. Voyage
  8. 2 Poèmes De Louis Aragon, Fp 122: I. C
  9. 2 Poèmes De Louis Aragon, Fp 122: II. Fêtes Galantes
  10. Le Travail Du Peintre, Fp 161: I. Pablo Picasso
  11. Le Travail Du Peintre, Fp 161: II. Marc Chagall
  12. Le Travail Du Peintre, Fp 161: III. Georges Braque
  13. Le Travail Du Peintre, Fp 161: IV. Juan Gris
  14. Le Travail Du Peintre, Fp 161: V. Paul Klee
  15. Le Travail Du Peintre, Fp 161: VI. Joan Miró
  16. Le Travail Du Peintre, Fp 161: VII. Jacques Villon
  17. Dernier Poème, Fp 163
  18. La Fraîcheur Et Le Feu, Fp 147: I. Rayon Des Yeux
  19. La Fraîcheur Et Le Feu, Fp 147: II. Le Matin Les Branches Attisent
  20. La Fraîcheur Et Le Feu, Fp 147: III. Tout Disparut
  21. La Fraîcheur Et Le Feu, Fp 147: IV. Dans Les Ténèbres Du Jardin
  22. La Fraîcheur Et Le Feu, Fp 147: V. Unis La Fraîcheur Et Le Feu
  23. La Fraîcheur Et Le Feu, Fp 147: VI. Homme Au Sourire Tendre
  24. La Fraîcheur Et Le Feu, Fp 147: VII. La Grande Rivière Qui Va
  25. 3 Chansons De Federico Garcia Lorca, Fp 136: I. L'enfant Muet
  26. 3 Chansons De Federico Garcia Lorca, Fp 136: II. Adeline À La Promenade
  27. 3 Chansons De Federico Garcia Lorca, Fp 136: III. Chanson De L'oranger Sec
  28. La Courte Paille, Fp 178: I. Le Sommeil
  29. La Courte Paille, Fp 178: II. Quelle Aventure!
  30. La Courte Paille, Fp 178: III. La Reine De Coeur
  31. La Courte Paille, Fp 178: IV. Ba, Be, Bi, Bo, Bu
  32. La Courte Paille, Fp 178: V. Les Anges Musiciens
  33. La Courte Paille, Fp 178: VI. Le Carafon
  34. La Courte Paille, Fp 178: VII. Lune D'avril
  35. Les Chemins De L'amour, Fp 106
  36. Fiançailles Pour Rire, Fp 101: I. La Dame D'andré
  37. Fiançailles Pour Rire, Fp 101: II Dans L'herbe
  38. Fiançailles Pour Rire, Fp 101: III. Il Vole
  39. Fiançailles Pour Rire, Fp 101: IV. Mon Cadavre Est Doux Comme Un Gant
  40. Fiançailles Pour Rire, Fp 101: V. Violon
  41. Fiançailles Pour Rire, Fp 101: VI. Fleurs
  42. La Dame De Monte Carlo, Fp 180
Format: New CD/Classical

Valentina Coladonato- Melodies 1939-1961 (CD)

SKU: 5028421958149
¥97.00

Release Date: 08.02.2019

 
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Poulenc once declared that 'the musical transposition of a poem must be an act of love, not a marriage of convenience.' By the age of four he was already able to recite Mallarme's Apparition by heart, and while still very young he made his first efforts at setting verses to music. He loved listening to poets read their own work, and he was a voracious reader, who saw his purpose as a composer to embellish to enrich but never to obscure the words or their meaning. Poulenc loved singers and good singing as much as poetry. All these cycles were written with particular artists in mind; several of them for his life partner, the baritone Pierre Bernac, but he also worked very closely with Clare Croiza and Denise Duval, among others. Thus his vocal lines reflect their individual personalities while being couched in his own, very singable, jazz-inflected idiom. Valentina Coladonato has chosen a path less travelled through Poulenc's song oeuvre, avoiding the Chansons villageoises and Air chantes. Yet in La Fraîcheur et le feu, setting Poulenc's contemporary Paul Eluard, we find an intensity and urgency of expression to rival his masterpiece, the Dialogues of the Carmelites. Motifs from the opera recur in another Eluard cycle, Le travail du peintre, which addresses seven modern painters in turn from Picasso to Villon. A bittersweet air lingers over the Dernier poeme by Desnos, Aragon's C and the monologue La dame de Monte Carlo; but his extrovert, amusing music-hall side comes to the fore in Les chemins de l'amour, based on Jean Anouilh's Leocadia and dedicated to Yvonne Printemps, who was a singer of light music. Even within the same cycle there are contrasting moments that eloquently illustrate Poulenc's own artistic credo: 'My music is my portrait'. A specialist in early and new music, the soprano Valentina Coladonato has worked with conductors including Riccardo Muti and Claudio Abbado. She and Claudio Proietti have also recorded the Shakespeare Sonnets of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco for Brilliant Classics (BC95548).

Tracklist:

  1. Calligrammes, Fp 140: I. L'espionne
  2. Calligrammes, Fp 140: II. Mutation
  3. Calligrammes, Fp 140: III. Vers Le Sud
  4. Calligrammes, Fp 140: IV. Il Pleut
  5. Calligrammes, Fp 140: V. La Grâce Exilée
  6. Calligrammes, Fp 140: VI. Aussi Bien Que Les Cigales
  7. Calligrammes, Fp 140: VII. Voyage
  8. 2 Poèmes De Louis Aragon, Fp 122: I. C
  9. 2 Poèmes De Louis Aragon, Fp 122: II. Fêtes Galantes
  10. Le Travail Du Peintre, Fp 161: I. Pablo Picasso
  11. Le Travail Du Peintre, Fp 161: II. Marc Chagall
  12. Le Travail Du Peintre, Fp 161: III. Georges Braque
  13. Le Travail Du Peintre, Fp 161: IV. Juan Gris
  14. Le Travail Du Peintre, Fp 161: V. Paul Klee
  15. Le Travail Du Peintre, Fp 161: VI. Joan Miró
  16. Le Travail Du Peintre, Fp 161: VII. Jacques Villon
  17. Dernier Poème, Fp 163
  18. La Fraîcheur Et Le Feu, Fp 147: I. Rayon Des Yeux
  19. La Fraîcheur Et Le Feu, Fp 147: II. Le Matin Les Branches Attisent
  20. La Fraîcheur Et Le Feu, Fp 147: III. Tout Disparut
  21. La Fraîcheur Et Le Feu, Fp 147: IV. Dans Les Ténèbres Du Jardin
  22. La Fraîcheur Et Le Feu, Fp 147: V. Unis La Fraîcheur Et Le Feu
  23. La Fraîcheur Et Le Feu, Fp 147: VI. Homme Au Sourire Tendre
  24. La Fraîcheur Et Le Feu, Fp 147: VII. La Grande Rivière Qui Va
  25. 3 Chansons De Federico Garcia Lorca, Fp 136: I. L'enfant Muet
  26. 3 Chansons De Federico Garcia Lorca, Fp 136: II. Adeline À La Promenade
  27. 3 Chansons De Federico Garcia Lorca, Fp 136: III. Chanson De L'oranger Sec
  28. La Courte Paille, Fp 178: I. Le Sommeil
  29. La Courte Paille, Fp 178: II. Quelle Aventure!
  30. La Courte Paille, Fp 178: III. La Reine De Coeur
  31. La Courte Paille, Fp 178: IV. Ba, Be, Bi, Bo, Bu
  32. La Courte Paille, Fp 178: V. Les Anges Musiciens
  33. La Courte Paille, Fp 178: VI. Le Carafon
  34. La Courte Paille, Fp 178: VII. Lune D'avril
  35. Les Chemins De L'amour, Fp 106
  36. Fiançailles Pour Rire, Fp 101: I. La Dame D'andré
  37. Fiançailles Pour Rire, Fp 101: II Dans L'herbe
  38. Fiançailles Pour Rire, Fp 101: III. Il Vole
  39. Fiançailles Pour Rire, Fp 101: IV. Mon Cadavre Est Doux Comme Un Gant
  40. Fiançailles Pour Rire, Fp 101: V. Violon
  41. Fiançailles Pour Rire, Fp 101: VI. Fleurs
  42. La Dame De Monte Carlo, Fp 180