Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Les papillons Op. 2 No. 3
2. La derniere feuille Op. 2 No. 4
3. La charme Op. 2 No. 2
4. Serenade italienne op. 2 No. 5
5. Hebe Op. 2 No. 6
6. Le rideau de ma voisine sn 7
7. L'albatros sn 10
8. La nuit Op. 11 No. 1
9. Serenade Op. 13 No. 2
10. Le reveil Op. 11 no. 2
11. Nous mous aimerons sn 19
12. Chanson sn 2
13. L:'ame de bois sn 3
14. Le temps de lilas
15. Printemps triste Op. 8 No. 3
16. Nocturne Op. 8 No. 1
17. Nos Souvenirs Op. 8 No. 4
18. Amour d'antan Op. 8 No. 2
19. La cigale Op 13 No. 4
20. Nanny Op 2 No. 1
21. Le colibri op. 2 No. 7
22. La caravane Op. 14

Disc 2:

1. L'aveu Op. 13 No. 3
2. Les morts Op. 17 No. 1
3. La Pluie Op. 17 No. 2
4. Apaisement Op. 13 No. 1
5. Serres chaudes Op. 24
6. Trois lieder de Camille Mauclair
7. Marines devots a la Vierge Marie (Ballade francaise)
8. Dans la foret de charme et de l'enchantement Op. 36 No. 2
9. Deux Poemes de Verlaine Op. 34
10. Trois Chansons de Shakespeare Op. 28
11. Cantique a l'epose Op. 36 No. 1
12. Chanson perpetulle Op. 37

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #94663 in Music
• Released on: 2001-05-01
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .46 pounds

From Amazon.co.uk
When it comes to song-writing, Ernest Chausson has long stood in the shadows of Debussy, Duparc, Fauré and Ravel, but his gentle and self-effacing songs go so much further than the merely charming. To have the complete collection gathered together on disc is a treat, and with artists like these, the performances are about as good as you could expect this side of the pearly gates. Ann Murray and Felicity Lott need no introduction for their celestial singing of this repertoire. The American baritone Chris Pedro Trakas is less well known, but he comes with a clutch of top prizes and, more to the point, a beautifully sensitive voice which he uses to great effect here. Underpinning everything is accompanist Graham Johnson, whose playing is always just so right, whatever area of the song repertoire he takes on, and who provides (uncredited) a must-read essay on Chausson which really engages with the music. Soprano Geraldine McGreevy is a welcome addition in two duets, as is the Chilingirian Quartet, accompanying Ann Murray in the final number, "Chanson perpétuelle". If a reason for a reassessment of Chausson's role as a writer of mélodie is needed, this marvellous set is overwhelmingly it. --Keith Clarke