French Song Edition
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Saint-Saëns: Songs
RecommendedFrançois Le Roux (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano), Krysia Osostowicz (violin), Philippa Davies (flute)
This is the most resounding blow yet to be struck for the mélodies of Saint-Saëns. François Le Roux, with his incisive diction and ability to characterise each song, is a real champion for the... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Musique Adorable
Felicity Lott (soprano) William Burden (tenor) Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Graham Johnson(piano)
Adorable indeed … these songs steal into the heart. This is a set made for a lifetime's listening and enjoyment —
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Poulenc: The Complete Songs
Graham Johnson (piano), Ailish Tynan (soprano), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Pierre Bernac (narrator), Ben Johnson (tenor), Sarah Fox (soprano), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Ivan Ludlow (baritone), Brandon Velarde (baritone), Robin Tritschler (tenor), Robin Tritschler...
The greatest hero of the set remains Graham Johnson himself. As well as writing the booklet notes and organising the whole adventure, Johnson proves himself to be the most sensitive and accomplished... —
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Fauré - The Complete Songs - 4
Dans un parfum de roses
Jennifer Smith, Felicity Lott, Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)
…the final volume and jewel in the crown of Hyperion's completely Fauré songs. …all the singers involved in this glorious project, while not always in their first radiance and purity of voice,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2005, Editor's Choice
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Fauré - La Chanson d'Eve and other songs
RecommendedJanet Baker (mezzo soprano) & Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Songs by Reynaldo Hahn
This two-CD set is the most representative recording of Hahn's songs ever made. It includes the complete Etudes Latines and Rondels (both with choir) as well as many of his most familiar songs.
Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Susan Bickley (mezzo soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
The London Schubert Chorale, Stephen Layton
The two cycles, Douze rondels and Etudes latines, are linked by a common fascination with the past.
The Douze rondels were composed to poems in a medieval metre, which allowed Hahn to try his... — -
L’invitation au voyage
Mélodies from La belle époque
John Mark Ainsley (tenor) & Graham Johnson (piano), Paul (1852–1933) & Lucien (1860–1909) Hillemacher
There are some fine songs here. I was glad… to be reminded what a good composer Delibes is, and to be introduced to Lecocq's wonderfully witty settings of La Fontaine. The actual piano sound... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2006, Editor's Choice
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Henri Duparc - The Complete Songs
RecommendedSarah Walker (mezzo soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Roger Vignoles is a most sympathetic accompanist, and virtuosic where virtuosity is called for, and the whole set is at one with Duparc's own evaluation of these magnificent songs —
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Building a Library, October 2006, First Choice
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Interpretation of Poulenc's songs never stands still. But this recording reminds us of the impetus these artists gave to this repertoire, both in sound and imagination. —
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Fauré - The Complete Songs - 1
Felicity Lott, Jennifer Smith, Geraldine McGreevy (sopranos), Stella Doufexis (mezzo), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Christopher Maltman, Stephen Varcoe (baritones), Graham Johnson (piano)
Few singers would give over a whole evening to Fauré's songs on the concert platform, and choosing a way of presenting them on disc obviously poses problems. Previous sets had all the songs... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2005, Editor's Choice
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