Composer: Gabriel Urbain Fauré
Performer: Karine Deshayes, Hélène Lucas, Stéphane Degout
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Zigzag
Catalogue: ZZT090902
Release: 2009
Size: 224 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
2 Songs, Op. 83
01. No. 2, Soir
4 Songs, Op. 39
02. No. 4, Les roses d’Ispahan
4 Songs, Op. 51
03. No. 4, La rose
2 Songs, Op. 76
04. No. 1, Le parfum impérissable
05. No. 2, Arpège
06. Pleurs d’or Op. 72
Le jardin clos Op. 106
07. No. 1, Exaucement
08. No. 2, Quand tu plonges tes yeux dans mes yeux
09. No. 3, La messagère
10. No. 4, Je me poserai sur ton cœur
11. No. 5, Dans la nymphée
12. No. 6, Dans la pénombre
13. No. 7, Il m’est cher, Amour, le bandeau
14. No. 8, Inscription sur le sable
La chanson d’Ève, Op. 95
15. No. 1, Paradis
16. No. 2, Prima verba
17. No. 3, Roses ardentes
18. No. 4, Comme Dieu rayonne
19. No. 5, L’aube blanche
20. No. 6, Eau vivante
21. No. 7, Veilles-tu, ma senteur de soleil
22. No. 8, Dans un parfum de roses blanches
23. No. 9, Crépuscule
24. No. 10, Ô mort, poussière d’étoiles
“A little more than ten years ago I discovered the late works of Gabriel Fauré, and particularly the sumptuous cycle La Chanson d’Ève. A decade later, I still traverse with the same pleasure the intensely expressive luxuriance of these songs and their exhilarating harmonic density. La Chanson d’Ève, like Le Jardin clos and the other songs we wished to include in this recording, expresses an extreme refinement capable of going straight to the heart of the matter, sometimes with a disarming simplicity, but invariably underpinned by a flawless structure. They are among the works to which I feel very close today, at once nourished by them and inspired by the urge to share the profound enjoyment they give me. After ten years of complicity with the pianist Hélène Lucas, the time has come to invest our pleasure, our enthusiasm and the end result of all our hard work in a disc which is both a challenge and, above all, an immense source of delight for us.” Karine Deshayes