Composer: Benjamin Britten, Joseph Canteloube
Performer: Mari Eriksmoen
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Edward Gardner
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Chandos
Catalogue: CHSA5289
Release: 2021
Size: 1.18 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Britten: Quatre Chansons Françaises
01. I. Nuits de juin
02. II. Sagesse
03. III. L’Enfance
04. IV. Chanson d’automne
Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne
05. Pastourelle (Deuxiéme Série, No. 1)
06. Lo fiolairé (Troisiéme Série, No. 1)
07. La pastrouletta é lou chibalié (Deuxième Série, No. 3)
08. Chut, chut (Quatriéme Série, No. 4)
09. La delaīssádo (Deuxiéme Série, No. 4)
10. Oī ayaī (Quatriéme Série, No. 2)
11. Baīlèro (Première Série, No. 2)
12. Lou coucut (Quatrième Série, No. 6)
13. Pastorale (Quatriéme Série, No. 5)
14. Lá-haut, sur le rocher (Cinquiéme Série, No. 3)
15. Postouro, sé tu m’aymo (Cinquiéme Série, No. 5)
16. L’aīo dé rotso (Premiére Série, No. 3a)
17. Ound’ onorén gorda? (Premiére Série, No. 3b)
18. Obal din lou Limouzi (Premiére Série, No. 3c)
Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18
19. I. Fanfare
20. II. Villes
21. IIIa. Phrase
22. IIIb. Antique
23. IV. Royauté
24. V. Marine
25. VI. Interlude
26. VII. Being Beauteous
27. VIII. Parade
28. IX. Départ
Following successful appearances at the Opéra-comique, in Paris, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Oper Frankfurt, Komische Oper Berlin, and Teatro alla Scala, in Milan, the Norwegian soprano Mari Eriksmoen is undoubtedly a rising star. On the concert stage she has made important recent appearances with the Orchestre de Paris, Berliner Philharmoniker, Oslo Philharmonic, and Münchner Philharmoniker, among others. Here she joins the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Edward Gardner for a powerful album of orchestral songs, coupling Britten’s Les Illuminations and Four French Songs with a selection of Canteloube’s inimitable Songs of the Auvergne. Eriksmoen spent a year studying in Paris, and proves an effective and natural singer in the French language. As she mentions in her programme note: ‘It is highly demanding to sing in French when it is not one’s native tongue, but I have always felt at home when singing in French and nurture an emot ional attachment to the French language.’