Composer: Henri Duparc
Performer: Malcolm Martineau, Sarah Connolly, Nicky Spence, Huw Montague Rendall, William Thomas
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Signum
Catalogue: SIGCD715
Release: 2022
Size: 943 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Chanson Triste
02. Soupir
03. Romance de Mignon
04. Sérénade
05. Le galop
06. Au pays où se fait la guerre
07. L’invitation au voyage
08. La vague et la cloche
09. Extase
10. Elégie
11. Le manoir de Rosemonde
12. Sérénade florentine
13. Lamento
14. Phidylé
15. Testament
16. La vie antérieure
Malcolm Martineau follows up his acclaimed complete song collections of Poulenc and Fauré with an album celebrating the solo songs of Henri Duparc, performed by an acclaimed roster of British singers – Dame Sarah Connolly, Huw Montague Rendall, Nicky Spence & William Thomas.
An iconic figure in the world of French music – his songs described as being “imperfect … but works of genius’ by Ravel and “perfect” by Debussy – Duparc only composed a handful of works during the first half of his life: following a nervous disorder in 1885 at age 37 he lived for a further 48 years, orchestrating and tinkering with his songs, but publishing nothing new.