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Music : Voices of Light |
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from: Nonesuch
Amazon.com's Price: $16.98 Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075597981223
Label: Nonesuch
Manufacturer: Nonesuch
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Nonesuch
Release Date: August 24, 2004
Sales Rank: 43205
Studio: Nonesuch
Disc 1:- Le Collier
- La Flûte de Pan
- La Chevelure
- Le tombeau des naïads
- L'Escalier redit, gestes du soleil
- Amour oiseau d'étoile
- Lúa Descolorida (Moon, Colorless) - Dawn Upshaw, Golijov, Osvaldo
- Priére exaucée
- I. Paradis
- II. Prima verba
- III. Roses ardentes
- IV. Comme Dieu rayonne
- V. L'Aube blanche
- VI. Eau vivante
- VII. Veilles-tu, ma senteur de soleil?
- VIII. Dans un parfum de roses blanches
- IX. Crépuscule
- X. Ô mort, poussière d'étoiles
- Résurrection
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Dawn Upshaw here explores outstanding examples of the past century of French song, adding a brief detour into Spanish with a haunting gem by Osvaldo Golijov. The recital's centerpiece is Fauré's La Chanson d'Eve, a cycle of 10 exquisitely fashioned songs whose delicate subtlety and carefully weighed balance between light and shade are beautifully realized by Upshaw and her excellent accompanist, Gilbert Kalish, whose rippling piano in 'Eau vivante' captivates. The pair also excel in the spare, mysterious 'Crépuscule' (Twilight). Threaded throughout the disc are five songs by Olivier Messiaen, whose blending of spiritual faith and sensuous feeling often reaches ecstatic heights, as in the wildly virtuosic coloratura singing and keyboard demands of 'Prière exaucée' (A Prayer Granted). Upshaw makes much of the sensuous close of the disc's opening song, 'Le Collier,' and the tenderly languorous 'Amour oiseau d'étoile' (Love, Star-Bird). The elusive songs of Debussy's Chansons de Bilitis are given their full due as well, nicely set among Messiaen's more unbuttoned fervor. Upshaw fans and lovers of French song won't want to miss this. --Dan Davis
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - French songs luminously performed
OK, quibble all you want with Dawn Upshaw's French pronunciations...I'm told the French find American accents "sexy." Upshaw and Kalish bring remarkable interpretive skill to these performances. The Debussy "Chansons de Bilitis," set poems by one of the composer's best friends to music of exquisite, almost erotic playfulness. Similarly, Faure's "Chanson d'Eve" is a remarkably beautiful late work of serene detachment. I'm not a big fan of Messian's music, but Upshaw and Kalish certainly make the ... Read More
Rating: - Lay me etherized upon the table........
The otherworldly presentation by Dawn Upshaw and Gilbert Kalish of songs by the under appreciated spiritualist composer Olivier Messiaen in the company of other composers of luminosity songs such as Claude Debussy, Gabriel Faure and the contemporary Osvaldo Golijov is one of the most unique and successful recordings to appear in a long time. Upshaw remains a clear voiced soprano who cares deeply about exploring repertoire to challenge her large audience: her recitals are never retreads of standard ... Read More
Rating: - Another challenging, engaging triumph
I can't really speak to the technical side of this album.
But it is gorgeous. Yes, rather challenging material. But I think she really shows the 'link' between a 'conservative' composer like Faure and Debussy & Messaien. & the addition of the Golijov also shows his indebtedness to the French school (it's a beautiful piece in it's own right too IMO). Gilbert Kalish adds really inciteful accompaniment. If you
like her album of Debussy's FORGOTTEN SONGS, you'll love this I think. ... Read More
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