L'heure exquise : a French songbook.



Sound Recording

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The 1st work is an excerpt from incidental music, originally with clarinet, bassoon, violin, double bass, and piano accompaniment; the 8th work originally with orchestra accompaniment. Title from disc label. Compact disc. Program notes by Susan Youens and biographical notes on the performers in English and texts with English translations (23 pages : portrait) inserted in container. Recorded. 2012 October 18-20. All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London. Alice Coote, mezzo-soprano ; Graham Johnson, piano. Sung in French.

Title
L'heure exquise : a French songbook.
Artist
Coote, Alice, singer.
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Type
Sound Recording
Abstract
Alice Coote is the darling of the world's opera stages and recital halls. Her solo recordings are rare events. In this much-anticipated French songbook, Graham Johnson lends his incomparable insight to this most remarkable of talents on an emotional roller coaster through twenty-three songs of Gallic love in all its guises.
Year
2015
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