Reynaldo Hahn’s Songs And Madrigals for three- and four-part choir. The ti...(+)
Reynaldo Hahn’s Songs And Madrigals for three- and four-part choir. The time machine has no secrets for Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947). After plunging his contemporaries into the delights of Renaissance revelry with the ‘Bal De Béatrice D'Este’ the composer continued to explore the past with a tribute in 1907 to Rameau (in the final drumroll of the ‘Sonatine’ for Piano). He also published Songs And Madrigals composed on a selection of texts written by famous 15th and 16th century poets: Charles d’Orléans Jean-Antoine de Baïf and Agrippa d’Aubigné.Composed for three- and four-part choir (with optional Piano accompaniment duplicating the Vocals) these six Songs And Madrigals radiate a powerful charm that preserves them from affectation: Un Loyal Coeur envelops the listener in the polyphonic latticework of an enchanting melancholy while Vivons Mignarde borrows rhythmically from Lully to exalt the 'sweet life' that Coralie's lips promise to make even more voluptuous. With its seductive melody and expressive delays Pleurez Avec Moi! bestows heartrending accents upon the sighs of a desolate soul. En Vous Disant Adieu Comment Se Peut-il Faire Ainsi and Les Fourriers D'Eté round off this collection of deliberately archaic songs that exhale an irresistible freshness.
French pianist Jean-Claude Pennetier (b. 1942) studied at the Paris Conservatoi...(+)
French pianist Jean-Claude Pennetier (b. 1942) studied at the Paris Conservatoire and his since won many prizes for his performances. He also composed and published a variety of works including his unusual yet significant Bruits De Paroles. Pennetier's Bruits De Paroles is an unusual yet helpful aid to choral singing. The study book provides detailed instruction on the pronunciation of various sounds while singing. For all choirs Pennetier's Bruits De Paroles is a highly useful aid.
La Lune Est Morte is a piece for SATB containing the score for Mixed voices or ...(+)
La Lune Est Morte is a piece for SATB containing the score for Mixed voices or Equal voices on music by Georges Liferman. With lyrics by Jacques Mareuil this lyrical piece is quite melancholy: “Cry Pierrots Poets and Black cats the Moon is dead” being the main recurrent sentence. The chorus is sung by all voices while the verses lyrics are only sung by the Tenor and the Bass accompanied by a melody of “o” by the two other voices. Georges Liferman is a French composer and writer. His work includes French songs and French musicals mainly with very famous interpretationsin France by artists such as France Gall Juliette Gréco and Yves Montant.