{"product_id":"735658","title":"Smith Bettina - Mirages [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\\u2018It is truly in his songs that Faur\\xe9 reveals the flower of his genius\\u2019, wrote the composer\\u2019s former pupil Maurice Ravel. More than a hundred songs written over six decades made Faur\\xe9 perhaps the greatest master of the genre French \\u201cmelodie\\u201d.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eThe present collection takes us on a journey from Faur\\xe9\\u2019s first song cycle, \\u201cPo\\xe8me d\\u2019un jour\\u201d (1878), to his last, \\u201cL\\u2019Horizon chim\\xe9rique\\u201d (1921), via the exultant \\u201cLa Bonne Chanson\\u201d (1892-94) and the intensely concentrated \\u201cMirages\\u201d of 1919. The songs have texts by French poets of Faur\\xe9\\u2019s time; here we find poems of Charles Grandmougin, Baronne de Brimont, Paul Verlaine and Jean de La Ville de Mirmont.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\u201cMirages\\u201d concludes Bettina Smith\\u2019s project for LAWO Classics of recording all of Gabriel Faur\\xe9\\u2019s cycles for voice and piano. It was preceded in this series by \\u201cF\\xeates Galantes\\u201d (LWC1116) and \\u201cSerres Chaudes\\u201d (LWC1008), both together with pianist Einar R\\xf8ttingen. Together they have also released \\u201cVoices of Women\\u201d, with songs of Fartein Valen, Jostein Stalheim and Ketil Hvoslef, composers from Norway\\u2019s west coast.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eMezzo-soprano Bettina Smith is from Bergen. After graduating from Bergen Conservatory of Music, she studied with Wout Oosterkamp and Elly Ameling at the Royal Conservatory of Music in the Hague. This was followed by two years at the Z\\xfcrich International Opera Studio. With a wide repertory ranging from medieval to contemporary music, Bettina Smith appears regularly as oratorio and cantata soloist, or together with pianists Jan Willem Nelleke and Einar R\\xf8ttingen.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eDutch pianist Jan Willem Nelleke\\u2019s exceptional qualities as a duo partner have been widely recognised. His playing has been described as \\u201csparkling raindrops, rich chords and beautiful interludes\\u201d and as an \\u201cever alert co-operation with the soloist\\u201d.\u003cp\u003eFAURE: Po\\xe8me D\\u2019un Jour, Op. 21- I. Rencontre\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. Toujours\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIII. Adieu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMirages, Op. 113 - I. Cygne Sur L\\u2019eau\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. Reflets Dans L\\u2019eau\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIII. Jardin Nocturne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIV. Danseuse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa Bonne Chanson, Op. 61 - I. Une Sainte En Son Aur\\xe9ole\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. Puisque L\\u2019aube Grandit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIII. La Lune Blanche Luit Dans Les Bois\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIV. J\\u2019allais Par Des Chemins Perfides\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eV. J\\u2019ai Presque Peur, En V\\xe9rit\\xe9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVI. Avant Que Tu Ne T\\u2019en Ailles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVII. Donc, Ce Sera Par Un Clair Jour D\\u2019\\xe9t\\xe9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVIII. N\\u2019est-ce Pas?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIX. L\\u2019Hiver A Cess\\xe9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eL\\u2019Horizon Chim\\xe9rique, Op. 118 - I. La Mer Est Infinie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. Je Me Suis Embarqu\\xe9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIII. Diane, S\\xe9l\\xe9n\\xe9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIV. Vaisseaux, Nous Vous Aurons Aim\\xe9s\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55152596681089,"sku":"735658","price":17.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51MaHqDETkL._SL1500.jpg?v=1767876570","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/735658","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}