[opera] Philippe Jaroussky

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Philippe Jaroussky & Jérôme Ducros

2009 Opium: Mélodies Françaises



S'il est vrai, Chloris, que tu m'aimes,
Mais j'entends, que tu m'aimes bien,
Je ne crois point que les rois mêmes
Aient un bonheur pareil au mien.
Que la mort serait importune
A venir changer ma fortune
Pour la félicité des cieux!
Tout ce qu'on dit de l'ambroisie
Ne touche point ma fantaisie
Au prix des grâces de tes yeux.

Jaroussky enters new territory with this programme of French songs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Taking its name, Opium, from a song by Saint-Saëns, it evokes the voluptuous, sometimes decadent spirit of the Belle Époque, the era of transition between Romanticism and Modernism. The programme includes a number of rarities by composers such as Dukas, Caplet, and Chaminade, as well as better-known numbers by figures like Fauré, Chausson and Hahn.

"I’ve always felt a special affinity for French song", says Jaroussky "which was an area of focus in the early days of my studies with my teacher, Nicole Fallien. It was Renaud Capuçon -- whom I want to thank, along with Gautier Capuçon and Emmanuel Pahud for his valuable contribution to this disc -- who first had the idea of inviting me to sing Hahn, Chausson, Fauré in a recital. It was then that I met the pianist Jérôme Ducros, and we decided to work further on this rich and well-stocked repertoire, which contains some real undiscovered treasures. There is no theme to this album, but I wanted to record songs which have captured my heart and which suit my voice. Perhaps I can show them in a new light too."

French song demands an acute sense of language and style, and today there are relatively few singers who succeed in capturing its elusive magic. “I’ve decided to pronounce the texts in a way that is as close as possible to the spoken word – I don’t roll the ‘r’, for example,” continues Jaroussky. “The poetry should come to life without the imposition of too much interpretation or emotional contrivance. I’ve tried to approach it with humility.”

Tracklist:
1. Hahn: À Chloris
2. Chaminade: Sombrero (1894)
3. Massenet: Elégie (1869)
4. Fauré: Nell Op.18 No.1 (1880)
5. Chausson: Le Colibri Op.2 No.7
6. Fauré: Automne Op.18 No.3 (1880)
7. Chaminade: Mignonne (1894)
8. Hahn: Fêtes galantes (Mandoline) (1892)
9. Chausson: Le temps de lilas
10. Chausson: Les Papillons Op.2 No.3
11. Caplet: Viens, une flûte invisible (1900)
12. Chausson: Les heures Op.27 No.1
13. Hahn: Quand je fus pris au pavillon (Douze rondels, no.8)
14. Hahn: Offrande (1891)
15. Saint-Saëns: Tournoiement 'Songe d'opium' Op.26 No.6 (Mélodies persanes, 1870)
16. Debussy: Romance (Deux Romance No.2, 1891)
17. Dukas: Sonnet (Amours, Premier Livre, CLXIX)
18. Massenet: Nuit d'Espagne (1869)
19. Lekeu: Sur une tombe (Trois poèmes, No.1 - 1892)
20. Saint-Saëns: Violons dans le soir (1907)
21. Franck: Nocturne (1884)
22. Dupont: Les donneurs de Sérénade (Mandoline) (1901)
23. d'Indy: Lied maritime Op.43
24. Hahn: L'heure exquise (Chansons grises, no.5)

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