Alain Planès, Eugene Asti, Sophie Karthäuser & Stéphane Degout – Debussy: Harmonie du soir, mélodies & songs (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Alain Planès, Eugene Asti, Sophie Karthäuser & Stéphane Degout – Debussy: Harmonie du soir, mélodies & songs (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:05:47 minutes | 1,93 GB | Genre: Classical
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This fine album centred on Debussy, entitled, Harmonie du soir (it is now the fashion to give classical releases titles of their own) presents a bouquet of melodies mostly dedicated to the nocturnes of which Debussy was so fond. It has a romantic opening, with the Nocturnes by John Field, and then by Chopin and Fauré.
The programme is a delight for the ears , with a certain, rather precious, “je ne sais quoi” alongside the consummate articulation and diction offered by both Sophie Karthäuser and Stéphane Degout, two artists at the dazzling height of their maturity. The evocative, tender, liquid piano of both Alan Planès and Eugène Asti also provides an air of great expansiveness.

The melodies emerge very subtly, helped along by performers who possess a deep knowledge of the unique world of French mélodie which Debussy renewed with the novelty of his harmonies and an often-demanding choice of lyrics, from Baudelaire or Mallarmé. This is yet another fantastic contribution from the harmonia mundi team to the year of Debussy. – François Hudry

Tracklist:
1-01. Sophie Karthäuser, Eugene Asti – Nuit d’etoiles, L. 4 (02:30)
1-02. Stéphane Degout, Alain Planès – Trois Melodies de Verlaine, L. 81 – I. La mer est plus belle que les cathedrales (02:40)
1-03. Stéphane Degout, Alain Planès – Trois Melodies de Verlaine, L. 81 – II. Le son du cor s’afflige vers les bois (03:21)
1-04. Stéphane Degout, Alain Planès – Trois Melodies de Verlaine, L. 81 – III. L’echelonnement des haies moutonne a l’infini (01:35)
1-05. Sophie Karthäuser, Eugene Asti – Mandoline, L. 29 (01:41)
1-06. Sophie Karthäuser, Eugene Asti – Fetes galantes Livre I, L. 80 – I. En sourdine (2e version) (02:34)
1-07. Sophie Karthäuser, Eugene Asti – Fetes galantes Livre I, L. 80 – II. Fantoches (2e version) (01:22)
1-08. Sophie Karthäuser, Eugene Asti – Fetes galantes Livre I, L. 80 – III. Clair de lune (2e version) (02:36)
1-09. Stéphane Degout, Alain Planès – Fetes galantes Livre II, L. 104 – I. Les Ingenus (02:40)
1-10. Stéphane Degout, Alain Planès – Fetes galantes Livre II, L. 104 – II. Le Faune (02:08)
1-11. Stéphane Degout, Alain Planès – Fetes galantes Livre II, L. 104 – III. Colloque sentimental (04:17)
1-12. Stéphane Degout, Alain Planès – Images oubliees, L. 87 – II. Sarabande (04:46)
1-13. Sophie Karthäuser, Eugene Asti – 3 Chansons de Bilitis, L. 90 – I. La Flute de Pan (02:22)
1-14. Sophie Karthäuser, Eugene Asti – 3 Chansons de Bilitis, L. 90 – II. La Chevelure (03:11)
1-15. Sophie Karthäuser, Eugene Asti – 3 Chansons de Bilitis, L. 90 – III. Le Tombeau des naiades (02:32)
1-16. Stéphane Degout, Alain Planès – Trois Chansons de France, L. 102 – I. Rondel, Le temps a laisse son manteau (01:33)
1-17. Stéphane Degout, Alain Planès – Trois Chansons de France, L. 102 – II. La Grotte (02:17)
1-18. Stéphane Degout, Alain Planès – Trois Chansons de France, L. 102 – III. Rondel, Pour ce que Plaisance est morte (02:18)
1-19. Stéphane Degout, Alain Planès – Trois Ballades de Francois Villon, L. 119 – I. Ballade de Villon a s’amye (04:37)
1-20. Stéphane Degout, Alain Planès – Trois Ballades de Francois Villon, L. 119 – II. Ballade que Villon fait a la requeste de sa mere (04:29)
1-21. Stéphane Degout, Alain Planès – Trois Ballades de Francois Villon, L. 119 – III. Ballade des femmes de Paris (02:28)
2-22. Sophie Karthäuser, Eugene Asti – 2 Romance, L. 78-79 – I. L’ame evaporee (01:41)
2-23. Sophie Karthäuser, Eugene Asti – 2 Romance, L. 78-79 – II. Les Cloches (01:50)
2-24. Sophie Karthäuser, Eugene Asti – Les Angelus, L. 76 (02:04)
2-25. Sophie Karthäuser, Eugene Asti – Dans le jardin, L. 78 (02:23)
2-26. Stéphane Degout, Alain Planès – Images oubliees, L. 87 – I. Lent (03:58)
2-27. Stéphane Degout, Alain Planès – Trois Poemes de Stephane Mallarme, L. 127 – I. Soupir (02:49)
2-28. Stéphane Degout, Alain Planès – Trois Poemes de Stephane Mallarme, L. 127 – II. Placet futile (02:17)
2-29. Stéphane Degout, Alain Planès – Trois Poemes de Stephane Mallarme, L. 127 – III. Eventail (02:20)
2-30. Sophie Karthäuser, Eugene Asti – Beau Soir, L. 6 (02:13)
2-31. Sophie Karthäuser, Eugene Asti – Voici que le printemps, L. 52 (02:24)
2-32. Sophie Karthäuser, Eugene Asti – Paysage sentimental, FL 55 (02:45)
2-33. Alain Planès – Images oubliees, L. 87 – III. Quelques aspects de ‘Nous n’irons plus au bois’ (03:53)
2-34. Sophie Karthäuser, Eugene Asti – Fleur des bles, FL 16 (01:55)
2-35. Sophie Karthäuser, Eugene Asti – La Belle au bois dormant, L. 74 (03:06)
2-36. Stéphane Degout, Alain Planès – Le Promenoir des deux amants, L. 118 – I. Aupres de cette grotte sombre (02:21)
2-37. Stéphane Degout, Alain Planès – Le Promenoir des deux amants, L. 118 – II. Crois mon conseil, chere Climene (01:51)
2-38. Stéphane Degout, Alain Planès – Le Promenoir des deux amants, L. 118 – III. Je tremble en voyant ton visage (02:02)
2-39. Eugene Asti – Les soirs illumines par l’ardeur du charbon, CD 150 (02:00)
2-40. Sophie Karthäuser, Eugene Asti – Cinq poemes de Charles Baudelaire, L. 64 – I. Le Balcon (07:16)
2-41. Sophie Karthäuser, Eugene Asti – Cinq poemes de Charles Baudelaire, L. 64 – II. Harmonie du soir (03:47)
2-42. Sophie Karthäuser, Eugene Asti – Cinq poemes de Charles Baudelaire, L. 64 – III. Le Jet d’eau (05:06)
2-43. Sophie Karthäuser, Eugene Asti – Cinq poemes de Charles Baudelaire, L. 64 – IV. Recueillement (04:37)
2-44. Sophie Karthäuser, Eugene Asti – Cinq poemes de Charles Baudelaire, L. 64 – V. La Mort des amants (02:52)