Jodie Devos, Nicolas Krüger – And Love Said… (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Jodie Devos, Nicolas Krüger – And Love Said… (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:56 minutes | 1,21 GB | Genre: Classical
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“This programme reflects a personal journey: I am Belgian, I studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and now I live in France. I wanted to present composers from these three countries, taking as my cornerstone the English song repertory and the English language. It was Britten’s On this Island that started me thinking in this direction. William Walton’s Daphne and Ivor Gurney’s tiny but intensely fresh Spring touch me enormously and form a part of my life experience.

Nicolas Krüger and I then chose other songs that we liked, such as Let Beauty awake by Ralph Vaughan Williams… I also wanted to give my listeners a chance to hear French or Belgian composers who set English poems to music: Darius Milhaud, Germaine Tailleferre (one of those female composers who deserves to be better known) and Irene Poldowski… and to commission a work from the Belgian composer Patrick Leterme, who has often accompanied me… But I discovered Queen before I discovered opera. When I heard Freddy Mercury singing You take my breath away at the piano in Hyde Park, I was overwhelmed. I had to include that love song in my recital!” (Jodie Devos)

Tracklist:

1. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – Come to Me in My Dreams, H. 71 (03:49)
2. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – Love Went A-Riding, H. 114 (01:58)
3. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – Reeds of Innocence (02:08)
4. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – Songs of Travel: II. Let Beauty Awake (02:07)
5. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – Love’s Philosophy (01:22)
6. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – Five Elizabethan Songs: I. Orpheus (02:16)
7. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – Gurney: Five Elizabethan Songs: II. Tears (03:16)
8. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – Five Elizabethan Songs: III. Under the Greenwood Tree (01:37)
9. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – Five Elizabethan Songs: IV. Sleep (03:11)
10. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – Five Elizabethan Songs: V. Spring (02:32)
11. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – To Love (02:19)
12. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – On This Island, Op. 11: I. Let the Florid Music Praise (03:56)
13. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – On This Island, Op. 11: II. Now the Leaves Are Falling Fast (02:02)
14. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – On This Island, Op. 11: III. Seascape (02:18)
15. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – On This Island, Op. 11: IV. Nocturne (04:49)
16. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – On This Island, Op. 11: V. As It Is, Plenty (01:29)
17. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – Two Love Songs, Op. 30: I. Love My Heart Longs Day and Night (02:59)
18. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – Two Poems by Oscar Wilde: I. My Voice (02:03)
19. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – Two Poems by Oscar Wilde: II. Her Voice (04:10)
20. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – Two Love Songs, Op. 30: II. Peace, My Heart (03:18)
21. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – Three Songs from “Façade”: Daphne (02:45)
22. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – Three Songs from “Façade”: Throufg Gilded Trellises (03:57)
23. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – Three Songs from “Façade”: Old Sir Faulk (02:01)
24. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – Tu mi chamas (02:30)
25. Jodie Devos & Nicolas Krüger – You Take My Breath Away (03:53)

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