Cargill Lepper Royal Scottish National Orchestra Soloists - Fleur de Mon Ame - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Following their Linn debut, a 'breathtaking album of songs by Gustav and Alma Mahler' (The Herald), Karen Cargill and Simon Lepper return to fin-de-siècle Europe for a recital of songs by the 'crème de la crème' of late nineteenth-century French speaking composers. Entitled Fleur de mon âme, the album embraces the sensual soundworld of Hahn, Debussy, Chausson, Jongen and Duparc. The album opens with À Chloris which recalls the elegance of the seventeenth century before borrowing from the poetry of Ancient Greece in Chansons de Bilitis and setting sail on a calm sea with Chausson's Sérénade italienne. Guest soloists from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra add orchestral colour to Chausson's Chanson perpétuelle and Calmes, aux quais déserts by lesser-known Belgian composer Joseph Jongen. The compelling romanticism of Duparc's songs complete this bouquet of soul-searching French mélodies. Album Tracks 1. À Chloris 2. Le Rossignol Des Lilas 3. L'énamourée 4. Infidélité 5. Les Fontaines 6. Chansons de Bilitis 7. Calmes, Aux Quais Déserts, Op. 54 8. Chanson Perpétuelle, Op. 37 9. 7 Mélodies, Op. 2 10. L'inviatation Au Voyage 11. Chanson Triste 12. Extase 13. Phidylé