Claire Booth - Cocteau's Music - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Jean Cocteau was many things poet, playwright, artist, filmmaker, collaborator, self-inventor - each description fits, but none is sufficient. His work darts and pivots, one mask slipping as another appears. But beneath the surface, the same fixations recur, especially love, death, dependence and abandonment. This album stays close to his restlessness, touching melodrama, popular culture, prayer, aphorism, dance, cabaret and theatre, as styles collide, and the masks occasionally fall. At the centre of the program stands La Voix Humaine, Cocteau's searing study of love, loss and fractured communication, alongside a sequence of songs by Poulenc, Milhaud, Honegger, Auric and others reflecting Cocteau's wide artistic circle, where high art and popular culture meet without hierarchy. The result is not a comprehensive survey, but rather a carefully drawn portrait, shaped by affection and curiosity. Album Tracks 1. Poulenc La Dame de Monte Carlo la Dame de Monte Carlo 2. Poulenc Cocardes Miel de Narbonne 3. Poulenc Cocardes Bonne D'enfant 4. Poulenc Cocardes Enfant de Troupe 5. Durey Prière (From Chansons Basques) Prière (From Chansons Basques) 6. Honegger Locutions (From Six Poésies de Jean Cocteau) Locutions (From Six Poésies de Jean Cocteau) 7. Delage Sobre Las Olas Sobre Las Olas 8. Chaslin Valse Langoureuse (From Chansons Pour Elle) Valse Langoureuse (From Chansons Pour Elle) 9. Milhaud Caramel Mou Caramel Mou 10. Sacré Que Ne Suis-Je Un de Cette Egypte (From Clair-Obscur) Que Ne Suis-Je Un de Cette Egypte (From Clair-Obscur) 11. Auric Hommage À Erik Satie (From Huit Poèmes de Jean Cocteau) Hommage À Erik Satie (From Huit Poèmes de Jean Cocteau) 12. Poulenc La Voix Humaine I. Introduction 13. Poulenc La Voix Humaine II. Allô, Allô 14. Poulenc La Voix Humaine II. Allô, C'est Toi? 15. Poulenc La Voix Humaine IV. Hier Soir,