Sanden / Eggehorn / Holm / Schein - Mariaoratorium - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

That Baïlèro, a shepherd's song from the highlands of Auvergne sung in the Occitan dialect of the area, should become a favorite with singers ranging from Victoria de los Angeles to Sarah Brightman by way of Renée Fleming and Karita Mattila, is all because of Marie-Joseph Canteloube de Malaret. As a budding composer in Paris in the 1900s, Canteloube was unable to interest himself in the various musical cliques and currents. Instead he looked for inspiration in Auvergne in central France where he was born, starting to collect the songs of the farmers and shepherds that lived in the mountainous region. But he did so as a composer rather than a musicologist, and between 1923 and 1954 he published a total of thirty Chants d'Auvergne, arranged, harmonized and sumptuously orchestrated. The result is, one might say, idealized folk music Canteloube largely respects the melodic line of the originals, but adds instrumental introductions, interludes and postludes, and gives an important role to the woodwind section. For the present disc, Carolyn Sampson and Pascal Rophé have selected 25 of the songs - ranging from love songs and lullabies to working songs and laments. They perform them together with Tapiola Sinfonietta, bringing sparkle to Canteloube's luxurious scores halfway between the impressionism of Debussy and the bucolic lyricism of d'Indy.

Album Tracks 1. Sine Titulo 2. I. Adagio 3. II. Allegro 4. III. Andante 5. IV. Allegro 6. Lachrime Pavaen 7. Als Jupiter Gedacht 8. Nobelman 9. I. Andante 10. II. Allegro 11. III. Siciliana 12. IV. Allegro 13. Praeludium in C minor 14. Allemande in G minor 15. Four Variations on the Song 'Die Lieblichen Blicke' 16. I. Grave 17. II. Vivace 18. III. Cunando 19. IV. Vivace 20. Almande 21. Courante 22. I. Grave 23. II. Allegro 24. III. Allegro 25. IV. Tempo Di Minuet 26. V. Allegro 27. VI. Tempo Giusto 28. VII Allegro Assai 29. Nasce la Pena Mia

Album Tracks 1. Divertimento Sinfonico 2. Allegro Appassionato 3. Andantino Amoroso - Allegretto - Allegro Come Prima 4. Allegro 5. Allegro Non Troppo 6. Largo 7. Preludios Encadenados 8. I 9. II 10. III 11. IV