Various Artists - Japanese Melodies / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

On this new album the Duo Hervé Joulain (Horn) and Ariane Jacob (Piano) present 17 very interesting Original Horn Themes - with works by Sinigaglia, Glière, Strauss, Büsser, Saint-Saëns, Ravel, Chabrier, Skrjabin, Freiherr von Krufft, Glasunow, Cherubini, d'Indy, Damase, Bernstein and Couson. Hervé Joulain (Horn) has appeared as soloist with 120 orchestras, performing Telemann, Mozart, Haydn, Schumann, Weber, Saint-Saëns, Strauss, and Britten, in France, Canada, the United States, Russia, Romania, Finland, Sweden, Japan, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, Georgia, Germany, Ukraine, and Spain. Ariane Jacob (Piano) has been performing in large French and internationals concert halls for more than twenty years. She plays with such musicians as Philippe Bernold, Hervé Joulain, Barbara Hendricks, Laurent Korcia or the actor Didier Sandre. Album Tracks 1. Nocturne Opus 35 No. 10 2. Reverie Opus 24 3. Romance en Fa Opus 36 4. Andante Opus Posthume (1888) 5. Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte 6. Romance Opus 35 No. 6 7. Sonate No. 1 (1804) 8. Cantecor Opus 77 9. Elegy for Mippy 1 10. Nocturno Opus 7 11. Lied from Lied & Humoresque Opus 28 12. Andante from Sonata in E Major 13. Larghetto 14. Romance Opus 40 15. Adage from the Ballet La Croqueuse de Diamants (1950) 16. Andante Cantabile 17. Main Theme from the Movie The Rest Is Silence

Rarely heard on recording, the songs of Florent Schmitt receive fresh exposure in this significant new survey of these neglected works including a number of world premiere recordings. The qualities that appeal in many of Schmitt's larger works are found in abundance in this selection that spans his entire creative life his music's gorgeous sensuality, biting wit, laconic charm, and unleashed savagery. Pianists Fabienne Romer and Edward Rushton along with an outstanding lineup of soloists, explore this rich seam of complex compositional techniques, revealing a composer of extraordinary individuality along with a fascinating affinity with the darker side of human existence. Album Tracks 1. Chansons À Quatre Voix, Op. 39 2. Quatre Lieds, Op. 45 3. Kérob-Shal, Op. 67 4. Trois Mélodies, Op. 4 5. Deux Chansons, Op. 18 6. Poèmes de Ronsard, Op.100 7. Trois Chants, Op. 98

Album Tracks 1. Yoimachigusa (The Evening Primrose), Song 2. I Found a Tiny Autumn 3. Being Scolded 4. Songs (6) for Children, for Voice & Piano, No. 3, InchAutumn FieldsInch 5. Aka Tonbo (Red Dragonfly), Folk Song, for Voice & Piano 6. Autumn in a Village 7. I Talked with the Fog 8. Being Kept Waiting in Vain, Song 9. An Outgoing Ship 10. Lullaby 11. Flowery Town 12. Mother's Song 13. Plover 14. Rain in Johga-Sima 15. Over There, Over Yonder 16. Dried Gourd Shavings 17. That Child, This Child 18. Suzhou Nocturne 19. An Old Road 20. Komoronauru Kojo No Hotori, for Voice & Piano 21. The Moon Over a Ruined Castle, Song