Susan Graham & Malcolm Martineau: French Songs (DVD)

Verbier Festival - Susan Graham - French Songs
Susan Graham mezzo-soprano | Malcom Martineau piano

One reviewer of Susan Graham's Verbier Festival recital praised her 'radiant voice' and marveled at her ability to convey the subtle nuances of what seems like 'her second native language'. Her programme offers a 'tasting menu' of the French mélodie tradition - a varied selection of songs ranging from the youthful charm of Bizet's Chanson d'avril to the high drama of Poulenc's La dame de Monte Carlo, and from the barbed irony of Ravel's 'Le paon' to the sensuous beauty of Fauré's Vocalise-Étude.

Region code
0
Picture format NTSC 16:9
Sound format
PCM Stereo
Dolby Digital 5.1
Release August 1, 2010
Total running time 60 mins
Subtitles English, French, German, Japanese
Booklet notes English, French, German
No. of discs 1
Recording 2009

Bizet: Chanson d’avril

Franck: Nocturne

Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre

Chabrier: Les cigales

Bachelet: Chère nuit

Duparc: Au Pays où se fait la guerre

Ravel: Le Paon

Caplet: Le corbeau et le renard

Roussel: Response d’une épouse sage No. 2, Op. 35

Debussy: Colloque sentimental

Fauré: Vocalise-Etude

Honegger: Three Songs of the Little Siren, H 63

Rosenthal: La souris d’Angleterre, excerpts from "Monsieur Bleu" No. 9

Poulenc: La Dame de Monte-Carlo; Hahn: À Chloris