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Maurice Ravel, Erik Satie, Ludwig van Beethoven
Régine Crespin - Songs of Ravel & Satie, Beethoven "Ah! Perfido", Concert Arias
Genres: Pop, Classical

Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
1. Histoires naturelles, song cycle for voice & piano: No. 1, 'Le paon': 'Il va surement se marier aujourd'hui'
2. Histoires naturelles, song cycle for voice & piano: No. 2, 'Le grillon': 'C'est l'heure ou, las d'errer, linsecte negre revient de pr
3. Histoires naturelles, song cycle for voice & piano: No. 3, 'Le cygne': 'Il glisse sur le bassin, comme un traineau blanc'
4. Histoires naturelles, song cycle for voice & piano: No. 4, 'Le martin-pecheur': 'Ca n'a pas mordu ce soir, mais je rapporte une rare
5. Histoires naturelles, song cycle for voice & piano: No. 5, 'La pintade': 'C'est la bossue de ma cour'
6. M?lodies (3) of 1916, for voice & piano: Le Chapelier
7. Tendrement, valse chant?e for voice & piano
8. M?lodies (3) of 1916, for voice & piano: Daph?n?o
9. L' Omnibus automobile, for voice & piano
10. M?lodies (3) of 1916, for voice & piano: La Statue de bronze
11. Je te veux (I Want You), caf?-concert song for voice & piano
12. Chanson, song for voice & piano
13. La diva de l'Empire, song for voice & piano
14. Ah! perfido! . . . Per pieta, non dirmi addio, scena and aria for soprano & orchestra, Op. 65

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All Artists: Maurice Ravel, Erik Satie, Ludwig van Beethoven, New York Philharmonic, Thomas Schippers, Régine Crespin, Philippe Entremont
Title: Régine Crespin - Songs of Ravel & Satie, Beethoven "Ah! Perfido", Concert Arias
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sony
Original Release Date: 1/1/1979
Re-Release Date: 9/22/1998
Genres: Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 074646057728

Synopsis

Amazon.com

The now-retired Régine Crespin is easily the greatest soprano voice to come out of France since World War II, notable not just for its body and luster but for such an effortless sense of line that you're never aware of the individual notes, only the overall musical idea they're meant to create. This was recorded a bit late in her career and some wobble is apparent. But her characterization of the words--so important in Ravel's precise animal portraits in Histoires Naturelles--is peerless. Too bad that the Satie songs--in terms of quality--veer between serious endeavors and cabaret toss-offs. The disc is filled out by Crespin's performance of Beethoven's concert aria Ah! Perfido, which illustrates why she was a formidable Tosca in her day. --David Patrick Stearns