Karen Vourc’h: Till Solveig
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Label: Aparte
Cat No: AP002
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 28th June 2010
Contents
Works
ApparitionBeau Soir
Chansons de Bilitis (3)
Haugtussa (The Mountain Maid), op.67
Marssnon (Wecksell)
Songs (5), op.37
Artists
Karen Vourc’h (soprano)Susan Manoff (piano)
Works
ApparitionBeau Soir
Chansons de Bilitis (3)
Haugtussa (The Mountain Maid), op.67
Marssnon (Wecksell)
Songs (5), op.37
Artists
Karen Vourc’h (soprano)Susan Manoff (piano)
About
In Sibelius, on the other hand, nature is brutal and love is passionate. Never has the personification of nature been as present as it is in these songs. Here, everything evokes the end of winter and the gushing waters of spring (Marssno, Men min fagel), betrayal (Se n har jag, Flickan kom ifran), despair and weariness with life, conveyed by the image of a rose tree growing in the heart (Svarta rosor); I thought it was interesting to include the song En slanda, in which the music, rather than the poem itself, evokes a dragonfly, symbolising the pleasures of life which come to distract the mind of a person who is lost in thought.
The idea of completing this recording with Debussy’s very sensual evocations of amorous desire expressed in the three Chansons de Bilitis came quite naturally. Apparition is for me one of Mallarmé’s finest poems, and in his setting Debussy conveys perfectly the ecstatic yet unsettling feelings caused by love at first sight.
We chose to end this recording with Beau Soir. This infinitely gentle song invites us to contemplate nature and the natural cycle of water and of human life.” - Karen Vourc’h
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