Karen Cargill – Fleur de mon âme (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Karen Cargill – Fleur de mon âme (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:41 minutes | 1,09 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Linn Records

Following their Linn debut, a “breathtaking album of songs by Gustav and Alma Mahler” (The Herald), Karen Cargill and Simon Lepper return to fin-de-si`ecle Europe for a recital of songs by the “cr`eme de la cr`eme” of late nineteenth-century French speaking composers. Entitled “Fleur de mon ^ame”, the album embraces the sensual soundworld of Hahn, Debussy, Chausson, Jongen and Duparc.

The album opens with `A Chloris which recalls the elegance of the seventeenth century before borrowing from the poetry of Ancient Greece in Chansons de Bilitis and setting sail on a calm sea with Chausson’s S’er’enade italienne. Guest soloists from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra add orchestral colour to Chausson’s Chanson perp’etuelle and Calmes, aux quais d’eserts by lesser-known Belgian composer Joseph Jongen. The compelling romanticism of Duparc’s songs complete this bouquet of soul-searching French m’elodies.

Tracklist:
01. Karen Cargill – À Chloris (03:08)
02. Karen Cargill – Le rossignol des lilas (02:03)
03. Karen Cargill – L’énamourée (03:40)
04. Karen Cargill – Infidélité  (02:24)
05. Karen Cargill – Les fontaines (02:16)
06. Karen Cargill – I. La flûte de Pan (02:58)
07. Karen Cargill – II. La chevelure (03:48)
08. Karen Cargill – III. Le tombeau des naïades (03:04)
09. Karen Cargill – Calmes, aux quais déserts, Op. 54 (04:27)
10. Karen Cargill – Chanson perpétuelle, Op. 37 (07:21)
11. Karen Cargill – Sérénade italienne, Op. 2 No. 5 (02:08)
12. Karen Cargill – Le charme, Op. 2 No. 2 (01:49)
13. Karen Cargill – Le colibri, Op. 2 No. 7 (02:58)
14. Karen Cargill – Les papillons, Op. 2 No. 3 (01:35)
15. Karen Cargill – L’invitation au voyage (04:15)
16. Karen Cargill – Chanson triste (03:17)
17. Karen Cargill – Extase (03:08)
18. Karen Cargill – Phidylé (05:14)

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