Olga Peretyatko – The Secret Fauré: Orchestral Songs & Suites (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Olga Peretyatko – The Secret Fauré: Orchestral Songs & Suites (2018)
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If Le Secret is the title of a melody that Gabriel Fauré composed on a rather vapid poem by Armand Silvestre, it doesn’t seem like it inspired the title of the present album called “The Secret Fauré”, and it is rather underlining the rare and intimate character of the works. Ivor Bolton, conducting the Sinfonieorchester Basel, of which he is the artistic director, offers a very subtle selection composed of extracts of stage music or music for the stage: Caligula, Pénélope, Shylock, Pelléas et Mélisande, mixed with a few melodies orchestrated by Fauré or more probably by his friends, such as Charles Koechlin.

The Russian soprano Olga Peretyatko, the new international queen of bel canto, lends her voice to the very discreet art of Fauré. Forgotten are her numerous Traviata in Berlin, at the Met or in Vienna, in favor of a song of a reserved limpidity. Alongside her, tenor Benjamin Bruns and the Balthasar Neumann female choir complete this disc devoted to a certain French spirit seen from outside, made of a blend of insouciance, discreet elegance and some futility.  – François Hudry

Tracklist:
1-01. Sinfonieorchester Basel & Ivor Bolton – Caligula, Op. 52 – I. Prologue. Fanfares-March et Choeur. Quasi Adagio (06:51)
1-02. Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Sinfonieorchester Basel & Ivor Bolton – Caligula, Op. 52 – II. L’hiver s’enfuit (Choeur) (02:29)
1-03. Sinfonieorchester Basel & Ivor Bolton – Caligula, Op. 52 – III. Air de Danse (02:03)
1-04. Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Sinfonieorchester Basel & Ivor Bolton – Caligula, Op. 52 – IV. De roses vermeilles (Melodrame et Choeur) (02:20)
1-05. Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Sinfonieorchester Basel & Ivor Bolton – Caligula, Op. 52 – V. Ceesar a fermee la paupieere (Melodrame et Choeur) (03:35)
1-06. Sinfonieorchester Basel & Ivor Bolton – Penelope, IGF 69 – Prelude (07:49)
1-07. Olga Peretyatko, Sinfonieorchester Basel & Ivor Bolton – Les roses d’Ispahan, Op. 39, No. 4 (03:35)
1-08. Olga Peretyatko, Sinfonieorchester Basel & Ivor Bolton – Soir, Op. 83, No. 2 (02:22)
1-09. Olga Peretyatko, Sinfonieorchester Basel & Ivor Bolton – Clair de lune, Op. 46, No. 2 (03:10)
1-10. Olga Peretyatko, Sinfonieorchester Basel & Ivor Bolton – Apres un reve, Op. 7, No. 1 (03:11)
1-11. Benjamin Bruns, Sinfonieorchester Basel & Ivor Bolton – Shylock, Op. 57 – I. Chanson (02:54)
1-12. Sinfonieorchester Basel & Ivor Bolton – Shylock, Op. 57 – II. Entr’acte (03:39)
1-13. Benjamin Bruns, Sinfonieorchester Basel & Ivor Bolton – Shylock, Op. 57 – III. Madrigal (01:34)
1-14. Sinfonieorchester Basel & Ivor Bolton – Shylock, Op. 57 – IV. Epithaleme (03:27)
1-15. Sinfonieorchester Basel & Ivor Bolton – Shylock, Op. 57 – V. Nocturne (02:13)
1-16. Sinfonieorchester Basel & Ivor Bolton – Shylock, Op. 57 – VI. Final (03:43)
1-17. Sinfonieorchester Basel & Ivor Bolton – Pelleas et Melisande, Op. 80 – I. Prelude (05:45)
1-18. Sinfonieorchester Basel & Ivor Bolton – Pelleas et Melisande, Op. 80 – II. Fileuse (02:45)
1-19. Sinfonieorchester Basel & Ivor Bolton – Pelleas et Melisande, Op. 80 – III. Sicilienne (03:35)
1-20. Olga Peretyatko, Sinfonieorchester Basel & Ivor Bolton – Pelleas et Melisande, Op. 80 – IV. Chant de Melisande (02:36)
1-21. Sinfonieorchester Basel & Ivor Bolton – Pelleas et Melisande, Op. 80 – V. La mort de Melisande (04:12)

Personnel:
Benjamin Bruns (tenor),
Sinfonieorchester Basel,
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor,
Olga Peretyatko (soprano)
Ivor Bolton (conductor)

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