New Album Releases: POULENC - LA VOIX HUMAINE (Véronique Gens, Orchestre National de Lille, Alexandre Bloch)

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Artist:
Véronique Gens
Orchestre National de Lille
Alexandre Bloch

Genre:
Classical

Total Time:
70:34

Record Label:
Alpha Classics

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Apple Music

Release Date
January 13, 2023




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Product Description: Véronique Gens’s version of La Voix humaine has been eagerly awaited! This lyric tragedy in one act might have been written for her, so ideally suited are her feeling for language and her dramatic intensity to Poulenc’s monologue on a text by Jean Cocteau, composed in 1958. This is a far cry from the light Poulenc of the 1920s. Cocteau paid him the highest compliment: "Dear Francis, you have fixed, once and for all, the way to speak my text."

Véronique Gens confesses that she had always wanted to perform and record this piece; now she has achieved her ambition, in close partnership with the Orchestre National de Lille under its music director Alexandre Bloch. Also featured on the album is the Sinfonietta: this is in fact a genuine symphony, but, as Nicolas Southon writes, "there is no denying that the work – commissioned by the BBC in 1947 – has a freshness and a freedom of tone that justify its title."

TRACK LIST:

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1 . La voix humaine, FP 171: No. 1, Introduction (00:55)

2 . La voix humaine, FP 171: No. 2, Allô, allô… (01:00)

3 . La voix humaine, FP 171: No. 3, Allô ! C'est toi ? (01:08)

4 . La voix humaine, FP 171: No. 4, Hier soir, je me suis couchée tout de suite (01:55)

5 . La voix humaine, FP 171: No. 5, Allô, chéri… si on coupe, redemande-moi tout de suite (01:11)

6 . La voix humaine, FP 171: No. 6, Quelle comédie ? (01:22)

7 . La voix humaine, FP 171: No. 7, Souviens-toi du dimanche de Versailles (01:46)

8 . La voix humaine, FP 171: No. 8, Demain ? Je ne savais pas que c'était si rapide (00:54)

9 . La voix humaine, FP 171: No. 9, Allô… et comme ça (01:45)

10 . La voix humaine, FP 171: No. 10, "Oh ! Non, mon chéri, surtout ne me regarde pas" (02:48)

11 . La voix humaine, FP 171: No. 11, Allô, allô, mademoiselle (02:24)

12 . La voix humaine, FP 171: No. 12, Allô ! Ah ! Chéri, c'est toi… (04:09)

13 . La voix humaine, FP 171: No. 13, Hier soir, j'ai voulu prendre un comprimé (02:05)

14 . La voix humaine, FP 171: No. 14, Il était quatre heures du matin (01:55)

15 . La voix humaine, FP 171: No. 15, Allô ! J'entends de la musique… (01:08)

16 . La voix humaine, FP 171: No. 16, Pardonne-moi, je sais que cette scène est intolérable (00:52)

17 . La voix humaine, FP 171: No. 17, Avant-hier soir ? J'ai dormi (04:22)

18 . La voix humaine, FP 171: No. 18, Allô, allô, madame, retirez-vous (02:45)

19 . La voix humaine, FP 171: No. 19, Sois tranquille. On ne se suicide pas deux fois (01:51)

20 . La voix humaine, FP 171: No. 20, Allô !... Allô !... Mon Dieu, faites ce qu'il redemande (03:57)

21 . La voix humaine, FP 171: No. 21, Alors, voilà… J'allais dire machinalement : à tout de suite (02:06)

22 . Sinfonietta, FP 141: I. Allegro con fuoco Orchestre National de Lille & Alexandre Bloch (09:14)

23 . Sinfonietta, FP 141: II. Molto vivace Orchestre National de Lille & Alexandre Bloch (05:49)

24 . Sinfonietta, FP 141: III. Andante cantabile Orchestre National de Lille & Alexandre Bloch (06:46)

25 .Sinfonietta, FP 141: IV. Très vite et très gai Orchestre National de Lille & Alexandre Bloch (06:38)

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