Presto Recording of the Week
24th February 2023
Lucile Richardot, Anne de Fornel, Stéphane Degout, Emmanuelle Bertrand
Boulanger, N: Mon coeur
Boulanger, N: E´coutez la chanson bien douce
Boulanger, N: Soleils couchants
Boulanger, N: Allons voir sur le lac d’argent
Boulanger, N: Versailles
Boulanger, N: Un grand sommeil noir
Boulanger, N: Ilda
Boulanger, N: Mon âme
Boulanger, N: Poe`me d’amour
Boulanger, N: Cantique
Boulanger, N: Trois pièces for cello and piano
Boulanger, N: Heures ternes
Boulanger, N: Chanson
Boulanger, N: Soir d'hiver
Boulanger, N: Vers la vie nouvelle
Boulanger, N: Doute
Boulanger, N: Au bord de la route
Boulanger, N: J'ai frappe
Boulanger, N: Extase
Boulanger, N: Aubade
Boulanger, N: Désespérance
Boulanger, N: Élégie
Boulanger, N: La sirène
Boulanger, N: O schwo¨re nicht
Boulanger, N: Was will die einsame Thräne
Boulanger, N: Ach, die Augen sind es wieder
Boulanger, N: Priere
Boulanger, N: Les heures claires
Boulanger, N: Petites Pièces pour Piano
Boulanger, N: Le beau navire
Boulanger, N: La mer
Boulanger, N: L'echange
Boulanger, N: Le Couteau
Boulanger, N: Chanson
Boulanger, L: Pièce pour violon et piano
Boulanger, L: Attente
Boulanger, L: Reflets
Boulanger, L: Nocturne
Boulanger, L: Le Retour
Boulanger, L: Introduction et cortege
Boulanger, L: Clairières dans le ciel
Boulanger, L: Dans l'immense tristesse
Boulanger, L: D'un matin de printemps
Boulanger, L: D'un soir triste
Nadia and Lili Boulanger, each in their own way, made a lasting impact on the musical world of the Twentieth Century.
Sometimes luminous and full of hope, sometimes more sombre, all their works testify to a poignant humanity.
Going beyond the mélodies, Lucile Richardot, Anne de Fornel and the other artists assembled for this edition offer a multi-faceted portrait of the two composers, a form of musical narrative containing pieces that have never been published or recorded before.
"The lion’s share of the songs is here assigned to the French mezzo Lucile Richardot, who mines every nuance of these texts (by poets including Verlaine, Maeterlinck, Samain and Silvestre) for all their worth. The pianist throughout is the ever-imaginative Anne de Fornel, who makes much of the almost minimalist ostinatos and rippling arpeggio motifs which Nadia so favoured and also rises superbly to the challenges of the more virtuosic writing... it all adds up to a classy celebration of the sisters’ legacies." - Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, 24th February 2023.
