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This well-filled two-CD set is surely the most wide-ranging single issue of Gounod's mélodies.
The first of the discs confirms the commonly held view of Gounod. Almost without exception the songs... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: CDA66801-2
Label: Hyperion
Series: French Song Edition
Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

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Gounod: Où voulez-vous allez?

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Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: Romances (3) sans paroles: Le Soir

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Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: Venise

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Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: Ave Maria

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Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: Sérénade

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Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: Chanson de printemps

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Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: Au rossignol

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Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: Ce que je suis sans toi

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Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: Envoi des fleurs

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Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: La Paquerette

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Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: Boléro

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Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: Mignon

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Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: Rêverie

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Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: Ma belle amie est morte

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Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: Loin du pays

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Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: Clos ta paupière

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Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: Priere

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Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: L'Absent

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Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: Le temps des roses

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Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: Biondina - Souvenir d’Italie

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Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. Prologo 'Da qualche tempo'

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II. Biondina bella

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III. Sotto un cappello rosa

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IV. Le labbra ella compose

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V. E stati alquanto

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VI. Ho messo nuove corde

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VII. Se come io son poeta

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VIII. Siam iti l'altro giorno

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IX. E le campane hanno suonnato

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X. Ell' è malata

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XI. Ier fu mandata

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XII. L'ho accompagnato

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Gounod: The Worker

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Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: A lay of the early spring

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Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: My true love hath my heart

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Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: Oh happy home! Oh blessed flower!

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Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: The fountain mingles with the river

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Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: Maid of Athens

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Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: Beware!

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Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: The arrow and the song

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Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: Ilala 'Stances à la mémoire de D Livingstone'

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Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)

Gounod: If thou art sleeping, maiden

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Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)

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2010

This well-filled two-CD set is surely the most wide-ranging single issue of Gounod's mélodies.
The first of the discs confirms the commonly held view of Gounod. Almost without exception the songs are pleasing and sentimental, a sweetly scented posy of hymns to flowers, of rêveries and serenades. The selection includes two settings of poems that Berlioz had used in Les nuits d'été, plumbing the depths of the poetry, where Gounod is content to skim across the surface.
In chronological order, the songs show how little Gounod's music deepened, but also how evergreen was his inspiration in melody and harmony.
To turn to the second disc is to have all your prejudices overturned. This comprises non- French settings, for which Gounod dons first Italian garb for the song cycle Biondina, and then English for a group of ten songs written during his stay in London in the 1870s. The Italian cycle is a delight. It would be impossible to guess the composer, as Gounod exchanges his customary flowing themes and rippling arpeggios for an ardent, Tosti-like vocal line over dry staccato chords.
Anthony Rolfe Johnson catches its mix of sunny lyricism and Gallic sensitivity to perfection.
All three singers are on their best form, Rolfe Johnson bringing an air of intimate seductiveness to Byron's Maid of Athens.

Superb ... perfection ... Best of the year

Charles Gounod - Songs

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