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Fauré: La Bonne Chanson & Other Songs

Nicky Spence (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Piatti Quartet

Fauré: La Bonne Chanson & Other Songs

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The cycle’s nine songs form an irrepressible exclamation of love bursting through the composer’s customary nonchalance. […] This is Fauré for the concert hall rather than the drawing room, big-hearted,...

BBC Music Magazine4 out of 5 stars

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Fauré: La Bonne Chanson & Other Songs

Nicky Spence (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Piatti Quartet

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Awards:

The cycle’s nine songs form an irrepressible exclamation of love bursting through the composer’s customary nonchalance. […] This is Fauré for the concert hall rather than the drawing room, big-hearted,...

BBC Music Magazine4 out of 5 stars

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Fauré's songs represent his art at its most radiant, demonstrating the composer's exceptional gift for melody as well as his acute sensitivity to the subtleties of the greatest French poets of the day.

In 'La bonne chanson', the result is a song cycle like few others: an ecstatic hymn to the beloved (the composer's mistress) which celebrates the triumph of love. Here, it provides a glorious opening to Nicky Spence and Julius Drake's all-Faure recital.

Vaughan Williams's On Wenlock Edge & other songs (CDA68378): "The whole recital is mesmerising." - BBC Record Review.

Leos Janáček : The diary of one who disappeared & other works (CDA68282): "A magnificent realisation of a viscerally rewarding work." - BBC Music Magazine

Contents and tracklist

Fauré: La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61
Work length22:51
No. 1, Une Sainte en son auréole
Track length2:38
No. 2, Puisque l'aube grandit
Track length2:01
No. 3, La lune blanche luit dans les bois
Track length2:37
No. 4, J'allais par des chemins perfides
Track length2:01
No. 5, J'ai presque peur, en vérité
Track length2:22
No. 6, Avant que tu ne t'en ailles
Track length2:41
No. 7, Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d'été
Track length2:50
No. 8, N'est-ce pas ?
Track length2:32
No. 9, L'hiver a cessé
Track length3:09
Fauré: 2 Songs, Op. 4: No. 2, Lydia
Work length2:34
Fauré: 2 Songs, Op. 27: No. 1, Chanson d'amour
Work length1:59
Fauré: 3 Songs, Op. 23: No. 3, Le secret
Work length2:38
Fauré: 5 Mélodies de Venise, Op. 58: No. 2, En sourdine
Work length3:04
Fauré: 4 Songs, Op. 39: No. 4, Les roses d'Ispahan
Work length3:00
Fauré: 5 Mélodies de Venise, Op. 58: No. 1, Mandoline
Work length1:57
Fauré: 3 Songs, Op. 23: No. 2, Notre amour
Work length2:02
Fauré: 3 Songs, Op. 23: No. 1, Les berceaux
Work length2:38
Fauré: Poème d'un jour Op. 21
Work length5:45
No. 1, Rencontre
Track length2:03
No. 2, Toujours
Track length1:28
No. 3, Adieu
Track length2:14
Fauré: 3 Songs, Op. 18: No. 3, Automne
Work length2:51
Fauré: 2 Mélodies, Op. 46: No. 2, Clair de lune
Work length3:05
Fauré: 3 Songs, Op. 85: No. 1, Dans la forêt de septembre
Work length3:18

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Awards and reviews

The cycle’s nine songs form an irrepressible exclamation of love bursting through the composer’s customary nonchalance. […] This is Fauré for the concert hall rather than the drawing room, big-hearted, yet with no lack of nuance.
4 out of 5 stars

April 2025

The lyricism of Spence’s singing impresses throughout, as does his understated way with words and meaning...It’s a most distinguished recital, and warmly recommended.

13th March 2025

With immaculate French diction, Spence marvellously conveys the scarcely contained ecstasy of each song, his vocal lines beautifully cushioned by the strings of the Piatti Quartet and double-bass player.
4 out of 5 stars

Record Review

Utterly ecstatic. This is a superb Fauré recital from Spence whose ardent voice and emotional fearlessness fil these songs with life and colour and passion.
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