Berlioz: Nuits d'été; Ravel: Shéhérazade; Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques (2007)

Argentinean mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink sings beautifully in this collection of three French song cycles, Berlioz's Nuits d'été, and Ravel's Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques and Shéhérazade. The two composers, although worlds apart in their temperaments, are well paired with these songs, both in the brilliance and individuality of the orchestration and the overt sensuality of the music. The six songs of Nuits d'été, set to texts by Théophile Gautier, reveal Berlioz at his most intoxicatingly and appealingly romantic. The ... Read More

Argentinean mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink sings beautifully in this collection of three French song cycles, Berlioz's Nuits d'été, and Ravel's Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques and Shéhérazade. The two composers, although worlds apart in their temperaments, are well paired with these songs, both in the brilliance and individuality of the orchestration and the overt sensuality of the music. The six songs of Nuits d'été, set to texts by Théophile Gautier, reveal Berlioz at his most intoxicatingly and appealingly romantic. The aphoristically brief Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques are based on French translations of Greek texts, but the charming and melodically vibrant music is Ravel's own. His Shéhérazade, a setting of three poems by Tristan Klingsor, is a distillation of his fascination with Asian culture and his musical impressionism.Fink's warm and creamy voice is ideally suited to this repertoire. She sings with absolute security, from her thrillingly resonant lowest register to her floating top, and... Read Less

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2007, Harmonia Mundi UPC: 794881835522 CD See All