Mélodies avec orchestre

Description

If the turn of the 20th century marks the golden age of melody, it is accompanied by the piano and rarely orchestrated by its author. A lover of poetry, Camille Saint-Saëns is a great advocate of orchestrated melody and the French colorist style. He also wants to counterbalance the overwhelming power of the opera aria. Devoting immense admiration to Victor Hugo, Saint-Saëns set many of his poems to music, such as L'Enlèvement, Rêverie, and Le Pas d'armes du Roi Jean, considered one of his masterpieces. Exoticism and a certain sense of wonder run through some pieces like Danse macabre, a "hit" of classical music that is still heard either in its version for orchestra alone or by a singer accompanied by piano. Among the 25 orchestrated melodies listed in Saint-Saëns' catalog, 19 are being recorded for the first time today! With performers like Yann Beuron and Tassis Christoyannis, the text is perfectly served here, and the work of the colorist is audible from the very first measures. An event album that allows us to rediscover a whole aspect of our vocal art, a renaissance made possible thanks to the Bru Zane Foundation.