Henri Duparc (1848-1933) – 17 songs (part 1)
Henri Duparc’s creative career lasted sixteen years and his most important contribution to music lies in his seventeen solo compositions. After the last one was composed in 1884, he didn’t write anything for a while, but he was able to work on orchestrations of some song accompaniments and on reworking earlier compositions. His choice of texts for his songs suggests an atmosphere of melancholy that ultimately seems to have triumphed in the final silence.
In two parts, you can listen to all the songs of Henri Duparc performed by tenor Peter Gijsbertsen, soprano Liesbeth Devos and pianist Jozef de Beenhouwer. You will also hear the works of Duparc’s contemporaries, who, like Duparc, set poems by Baudelaire to music.
Playlist:
- Henri Duparc – 1. ‘Chanson Triste’ (Jean Lahor) 2. ‘Soupir’ (Sully Prudhomme) 3. ‘Romance de Mignon’ (Goethe/Victor Wilder) 4. ‘Sérénade I’ (Gabriel Marc)5. ‘Le Galop’ (Sully Prudhomme) Tenor Peter Gijsbertsen, Soprano Liesbeth Devos (3) en Pianist Jozef de Beenhouwer
- Henri Duparc- 1. ‘L’Invitation au Voyage’ (Charles Baudelaire) 2. ‘La vaque et la Cloche’ (François Coppée) 3. ‘La Fuite’ (Théophile Gautier) Tenor Peter Gijsbertsen, Soprano Liesbeth Devos (2) en Pianist Jozef de Beenhouwer.
Charles Baudelaire
- Emmanuel Chabrier – ‘L’Invitation au Voyage’ (Baudelaire) Soprano Felicity Lott en pianist Graham Johnson
- Gabriel Fauré – 1. ‘Hymne’ op.7 no.2 (Baudelaire) 2.‘La Rançon’ op.8 no.2 (Baudelaire) 3. ‘Chant d’Automne’op.5 no.2 (Baudelaire) Baritone Gérard Souzay en pianist Dalton Baldwin.
- a. Déodat de Séverac – ‘Les Hiboux’ (Baudelaire) b. Henri Sauguet ‘Le Chat’(Baudelaire) c. Pierre Capdeville – ‘Je n’ai pas oublié, voisine de la ville’ (Baudelaire)
Soprano Felicity Lott en pianist Graham Johnson.
