The Complete Songs of Ravel Malcolm Martineau

• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937): Ballade de la Reine morte d’aimer:
• 1 Ravel: Ballade de la Reine morte d’aimer 04:04
• Un grand sommeil noir:
• 2 Ravel: Un grand sommeil noir 03:55
• Sainte:
• 3 Ravel: Sainte 02:27
• Epigrammes de Clément Marot:
• 4 Ravel: Epigrammes de Clément Marot: D’Anne qui me jecta de la neige 02:33
• 5 Ravel: Epigrammes de Clément Marot: D’Anne jouant de l’espinette 01:49
• Chanson du rouet:
• 6 Ravel: Chanson du rouet 03:47
• Si morne!:
• 7 Ravel: Si morne! 04:32
• Manteau de fleurs:
• 8 Ravel: Manteau de fleurs 03:15
• Shéhérazade:
• 9 Ravel: Shéhérazade: Asie 09:47
• 10 Ravel: Shéhérazade: La flûte enchantée 03:15
• 11 Ravel: Shéhérazade: L’indifférent 04:00
• Cinq mélodies populaires grecques:
• 12 Ravel: Cinq mélodies populaires grecques: Le réveil de la mariée 01:21
• 13 Ravel: Cinq mélodies populaires grecques: Là-bas, vers l’église 01:41
• 14 Ravel: Cinq mélodies populaires grecques: Quel galant m’est comparable 00:59
• 15 Ravel: Cinq mélodies populaires grecques: Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques 02:48
• 16 Ravel: Cinq mélodies populaires grecques: Tout gai! 00:55
• Noël des jouets:
• 17 Ravel: Noël des jouets 03:11
• Histoires naturelles:
• 18 Ravel: Histoires naturelles: Le paon 04:50
• 19 Ravel: Histoires naturelles: Le grillon 03:23
• 20 Ravel: Histoires naturelles: Le cygne 03:38
• 21 Ravel: Histoires naturelles: Le martin-pêcheur 03:10
• 22 Ravel: Histoires naturelles: La pintade 03:40
• Vocalise-Etude en forme de Habanera:
• 23 Ravel: Vocalise-Etude en forme de Habanera 02:55
• Les grands vents venus d’outre-mer:
• 24 Ravel: Les grands vents venus d’outre-mer 02:08
• Sur l’herbe:
• 25 Ravel: Sur l’herbe 02:11
• Tripatos:
• 26 Ravel: Tripatos 01:31
• Chants populaires:
• 27 Ravel: Chants populaires: Chanson espagnole 02:25
• 28 Ravel: Chants populaires: Chanson française 02:17
• 29 Ravel: Chants populaires: Chanson italienne 01:16
• 30 Ravel: Chants populaires: Chanson hébraïque 03:46
• 31 Ravel: Chants populaires: Chanson écossaise 03:16
• Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé:
• 32 Ravel: Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé: Soupir 03:36
• 33 Ravel: Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé: Placet futile 03:58
• 34 Ravel: Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé: Surgi de la croupe et du bond 03:07
• Deux mélodies hébraïques:
• 35 Ravel: Deux mélodies hébraïques: Kaddisch 04:59
• 36 Ravel: Deux mélodies hébraïques: L’énigme éternelle 01:07
• Trois chansons:
• 37 Ravel: Trois chansons: Nicolette 02:07
• 38 Ravel: Trois chansons: Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis 02:54
• 39 Ravel: Trois chansons: Ronde 01:54
• Ronsard à son âme:
• 40 Ravel: Ronsard à son âme 02:17
• Chansons madécasses:
• 41 Ravel: Chansons madécasses: Nahandove 06:06
• 42 Ravel: Chansons madécasses: Aoua! 03:57
• 43 Ravel: Chansons madécasses: Il est doux . . . 04:10
• Rêves:
• 44 Ravel: Rêves 01:21
• Don Quichotte à Dulcinée:
• 45 Ravel: Don Quichotte à Dulcinée: Chanson romanesque 01:53
• 46 Ravel: Don Quichotte à Dulcinée: Chanson épique 02:46
• 47 Ravel: Don Quichotte à Dulcinée: Chanson à boire 01:53
• Total Runtime 02:22:50

Info for The Complete Songs of Ravel

Malcolm Martineau follows up his acclaimed complete song collections of Duparc, Poulenc and Faure with a double album celebrating the complete songs of Maurice Ravel, performed by a bumper roster of singers: Lorna Anderson, Julie Boulianne, John Chest, Sarah Dufresne Dafydd Jones, Simon Keenlyside, Paula Murrihy, Nicky Spence and William Thomas. French composer Maurice Ravel known for his musical craftsmanship and clear style drew on elements of baroque, neoclassicism, modernism and later on, jazz in his compositions. His vocal works span 4 decades, from 1893 to 1933. Scottish pianist Malcolm Martineau is recognised at the highest international level as one of the UK’s leading accompanists, performing worldwide alongside the world’s greatest singers and with a discography of over 100 albums, including a number of award-winning recordings.

"Martineau is of course the common denominator through the discs, whether evoking the shimmering orchestral colours in the piano version of Shéhérazade (which does, though, recruit a flute for the second number, La Flûte Enchantée), the rustic humour of the Chants Mélodies Populaires Grecques, or the pictorial impressions of Histoires Naturelles... there are far more treats here than disappointments." (The Guardian)

Malcolm Martineau, piano
Lorna Anderson, soprano
Sarah Dufresne, soprano
Paula Murrihy, soprano
Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano
Dafydd Jones, tenor
Nicky Spence, tenor
John Chest, baritone
Simon Keenlyside, baritone
William Thomas, bass
Lisa Friend, flute
Anna Stokes, flute
Julian Bliss, clarinet
Matt Glendening, clarinet
Cara Berridge, cello

Malcolm Martineau
Recognised as one of the leading accompanists of his generation, he has worked with many of the world’s greatest singers including Sir Thomas Allen, Dame Janet Baker, Olaf Bär, Barbara Bonney, Ian Bostridge, Angela Gheorghiu, Susan Graham, Thomas Hampson, Della Jones, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager, Magdalena Kozena, Solveig Kringelborn, Jonathan Lemalu, Dame Felicity Lott, Christopher Maltman, Karita Mattila, Lisa Milne, Ann Murray, Anna Netrebko, Anne Sofie von Otter, Joan Rodgers, Amanda Roocroft, Michael Schade, Frederica von Stade, Sarah Walker and Bryn Terfel.

He has presented his own series at the Wigmore Hall (a Britten and a Poulenc series and Decade by Decade – 100 years of German Song broadcast by the BBC) and at the Edinburgh Festival (the complete lieder of Hugo Wolf). He has appeared throughout Europe (including London’s Wigmore Hall, Barbican, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Royal Opera House; La Scala, Milan; the Chatelet, Paris; the Liceu, Barcelona; Berlin’s Philharmonie and Konzerthaus; Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and the Vienna Konzerthaus and Musikverein), North America (including in New York both Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall), Australia (including the Sydney Opera House) and at the Aix en Provence, Vienna, Edinburgh, Schubertiade, Munich and Salzburg Festivals.

Recording projects have included Schubert, Schumann and English song recitals with Bryn Terfel (for Deutsche Grammophon); Schubert and Strauss recitals with Simon Keenlyside (for EMI); recital recordings with Angela Gheorghiu and Barbara Bonney (for Decca), Magdalena Kozena (for DG), Della Jones (for Chandos), Susan Bullock (for Crear Classics), Solveig Kringelborn (for NMA); Amanda Roocroft (for Onyx); the complete Fauré songs with Sarah Walker and Tom Krause; the complete Britten Folk Songs for Hyperion; the complete Beethoven Folk Songs for Deutsche Grammophon; the complete Poulenc songs for Signum; and Britten Song Cycles as well as Schubert’s Winterreise with Florian Boesch for Onyx. This season’s engagements include appearances with Simon Keenlyside, Magdalena Kozena, Dorothea Röschmann, Susan Graham, Christopher Maltman, Thomas Oliemanns, Kate Royal, Christiane Karg, Iestyn Davies, Florian Boesch and Anne Schwanewilms.

He was a given an honorary doctorate at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2004, and appointed International Fellow of Accompaniment in 2009. Malcolm was the Artistic Director of the 2011 Leeds Lieder+ Festival.

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