FULL Recollection: César Franck’s songs Venice 2022 Tassis Christoyannis
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Recollection: César Franck’s songs
- Composer: Franck César
- Libretto: various
- Venue & Opera Company: Palazzetto Bru Zane, Venice, Italy
- Recorded: April 9, 2022
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Tassis Christoyannis
- Conductor:
- Orchestra: Jeff Cohen, PIANO
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Palazzetto Bru Zane
- Date Published: 2022
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Concert programme:
César FRANCK
00:01:18 Les cloches du soir
00:03:54 Nocturne
00:07:44 Aimer
00:12:06 S’il est un charmant gazon
00:14:30 Roses et papillons
00:16:44 Le mariage des roses
00:19:15 Ninon
00:21:46 L’Émir de Bengador
00:26:42 Robin Gray
00:31:53 Passez ! passez toujours !
00:38:25 Le vase brisé
00:41:57 Lied
00:43:50 Souvenance
00:47:08 À cette terre où l’on ploie sa tente
00:52:42 Le Sylphe
Reynaldo HAHN
00:57:43 Si mes vers avaient des ailes
Although this aspect of the composer is often overlooked, César Franck devoted almost half of his opus numbers to the voice. Covering a wide range of genres – mélodies and duets with piano accompaniment, motets, cantatas, oratorios and operas – this output remains almost entirely to be rediscovered. On the occasion of the release of their complete recording of Franck’s works for voice and piano, Tassis Christoyannis and Jeff Cohen invite us to visit this forgotten world, which, ranging from the naive romance to the finely chiselled mélodie, illustrates the evolution of the genre in Romantic France and proves that this master of instrumental music also knew how to set texts to music.