After a number of appearances in Alpha productions, Sandrine Piau now joins the label for several recordings. With ChimÃ¨re, she invites us on a voyage into the intimate and infinite territory of dreams. 'Chimera: an illusory, unsatisfied quest, the graveyard of our illusions...' She and her longstanding partner, the pianist Susan Manoff, have thought up a programme combining the German lied (Hugo Wolf, one of Schumann's Mignon songs, a scene from Goethe's Faust by Carl Loewe), MÃ©lodies by Debussy and Poulenc (his BanalitÃ©s), and Art Songs by Barber along with discoveries of more rarely heard composers like Ivor Gurney and the Dickinson Songs of AndrÃ© Previn - the celebrated American conductor is less well-known for his compositions, which include this magnificent cycle written for RenÃ©e Fleming. Equally at home in French, German and English, Sandrine Piau is at the peak of her artistry. Fantoches, Clair de Lune, Solitary Hotel, Will there really be a morning?: set out for the world of dreams following this unique poetic itinerary. 'The land of chimeras is the only one in this world worth living in' (Jean-Jacques Rousseau).

Tracklist:

Ach Neige, Du Schmerzenreiche
Mignon ('Kennst Du Das Land?')
Dein Angesicht
Die Lotosblume
En Sourdine
Fantoches
Clair de Lune
Verschwiegene Liebe
Nixe Binsefuss 1
Das Verlassene MÃ¤gdelein 1
Lied Vom Winde 1
Sleep 1
Heart! We Will Forget Him 1
Chanson D'orkenise 1
HÃ´tel 1
Fagnes de Wallonie 1
Voyage A Paris 1
Sanglots 1
Solitary Hotel 2
C'est Ainsi Que Tu Es 2
As Imperceptibly As Grief 2
Will There Really Be a Morning? 2
Good Morning Midnight

UPC: 3760014193972
Label: Alpha
Release Date: 4.13.18
Format: CD

Chimere / Various - Chimere (CD)