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Chants d'Auvergne (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃ dovɛːʁɲ]; English: Songs from the Auvergne), by Joseph Canteloube, is a collection of folk songs from the Auvergne region of France, arranged for soprano voice and orchestra or piano between 1923 and 1930.
Frederica von Stade: Chants d'Auvergne, Vol. 1 is a 51-minute studio album presenting seventeen of the thirty traditional Auvergnat songs collected and arranged by Joseph Canteloube, performed by von Stade and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Antonio de Almeida. It was released in 1982. [1]
Joseph Canteloube, c.1905. Marie-Joseph Canteloube de Malaret (French pronunciation: [maʁi ʒozɛf kɑ̃tlub də malaʁɛ]; 21 October 1879 – 4 November 1957) was a French composer, musicologist, and author best known for his collections of orchestrated folksongs from the Auvergne region, Chants d'Auvergne.
Frederica von Stade: Chants d'Auvergne, Vol. 2 & Triptyque is a 60-minute studio album containing thirteen of the thirty traditional Auvergnat songs collected and arranged by Joseph Canteloube, together with a song cycle of his own composition, performed by von Stade and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Antonio de Almeida.
The piece was recovered by the composer Joseph Canteloube between 1923 and 1930 and inserted in the collection Chants d'Auvergne (Songs from Auvergne), [1] where he transcribed it with arrangement for soprano and orchestra.
These influences are reflected in her performance style; a delicate tone, clarity of enunciation, and agility. Her early recording of Joseph Canteloube's Chants d'Auvergne is considered by many to be unsurpassed. Her voice is tender, strong, nasal, arch, shy, abandoned, free from vibrato, pure and clean and distinctly un-operatic.
Dedicated to von Stade's younger daughter, Lisa Elkus, all four of the songs in the cycle are autobiographical. The first, beginning with a quotation of a lullaby from the Chants d'Auvergne, recalls a three-year-old Lisa getting out of bed on a frosty night to join her parents by their fireside. The second tells how when von Stade was living in ...
"Autumn Leaves" - Joseph Kosma, lyrics by Johnny Mercer "Mi Mancherai" (theme from Il Postino) - Luis Bacalov; Chanson D'Amour, Op.27, No.1 - Gabriel Fauré "He Moves, Eyes Follow" - Jimmy Webb "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" - Ewan MacColl "Et Misericordia" (from Magnificat) - John Rutter "La Delaissado" (from Chants d'Auvergne) - Joseph ...