Notes and Editorial Reviews
As with many blockbuster sets of discs, this intégrale of 105 songs (including one duet by the two artists and the two Op. 10 songs by Ameling duetting with herself) prompts the fundamental question of how records are expected to be used. To have Fauré's total output of melodies available is obviously a great boon for admirers of this refined, elegant and elusive composer and for students of the art of song-writing, but no one in his senses should try to listen to more than about half an hour of them at a stretch: they are too subtle and exquisitely wrought for their savour to be lost by wholesale consumption. There are also, let's face it, too many slow and reflective songs for many to be grouped together. So take this
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over-four-hour feast in very easy stages, stopping to observe Fauré's development over 60 years as well as to admire the artistry both of Ameling and Souzay and of their accomplished and sensitive pianist Baldwin.
The two singers had worked together fairly often (does anyone remember their Wolf Italienisches Liederbuch from the 1960s and 1970s? 8/72, nla), and in 1974, the fiftieth anniversary of Fauré's death, they performed his complete songs at the Aix-en-Provence Festival: the present recordings, however, antedate that event, six songs from Souzay having been made in 1970 and the rest in 1973 and early 1974 (all in Paris). Souzay was, of course, an acknowledged master of the style, though vocally not all his performances here are at the same level: there are signs of tiredness, thinning out of tone and even unsteadiness in places, though his La bonne chanson cycle is a model. The cool purity of Ameling's voice suits Fauré admirably, particularly delicious in songs like Les roses d'Ispahan or "C'est l'extase" (Cinq melodies de Venise) and on the whole she is better recorded than Souzay, who sometimes (as in Aprés un réve) come close to blasting. Taken as a whole, however, this is a very rewarding set for those who appreciate French song: it is a pity that, though texts are provided, there are no translations.
-- Gramophone [4/1992]
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Works on This Recording
1.
Le papillon et la fleur, Op. 1 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1861; France
Date of Recording: 11/1981
Language: French
2.
Mai, Op. 1 no 2 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1862; France
Date of Recording: 11/1981
Language: French
3.
Dans les ruines d'une abbaye, Op. 2 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1866; France
Date of Recording: 11/1981
Language: French
4.
Les matelots, Op. 2 no 2 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1870; France
Language: French
5.
Seule!, Op. 3 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Elly Ameling (Soprano),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1871; France
Language: French
6.
Sérénade toscane, Op. 3 no 2 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Gérard Souzay (Baritone),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1878; France
7.
La chanson du pêcheur, Op. 4 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1872; France
Language: French
8.
Lydia, Op. 4 no 2 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1870; France
Language: French
9.
Chant d'automne, Op. 5 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1871; France
Language: French
10.
Rêve d'amour, Op. 5 no 2 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1862; France
Language: French
11.
L'absent, Op. 5 no 3 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Elly Ameling (Soprano),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1871; France
Language: French
12.
Aubade, Op. 6 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Gérard Souzay (Baritone),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1873; France
Language: French
13.
Tristesse, Op. 6 no 2 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1873; France
Language: French
14.
Sylvie, Op. 6 no 3 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878; France
Language: French
15.
Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1877; France
Language: French
16.
Hymne, Op. 7 no 2 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1870; France
Language: French
17.
Barcarolle, Op. 7 no 3 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873; France
Language: French
18.
Au bord de l'eau, Op. 8 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875; France
Language: French
19.
La rançon, Op. 8 no 2 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1871; France
Language: French
20.
Ici bas!, Op. 8 no 3 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1874; France
Language: French
21.
Puisqu'ici-bas, Op. 10 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1863/1873; France
Language: French
22.
Tarantelle, Op. 10 no 2 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1873; France
Language: French
23.
Nell, Op. 18 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878; France
Language: French
24.
Le voyageur, Op. 18 no 2 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1878; France
Language: French
25.
Automne, Op. 18 no 3 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878; France
Language: French
26.
Poème d'un jour, Op. 21 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878; France
Language: French
27.
Les berceaux, Op. 23 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1879; France
Language: French
28.
Notre amour, Op. 23 no 2 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1879; France
Language: French
29.
Le secret, Op. 23 no 3 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880-1881; France
Language: French
30.
Chanson d'amour, Op. 27 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1882; France
Language: French
31.
La fée aux chansons, Op. 27 no 2 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1882; France
Language: French
32.
Aurore, Op. 39 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1884; France
Language: French
33.
Fleur jetée, Op. 39 no 2 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1884; France
Language: French
34.
Le pays des rèves, Op. 39 no 3 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1884; France
Language: French
35.
Les roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39 no 4 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1884; France
Language: French
36.
Noël, Op. 43 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886; France
Language: French
37.
Nocturne, Op. 43 no 2 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886; France
Language: French
38.
Les présents, Op. 46 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; France
Language: French
39.
Clair de lune, Op. 46 no 2 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; France
Language: French
40.
Les larmes, Op. 51 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1888; France
Language: French
41.
Au cimetière, Op. 51 no 2 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1888; France
Language: French
42.
Spleen, Op. 51 no 3 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1888; France
Language: French
43.
La rose, Op. 51 no 4 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1890; France
Language: French
44.
Shylock Suite, Op. 57: no 1, Chanson by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1889; France
Language: French
45.
Shylock Suite, Op. 57: no 2, Madrigal by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1889; France
Language: French
46.
Mélodies (5), Op. 58 "de Venise" by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891; France
Language: French
47.
La bonne chanson, Op. 61 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892-1894; France
Language: French
48.
Pleurs d'or, Op. 72 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Gérard Souzay (Baritone),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; France
Language: French
49.
Le parfum impérissable, Op. 76 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Elly Ameling (Soprano),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1897; France
Language: French
50.
Arpège, Op. 76 no 2 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1897; France
Language: French
51.
Prison, Op. 83 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894; France
Language: French
52.
Soir, Op. 83 no 2 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894; France
Language: French
53.
Dans la forêt de Septembre, Op. 85 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Gérard Souzay (Baritone),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1902; France
Language: French
54.
La fleur qui va sur l'eau, Op. 85 no 2 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1902; France
Language: French
55.
Accompagnement, Op. 85 no 3 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1902; France
Language: French
56.
Le plus doux chemin, Op. 87 no 1 "Madrigal" by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; France
Language: French
57.
Le ramier, Op. 87 no 2 "Madrigal" by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; France
Language: French
58.
Le don silencieux, Op. 92 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1906; France
Language: French
59.
Chanson, Op. 94 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1906; France
Language: French
60.
La chanson d'Eve, Op. 95 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1906-1910; France
Language: French
61.
Le jardin clos, Op. 106 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1914; France
Language: French
62.
Mirages, Op. 113 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1919; France
Language: French
63.
C'est la paix, Op. 114 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Elly Ameling (Soprano),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1919; France
Language: French
64.
L'horizon chimérique, Op. 118 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1921; France
Language: French
65.
L'aurore by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1871; France
Language: French
66.
En prière by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Language: French
67.
Sérénade du bourgeois gentilhomme by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1893; France
Language: French
68.
Chanson de Melisande, Op. posthumous by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1898; France
Language: French
69.
Vocalise-étude by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1906; France
Language: French
Sound Samples
Le Papillon Et La Fleur Op.1 N°1 (Victor Hugo)
Mai Op.1 N°2 (Victor Hugo)
Rêve D'amour Op.5 N°2 (Victor Hugo)
Dans Les Ruines D'une Abbaye Op.2 N°1 (Victor Hugo)
Les Matelots Op.2 N°2 (Théophile Gautier)
Lydia Op.4 N°2 (Leconte De Lisle)
Hymne Op.7 N°2 (Charles Baudelaire)
Seule Op.3 N°1 (Théophile Gautier)
L'Absent Op.5 N°3 (Victor Hugo)
L'Aurore Op. Posthume (Victor Hugo)
La Rançon Op.8 N°2 (Charles Baudelaire)
Chant D'automne Op.5 N°1 (Charles Baudelaire)
Aubade Op.6 N°1 (Louis Pommey)
Tristesse Op.6 N°2 (Théophile Gautier)
Chanson Du Pêcheur (Lamento) Op.4 N°1 (Théophile Gautier)
Barcarolle Op.7 N°3 (Marc Monnier)
2 Duos Pour Deux Sopranos : I Puisqu'ici Bas Op.10 N°1 (Victor Hugo)
2 Duos Pour Deux Sopranos : II Tarentelle Op.10 N°2 (Marc Monnier)
Ici-Bas ! Op.8 N°3 (Sully Prudhomme)
Au Bord De L'eau Op.8 N°1 (Sully Prudhomme)
Sérénade Toscane Op.3 N°2 (Romain Bussine)
Après Un Rêve Op.7 N°1 (Romain Bussine)
Sylvie Op.6 N°3 (Paul De Choudens)
Le Voyageur Op.18 N°2 (Armand Silvestre)
Automne Op.18 N°3 (Armand Silvestre)
Rencontre D'un Jour Op.21 (Charles Grandmougin) : I Rencontre
Rencontre D'un Jour Op.21 (Charles Grandmougin) : II Toujours
Rencontre D'un Jour Op.21 (Charles Grandmougin) : III Adieu
Nell Op.18 N°1 (Leconte De Lisle)
Les Berceaux Op.23 N°1 (Sully Prudhomme)
Notre Amour Op.23 N°2 (Armand Silvestre)
Le Secret Op.23 N°3 (Armand Silvestre)
Chanson D'amour Op.27 N°1 (Armand Silvestre)
La Fée Aux Chansons Op.27 N°2 (Armand Silvestre)
Aurore Op.39 N°1 (Armand Silvestre)
Fleur Jetée Op.39 N°2 (Armand Silvestre)
Le Pays Des Rêves Op.39 N°3 (Armand Silvestre)
Les Roses D'Ispahan Op.39 N°4 (Leconte De Lisle)
Nocturne Op.43 N°2 (Villiers De L'Isle-Adam)
Les Présents Op.46 N°1 (Villiers De L'Isle-Adam)
Clair De Lune Op.46 N°2 (Paul Verlaine)
Larmes Op.51 N°1 (Jean Richepin)
Au Cimetiere Op.51 N°2 (Jean Richepin)
2 Cantiques : I En Prière (Stéphane Bordèse)
2 Cantiques : II Noël Op.43 N°1 (Victor Wilder)
Spleen Op.51 N°3 (Paul Verlaine)
La Rose Op.51 N°4 (Leconte De Lisle)
Chanson De Shylock Op.57 N°1 (Edmond Haraucourt)
Madrigal De Shylock Op.57 N°2 (Edmont Haraucourt)
5 Mélodies Op.58 "De Venise" (Paul Verlaine) : I Mandoline
5 Mélodies Op.58 "De Venise" (Paul Verlaine) : II En Sourdine
5 Mélodies Op.58 "De Venise" (Paul Verlaine) : III Green
5 Mélodies Op.58 "De Venise" (Paul Verlaine) : IV A Clymène
5 Mélodies Op.58 "De Venise" (Paul Verlaine) : V C'est L'extase
Sérénade Du Bourgeois Gentilhomme (Molière)
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