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Nimbus

Paris 1913 - L'Offrande lyrique

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Details

Composer
Various
Artist
Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
Format
CD
Label
Nimbus
Released
Feb 07, 2025
Catalog #
NI6455
UPC
0710357645525

About

The world premiere recording of Durey's L'Offrande lyrique (Op. 4), six songs set to texts by Rabindranath Tagore (recipient of the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature) in French translation by Andre Gide, is a highlight of this collection. Musically inspired by the atonality of Arnold Schoenberg's The Book of Hanging Gardens, and often credited as the first piece of free twelve-note technique in French music, L'Offrande lyrique navigates a harmonic language which can hold clarity and vivid colour in Lumiere ! ma lumiere !, or blur into dark heavy clouded gesture in Les nuages s'entassent, effectively supporting Tagore's language. At times, the words seem to muse over seemingly unconnected piano motifs, before meeting- sometimes harmonically, sometimes not-sometimes walking the same path, other times meandering separately again. For Paris 1913 to include a world premiere recording of such important music, written over a century ago, is thrilling, and places Durey firmly alongside his contemporaries in the cafes and salons of pre-war Paris. Far from being overshadowed by the better-known composers in this anthology, these songs stand as a testament to the strength of French melodies of the era. © Andrew Matthews-Owen & Claire Booth

Tracklist 25 tracks

  1. 1 En regardant ces belles fleurs 01:25
    Track
    1
    Title
    En regardant ces belles fleurs
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    André Caplet
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  2. 2 3 Poemes de Lucile de Chateaubriand, Op. 10: No. 3. L'Innocence 02:18
    Track
    2
    Title
    3 Poemes de Lucile de Chateaubriand, Op. 10: No. 3. L'Innocence
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Darius Milhaud
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  3. 3 À Chloris 03:07
    Track
    3
    Title
    À Chloris
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Reynaldo Hahn
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  4. 4 No. 1. Soupir (Sigh) 03:50
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 1. Soupir (Sigh)
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  5. 5 No. 2. Placet futile (Futile Petition) 04:18
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 2. Placet futile (Futile Petition)
    Duration
    04:18
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  6. 6 No. 3. Surgi de la croupe et du bond (Risen from haunch and spurt) 03:27
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 3. Surgi de la croupe et du bond (Risen from haunch and spurt)
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  7. 7 3 Interludes: No. 1. Le pouf 02:40
    Track
    7
    Title
    3 Interludes: No. 1. Le pouf
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Georges Auric
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  8. 8 La route 05:43
    Track
    8
    Title
    La route
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Joseph Guy Ropartz
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  9. 9 No. 1. Le jour n'est plus 02:46
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 1. Le jour n'est plus
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Louis Durey
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  10. 10 No. 2. Au petit matin 03:14
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 2. Au petit matin
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Louis Durey
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  11. 11 No. 3. Les nuages s'entassent 03:55
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 3. Les nuages s'entassent
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Louis Durey
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  12. 12 No. 4. Tu es le ciel 03:43
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 4. Tu es le ciel
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Louis Durey
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  13. 13 No. 5. Cueille cette frêle fleur 02:18
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 5. Cueille cette frêle fleur
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Louis Durey
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  14. 14 No. 6. Lumière! Ma lumière! 03:06
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 6. Lumière! Ma lumière!
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Louis Durey
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  15. 15 La cendre rouge, Op. 146: No. 9. Petite main 02:56
    Track
    15
    Title
    La cendre rouge, Op. 146: No. 9. Petite main
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  16. 16 Le jardin clos, Op. 106: No. 7. Il m'est cher, Amour, le bandeau 01:18
    Track
    16
    Title
    Le jardin clos, Op. 106: No. 7. Il m'est cher, Amour, le bandeau
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  17. 17 Je voudrais être une fleur 01:38
    Track
    17
    Title
    Je voudrais être une fleur
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Cécile Chaminade
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  18. 18 No. 1. Soupir 02:51
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 1. Soupir
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  19. 19 No. 2. Placet futile 02:11
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 2. Placet futile
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  20. 20 No. 3. Éventail 02:51
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 3. Éventail
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  21. 21 No. 1. Ne suis qu'un grain de sable 00:43
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 1. Ne suis qu'un grain de sable
    Duration
    00:43
    Composer
    Erik Satie
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  22. 22 No. 2. Suis chauve de naissance 00:38
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 2. Suis chauve de naissance
    Duration
    00:38
    Composer
    Erik Satie
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  23. 23 No. 3. Ta parure est secrte 00:59
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 3. Ta parure est secrte
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    Erik Satie
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  24. 24 Clairières dans le ciel: No. 8. Vous m'avez regardé avec toute votre âme (You looked at me with all your soul) 01:48
    Track
    24
    Title
    Clairières dans le ciel: No. 8. Vous m'avez regardé avec toute votre âme (You looked at me with all your soul)
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Lili Boulanger
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen
  25. 25 Guitares et mandolines 02:26
    Track
    25
    Title
    Guitares et mandolines
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Gabriel Grovlez
    Performer
    Claire Booth, Andrew Matthews-Owen