Kitty Whately, Edwige Herchenroder – Horizons: French Mélodies (2025) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Kitty Whately, Edwige Herchenroder – Horizons: French Mélodies (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:18:06 minutes | 1,16 GB | Genre: Classical
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The mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately and pianist Edwige Herchenroder present a Programme of French mélodies from a range of composers, all based in Paris at the turn of the twentieth century. This was an exciting and stimulating time in the city, when the country was experiencing a surge of national confidence and creativity, and events such as the 1889 Exposition Universelle, broadened both geographical and cultural horizons. The women’s movement flourished concurrently, ushering in new – if still unequal – educational and professional opportunities. The songs included on the album reflect these new horizons in a number of ways. The majority were composed by female composers and share popular contemporary sources such as Songs of Bilitis (a collection of erotic, essentially lesbian poetry by Pierre Louÿs, published in Paris in 1894) and Franz Toussaint’s La Flûte de jade (The Jade Flute), a French translation of an anthology of Chinese poems. The album contains four première recordings – three songs by Hedwige Chrétien, and Marguerite Canal’s settings of seven songs from La Flûte de jade.

Tracklist:

1. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Boulanger: Reflets (02:53)
2. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Boulanger: Attente (02:00)
3. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Canal: La Flûte de jade: I. Narcisses (01:17)
4. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Canal: La Flûte de jade: II. Pluie de printemps (02:09)
5. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Canal: La Flûte de jade: III. Vœu (02:10)
6. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Canal: La Flûte de jade: IV. Les Trois Princesses (02:38)
7. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Canal: La Flûte de jade: V. La Femme au miroir (02:00)
8. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Canal: La Flûte de jade: VI. Inscription sur un tombeau de la Montagne Fou-Kiou (01:44)
9. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Canal: La Flûte de jade: VII. La Promenade attristée (02:06)
10. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Debussy: Trois Chansons de Bilitis: I. La Flûte de Pan (02:51)
11. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Debussy: Trois Chansons de Bilitis: II. La Chevelure (03:30)
12. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Debussy: Trois Chansons de Bilitis: III. Le Tombeau des Naïades (02:53)
13. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Polignac: II. Chant d’amour (02:35)
14. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Polignac: Songs from La Flûte de jade: IV. Nuit d’hiver (01:02)
15. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Polignac: Songs from La Flûte de jade: V. Li-Si (01:42)
16. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Polignac: Songs from La Flûte de jade: VI. Ki-Fong (01:17)
17. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Polignac: Songs from La Flûte de jade: VII. La Rose rouge (02:57)
18. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Duparc: Au pays où se fait la guerre (05:10)
19. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Duparc: La Vie antérieure (04:06)
20. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Strohl: Songs from Bilitis: IV. La Flûte de Pan (03:21)
21. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Strohl: Songs from Bilitis: V. La Chevelure (03:34)
22. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Strohl: Songs from Bilitis: VI. Roses dans la nuit (04:14)
23. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Strohl: Songs from Bilitis: XI. La Nuit (04:22)
24. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Chrétien: L’Amoureuse des vagues (03:30)
25. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Chrétien: Les Matelots (03:18)
26. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Chrétien: Dernier rêve! (03:28)
27. Kitty Whately & Edwige Herchenroder – Strohl: La Momie (05:02)

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