Mélodies de la belle époque

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Gabriel Fauré, Camille Saint-Saëns, (Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Charles-François Gounod, (Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, César Franck, Reynaldo Hahn, (Henri Constant) Gabriel Pierné, (Paul Marie Théodore) Vincent D'Indy, Georges Bizet

Magazine Review Date: 9/1988

Media Format: Vinyl

Media Runtime: 0

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: 6 43754

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
Solitude	Charles-François Gounod, Composer Charles-François Gounod, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
(Le) Mariage des roses	César Franck, Composer César Franck, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
Roses et papillons	César Franck, Composer César Franck, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
Nocturne	César Franck, Composer César Franck, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
(La) Cloche	Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
Clair de lune	Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
(L')Attente	Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
(Le) pas d'armes du Roi Jean	Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
(La) Chanson du fou	Georges Bizet, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Georges Bizet, Composer Hartmut Höll, Piano
(L')île heureuse	(Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer (Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
Villanelle des petits canards	(Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer (Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
(Les) Cigales	(Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer (Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
Que l'heure est donc brève	Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer
(4) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Au cimetière (wds. Richepin: 1888)	Gabriel Fauré, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Gabriel Fauré, Composer Hartmut Höll, Piano
(2) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Clair de lune (wds. Verlaine)	Gabriel Fauré, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Gabriel Fauré, Composer Hartmut Höll, Piano
(2) Songs, Movement: Lydia (wds. L. de Lisle: ?1870)	Gabriel Fauré, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Gabriel Fauré, Composer Hartmut Höll, Piano
Madrigal	(Paul Marie Théodore) Vincent D'Indy, Composer (Paul Marie Théodore) Vincent D'Indy, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
Lied maritime	(Paul Marie Théodore) Vincent D'Indy, Composer (Paul Marie Théodore) Vincent D'Indy, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Movement: ~	(Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Composer (Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
(7) Mélodies, Movement: No. 3, Les papillons (wds. Gautier)	(Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Composer (Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
Sérénade	(Henri Constant) Gabriel Pierné, Composer (Henri Constant) Gabriel Pierné, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
(L') Heure exquise	Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano Reynaldo Hahn, Composer
Si mes vers avaient des ailes	Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano Reynaldo Hahn, Composer

Magazine Review Date: 9/1988

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 65

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: 8 43754

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
Solitude	Charles-François Gounod, Composer Charles-François Gounod, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
(Le) Mariage des roses	César Franck, Composer César Franck, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
Roses et papillons	César Franck, Composer César Franck, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
Nocturne	César Franck, Composer César Franck, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
(La) Cloche	Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
Clair de lune	Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
(L')Attente	Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
(Le) pas d'armes du Roi Jean	Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
(La) Chanson du fou	Georges Bizet, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Georges Bizet, Composer Hartmut Höll, Piano
(L')île heureuse	(Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer (Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
Villanelle des petits canards	(Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer (Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
(Les) Cigales	(Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer (Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
Que l'heure est donc brève	Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer
(4) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Au cimetière (wds. Richepin: 1888)	Gabriel Fauré, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Gabriel Fauré, Composer Hartmut Höll, Piano
(2) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Clair de lune (wds. Verlaine)	Gabriel Fauré, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Gabriel Fauré, Composer Hartmut Höll, Piano
(2) Songs, Movement: Lydia (wds. L. de Lisle: ?1870)	Gabriel Fauré, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Gabriel Fauré, Composer Hartmut Höll, Piano
Madrigal	(Paul Marie Théodore) Vincent D'Indy, Composer (Paul Marie Théodore) Vincent D'Indy, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
Lied maritime	(Paul Marie Théodore) Vincent D'Indy, Composer (Paul Marie Théodore) Vincent D'Indy, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Movement: ~	(Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Composer (Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
(7) Mélodies, Movement: No. 3, Les papillons (wds. Gautier)	(Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Composer (Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
Sérénade	(Henri Constant) Gabriel Pierné, Composer (Henri Constant) Gabriel Pierné, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
(L') Heure exquise	Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano Reynaldo Hahn, Composer
Si mes vers avaient des ailes	Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano Reynaldo Hahn, Composer

Magazine Review Date: 9/1988

Media Format: Cassette

Media Runtime: 0

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: 4 43754

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
Solitude	Charles-François Gounod, Composer Charles-François Gounod, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
(Le) Mariage des roses	César Franck, Composer César Franck, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
Roses et papillons	César Franck, Composer César Franck, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
Nocturne	César Franck, Composer César Franck, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
(La) Cloche	Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
Clair de lune	Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
(L')Attente	Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
(Le) pas d'armes du Roi Jean	Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
(La) Chanson du fou	Georges Bizet, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Georges Bizet, Composer Hartmut Höll, Piano
(L')île heureuse	(Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer (Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
Villanelle des petits canards	(Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer (Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
(Les) Cigales	(Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer (Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
Que l'heure est donc brève	Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer
(4) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Au cimetière (wds. Richepin: 1888)	Gabriel Fauré, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Gabriel Fauré, Composer Hartmut Höll, Piano
(2) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Clair de lune (wds. Verlaine)	Gabriel Fauré, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Gabriel Fauré, Composer Hartmut Höll, Piano
(2) Songs, Movement: Lydia (wds. L. de Lisle: ?1870)	Gabriel Fauré, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Gabriel Fauré, Composer Hartmut Höll, Piano
Madrigal	(Paul Marie Théodore) Vincent D'Indy, Composer (Paul Marie Théodore) Vincent D'Indy, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
Lied maritime	(Paul Marie Théodore) Vincent D'Indy, Composer (Paul Marie Théodore) Vincent D'Indy, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Movement: ~	(Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Composer (Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
(7) Mélodies, Movement: No. 3, Les papillons (wds. Gautier)	(Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Composer (Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
Sérénade	(Henri Constant) Gabriel Pierné, Composer (Henri Constant) Gabriel Pierné, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano
(L') Heure exquise	Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano Reynaldo Hahn, Composer
Si mes vers avaient des ailes	Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Hartmut Höll, Piano Reynaldo Hahn, Composer

Author: Alan Blyth

Indefatigable even in his 60s, Fischer-Dieskau here adds new items to his vast discography in a field where he has never specialized. You would go far to find other records of such unusual melodies as Saint-Saens's quirky ballad Les pas d'armes or d'Indy's atmospheric Lied maritime or again Pierne's catchy Serenade, yet here is F-D searching them out and then interpreting them with all his customary attention to the right idiom. Nor is he inattentive, quite the opposite, to the particular requirements of more familiar songs. Thus, he finds just the right lilt and sense of elation matched with a fine control of rubato for that marvellous song L'ile heureuse, though he doesn't quite efface memories of Bernac's ideal interpretation, and phrases L'heure exquise with a mastery of breath control and pianissimo tone quite remarkable in a singer of his age. On the other hand, it has to be admitted that, in songs calling for him to put pressure on his voice, such as Franck's Nocturne and Chausson's Le temps des lilas, the results can be less than pleasant and there are other places, Faure's Claire de lune, for instance, where he finds some difficulty now in sustaining a steady legato. Against that, it is remarkable how many times the fact that his resources are now reduced actually helps him to suggest the style of a French baritone even if as in his earlier discs in this genre, his French can be occasionally faulted.
One of the record's most telling assets is the playing of Hartmut Holl, which is unfailingly apt in its fine shadings and mellow tone. He has obviously been an inspiration to his partner in their joint investigations of this, for them, foreign territory. The recording is exemplary but the anonymous notes on the songs are singularly fatuous and unhelpful.'

Mélodies de la belle époque

Solitude

(Le) Mariage des roses

Roses et papillons

Nocturne

(La) Cloche

Clair de lune

(L')Attente

(Le) pas d'armes du Roi Jean

(La) Chanson du fou

(L')île heureuse

Villanelle des petits canards

(Les) Cigales

Que l'heure est donc brève

(4) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Au cimetière (wds. Richepin: 1888)

(2) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Clair de lune (wds. Verlaine)

(2) Songs, Movement: Lydia (wds. L. de Lisle: ?1870)

Madrigal

Lied maritime

Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Movement: ~

(7) Mélodies, Movement: No. 3, Les papillons (wds. Gautier)

Sérénade

(L') Heure exquise

Si mes vers avaient des ailes

Mélodies de la belle époque

Solitude

(Le) Mariage des roses

Roses et papillons

Nocturne

(La) Cloche

Clair de lune

(L')Attente

(Le) pas d'armes du Roi Jean

(La) Chanson du fou

(L')île heureuse

Villanelle des petits canards

(Les) Cigales

Que l'heure est donc brève

(4) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Au cimetière (wds. Richepin: 1888)

(2) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Clair de lune (wds. Verlaine)

(2) Songs, Movement: Lydia (wds. L. de Lisle: ?1870)

Madrigal

Lied maritime

Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Movement: ~

(7) Mélodies, Movement: No. 3, Les papillons (wds. Gautier)

Sérénade

(L') Heure exquise

Si mes vers avaient des ailes

Mélodies de la belle époque

Solitude

(Le) Mariage des roses

Roses et papillons

Nocturne

(La) Cloche

Clair de lune

(L')Attente

(Le) pas d'armes du Roi Jean

(La) Chanson du fou

(L')île heureuse

Villanelle des petits canards

(Les) Cigales

Que l'heure est donc brève

(4) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Au cimetière (wds. Richepin: 1888)

(2) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Clair de lune (wds. Verlaine)

(2) Songs, Movement: Lydia (wds. L. de Lisle: ?1870)

Madrigal

Lied maritime

Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Movement: ~

(7) Mélodies, Movement: No. 3, Les papillons (wds. Gautier)

Sérénade

(L') Heure exquise

Si mes vers avaient des ailes

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