Christiane Karg & David Afkham - Parfum (2017)

Christiane Karg is one of the most-sought-after lyric sopranos of the present day, acclaimed for her embodiment of operatic roles and as a lieder, concert and oratorio singer.She can be seen and heard all around the world: at lieder recitals in New York's Carnegie Hall and in the Vienna Konzerthaus, at La Scala in Milan with her 2016 debut in Der Rosenkavalier , at regular guest appearances at the Munich State Opera and the Chicago Lyric Opera House, at the Salzburg Festival and at the Royal Opera House London. At the end of 2017 she will give her debut at the famous MET Opera in New York (The Marriage of Figaro) and the Vienna State Opera.David Afkham is Principal Conductor of the Spanish National Orchestra and Chorus. He is in high demand as a guest conductor with some of the world's finest orchestras and opera houses The Bamberg Symphony Bavarian State Philharmonic has always enjoyed a special status in the music world.

This album is pure poetry taking its spark from Christiane Karg's engagement with the poetical works of Charles Baudelaire, Leconte de Lisle, Paul Verlaine, Tristan Klingsor and Victor Hugo. A poetry in diction that has a wonderful affinity with Impressionist music at the turn from the 19th to the 20th century.Christiane Karg finally decided upon works by Duparc,Koechlin, Debussy and Ravel for her new album. Her selection also includes an early composition by Benjamin Britten, which in its turn was inspired by Debussy and Ravel.Christiane Karg's voice wafts this poetic scent, these colours in sound, aloft.Poetry and music, words and voice blend into Parfum!

TRACKLIST
01. Sheherazade: I. Asie 10:10
02. Sheherazade: II. La flute enchantee 03:00
03. Sheherazade: III. L'indifferent 03:50
04. Le livre de baudelaire: I. Le balcon 08:28
05. Le livre de baudelaire: II. Harmonie du soir 04:19
06. Le livre de baudelaire: III. Le jet d'eau 05:47
07. Le livre de baudelaire: IV. Recueillement 05:07
08. Quatre chansons francaises: I. Nuits de juin 02:44
09. Quatre chansons francaises: II. Sagesse 02:54
10. Quatre chansons francaises: III. L'enfance 04:35
11. Quatre chansons francaises: IV. Chanson d'automne 02:32
12. Trois melodies, Op. 17/3: Epiphanie 07:02
13. L'invitation au voyage 04:33
14. La vie anterieure 04:17
15. Phidyle 05:06