Sandrine Piau, Le Concert de la Loge, Julien Chauvin - Si j'ai aimé (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 254 Mb | Total time: 59:25 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alpha | # ALPHA 445 | Recorded: 2019
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 254 Mb | Total time: 59:25 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alpha | # ALPHA 445 | Recorded: 2019
Soprano Sandrine Piau has been known mostly as a Baroque specialist, but she has recorded several albums of 19th century French mélodies with spectacular results. Si j'ai aimé (the title comes from one of three songs by the little-known Théodore Dubois) will be very hard for her to outdo. The list of attractions is very long and begins with the repertory. There are some familiar pieces here, such as the opening pair of songs by Saint-Saëns, but many of the composers – Dubois, Charles Bordes, Alexandre Guilmant – are rarely performed, at least outside France, and all the songs here are top-notch.