JOSEPH CANTELOUBE (1879-1957)

Chants d'Auvergne, Vol. 2

 

Chants d’Auvergne (Selection): La Pastrouletta è lou chibalie; Lo Fiolairé; Pour l’enfant; Chut, chut; Pastorale; Obal, din lo coumbèlo; Postouro, sé tu m’aymo; Tè, l’co tè; Hé! Beyla-z-y dau fé!

 

Triptyque: Offrande à l’été; Lunaire; Hymne dans l’aurore

 

Chants de France (Selection): Auprès de ma blonde; Où irai-je me plaindre?; Au prè de la rose; Délicieuses cimes; Réveillez-vous!; D’où venez-vous fillette?

 

Véronique Gens (soprano)

Orchestre National de Lille / Serge Baudo

 

Since his death in 1957, Canteloube has become widely known for his many folk-song arrangements, particularly the enchanting Chants d’Auvergne.

 

This second Canteloube disc featuring Véronique Gens, herself native to the Auvergne region, completes the Naxos cycle of the complete Chants d’Auvergne accompanied by full orchestra.

It also includes two rarely performed works: excerpts from Chants de France, another anthology of folk-songs subsequently harmonised and orchestrated, and the Triptyque, three exquisite settings worthy of being ranked alongside the greatest songs by Chausson and Ravel.

 

This disc has already had its release in France, where it won the Diapason d’Or.

 

“[Véronique Gens’] singing is smooth and delicate, with plenty of body in the tone for some of the earthier movements…and the Lille Orchestra bring out all the little details in the score…This will no doubt become the interpretation for the present decade. It deserves to be a success, and then maybe the same forces will let us hear some of Canteloube’s enormous body of other songs.” 

Gramophone on Naxos 8557491

 

Naxos 8570338