Ivresse de l'aube
Brenda Poupard, mezzo-soprano
Jean-Michel Kim, piano
When French melody, one of the most subtle of art forms, meets the most concise forms of Japanese poetry, the Haiku and the Waka, the result is a mesmerising kaleidoscope of colour. The scenes described in these ancient Japanese poems have inspired the imagination of French composers for over a century. It is the emotional force that emanates from these writings that is the primary reason for the genesis of this CD of Franco-Japanese melodies.
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Sadao Bekku - Sakura Yokotcho
Henriette Puig-Roget - Trois Wakas
Graciane Finzi - La Lune À La Fenetre
Fabien Waksman - L’Ombre de Sarashina
Claude Delvincourt - Ce Monde De Rosée
Pauline Viardot - La Japonaise
Kaoli Ono - Cinq Wakas
Hideo Kobayashi - Karamatsu
Click here for the original texts and translations in French/English/Japanese!
Brenda Poupard : mezzo-soprano
Jean-Michel Kim : piano
Ariettes à l'ancienne - French Songs
Sangata
Chants de l'aube et du soir
Deux mezzos sinon rien
Trois Haïkus de Bashō, opus 43a - Laurent Coulomb
Douze Haïkus d'Anne-Laure Borel - Philippe Malhaire
Trois poèmes de Chûya Nakahara - Takénori Némoto
Haïku 2. - Johan Farjot