Credits:

Britten / Bevan / Middleton

Description:

Mary Bevan's third recital album! A collection of French songs! A collection of French songs with the famous accompanist Joseph Middleton! Mary Bevan, winner of the Young Artist Award, the British Critics' Circle Award, and an MBE (fifth class baronet of the British Empire)! British soprano Mary Bevan's third recital album on the Signum label is a collection of French songs. The first of these, Voyages (SIGCD509), was nominated for the British Gramophone Award 2018, and the second, Divine Muse (SIGCD606), was highly acclaimed by BBC Magazine and British Gramophone Magazine. In this album, she will continue her collaboration with Joseph Middleton, the famous accompanist of the first and second albums, and will take on French songs, which she became more interested in after recording "Voyage". Mary Bevan is a soprano who has been awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society's Young Artist Award and the British Critics' Circle Award, and has had a brilliant career both in opera and on the concert platform. In 2019, she will receive the prestigious MBE (Fifth Order of the British Empire), further enhancing her presence. Tokyo M-Plus

Tracklisting:

1.Clair de Lune, Op. 46 No. 2
2.Les Illuminations, Op. 18~I. Fanfare
3.Les Illuminations, Op. 18~II. Villes
4.Les Illuminations, Op. 18~IIIa. Phrase
5.Les Illuminations, Op. 18~IIIb. Antique
6.Les Illuminations, Op. 18~IV. Royaute
7.Les Illuminations, Op. 18~V. Marine
8.Les Illuminations, Op. 18~VI. Interlude
9.Les Illuminations, Op. 18~VII. Being beauteous
10.Les Illuminations, Op. 18~VIII. Parade
11.Les Illuminations, Op. 18~IX. Depart
12.Les grands vents venus d'outre-mer
13.Un grand sommeil noir
14.Si morne
15.Chanson triste
16.Tes yeux bleus
17.Chanson perpetuelle, Op. 37
18.Quatre Melodies de Verlaine~La mer est plus belle
19.Quatre Melodies de Verlaine: Mandoline
20.Quatre Melodies de Verlaine~Le son du cor s'afflige
21.Quatre Melodies de Verlaine~L'echelonnement des haies
22.Serenades~Serenade printaniere
23.Serenades~Serenade d'Ete
24.Serenades~Serenade d'Automne
25.Serenades~Serenade d'Hiver
26.Serenades~Serenade de toujours