Cocteau's Music Claire Booth & Christopher Glynn

• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963): La Dame de Monte Carlo:
• 1 Poulenc: La Dame de Monte Carlo 07:00
• Cocardes:
• 2 Poulenc: Cocardes: Miel de Narbonne 02:42
• 3 Poulenc: Cocardes: Bonne d'enfant 01:48
• 4 Poulenc: Cocardes: Enfant de troupe 02:18
• Louis Durey (1888 - 1979): Prière (from Chansons Basques):
• 5 Durey: Prière (from Chansons Basques) 01:12
• Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955): Locutions (from Six poésies de Jean Cocteau):
• 6 Honegger: Locutions (from Six poésies de Jean Cocteau) 01:14
• Maurice Delage (1879 - 1961): Sobre las olas:
• 7 Delage: Sobre las olas 02:14
• Frédéric Chaslin (b. 1963): Valse langoureuse (from Chansons pour Elle):
• 8 Chaslin: Valse langoureuse (from Chansons pour Elle) 03:00
• Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974): Caramel Mou:
• 9 Milhaud: Caramel Mou 03:13
• Guy Sacre (b. 1948): Que ne suis-je un de cette Egypte (from Clair-Obscur):
• 10 Sacre: Que ne suis-je un de cette Egypte (from Clair-Obscur) 02:07
• Georges Auric (1899 - 1983): Hommage à Erik Satie (from Huit Poèmes de Jean Cocteau):
• 11 Auric: Hommage à Erik Satie (from Huit Poèmes de Jean Cocteau) 02:22
• Francis Poulenc: La Voix Humaine:
• 12 Poulenc: La Voix Humaine: I. Introduction 00:50
• 13 Poulenc: La Voix Humaine: II. Allô, allô… 01:00
• 14 Poulenc: La Voix Humaine: II. Allô, c'est toi? 01:00
• 15 Poulenc: La Voix Humaine: IV. Hier soir, je me suis couchée tout de suite 01:48
• 16 Poulenc: La Voix Humaine: V. Allô! Chéri… si on coupe… 01:11
• 17 Poulenc: La Voix Humaine: VI. Qu'elle comédie? 01:22
• 18 Poulenc: La Voix Humaine: VII. Souviens-toi du dimanche de Versailles 01:36
• 19 Poulenc: La Voix Humaine: VIII. Demain? Je ne savais pas que c'était si rapide 00:57
• 20 Poulenc: La Voix Humaine: IX. Allô! Et comme ça? 02:38
• 21 Poulenc: La Voix Humaine: X. Je ne sais pas… 01:44
• 22 Poulenc: La Voix Humaine: XI. Allô, allô Mad'moisell'… 02:17
• 23 Poulenc: La Voix Humaine: XII. Allô! Ah! Chéri, c'est toi? 04:11
• 24 Poulenc: La Voix Humaine: XIII. Hier soir, j'ai voulu prendre… 01:59
• 25 Poulenc: La Voix Humaine: XIV. Il était quatre heur' du matin… 02:04
• 26 Poulenc: La Voix Humaine: XV. Allô! J'entends de la musiq'… 01:16
• 27 Poulenc: La Voix Humaine: XVI. Pardonne-moi, je sais que cette scène est intolérable 00:39
• 28 Poulenc: La Voix Humaine: XVII. Avant-hier soir? J'ai dormi. 02:56
• 29 Poulenc: La Voix Humaine: XVIII. Voilà deux jours qu'il ne quitte pas l'antichambre 01:41
• 30 Poulenc: La Voix Humaine: XIX. Allô!… Allô! Madam 02:53
• 31 Poulenc: La Voix Humaine: XX. Sois tranquille. On ne suicide pas deux fois. 01:52
• 32 Poulenc: La Voix Humaine: XXI. Allô!… Allô!… Mon Dieu, fait' qu'il redemande… 04:34
• 33 Poulenc: La Voix Humaine: XXII. Alors, voilà… j'allais dire machinalement 02:18
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Prelude in B Minor (Arr. for Voice and Piano by Siloti)-Visite (extract: from Discours du grand sommeil):
• 34 Bach: Prelude in B Minor (Arr. for Voice and Piano by Siloti)-Visite (extract: from Discours du grand sommeil) 03:15
• Total Runtime 01:15:11

Info zu Cocteau's Music

Claire Booth is joined by GRAMMY-winning pianist Christopher Glynn to present Poulenc’s searing operatic melodrama. Take a seat at the heart of the action to absorb this most intimate operatic setting of Jean Cocteau’s ground-breaking play, eavesdropping on a life in the balance.

Jean Cocteau was many things: poet, playwright, artist, filmmaker, collaborator, self-inventor - each description fits, but none is sufficient. His work darts and pivots, one mask slipping as another appears. But beneath the surface, the same fixations recur, especially love, death, dependence and abandonment. This album stays close to his restlessness, touching melodrama, popular culture, prayer, aphorism, dance, cabaret and theatre, as styles collide, and the masks occasionally fall. At the centre of the program stands La Voix Humaine, Cocteau's searing study of love, loss and fractured communication, alongside a sequence of songs by Poulenc, Milhaud, Honegger, Auric and others reflecting Cocteau's wide artistic circle, where high art and popular culture meet without hierarchy. The result is not a comprehensive survey, but rather a carefully drawn portrait, shaped by affection and curiosity.

“Jean Cocteau was a man of many parts: poet, provocateur, playwright, filmmaker, surrealist, and muse to an entire generation of French composers. Chris and I have been fascinated by the breadth of his musical inspiration: watch out for Milhaud’s Parisian cabaret which makes us laugh out loud with its naughty double-entendres. Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine is a work Chris and I have performed for over 20 years – and perhaps most perfectly encapsulates Cocteau and Poulenc’s synergy. We feel deeply connected to the music, the story and the emotions it stirs – we hope you will too.” (Claire Booth)

Claire Booth, soprano
Christopher Glynn, piano

Claire Booth
“An actor-singer who can raise the dramatic heat as soon as she enters the stage” (Opera Now), “that most questing, resourceful and intelligent of sopranos” (Daily Telegraph), British soprano Claire Booth has been widely acclaimed for her “radiant, rapturous, wonderfully nuanced performances” and voice of “piercing purity [and] luscious richness” (The Scotsman). She is renowned for her breadth of repertoire, and for the vitality and musicianship that she brings to the operatic stage and concert platform, with a versatility that encompasses repertoire spanning from Monteverdi and Handel, through Rossini, Berg and Britten, to a fearless commitment to the music of the present day. Booth has won the 2025 RPS Singer Award with the jury celebrating an artistry that “knows no bounds.” ...

Christopher Glynn
is a Grammy award-winning pianist, praised for his ‘breathtaking sensitivity’ (Gramophone), ‘irrepressible energy, wit and finesse’ (The Guardian) and ‘revelatory performances’ (BBC Music Magazine).

Chris grew up in Leicester, read music at New College, Oxford, and studied piano with John Streets and Malcolm Martineau. He was awarded the accompaniment prize in the 2001 Kathleen Ferrier competition, the 2002 Geoffrey Parsons Award, the Silver Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians, and the 2003 Gerald Moore Award.

He is regularly heard on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM and has recorded many acclaimed and ground-breaking albums for labels including Signum, Hyperion, Decca, DG, Coro, Chandos and Somm. He has premiered works by many leading composers and collaborated with a wide variety of organisations from the Richard Alston Dance Company to Streetwise Opera. ...

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