Complete Songs of Duparc Malcolm Martineau

• Henri Duparc (1848 - 1933): Chanson Triste:
• 1 Duparc: Chanson Triste 03:18
• Soupir:
• 2 Duparc: Soupir 03:16
• Romance de Mignon:
• 3 Duparc: Romance de Mignon 04:05
• Sérénade:
• 4 Duparc: Sérénade 02:25
• Le galop:
• 5 Duparc: Le galop 03:06
• Au pays où se fait la guerre:
• 6 Duparc: Au pays où se fait la guerre 05:11
• L'invitation au voyage:
• 7 Duparc: L'invitation au voyage 04:47
• La vague et la cloche:
• 8 Duparc: La vague et la cloche 05:47
• Extase:
• 9 Duparc: Extase 03:16
• Elégie:
• 10 Duparc: Elégie 02:58
• Le manoir de Rosemonde:
• 11 Duparc: Le manoir de Rosemonde 02:51
• Sérénade florentine:
• 12 Duparc: Sérénade florentine 02:17
• Lamento:
• 13 Duparc: Lamento 03:16
• Phidylé:
• 14 Duparc: Phidylé 05:44
• Testament:
• 15 Duparc: Testament 03:05
• La vie antérieure:
• 16 Duparc: La vie antérieure 04:34
• Total Runtime 59:56

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Malcolm Martineau follows up his acclaimed complete song collections of Poulenc and Faure with an album celebrating the solo songs of Henri Duparc, performed by an acclaimed roster of British singers – Dame Sarah Connolly, Huw Montague Rendall, Nicky Spence & William Thomas.

An iconic figure in the world of French music – his songs described as being ‘imperfect…but works of genius’ by Ravel and ‘perfect’ by Debussy – Duparc only composed a handful of works during the first half of his life: following a nervous disorder in 1885 at age 37 he lived for a further 48 years, orchestrating and tinkering with his songs, but publishing nothing new.

Scottish pianist Malcolm Martineau is recognised at the highest international level as one of the UK’s leading accompanists, performing worldwide alongside the world’s greatest singers and with a discography of over 100 albums, including a number of award-winning recordings.

Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
Huw Montague Rendall, baritone
Nicky Spence, tenor
William Thomas, bass
Malcolm Martineau, pianist

Malcolm Martineau
Recognised as one of the leading accompanists of his generation, he has worked with many of the world’s greatest singers including Sir Thomas Allen, Dame Janet Baker, Olaf Bär, Barbara Bonney, Ian Bostridge, Angela Gheorghiu, Susan Graham, Thomas Hampson, Della Jones, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager, Magdalena Kozena, Solveig Kringelborn, Jonathan Lemalu, Dame Felicity Lott, Christopher Maltman, Karita Mattila, Lisa Milne, Ann Murray, Anna Netrebko, Anne Sofie von Otter, Joan Rodgers, Amanda Roocroft, Michael Schade, Frederica von Stade, Sarah Walker and Bryn Terfel.

He has presented his own series at the Wigmore Hall (a Britten and a Poulenc series and Decade by Decade – 100 years of German Song broadcast by the BBC) and at the Edinburgh Festival (the complete lieder of Hugo Wolf). He has appeared throughout Europe (including London’s Wigmore Hall, Barbican, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Royal Opera House; La Scala, Milan; the Chatelet, Paris; the Liceu, Barcelona; Berlin’s Philharmonie and Konzerthaus; Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and the Vienna Konzerthaus and Musikverein), North America (including in New York both Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall), Australia (including the Sydney Opera House) and at the Aix en Provence, Vienna, Edinburgh, Schubertiade, Munich and Salzburg Festivals.

Recording projects have included Schubert, Schumann and English song recitals with Bryn Terfel (for Deutsche Grammophon); Schubert and Strauss recitals with Simon Keenlyside (for EMI); recital recordings with Angela Gheorghiu and Barbara Bonney (for Decca), Magdalena Kozena (for DG), Della Jones (for Chandos), Susan Bullock (for Crear Classics), Solveig Kringelborn (for NMA); Amanda Roocroft (for Onyx); the complete Fauré songs with Sarah Walker and Tom Krause; the complete Britten Folk Songs for Hyperion; the complete Beethoven Folk Songs for Deutsche Grammophon; the complete Poulenc songs for Signum; and Britten Song Cycles as well as Schubert’s Winterreise with Florian Boesch for Onyx. This season’s engagements include appearances with Simon Keenlyside, Magdalena Kozena, Dorothea Röschmann, Susan Graham, Christopher Maltman, Thomas Oliemanns, Kate Royal, Christiane Karg, Iestyn Davies, Florian Boesch and Anne Schwanewilms.

He was a given an honorary doctorate at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2004, and appointed International Fellow of Accompaniment in 2009. Malcolm was the Artistic Director of the 2011 Leeds Lieder+ Festival.

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