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Cantare: La voix de la harpeIsabelle Moretti Harp
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The title Cantare here refers not only to the voice but also to the harp of Isabelle Moretti, who has brought together a group of pieces transcribed from vocal models. Vocal tracks by veteran English soprano Felicity Lott serve to set off the solo harp tracks, which are just about without exception fearsomely virtuosic. Moretti brings to life such figures as Anglo-French-Austrian harpist Elias Parish Alvars, whom Berlioz dubbed the Liszt of the harp, and with good reason, judging from the set of variations on a tune from Bellini's Norma included here. Many of these Romantic virtuoso pieces have been all but forgotten, and in many ways the program has the delightfully intimate feel of a recital from around 1890, with familiar tunes from Lott setting up the exertions of the harpist. Yet more modern music effectively adds new shades to the mix; Benjamin Britten's harmonically adventurous setting of The Last Rose of Summer leads in one direction, while Over the Rainbow (which Lott says she sings in the shower) goes in another, and a piece by folk-Baroque Irish harpist Turlough O'Carolan in yet another. Lott, whose seventh decade of life has had very little effect on her voice, was the perfect choice for this project on Moretti's part with her longtime bent toward French music (and the heart of this program is French, whatever the putative nationality of the music). You can be assured that, even if the combination of harp and voice for you connotes what has been called potted-palm music, you'll find this album a total charmer. The transcriptions are by Moretti and others. Booklet notes and song texts are in French and English. © James Manheim, Rovi
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| 1 | Rondeau sur le trio: Zitti zitti | 7:05 |
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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka ComposerA Farewell to St. Petersburg, G.x206 Work |
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| 2 | 10.The Skylark | 5:26 |
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| 3 | Faust Fantasie, for harp, Op.12 (after Gounod) | 12:23 |
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Paul Bernard ComposerÇa fait peur aux oiseaux, song Work |
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| 4 | Ça fait peur aux oiseaux, song | 2:40 |
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Jean Lenoir ComposerParlez-moi d'amour, song Work |
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| 5 | Parlez-moi d'amour, song | 3:16 |
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Achille-Claude Debussy ComposerLa belle au bois dormant, L.74 Work |
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| 6 | La belle au bois dormant, L.74 | 3:28 |
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Francis Poulenc ComposerÀ sa guitare FP79 Work |
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| 7 | À sa guitare FP79 | 2:44 |
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| 8 | Plaisir d'amour, for voice & piano (or orchestra) | 3:10 |
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| 9 | 9.The last rose of summer | 3:40 |
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Benjamin Britten ComposerFolksong Arrangements, Vol.2 ('France') Work |
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| 10 | 8.Quand j'étais chez mon père | 2:04 |
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Turlough O'Carolan ComposerEleanor Plunkett Work |
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| 11 | Eleanor Plunkett | 1:58 |
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| 12 | Introduction et Variations sur des Airs de La Norma de Bellini, for harp | 11:12 |
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Franz Liszt Composer2 Russian Melodies, S.250 Work |
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| 13 | 1.Le rossignol (Solovei), air russe d'Alabieff II | 4:44 |
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Félix Godefroid ComposerCarnaval de Venise, Op.184 Work |
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| 14 | Carnaval de Venise, Op.184 | 10:00 |
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| 15 | Somewhere Over the Rainbow (for the film The Wizard of Oz) | 4:31 |
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