Part Songs & Chansons
English and French Choral Music of the 20th Century
backFranziska Kuba Conductor
Tonmeister: Michael Silberhorn
Recording: Lukaskirche Leipzig, Germany, 2025
GEN 26986 EAN 4260036259865
Release 6.11.2026Offer until 30.11.26EUR 18,90 EUR 16,90
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The longing for sound: for all the differences between the traditions that gave rise to the English part song and the French chanson, both share a quest for beauty and a desire to reach people directly. Under the direction of Franziska Kuba, Vocalconsort Leipzig brings this spirit vividly to life in every note of its new GENUIN album. Two genres meet here that, despite their different origins, prove remarkably close to one another. The program brings together twentieth-century polyphonic vocal works by leading composers of their time: Edward Elgar and Benjamin Britten encounter Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. For all their stylistic diversity, the works are united by their sensitive interpretation of the text and the distinctive sonority of a cappella singing. Vocalconsort Leipzig sings with youthful freshness, tremendous joy in music-making, and crystalline homogeneity – a performance to warm the heart!
Franziska Kuba Conductor
Tonmeister: Michael Silberhorn
Recording: Lukaskirche Leipzig, Germany, 2025
The longing for sound: for all the differences between the traditions that gave rise to the English part song and the French chanson, both share a quest for beauty and a desire to reach people directly. Under the direction of Franziska Kuba, Vocalconsort Leipzig brings this spirit vividly to life in every note of its new GENUIN album. Two genres meet here that, despite their different origins, prove remarkably close to one another. The program brings together twentieth-century polyphonic vocal works by leading composers of their time: Edward Elgar and Benjamin Britten encounter Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. For all their stylistic diversity, the works are united by their sensitive interpretation of the text and the distinctive sonority of a cappella singing. Vocalconsort Leipzig sings with youthful freshness, tremendous joy in music-making, and crystalline homogeneity – a performance to warm the heart!
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Tracklist
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
Three Shakespeare Songs
Full fathom five - The cloud-capp’d towers
- Over hill, over dale
- Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Two Part Songs, Op. 73
Love’s Tempest - Serenade
- Edward Elgar
Two Part Songs, Op. 71
The Shower - Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Five Flower Songs, Op. 47
To Daffodils - The Succession of the Four Sweet Months
- Marsh Flowers
- The Evening Primrose
- Ballad of Green Broom
- Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)
Six Chansons
La Biche - Un Cygne
- Puisque tout passe
- Printemps
- En Hiver
- Verger
- Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Trois Chansons de Charles d’Orléans
Dieu! qu’il la fait bon regarder! - Quant j’ay ouy le tabourin
- Yver, vous n’estes qu’un villain
- Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Trois Chansons
Nicolette - Trois beaux oiseaux du paradis
- Ronde
The longing for sound: for all the differences between the traditions that gave rise to the English part song and the French chanson, both share a quest for beauty and a desire to reach people directly. Under the direction of Franziska Kuba, Vocalconsort Leipzig brings this spirit vividly to life in every note of its new GENUIN album. Two genres meet here that, despite their different origins, prove remarkably close to one another. The program brings together twentieth-century polyphonic vocal works by leading composers of their time: Edward Elgar and Benjamin Britten encounter Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. For all their stylistic diversity, the works are united by their sensitive interpretation of the text and the distinctive sonority of a cappella singing. Vocalconsort Leipzig sings with youthful freshness, tremendous joy in music-making, and crystalline homogeneity – a performance to warm the heart!
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