Recollection: César Franck’s songs – concert by Tassis Christoyannis and Jeff Cohen

Recollection: César Franck’s songs Tassis Christoyannis, baritone Jeff Cohen, piano Concert programme: César FRANCK 00:01:18 Les cloches du soir 00:03:54 Nocturne 00:07:44 Aimer 00:12:06 S’il est un charmant gazon 00:14:30 Roses et papillons 00:16:44 Le mariage des roses 00:19:15 Ninon 00:21:46 L’Émir de Bengador 00:26:42 Robin Gray 00:31:53 Passez ! passez toujours ! 00:38:25 Le vase brisé 00:41:57 Lied 00:43:50 Souvenance 00:47:08 À cette terre où l’on ploie sa tente 00:52:42 Le Sylphe Reynaldo HAHN 00:57:43 Si mes vers avaient des ailes Although this aspect of the composer is often overlooked, César Franck devoted almost half of his opus numbers to the voice. Covering a wide range of genres – mélodies and duets with piano accompaniment, motets, cantatas, oratorios and operas – this output remains almost entirely to be rediscovered. On the occasion of the release of their complete recording of Franck’s works for voice and piano, Tassis Christoyannis and Jeff Cohen invite us to visit this forgotten world, which, ranging from the naive romance to the finely chiselled mélodie, illustrates the evolution of the genre in Romantic France and proves that this master of instrumental music also knew how to set texts to music. Recorded in Venice, Palazzetto Bru Zane, 9th April 2022 Video: Maco Film Discover the complete recording 💿 https://bit.ly/CDFrancksongs