Cyrille Dubois, Tristan Raës
AP345 - 1CD - 82' - Mar 15, 2024
Cyrille Dubois is unstoppable: after two albums dedicated to Liszt and the Boulanger sisters, both acclaimed by the critics, and a flamboyant complete set of Fauré songs, the tenor is back to his preferred repertoire, the French art-song. He reunites with his accomplice, pianist Tristan Raës, to bring the Bordeaux composer Louis Beydts (1895-1953) out of oblivion, most of whose pieces are recorded here for the first time.
From these miniatures, Cyrille Dubois draws the sap of the musician's art: a pure product of French hedonism, refined and elegant, with a generous vocality... but also daring, for Beydts forbids himself nothing: echoes of jazz and light music, of Hahn or Fauré, polymodality and polytonality, his melodies traverse everything with supreme freedom, between fantasy, humour and contemplation.
By transporting us into this singular universe, Cyrille Dubois establishes himself as an invaluable performer of the repertoire and a pioneer of French music, with an uncommon mastery of the combination of word and music.
Cyrille Dubois is unstoppable: after two albums dedicated to Liszt and the Boulanger sisters, both acclaimed by the critics, and a flamboyant complete set of Fauré songs, the tenor is back to his preferred repertoire, the French art-song. He reunites with his accomplice, pianist Tristan Raës, to bring the Bordeaux composer Louis Beydts (1895-1953) out of oblivion, most of whose pieces are recorded here for the first time.
From these miniatures, Cyrille Dubois draws the sap of the musician's art: a pure product of French hedonism, refined and elegant, with a generous vocality... but also daring, for Beydts forbids himself nothing: echoes of jazz and light music, of Hahn or Fauré, polymodality and polytonality, his melodies traverse everything with supreme freedom, between fantasy, humour and contemplation.
By transporting us into this singular universe, Cyrille Dubois establishes himself as an invaluable performer of the repertoire and a pioneer of French music, with an uncommon mastery of the combination of word and music.
LOUIS BEYDTS
D’Ombre et de soleil
1. Dans la saison qu’Adonis fut blessé…*
2. Toi qu’empourprait l’âtre d’hiver…*
3. Dormez, ami…
4. Douce plage où naquit mon âme…*
5. L’hiver bat la vitre et le toit…*
6. Iris, à son brillant mouchoir…*
7. Le temps irrévocable a fui…*
8. Puisque tes jours ne t’ont laissé*
Six Ballades françaises*
9. Le Marchand de sable
10. Les Petits veaux d’Haizettes
11. Le Regard éternel
12. La Corde
13. Rencontre à la fontaine
14. Si le bon Dieu l’avait voulu…
Le Cœur inutile
15. La saison qui dévêt les bois…*
16. Ceux que nous aimons…*
17. Adonis
18. Les dieux que j’appelais…*
19. Dans les ombres de mon âme…*
20. Après la mortelle aventure…*
Quatre Odelettes*
21. Je n’ai qu’un très humble jardin…
22. Quelle douceur dans mes pensées…
23. Auprès de toute fontaine…
24. Reprends la route du bois sombre…
Cinq Humoresques*
25. Mademoiselle Rose
26. À la Fontaine
27. Le Coquebin
28. L’Eau claire
29. Bonjour, Monsieur…
30. Le Pont Mirabeau
31. La Fontaine de pitié*
32. Le Sylphe*
Chansons pour les oiseaux
33. La Colombe poignardée
34. Le Petit pigeon bleu
35. L’Oiseau bleu
36. Le Petit serin en cage
*WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS
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