Chimere / Various Chimere / Various CD

After a number of appearances in Alpha productions, Sandrine Piau now joins the label for several recordings. With Chim?re, she invites us on a voyage into the intimate and infinite territory of dreams. 'Chimera: an illusory, unsatisfied quest, the graveyard of our illusions...' She and her longstanding partner, the pianist Susan Manoff, have thought up a programme combining the German lied (Hugo Wolf, one of Schumann's Mignon songs, a scene from Goethe's Faust by Carl Loewe), M?lodies by Debussy and Poulenc (his Banalit?s), and Art Songs by Barber along with discoveries of more rarely heard composers like Ivor Gurney and the Dickinson Songs of Andr? Previn - the celebrated American conductor is less well-known for his compositions, which include this magnificent cycle written for Ren?e Fleming. Equally at home in French, German and English, Sandrine Piau is at the peak of her artistry. Fantoches, Clair de Lune, Solitary Hotel, Will there really be a morning?: set out for the world of dreams following this unique poetic itinerary. 'The land of chimeras is the only one in this world worth living in' (Jean-Jacques Rousseau).

1. Ach Neige, Du Schmerzenreiche 2. Mignon ('Kennst Du Das Land?') 3. Dein Angesicht 4. Die Lotosblume 5. En Sourdine 6. Fantoches 7. Clair de Lune 8. Verschwiegene Liebe 9. Nixe Binsefuss 10. Das Verlassene M?gdelein 11. Lied Vom Winde 12. Sleep 13. Heart! We Will Forget Him 14. Chanson D'orkenise 15. H?tel 16. Fagnes de Wallonie 17. Voyage ? Paris 18. Sanglots 19. Solitary Hotel 20. C'est Ainsi Que Tu Es 21. As Imperceptibly As Grief 22. Will There Really Be a Morning? 23. Good Morning Midnight