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Ombres - Women Composers of La Belle Époque


Devised by Laetitia Grimaldi and Ammiel Bushakevitz, Ombres brings together songs by nine women composers whose lives span the years 1821–1964. Many of the songs were written during the so-called Belle Époque, at a time when women might be accepted as performers – especially in domestic settings – but struggled to be recognised as composers. And even in the cases when their music was heard – for instance in the fashionable salons of Paris – or published, it soon fell into oblivion.
Several of the songs included here were discovered by Grimaldi and Bushakevitz in libraries and archives, having gone out of print long ago. With Ombres, the performers liberate the nine composers from their shadowy existence, and demonstrate the wide range of their music, from Cécile Chaminade’s bustling Villanelle to Pauline Viardot’s nocturnal Les étoiles or the ghostly Les lavandières by Augusta Holmès, about the Midnight Washerwomen from Celtic mythology.
 
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  Composer: Bonis, Melanie
01 Invocation 02:42 $ 0.68 USD
 
02 Élève-toi mon âme 02:50 $ 0.71 USD
 
03 Songe  03:17 $ 0.83 USD
 
04 Un soir 02:09 $ 0.54 USD
 
05 Ave Maria 02:17 $ 0.58 USD
 
 
  Composer: Chaminade, Cécile
06 Villanelle 02:20 $ 0.59 USD
 
07 L'anneau d'argent  01:56 $ 0.50 USD
 
08 Nice-la-belle 03:08 $ 0.78 USD
 
 
  Composer: Polignac, Armande de
09 Chant d'amour 05:08 $ 1.27 USD
 
10 Jardin du roi 02:46 $ 0.69 USD
 
11 Ne me regarde pas 03:07 $ 0.78 USD
 
 
  Composer: Folville, Juliette
12 Songe 02:21 $ 0.59 USD
 
 
  Composer: Viardot, Pauline
13 Les ombres de minuit 02:37 $ 0.66 USD
 
14 Les deux roses 02:46 $ 0.69 USD
 
15 Haï luli 03:31 $ 0.88 USD
 
16 Les étoiles 03:21 $ 0.84 USD
 
 
  Composer: Beclard d'Harcourt, Marguerite
17 Le rêve de la vallée 02:51 $ 0.72 USD
 
 
  Composer: Faye-Jozin, Hélène-Frédérique de
18 Printemps 01:56 $ 0.48 USD
 
 
  Composer: Ferrari, Gabrielle
19 Chanson d'exil 04:17 $ 1.06 USD
 
 
  Composer: Holmes, Augusta
20 C'est un oiseau du bois sauvage 03:50 $ 0.94 USD
 
21 Les lavandières 03:36 $ 0.89 USD
 
22 À Trianon 02:59 $ 0.82 USD
 
  Album total 69:03
SopranoGrimaldi, Laetitia
PianoBushakevitz, Ammiel
ComposerBeclard d'Harcourt, Marguerite
Bonis, Melanie
Chaminade, Cécile
Faye-Jozin, Hélène-Frédérique de
Ferrari, Gabrielle
Folville, Juliette
Holmes, Augusta
Polignac, Armande de
Viardot, Pauline
CelloErdal, Talia

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