R&V is delighted to present a second series of music videos, this time recorded in partnership with our friends at the Romanian Cultural Institute in London. Designed to welcome in the spring, this features the sopranos Rose Stachniewska and Lotte Betts-Dean and the pianist Cristian Sandrin, captured by the film maker Chris Lincé. The series will feature songs and piano pieces by the composers Enescu, Debussy, Chausson and Ravel. You can view the first series of videos An invitation to a journey below.
Sept chansons de Clément Marot (1908) by George Enescu
Lyrics and translation here: http://tinyurl.com/hhmfhfn5
Piano Sonata No 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op 24 No 1 by George Enescu
En sourdine (1890-91) by Claude Debussy
La Nuit by Ernest Chausson
Two Greek Songs by Maurice Ravel
The Valley of Bells by Maurice Ravel
Fantoches by Claude Debussy
Le Réveil by Ernest Chausson, Duet op.11 (1886)
In the midst of the pandemic the Rimbaud and Verlaine Foundation brought four artists together at Lauderdale House in London to record a series of classical songs: the soprano Rose Stachniewska, baritone Julien Van Mellaerts, pianist Florent Mourier and film maker Chris Lincé.
Prison (1894) by Gabriel Fauré
C’est l’extase langoureuse by Claude Debussy
The Sky Above the Roof by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Phidylé by Henri Duparc
L’Invitation au voyage (c1870) by Henri Duparc
Si mes vers avaient des ailes (1888) by Reynaldo Hahn
Chansons Gaillardes by Francis Poulenc (Part 1)
Chansons Gaillardes by Francis Poulenc (Part 2)
Nachtzauber by Hugo Wolf
L’Heure exquise (c1890) by Reynaldo Hahn
If you are interested in being involved in the generating film or video content on behalf of the R&V Foundation, we would love to hear from you. Please email us at info@rimbaudverlaine.org