Hahn, R: A Chloris
3:04
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jérôme Ducros (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-13
Recording Venue: 7-13 July, 2008. Chambre Syndicate Typographique Parisienne, Salle Akustica, Paris
Chaminade: Sombrero (1894) – Edouard Guinand
1:36
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jérôme Ducros (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-13
Recording Venue: 7-13 July, 2008. Chambre Syndicate Typographique Parisienne, Salle Akustica, Paris
Massenet: Elégie
3:13
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jérôme Ducros (piano), Gautier Capuçon (cello)
Recorded: 2008-07-13
Recording Venue: 7-13 July, 2008. Chambre Syndicate Typographique Parisienne, Salle Akustica, Paris
Fauré: Leconte de Lisle: Nell, Op. 18 No. 1
1:37
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jérôme Ducros (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-13
Recording Venue: 7-13 July, 2008. Chambre Syndicate Typographique Parisienne, Salle Akustica, Paris
Chausson: Leconte de Lisle: Le Colibri, Op. 2 No. 7
3:01
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jérôme Ducros (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-13
Recording Venue: 7-13 July, 2008. Chambre Syndicate Typographique Parisienne, Salle Akustica, Paris
Fauré: Automne, Op. 18 No. 3
2:41
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jérôme Ducros (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-13
Recording Venue: 7-13 July, 2008. Chambre Syndicate Typographique Parisienne, Salle Akustica, Paris
Chaminade: Mignonne
2:58
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jérôme Ducros (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-13
Recording Venue: 7-13 July, 2008. Chambre Syndicate Typographique Parisienne, Salle Akustica, Paris
Hahn, R: Fêtes galantes
1:50
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jérôme Ducros (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-13
Recording Venue: 7-13 July, 2008. Chambre Syndicate Typographique Parisienne, Salle Akustica, Paris
Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op.19: III. Le temps de lilas
3:48
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jérôme Ducros (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-13
Recording Venue: 7-13 July, 2008. Chambre Syndicate Typographique Parisienne, Salle Akustica, Paris
Chausson: Les Papillons, Op. 2 No. 3 (Gautier)
1:09
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jérôme Ducros (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-13
Recording Venue: 7-13 July, 2008. Chambre Syndicate Typographique Parisienne, Salle Akustica, Paris
Caplet: Viens, une flûte invisible soupire
2:45
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jérôme Ducros (piano), Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
Recorded: 2008-07-13
Recording Venue: 7-13 July, 2008. Chambre Syndicate Typographique Parisienne, Salle Akustica, Paris
Chausson: Les Heures, Op. 27 No. 1
3:05
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jérôme Ducros (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-13
Recording Venue: 7-13 July, 2008. Chambre Syndicate Typographique Parisienne, Salle Akustica, Paris
Hahn, R: 12 Rondels: No. 8, "Quand je fus pris au pavillon"
1:05
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jérôme Ducros (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-13
Recording Venue: 7-13 July, 2008. Chambre Syndicate Typographique Parisienne, Salle Akustica, Paris
Hahn, R: Offrande
2:34
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jérôme Ducros (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-13
Recording Venue: 7-13 July, 2008. Chambre Syndicate Typographique Parisienne, Salle Akustica, Paris
Saint-Saëns: Mélodies persanes, Op. 26: No. 6, Tournoiement 'Songe d'opium'
2:38
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jérôme Ducros (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-13
Recording Venue: 7-13 July, 2008. Chambre Syndicate Typographique Parisienne, Salle Akustica, Paris
Debussy: L'ame evaporee
1:59
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jérôme Ducros (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-13
Recording Venue: 7-13 July, 2008. Chambre Syndicate Typographique Parisienne, Salle Akustica, Paris
Dukas: Amours, sonnet for voice and piano
3:22
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jérôme Ducros (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-13
Recording Venue: 7-13 July, 2008. Chambre Syndicate Typographique Parisienne, Salle Akustica, Paris
Massenet: Nuit d'Espagne
3:27
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jérôme Ducros (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-13
Recording Venue: 7-13 July, 2008. Chambre Syndicate Typographique Parisienne, Salle Akustica, Paris
Lekeu: 3 poèmes: No. 1, Sur une tombe
3:58
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jérôme Ducros (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-13
Recording Venue: 7-13 July, 2008. Chambre Syndicate Typographique Parisienne, Salle Akustica, Paris
Saint-Saëns: Violons dans le soir
5:15
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Jérôme Ducros (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-13
Recording Venue: 7-13 July, 2008. Chambre Syndicate Typographique Parisienne, Salle Akustica, Paris
Franck, C: Nocturne
3:34
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jérôme Ducros (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-13
Recording Venue: 7-13 July, 2008. Chambre Syndicate Typographique Parisienne, Salle Akustica, Paris
Dupont, G: Mandoline: Les donneurs de Sérénade
2:22
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jérôme Ducros (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-13
Recording Venue: 7-13 July, 2008. Chambre Syndicate Typographique Parisienne, Salle Akustica, Paris
Indy: Lied maritime
2:39
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jérôme Ducros (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-13
Recording Venue: 7-13 July, 2008. Chambre Syndicate Typographique Parisienne, Salle Akustica, Paris
Hahn, R: Chansons grises: No. 5, L'heure exquise
2:15
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jérôme Ducros (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-13
Recording Venue: 7-13 July, 2008. Chambre Syndicate Typographique Parisienne, Salle Akustica, Paris
Unsurprisingly, it is in the music of the Baroque era – the heyday of the castrato – that French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky has captured the attention of music-lovers lovers around the world. The ethereal, but sensuous beauty of his voice, his virtuosity and his sense of style have brought him critical praise, a number of major awards – including, in 2008, Germany’s prestigious Echo-Klassik prize for Male Singer of the Year, honouring his Virgin Classics album, Carestini: The Story of a Castrato – and impressive sales: more than 120,000 copies of his Vivaldi album Heroes and 90,000 of the Carestini release.
Jaroussky enters new territory with this programme of French songs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries – well over a hundred years after the end of the Baroque era. Taking its name, Opium, from a song by Saint-Saëns, it evokes the voluptuous, sometimes decadent spirit of the Belle Époque, the era of transition between Romanticism and Modernism. The programme includes a number of rarities by composers such as Dukas, Caplet, and Chaminade, as well as better-known numbers by figures like Fauré, Chausson and Hahn.