Veronique Gens; Munchner Rundfunkorchester; Herve Niquet - Paysage

In this recital, Veronique Gens and Herve Niquet bring back to life a neglected aspect of France's Romantic heritage: songs with orchestral accompaniment. Aside from a few pieces by Debussy and Duparc, and Berlioz's famous Nuits d'ete, orchestral melodies form a virtually forgotten continent.In collaboration with the specialists of the Palazzetto Bru Zane, Alpha now revisits these musical landscapes, taking us from Brittany (Hahn) to Persia, whose beauties Faure and Saint-Saens exalt in very different ways. Melodies by Chausson, Gounod and Dubois and rarely heard instrumental pieces by Massenet, Faure and Fernand de La Tombelle round out the journey with their musical reveries.