Graham Johnson - Faure: The Complete Songs, Vol. 3 - Chanson d'amour

This third instalment in our series encompassing all Faure�s songs takes its title from the famous Silvestre setting Chanson d�amour and guides the listener on a journey through the panoply of human emotion. Alongside finely chiselled miniatures we have the early cycle Po�me d�un jour (to poetry by Grandmougin), the suite from the Shakespeare/Haraucourt drama Shylock (which includes some notable rarities in the form of two-piano arrangements made with Faure�s blessing by the composer Leon Boellmann), and what is surely the apotheosis of the melodie genre: La bonne chanson.As with preceding volumes, Graham Johnson has employed a range of artists�the very finest interpreters of French song that could be found. Generous commentaries are provided for each song along with the original poems and English translations.