Smiles in music (3CDs)
Humor in music is sometimes frowned upon. Classical music is a serious thing!
However, if sounds can give us strong emotions, why not joy, even bursts of laughter?
Among the melodies of Henry Barraud, the Chantefables by Robert Desnos are pretty descriptive and animalist poems for children aged 7 to 77!
And why not take a walk through Paris in the company of Max Jacob and Eric Satie, where their humor is adorned with irony, taunt and satire.
As for Maurizi, illustrious composer of “Otchi tchornye”(les yeux noirs), it’s about letting yourself be seduced by the swing of his melodies “borrowed” from
Russian and Gypsy folklore.
Nothing like it to show a smile
1 • CD — HENRY BARRAUD
Chantefables (Desnos)
La sorcière et le pirate (Hugo)
Trois lettres de Mme de Sévigné
Nicolas Kruger, piano - Salomé Haller, soprano Christophe Crapez, ténor - Didier Henry, baryton.
2 • Un sourire…
Max Jacob - Eric Satie
« Je m’appelle Eric Satie… comme tout le monde ! »
Maria Carmen Barboro, piano
Eric Verdin, comédien
3 • CD — Oreste de Maurizi
alias Bob Stanley
« Les Yeux Noirs » (Otchi tchorniye)
Éric Lesage, piano
Cristelle Gouffé, mezzo-soprano
Céline Lesage & Jean-Philippe Battedou, violons
Clarisse Lesage, violoncelle
Jean-Louis Ladagnous, contrebasse