VA - Mademoiselle: Première audience - Unknown Music of Nadia Boulanger (2017)

Delos has the tremendous honor of issuing the first-ever album devoted to the wonderful compositions of Nadia Boulanger: truly a release of great historical importance. None dispute that Boulanger was by far the twentieth century’s most influential composition teacher. Yet “Mademoiselle,” as she has long been known in the music world, dismissed her own works as “useless,” with the result that they are almost completely unknown to the musical public today. But not anymore.

Music lovers everywhere can now hear Boulanger’s complete works, published and unpublished (including 13 world premieres), in the genres of the art song, solo piano, cello and piano, and organ, as performed by an all-star array of musicians. We at Delos are elated to share these 37 musical gems with you and are confident that you will in turn share our own amazement at the beauty and originality of Mademoiselle’s music.

TRACKLIST

01. Nicole Cabell - Versailles
02. Nicole Cabell - J'ai frappe
03. Alek Shrader - Chanson
04. Alek Shrader - Chanson
05. Nicole Cabell - Heures ternes
06. Nicole Cabell - Le beau navire
07. Nicole Cabell - Mon coeur
08. Edwin Crossley-Mercer - Doute
09. Edwin Crossley-Mercer - Un grand sommeil noir
10. Nicole Cabell - L'echange
11. Nicole Cabell - Soir d'hiver
12. Nicole Cabell - Ilda
13. Nicole Cabell - Priere
14. Alek Shrader - Cantique
15. Alek Shrader - Poeme d'amour
16. Nicole Cabell - Extase
17. Nicole Cabell - La mer
18. Edwin Crossley-Mercer - Aubade
19. Edwin Crossley-Mercer - Au bord de la nuit
20. Edwin Crossley-Mercer - Le couteau
21. Nicole Cabell - Soleils couchants
22. Nicole Cabell - Elegie
23. Alek Shrader - O schwore nicht
24. Alek Shrader - Was will die einsame Thrane
25. Alek Shrader - Ach, die Augen sind es wieder
26. Nicole Cabell - Ecoutez la chanson bien douce: Ecoutez
27. Lucy Mauro - Vers la vie nouvelle
28. Lucy Mauro - 3 Piano Pieces: No. 1 in D Minor
29. Lucy Mauro - 3 Piano Pieces: No. 2 in D Minor
30. Lucy Mauro - 3 Piano Pieces: No. 3 in B Minor
31. Amit Peled - 3 Pieces for Cello & Piano: No. 1. Modere
32. Amit Peled - 3 Pieces for Cello & Piano: No. 2. Sans vitesse et à l'aise
33. Amit Peled - 3 Pieces for Cello & Piano: No. 3. Vite et nerveusement rythmé
34. Francois-Henri Houbart - 3 Pieces for Organ: No. 1. Prélude
35. Francois-Henri Houbart - 3 Pieces for Organ: No. 2. Petit Canon
36. Francois-Henri Houbart - 3 Pieces for Organ: No. 3. Improvisation
37. Francois-Henri Houbart - Piece sur des airs populaires flamands