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La chanson du pecheur, Op. 4, No. 1 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
Louis Quilico, baritone
Christina Petrowska-Quilico, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


1. La chanson du pecheur, Op. 4, No. 1 - 00:03:37


Poeme d'un jour, Op. 21 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
George Reeves, piano
Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Recording date: 7 October 1947


2. No. 1. Rencontre - 00:02:05
3. No. 2. Toujours - 00:01:17
4. No. 3. Adieu - 00:02:13


Les berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Ernst Victor Wolff, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Recording date: 05 February 1947


5. Les berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1 - 00:02:51


Le secret, Op. 23, No. 3 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
James Schwabacher, tenor


6. Le secret, Op. 23, No. 3 - 00:02:19


Aurore, Op. 39, No. 1 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


7. Aurore, Op. 39, No. 1 - 00:02:08


Fleur jetee, Op. 39, No. 2 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
Juan-Antonio Alvarez Parejo, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Teresa Berganza, soprano
James Schwabacher, tenor


8. Fleur jetee, Op. 39, No. 2 - 00:01:26


La rose, Op. 51, No. 4 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Noel Lee, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


9. La rose, Op. 51, No. 4 - 00:02:10


Madrigal, Op. 35 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


10. Madrigal, Op. 35 - 00:01:11


5 Melodies de Venise, Op. 58 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Juan-Antonio Alvarez Parejo, piano
Noel Lee, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Teresa Berganza, soprano


11. No. 1. Mandoline - 00:01:37
12. No. 2. En sourdine - 00:03:14
13. No. 3. Green - 00:01:54
14. No. 4. A Clymene - 00:02:31
15. No. 5. C'est l'extase - 00:02:50


La bonne Chanson (The Good Song), Op. 61 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Noel Lee, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


16. No. 1. Une Sainte en son aureole (A Saint in her Halo) - 00:01:53
17. No. 2. Puisique l'aube grandit (Since Dawn is Breaking) - 00:01:47
18. No. 3. La lune blanche luit dans les bois (The White Moon Shines in the Forest) - 00:02:25
19. No. 4. J'allais des chemins perfides (I Walked Along Treacherous Paths) - 00:01:42
20. No. 5. J'ai presque peur, en verite (I Am Most Afraid, In Truth) - 00:02:06
21. No. 6. Avant que tu ne t'en ailles (Before you fade, Pale Morning Star) - 00:02:37
22. No. 7. Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d'ete (So It Will Be, on a Clear Summer's Day) - 00:02:24
23. No. 8. N'est-ce pas? (Is It Not So?) - 00:02:33
24. No. 9. L'hiver a cesse (Winter is over) - 00:02:43


Le parfum imperissable, Op. 76, No. 1 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Noel Lee, piano
Bernard Kruysen, baritone


25. Le parfum imperissable, Op. 76, No. 1 - 00:02:42


Arpege, Op. 76, No. 2 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Noel Lee, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


26. Arpege, Op. 76, No. 2 - 00:02:08


Prison, Op. 83, No. 1 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Noel Lee, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


27. Prison, Op. 83, No. 1 - 00:02:26


Soir, Op. 83, No. 2 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano
Noel Lee, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


28. Soir, Op. 83, No. 2 - 00:02:13


Dans la foret de septembre, Op. 85, No. 1 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Noel Lee, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


29. Dans la foret de septembre, Op. 85, No. 1 - 00:03:16


La fleur qui va sur l'eau, Op. 85, No. 2 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Noel Lee, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


30. La fleur qui va sur l'eau, Op. 85, No. 2 - 00:02:16


Le don silencieux, Op. 92 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


31. Le don silencieux, Op. 92 - 00:02:06

La chanson d'Eve, Op. 95 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Wanda Brister, mezzo-soprano
Mary Dibbern, piano


1. VI. Eau vivante - 00:01:12
2. IX. Crepuscule - 00:02:38


Le jardin clos, Op. 106 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


3. No. 1. Exaucement - 00:01:19
4. No. 4. Je me poserai sur ton coeur - 00:01:36


Mirages, Op. 113 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Noel Lee, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


5. No. 1. Cygne sur l'eau - 00:03:24
6. No. 2. Reflets dans l'eau - 00:04:22
7. No. 3. Jardin nocturne - 00:03:00
8. No. 4. Danseuse - 00:02:02


L'horizon chimerique, Op. 118 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Noel Lee, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


9. I. La mer est infinie - 00:01:33
10. II. Je me suis embarque - 00:02:28
11. III. Diane Selene - 00:01:58
12. IV. Vaisseaux, nous vous aurons aimes - 00:02:02


Chansons villageoises, FP 117 (more info)
Composed by: Francis Poulenc
Christine Lajarrige, piano
Michel Piquemal, baritone
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


13. No. 1. Chanson du clair tamis - 00:00:51
14. No. 2. Les gars qui vont a la fete - 00:01:17
15. No. 3. C'est le joli printemps - 00:02:45
16. No. 4. Le mendiant - 00:03:29
17. No. 5. Chanson de la fille frivole - 00:00:48
18. No. 6. Le retour du sergent - 00:01:24


Calligrammes, FP 140 (more info)
Composed by: Francis Poulenc
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


19. No. 1. L'espionne - 00:01:38
20. No. 2. Mutation - 00:00:40
21. No. 3. Vers le sud - 00:01:48
22. No. 4. Il pleut - 00:01:09
23. No. 5. La grace exilee - 00:00:39
24. No. 6. Aussi bien que les cigales - 00:01:54
25. No. 7. Voyage - 00:02:59


Le travail du peintre, FP 161 (more info)
Composed by: Francis Poulenc
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


26. No. 1. Pablo Picasso - 00:02:32
27. No. 2. Marc Chagall - 00:00:54
28. No. 3. Georges Braque - 00:01:22
29. No. 4. Juan Gris - 00:02:09
30. No. 5. Paul Klee - 00:00:40
31. No. 6. Joan Miro - 00:01:20
32. No. 7. Jacques Villon - 00:02:18


La fraicheur et le feu, FP 147 (more info)
Composed by: Francis Poulenc
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


33. No. 1. Rayons des yeux - 00:01:06
34. No. 2. Le matin les branches attisent - 00:00:38
35. No. 3. Tout disparut - 00:01:35
36. No. 4. Dans les tenebres du jardin - 00:00:24
37. No. 5. Unis la fraicheur et le feu - 00:01:27
38. No. 6. Homme au sourire tendre - 00:01:55
39. No. 7. La grande riviere qui va - 00:00:47


Airs chantes, FP 46 (more info)
Composed by: Francis Poulenc
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
James Schwabacher, tenor


40. Airs chantes: No. 4. Air vif - 00:00:55


La grenouillere, FP 96 (more info)
Composed by: Francis Poulenc
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


41. La grenouillere - 00:01:53


Metamorphoses, FP 121 (more info)
Composed by: Francis Poulenc
Christine Lajarrige, piano
Michel Piquemal, baritone
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


42. Metamorphoses: No. 1. Reine des mouettes - 00:00:48


Priez pour paix, FP 95 (more info)
Composed by: Francis Poulenc
Christine Lajarrige, piano
Michel Piquemal, baritone
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


43. Priez pour paix - 00:02:30

5 Melodies populaires grecques (more info)
Composed by: Maurice Ravel Traditional
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Maria Bayo, soprano
Malcolm Martineau, piano
Noel Lee, piano
Andre Laplante, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano


1. No. 1. Le Reveil de la mariee - 00:01:13
2. No. 2. La-bas, vers l'eglise - 00:01:31
3. No. 3. Quel galant m'est comparable - 00:01:04
4. No. 4. Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques - 00:02:34
5. No. 5. Tout gai! - 00:00:49


2 Epigrammes de Clement Marot (more info)
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Maggie Teyte, soprano
Gerard Theruel, baritone
Gerald Moore, piano
David Abramovitz, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


6. No. 1. D'Anne qui me jecta de la neige - 00:02:22
7. No. 2. D'Anne jouent de l'espinette - 00:01:52


Histoires naturelles (Natural Histories) (more info)
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Maggie Teyte, soprano
Gerard Theruel, baritone
Gerald Moore, piano
David Abramovitz, piano
Noel Lee, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Recording date: 5 October 1947


8. No. 1. Le paon (The Peacock) - 00:04:37
9. No. 2. Le grillon (The Cricket) - 00:03:03
10. No. 3. Le cygne (The Swan) - 00:02:55
11. No. 4. Le martin-pecheur (The Kingfisher) - 00:02:16
12. No. 5. Le pintade (The Guinea-Fowl) - 00:02:58


Chansons madecasses (more info)
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Vincen Prat, flute
David Abramovitz, piano
Claire Brua, mezzo-soprano
Xavier Gagnepain, cello
Andre Laplante, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Nora Shulman, flute
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Thomas Wiebe, cello
Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: March / April 1997, April 1998, May 2000


13. No. 1. Nahandove - 00:04:40
14. No. 2. Aoua! - 00:03:39
15. No. 3. Il est doux - 00:03:32


2 Melodies hebraiques (version for voice and piano) (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous Maurice Ravel
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Laurent Naouri, baritone
David Abramovitz, piano
Noel Lee, piano
Andre Laplante, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: March / April 1997, April 1998, May 2000


16. No. 1. Kaddisch - 00:04:41
17. No. 2. L'enigme eternelle (The eternal enigma) - 00:01:33


Don Quichotte a Dulcinee (more info)
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Laurent Naouri, baritone
David Abramovitz, piano
Noel Lee, piano
Louis Quilico, baritone
Christina Petrowska-Quilico, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Austin Miskell, tenor
Michael Sussman, clarinet


18. No. 1. Chanson romanesque - 00:02:04
19. No. 2. Chanson epique - 00:03:09
20. No. 3. Chanson a boire - 00:01:41


Les grands vents venus d'outremer (more info)
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Laurent Naouri, baritone
David Abramovitz, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Recording date: March / April 1997, April 1998, May 2000


21. Les grands vents venus d'outremer - 00:02:09


Sainte (more info)
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Laurent Naouri, baritone
David Abramovitz, piano
Noel Lee, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


22. Sainte - 00:02:22


Sur l'herbe (more info)
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Laurent Naouri, baritone
David Abramovitz, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


23. Sur l'herbe - 00:01:48


Poemes de la Pleiade, Vol. 2 (more info)
Composed by: Jacques Leguerney
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Dalton Baldwin, piano


24. No. 4. Ma douce jouvence est passee - 00:02:19
25. No. 3. A son page - 00:01:19


Chansons grises (more info)
Composed by: Reynaldo Hahn
Maggie Teyte, soprano
Gerald Moore, piano
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Vinson Cole, tenor
Patrick Stephens, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Daniel Blumenthal, piano


26. Chansons grises: No. 5. L'heure exquise - 00:02:34

L'Invitation au voyage (more info)
Performed by: London Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Henri Duparc
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Maggie Teyte, soprano
Karita Mattila, soprano
Paul Groves, tenor
Leslie Howard,
Martin Katz, piano
Noel Lee, piano
Helmut Deutsch,
Konrad Jarnot, baritone
Roger Vignoles, piano
Rosa Ponselle, soprano
Gerald Finley, baritone
Lyne Fortin, soprano
Igor Chichagov, piano
Micheal MacMahon, piano
Louis Quilico, baritone
Christina Petrowska-Quilico, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Stephen Ralls, piano
Recording date: 17 October 1954


1. L'Invitation au voyage - 00:04:21


Serenade florentine (more info)
Composed by: Henri Duparc
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Paul Groves, tenor
Noel Lee, piano
Helmut Deutsch,
Konrad Jarnot, baritone
Roger Vignoles, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Stephen Ralls, piano
Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano


2. Serenade florentine - 00:02:17


La vague et la cloche (more info)
Composed by: Henri Duparc
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Paul Groves, tenor
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Ernst Victor Wolff, piano
Noel Lee, piano
Helmut Deutsch,
Konrad Jarnot, baritone
Roger Vignoles, piano
Gerald Finley, baritone
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Stephen Ralls, piano


3. La vague et la cloche - 00:05:43


Extase (more info)
Composed by: Henri Duparc
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Paul Groves, tenor
Noel Lee, piano
Helmut Deutsch,
Konrad Jarnot, baritone
Roger Vignoles, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Stephen Ralls, piano
Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano


4. Extase - 00:03:21


Le manoir de Rosemonde (more info)
Composed by: Henri Duparc
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Paul Groves, tenor
Noel Lee, piano
Helmut Deutsch,
Konrad Jarnot, baritone
Roger Vignoles, piano
Gerald Finley, baritone
Louis Quilico, baritone
Christina Petrowska-Quilico, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Stephen Ralls, piano


5. Le manoir de Rosemonde - 00:02:53


La vie anterieure (more info)
Composed by: Henri Duparc
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Paul Ulanowsky, piano
Paul Groves, tenor
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Ernst Victor Wolff, piano
Lotte Lehmann, soprano
Noel Lee, piano
Helmut Deutsch,
Konrad Jarnot, baritone
Roger Vignoles, piano
Gerald Finley, baritone
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Stephen Ralls, piano
Recording date: 09 March 1949


6. La vie anterieure - 00:03:43


Lamento (more info)
Composed by: Henri Duparc
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Paul Groves, tenor
Noel Lee, piano
Helmut Deutsch,
Konrad Jarnot, baritone
Roger Vignoles, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Stephen Ralls, piano
Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano


7. Lamento - 00:04:18


Testament (more info)
Composed by: Henri Duparc
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Paul Groves, tenor
Noel Lee, piano
Helmut Deutsch,
Konrad Jarnot, baritone
Roger Vignoles, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Stephen Ralls, piano
Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 10 -12 November 1993


8. Testament - 00:03:13


Phidyle (more info)
Performed by: London Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Henri Duparc
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Maggie Teyte, soprano
Karita Mattila, soprano
Paul Groves, tenor
Leslie Howard,
Martin Katz, piano
Noel Lee, piano
Helmut Deutsch,
Konrad Jarnot, baritone
Roger Vignoles, piano
Gerald Finley, baritone
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Stephen Ralls, piano
Recording date: 10 -12 November 1993


9. Phidyle - 00:05:28


Chanson triste (more info)
Composed by: Henri Duparc
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Nellie Melba, soprano
Karita Mattila, soprano
Paul Groves, tenor
Martin Katz, piano
Noel Lee, piano
Helmut Deutsch,
Konrad Jarnot, baritone
Roger Vignoles, piano
Lyne Fortin, soprano
Micheal MacMahon, piano
Louis Quilico, baritone
Christina Petrowska-Quilico, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Stephen Ralls, piano
Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 10 -12 November 1993


10. Chanson triste - 00:03:15


Elegie (more info)
Composed by: Henri Duparc
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Paul Groves, tenor
Noel Lee, piano
Helmut Deutsch,
Konrad Jarnot, baritone
Roger Vignoles, piano
Lyne Fortin, soprano
Micheal MacMahon, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Stephen Ralls, piano
Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano


11. Elegie - 00:03:25


Soupir (more info)
Composed by: Henri Duparc
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Paul Groves, tenor
Noel Lee, piano
Helmut Deutsch,
Konrad Jarnot, baritone
Roger Vignoles, piano
Gerald Finley, baritone
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Stephen Ralls, piano


12. Soupir - 00:03:34


L'absent (more info)
Composed by: Charles-Francois Gounod
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


13. L'absent - 00:03:49


Serenade (more info)
Composed by: Charles-Francois Gounod
Victor Hugo,
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Arleen Auger, soprano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


14. Serenade - 00:03:54


Les cigales (more info)
Composed by: Emmanuel Chabrier
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


15. Les cigales - 00:02:51


Chanson pour Jeanne (more info)
Composed by: Emmanuel Chabrier
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


16. Chanson pour Jeanne - 00:03:36


Chanson d'avril (more info)
Composed by: Georges Bizet
Maggie Teyte, soprano
Gerald Moore, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Vinson Cole, tenor
Patrick Stephens, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


17. Chanson d'avril - 00:02:03


Nocturne, M. 85 (more info)
Composed by: Cesar Franck
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


18. Nocturne, M. 85 - 00:04:00


4 Poemes, Op. 3 (more info)
Composed by: Albert Roussel
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


19. 4 Poemes, Op. 3: No. 3. Le jardin mouille - 00:03:07


2 Melodies, Op. 20 (more info)
Composed by: Albert Roussel
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


20. 2 Melodies, Op. 20: No. 1. Le bachelier de Salamanque - 00:01:38

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