One of the most difficult but important aspects of a countertenor's life is finding appropriate repertoire for such a unique voice. Reynaldo Hahn's A Chloris is one of the songs from the French mélodie repertoire that seems to fit this voice type like a glove, sung here with much elegance by Phillipe Jaroussky. Anyone know who the pianist is?
Update: A big thanks for the comment by pianoman - the pianist is in fact Jérôme Ducros.
Update: Another big thanks to Darrell for finding a longer clip of the video below with full documentation and credits: Part 1 of Une Invitation À La Mélodie Française: En compagnie de Philippe Jaroussky, directed by Louise Narboni. Look for more installments of this documentary in the next few weeks.
Thanks, Chris- a beautiful performance- how strange that the pianist is not credited, as he is so obviously an equal partner (sigh). Plus ça change...
ReplyDeleteA Chloris is one of my favorite songs. We actually had some friends perform it at our wedding reception!
Unfortunate, but all too typical on YouTube. Hopefully a reader from France may be able to fill us in on the identity of the mystery pianist.
ReplyDeleteThe pianist is Jérôme Ducros.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations for your blog. I come here every day to see what's new.
Ditto Valerie's comments, Chris - a beautiful performance of one of my favourite Mélodies
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to another posting of the same video, this one including the full credits at the beginning - the pianist is Jérôme Ducros.
Thanks, Pianoman!
ReplyDeleteDarrell, your link didn't come through. I'll take a look on YouTube tonight and see if I can find the video with the pianist credit.
ReplyDeleteHmm - I guess it helps if you actually paste it. My bad...
ReplyDeleteHere's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brBngm2-YPk&feature=related
the first in a series of the whole documentary.
Awesome, Darrell!
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