In the Paris Salons of La Belle Epoque

Part I

Reynaldo HAHN (1874-1947)

“Si mes vers avaient des ailes” on poem by Victor Hugo (Mélodies I, No.2)
Dmitry Cheblykov (baritone)

“Fumée” on poem by Jean Moréas (Mélodies II, No.10),
Vadim Volkov (countertenor) — 30.06

“Ma jeunesse” on poem by Elena Văcărescu (Mélodies II, No.17)
Maria Barakova (mezzo-soprano)

“Mai” on poem by François Coppée (Mélodies I, No.3)
Tamuna Gochashvili (soprano)

“Cantique” on poem by Anatole France (Mélodies II, No.2)
Alexander Utkin (bass-baritone)

“Le printemps” on poem by Théodore de Banville (12Rondels, No.3)
Elizaveta Ulakhovich (soprano)

“Théone” on poem by Jean Moréas (Mélodies II, No.5)
David Posulikhin (tenor)

“Au bord d’une fontaine” on poem by Maurice Magre (Mélodies II, No.8)
Andrei Sklyarenko (tenor)

“Pleurez avec moi” on poem by Agrippa d'Aubigné (Chansons et madrigaux, No.3)
Elizaveta Ulakhovich (soprano)
Maria Barakova (mezzo-soprano)
Andrei Sklyarenko (tenor)
Alexander Utkin (bass-baritone)

“L’obscurité”, chœur à quatre voix mixtes a cappella on poem by Victor Hugo
Maria Motolygina (soprano)
Elizaveta Ulakhovich (soprano)
Evgenia Asanova (mezzo-soprano)
Maria Barakova (mezzo-soprano)
Andrei Sklyarenko (tenor)
Dmitry Cheblykov (baritone)
Alexander Utkin (bass-baritone)
Igor Korostylev (bass)


Part II

Léon DELAFOSSE (1874-1955)

from the cycle “Soirs d'amour” on poem by Henri de Régnier

“Les fontaines”
Andrei Sklyarenko (tenor)

“Au bois de Frènes”
Elizaveta Ulakhovich (soprano)

Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)

“Violons dans le soir” on poem by Comtesse Anna de Noailles
Evgenia Asanova (mezzo-soprano)
Alexander Kalashkov (violin)

from the cycle “Mélodies persanes”, op. 26:

“La splendeur vide” on poem by Marie Trélat
Dmitry Cheblykov (baritone)

“La solitaire” on poem by Augusta Holmès
Maria Barakova (mezzo-soprano)

“Tournoiement” (“Songe d’opium”) on poem by Lorenzo Pagans
Elizaveta Ulakhovich (soprano) — 26.06
Vadim Volkov (counetrtenor) — 30.06

“Dance macabre” on poem by Henri Cazalis
Giorgi Sturua (tenor)

Jules MASSENET (1842-1912)

“Battement des ailes” on poem by Jeanne-Françoise Thomasset (“Expressions lyriques”, No. 4)
Elizaveta Ulakhovich (soprano)

“Élégie” on poem by Louis Gallet
Igor Korostylev (bass) — 26.06 Andrei Kimach (baritone) — 30.06


“Au delà du rêve” on poem by Gaston Hirsch
Viktoria Karkacheva (mezzo-soprano)

Gabriel FAURÉ (1845-1924)

“Au bord de l’eau” on poem by Sully Prudhomme, op. 8 No. 1
Tamuna Gochashvili (soprano)

“Clair de Lune” on poem by Paul Verlaine, op. 46, No.2
David Posulikhin (tenor) — 26.06
Vadim Volkov (countertenor) — 30.06

“Notre amour” on poem by Paul Silvestre, op. 23 No.2
Maria Motolygina (soprano)

“Mandoline” on poem by Paul Verlaine, op. 58 No.1
Alexander Utkin (bass-baritone)

“Automne” on poem by Armand Silvestre, op. 18 No.3
Evgenia Asanova (mezzo-soprano)

“Après un rêve” on poem by Romain Bussine, op. 7 No.1
Tamuna Gochashvili (soprano) — 26.06
Vadim Volkov (countertenor) — 30.06

Piano part: Irina Kataieva-Aimard, Daniil Orlov, Zhanna Zhusupova, Alexander Shirokov
Actor-reciter: Eldar Tramov