Alice Coote is the darling of the world’s opera stages and recital halls—to the extent that her solo recordings are rare events. In this much-anticipated French Songbook, Graham Johnson lends his incomparable insight to this most remarkable of talents on an emotional rollercoaster through twenty-three songs of Gallic love in all its guises.
“The beauty of Alice Coote’s mezzo-soprano glows with radiance.” --Financial Times, 9th May 2015
“Coote is in sumptuous voice, Johnson in his element.” --Sunday Times, 10th May 2015
“The beauty of Alice Coote’s mezzo-soprano glows with radiance.” --Financial Times, 9th May 2015
“Coote is in sumptuous voice, Johnson in his element.” --Sunday Times, 10th May 2015
"Five of Poulenc's songs are included in Alice Coote’s recital, L’heure exquise. She begins with Les chemins de l’amour and ends with Voyage, summoning up both the light-hearted and the inwardly reflective facets of Poulenc’s musical personality. The disc takes its title from Reynaldo Hahn’s L’heure exquise, a lovely, quietly floated song of love to which his scintillating, rapturous Les étoiles provides a gorgeous counterpart. Ranging through Fauré, Gounod, Chabrier (L’île heureuse), Chausson, Berlioz (Le spectre de la rose), Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Koechlin and Satie, this is a beautifully formed recital shining different lights on a central theme.
It is distinguished by Coote’s thorough absorption in the stylistic character of each song, conveying their individual sentiments and sensitivities with her rich, liquid mezzo and relishing the colouristic potential of the poetic texts. Graham Johnson’s piano accompaniments are, as ever, wonderfully apt and complementary to the voice. Given the disc’s title, the mot juste might simply be ‘exquisite’." --Gramophone, May 2015
It is distinguished by Coote’s thorough absorption in the stylistic character of each song, conveying their individual sentiments and sensitivities with her rich, liquid mezzo and relishing the colouristic potential of the poetic texts. Graham Johnson’s piano accompaniments are, as ever, wonderfully apt and complementary to the voice. Given the disc’s title, the mot juste might simply be ‘exquisite’." --Gramophone, May 2015
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