Ophelie - Lieder et Melodies: Marianne Fiset; Louis-Phillippe Marsolais; Michael McMahon

From Franz Schubert to Canadian composer Denis Gougeon, the music on this CD allows us to enter a poetic universe dominated by the impulses of the heart united with the beauty of nature. In the Baroque period, the meeting of the horn and the voice generally took place in opera, and rhymed with hunting scenes. During the Romantic period, composers and poets praised its virtues, so it was normal for melodists to be attracted by the richness of an original sound combination, both intimate and picturesque.

1. Dirti Addio (L’amor funesto) | Gaetano Donizetti

2. Alphorn | Richard Strauss

3. Le jeune pâtre breton, op. 13 no 4 | Hector Berlioz

4. Le soir | Charles Gounod

5. Auf dem Strom | Franz Schubert

6. Ophélie | Denis Gougeon

7. Herbst, op. 30 no 1 | Franz Lachner

8. Vier Gesänge, op.117 | Hornesruf | Carl Gottlieb Reissiger

9. Vier Gesänge, op.117 | Des deutschen Schiffers Heimat | Carl Gottlieb Reissiger

10. Vier Gesänge, op.117 | Erfüllte Ahnung | Carl Gottlieb Reissiger

11. Vier Gesänge, op.117 | Abendständchen | Carl Gottlieb Reissiger

12. Waldwärts, op. 28 | Franz Lachner