Secrets: French Songs - Marianne Crebassa, Fazil Say

Mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa and pianist Fazıl Say share some tantalising, captivating and sensuous Secrets in this album of songs, centred on Debussy's Trois Chansons de Bilitis, Ravel's Shéhérazade and Fazıl Say's own Gezi Park 3- which he and Crebassa premiered in 2014. Describing the recording sessions, Marianne Crebassa says: "Sometimes we worked in a kind of trance... there were some moments when nothing seemed to exist around us..."Secrets includes Debussy's discreetly erotic Trois Chansons de Bilitis, settings of texts by Pierre Louÿs that were inspired by ancient Greek literature, and Ravel's sumptuous Shéhérazade, three contrasting songs that conjure up exotic moods rather than retelling the stories of the1001 Nights. They are joined by a work by Fazıl Say that is inspired by his native Turkey, but which moves away from the spirit of legend and fantasy: Gezi Park 3belongs to a series of works that he composed in response to the momentous civil protests that took place in in Istanbul in June 2013. Say and Crebassa gave it's premiere in Bremen in September 2014, where it was heard as a 'Ballad for mezzo-soprano, piano and orchestra'. Crebassa's part is a wordless vocalise and the work is recorded here in a version for voice and piano.



3 Chansons de Bilitis, L. 90: I. La Flûte de Pan
3 Chansons de Bilitis, L. 90: II. La Chevelure
3 Chansons de Bilitis, L. 90: III. Le Tombeau Des Naïades
Shéhérazade, M. 17: I. Asie
Shéhérazade, M. 17: II. La Flûte Enchantée
Shéhérazade, M. 17: III. L'indifférent
3 Mélodies de Verlaine, L. 81: I. La Mer Est Plus Belle Que Les Cathédrales
3 Mélodies de Verlaine, L. 81: II. Le Son Du Cor S'afflige Vers Les Bois
3 Mélodies de Verlaine, L. 81: III. L'échelonnement Des Haies Moutonne À L'infini
Vocalise-Étude en Forme de Habanera, M. 51
Mirages, Op. 113: I. Cygne Sur L'eau
Mirages, Op. 113: II. Reflets Dans L'eau
Mirages, Op. 113: III. Jardin Nocturne
Mirages, Op. 113: IV. Danseuse
Mélodies: XIII. Au Pays Où Se Fait la Guerre
Mélodies: VII. Lamento
Mélodies: X. Elegie
Mélodies: IX. Chanson Triste
Gezi Park 3