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Night and Dreams

Night and Dreams [Deutsche Grammophon]
Night and Dreams cover

Night and Dreams – Measha Brueggergosman, soprano and Justus Zeyen, piano.  (Deutsche Grammophon: 4778101)

 

“Good singing, atmosphere, the exotic, and the palette cleansers,” is how she summarized the mood of this album.  Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman began her career committed to the song recital and this album is the follow-up to her triumphant debut recital, released on DG in 2008.  With her debut, she showed that she could act.  With Night and Dreams, she wanted to show herself in pure song. In selecting these wide-ranging songs about night, love, sleep, and dreams, she says she “wanted something languid, sexy, romantic.” With precision, sensual delicacy, and improvisatory freedom, this exceptional soprano makes each note her own in this program ranging from Debussy and Poulenc, to de Falla, Warlock, Strauss, and everything inbetween.

Claude Debussy Beau Soir
Richard Strauss Die Nacht
Johannes Brahms Ständchen
Franz Liszt Oh! Quand Je Dors
Henri Duparc Chanson Triste
Gabriel Fauré Notre Amour
Xavier Montsalvatge Canción De Cuna Para Dormir A Un Negrito
Franz Schubert Nachtstück
Francis Poulenc C'est Ainsi Que Tu Es
Franz Schubert An Den Mond
Gabriel Fauré Clair De Lune
Francis Hime Anoiteceu
Reynaldo Hahn L'Heure Exquise
Ernest Chausson Le Temps Des Lilas
Manuel De Falla Nana
Henri Duparc Phidylé
Richard Strauss Wiegenlied
Hugo Wolf In Dem Schatten Meiner Locken
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Abendempfindung An Laura
Richard Strauss Ständchen
Peter Warlock Sleep