Description
With renewed interest in the music of Poldowski in recent years, this new critical edition is a welcome addition to the vocal repertoire. The edition, in two volumes, present all 36 of Poldowski’s extant works for voice and piano. Volume 1 is entirely settings on the poetry of Verlaine – 22 songs in total. This collection of 20th century French art song includes “Colombine,”; “Mandoline” and “Spleen.” The editors of this new edition have provided a treasure trove of resource material relating to the songs and the composer.
Contents:
- En sourdine (1911)
- Colombine (1913)
- Cortège (1913)
- Cythère (1913)
- Fantoches (1913)
- Mandoline (1913)
- Sur l’herbe (1918)
- Le faune (1919)
- À Clymène (1927)
- Bruxelles (1911)
- Dimanche d’Avril (1911)
- L’attente (1912)
- Brume (1913)
- Circonspection (1913)
- Dansons la gigue (1913)
- Effet de neige (1913)
- Impression fausse (1913)
- L’heure exquise (1913)
- Spleen (1913)
- Crépuscule du soir mystique (1914)
- A Poor Young Shepherd (1924)
- Nous deux (early unpublished)
