Fauré - Après un rêve - Nathalie Stutzmann

Hi-res & stereo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u3G3UL-FIc&fmt=18

This is Fauré's most popular song, and one of his earliest (Op. 7, No. 1, 1865). Romain Bussine's text is a French adaptation of an anonymous Italian poem.


Après un rêve

Dans un sommeil que charmait ton image
Je rêvais le bonheur, ardent mirage;
Tes yeux étaient plus doux, ta voix pure et sonore,
Tu rayonnais comme un ciel éclairé par l'aurore.
Tu m'appelais et je quittais la terre
Pour m'enfuir avec toi vers la lumière;
Les cieux pour nous, entr'ouvraient leurs nues,
Splendeurs inconnues, lueurs divines entrevues...

Hélas! Hélas, triste réveil des songes!
Je t'appelle, ô nuit, rends-moi tes mensonges;
Reviens, reviens radieuse,
Reviens, ô nuit mystérieuse!

After a dream

In a sleep which your image charmed
I dreamed of happiness, ardent mirage;
your eyes were sweeter, your voice pure and ringing,
you shone like a sky lit up by the dawn.
You were calling me and I was leaving the earth
to flee with you towards the light;
the skies parted their clouds for us,
unknown splendours, divine half-seen gleams...

Alas! Alas! Sad awakening from dreams!
I call on you, o night, give me back your deceits;
come back, come back resplendent,
come back, o mysterious night!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Faure
• Apres
• un
• Reve
• Nathalie
• Stutzmann
• classical
• music
• score
• animation

[neobenny]

Bien conçu. Mais attention, la version audio est 1/2 ton en dessous de la version vidéo (partition)

[civileso]

Hello. I am sorry I don't know French but it seems that you are referring to the difference between the score and the audio.. I think you are right but I do not know why it is.. I just wanted to post it because this is one of my favorite pieces by Fauré.. It still serves the purpose you know.. Relative notes in a semitone different pitch..But thanks for the observation and the comment..

[AulicExclusiva]

A mélodie may be sung in any key suitable to the singer, as long as it doesn't destroy the song.

Gorgeous voice, very aristocratic art. Superb.

[sunsuvvi]

her voice is flawless!! beautiful!

[joanabanyeres]

Merveilleux... cette voix tres particulière qui nous aide a écouter les voix de ces petites sopranos, il y en a des milliers. nathalie, malgré ma voix aussi un peu grave, t' écouter ne m'encourage pas a chanter aussi ce fauré.

[ctrgl0905]

C'est vraiment beau...mais qui est au piano?

[mircavalcante]

Yes, @pianogirl97, she is singing in B minor. Everybody know that this music is available in different keys, but if you have perfect pitch, you suffer when you read the music in one key and listen in another. But, besides of this, I would like to comment that I love Ms. Stutzmann, she is a real contralto and are very concious about how to use it properly and how to interpret the music so perfectly. Bravo, Nathalie Stutzmann! I love you!

[nicosupersex]

@pianogirl97 oh yes... you poor girl, why don't you simply shut your eyes????? and stop that silly comment, if you people ( not only pianogirl) knew something, you'd know that all art songs are available in different keys so everybody can sing them......

[pianogirl97]

@MultiFailBot I believe she's singing it in B minor if my ears are hearing correctly this evening.

[MultiFailBot]

@pianogirl97 So Ms. Stutzmann is singing this in D-Flat Minor (or C-Sharp Minor?)

[pianogirl97]

@civileso ~ Ms. Stutzmann is singing this a half-step lower than the music is written, and in the video with Kiri Te Kanawa singing, she is at least a half-step higher than the printed score. Haven't listened to the video with Veronique Gens yet to hear what she is singing. Sometimes perfect pitch is a major pain! :~)

[bee109bee2007]

LOVE THiS RECORDiNG THE MOST

[alstonng]

this sounds like a counter-tenor

[yourforte]

I've never heard it in this key before, but it's beautiful.