Gerard Souzay sings Duparc (vaimusic.com)

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Gerard Souzay sings "Chanson triste" (Duparc)
From: VAI DVD 4360 The Art of Gerard Souzay, Vol. II
More treasures from the archives of Canadian television. This second volume devoted to the legendary interpreter of French mélodies and German lieder features performances (1956-1967) of songs by Fauré, Duparc, Schubert, Strauss, and others. DVD bonus: a 1977 documentary on Souzay featuring excerpts from his master classes.
Includes optional English and French subitles.
Color/B&W, 97 min.
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[ivantwill]

curiously hes a baritone yet in this recording hes singing it for high voice, though sublimely.

[lucyliesinashes]

@fatherman73 I don't love him on everything, and I won't say every choice made at the time was perfectly researched for every period he sang. BUT he was one of the best interpreters of French melodie. A repertoire that doesn't get it's due anymore. This is truly beautiful.

[razdoburdina]

Les américains adorent faire des experts... Mais Même sans eux il est beau ! Merci AV

[Zva26]

Gerard Souzay's vocal and interpretative gifts are out of reach for those whose love of voice is restricted to opera. Souzay's venue was the recital stage, where he illuminated the songs of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Faure, Ravel, Debussy, etc. His was a lyric baritone ---- NOT an operatic baritone "con belto". He painted vocal music with a fine brush and shaded words and phrases with a refinement completely unknown today. This is vocal artistry par excellence.

[fatherman73]

Gerard Souzay is a master of French melodie from the Fin de siècle. His interpretation of this repertoire is perhaps unrivaled. I can understand why someone might not find his voice to be beautiful if that someone dislikes velvety, lyric, French baritones with impeccable phrasing and evenness of tone.

[goldenthroat86]

@raphaelhudson Judging from your channel, I'd say that you have excellent taste in singers. I just don't care for Souzay. Very few people do. In my humble opinion there are enough fine art song singers out there to listen to someone who has beautiful voice, sound technique AND artistry. For my ear, Souzay has none of those things. If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, it is also in the ear of the listener.

[raphaelhudson]

@goldenthroat86 So you recommend us Hvorostovsky and Ms Norman. Norman had a big sound and was a wonderful singer of a limited field of repertoire but she was also inclined to be woofy and diffuse. She is often drowned out by an orchestra when "smaller" voices singing at the same time cut right through. Hvorostovsky has vocally decayed far before his time, he is often woofy and insecure in the top, although he remains the best living interpreter of the Russian baritone repertoire.

[goldenthroat86]

@raphaelhudson My opinion of Souzay's voice and "artistry" are not unique. Those who think Souzay is wonderful are definitely in the minority. He has a VERY small fan base. True, he is regarded as the greatest French baritone, but that's not saying much. There aren't any other French baritones of note. Having the greatest number of recordings of French art song doesn't make him the best interpreter of them. I think the youtube video of you singing Erlkonig says it all. Don't quit your day job!

[opera888able]

An intimate and beautiful rendition. Souzay, completely at home in this field.

Does not appear to have a heck of a big or robust sound but it don't matter.

A true lyric baritone. Classy.

[konotoso]

I am entranced by this performance, by the ecstasy in his face and the beauty of his voice. It is as if he were living this song, and singing directly to his lover.