CD 1 - melodies en francais:
Le Lion devenu vieux
La Chatte metamorphosee en Femme
L'Inconstante
Savoir-vivre et usage mondain - a propos de la chaussette blanche?
Savoir-vivre et usage mondain - comment on offre le bras?
Savoir-vivre et usage mondain - et a propos de gants?
Le Loup et l'Agneau
La Femme qui craignait le tonnerre
La Femme noyee
Escale a Rio
Au marche de Saint-Paul, j'irai
La Cigale et la Fourmi
L'Archet
La Tortue et les deux Canards
Tenir
Lettre d'amour
Le Corbeau et le Renard
La Princesse au petit pois
Couplets:
Jusqu'au plaisir de nous revoir?
Je t'aime:vocalise amoureuse pour soprano eperdue

CD 2 - songs in English:
The Lion in old age
The Cat transformed into a Woman
The inconstant one
Guide to fine etiquette and worldly manners - on the subject of white socks?
Guide to fine etiquette and worldly manners - offering one's arm?
Guide to fine etiquette and worldly manners - and about gloves?
The Wolf and the Lamb
The Woman who feared thunder
The drowned Wife
Stopover in Rio
I am off to the market day
The Grasshopper and the Ant
The Bow
The Tortoise and the two Ducks
Holding
Love letter
The Crow and the Fox
The Princess and the pea
Couplets - We certainly must meet again
I love youamorous vocalise for distraught soprano

There is something for everyone in this collection of Isabelle Aboulker’s most beautiful melodies: the passionate vocalises of Je t’aime sit alongside limpid fables by La Fontaine (The Crow and the Fox, The Lion in Old Age and more), while the unnerving eeriness of the merchant of souls in Au Marché de Saint-Paul contrasts with the light humour of the Savoir-vivre cycle, and the melancholy accents of Lettre d’amour make way for the irresistible charm of L’Inconstante. Isabelle’s prosodic clarity and voluptuous focus on the evocative power of words speak of a deep attachment to the legacy of French song composers. In turn impetuous or melancholy, this thrilling music knows how to aim straight for the heart.

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Recorded at Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon, UK, August 8-10, 12-15 2017.