Ravel: Chansons et Mélodies Victor Sicard & Anna Cardona

• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937): Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, M. 84:
• 1 Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, M. 84: I. Chanson romanesque 02:04
• 2 Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, M. 84: II. Chanson épique 02:46
• 3 Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, M. 84: III. Chanson à boire 01:53
• Deux Mélodies hébraïques, M.A 22:
• 4 Deux Mélodies hébraïques, M.A 22: I. Kaddisch 05:12
• 5 Deux Mélodies hébraïques, M.A 22: II. L'énigme éternelle 01:21
• Chansons Madécasses, M. 78:
• 6 Chansons Madécasses, M. 78: I. Nahandove 05:29
• 7 Chansons Madécasses, M. 78: II. Aoua 04:04
• 8 Chansons Madécasses, M. 78: III. Il est doux 04:15
• Cinq chants populaires, M.A 17:
• 9 Cinq chants populaires, M.A 17: I. Chanson écossaise 02:37
• 10 Cinq chants populaires, M.A 17: II. Chanson espagnole 02:13
• 11 Cinq chants populaires, M.A 17: III. Chanson française 02:07
• 12 Cinq chants populaires, M.A 17: IV. Chanson italienne 01:32
• 13 Cinq chants populaires, M.A 17: V. Chanson hébraïque 04:02
• Cinq mélodies populaires grecques:
• 14 Cinq mélodies populaires grecques, M.A 9: I. Chanson de la mariée 01:25
• 15 Cinq mélodies populaires grecques, M.A 10: II. Là-bas, vers l'église 01:30
• 16 Cinq mélodies populaires grecques, M.A 4: III. Quel galant m'est comparable 00:59
• 17 Cinq mélodies populaires grecques, M.A 5: IV. Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques 02:29
• 18 Cinq mélodies populaires grecques, M.A 11: V. Tout gai ! 00:58
• Les Histoires Naturelles, M. 50:
• 19 Les Histoires Naturelles, M. 50: I. Le paon 04:56
• 20 Les Histoires Naturelles, M. 50: II. Le grillon 03:00
• 21 Les Histoires Naturelles, M. 50: III. Le cygne 03:06
• 22 Les Histoires Naturelles, M. 50: IV. Le martin-pêcheur 02:25
• 23 Les Histoires Naturelles, M. 50: V. La pintade 03:15
• Maurice Ravel:
• 24 Ronsard à son âme, M. 75 02:29
• 25 Sur l'herbe, M. 54 02:10
• Total Runtime 01:08:17

Info for Ravel: Chansons et Mélodies

Maurice Ravel represents the quintessence of French music, with its nobility, its love of great poetry, its diaphanous harmonies, its subtle and irresistible melodic lines (Les Chansons Madécasses) and often, an aristocratic humor hardly afraid of excesses (Les Histoires Naturelles). His passion for popular melody can be seen many times in several collections contained in this recording: they are absolutely glorious illustrations of it.

Victor Sicard, baritone
Anna Cardona, piano

Victor Sicard
The young baritone Victor Sicard from la Rochelle is increasingly in demand for his vocal, drama and linguistic skills. He has captured international attention since his participation in William Christie's sixth Jardin des Voix, which led him to do an international tour with the Arts Florissants Orchestra. He has had the opportunity to work with the best international ensembles, first by continuing his collaboration with Les Arts Florissants and William Christie but also with Le Concert d'Astrée and Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert Spirituel and Hervé Niquet, the Ensemble Aedes and Mathieu Romano, Le Poème Harmonique and Vincent Dumestre and Matheus Ensemble with Jean Christophe Spinosi.

His operatic repertoire includes the roles of Adario in Les Indes Galantes (Rameau) in Washington and New York, Tisiphone in Amour et Psyché (Mondonville) at the Operas of Dijon, Lille, Luxembourg and Caen, Apollon in La descente d’Orphée aux enfers (Charpentier), Yamadori in Madame Butterfly (Puccini) at the Operas of Limoges and Rouen, Dr Falke in Die Fledermaus at the Staatstheater Linz (Austria), Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas with Les Arts Florissants, Clock and Cat in L’Enfant et les sortilèges for Glyndebourne Opera Festival, Enfant fantôme in Coraline (Turnage) in the Operas of Lille, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Britten) at the Barbican,…

His baritone soloist oratorio repertoire includes Mozart’s Requiem at the Royal Albert Hall, Handel’s Dixit Dominus and Bach’s Magnificat for an international tour with the Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt and Le Concert d’Astrée, St John’s Passion (Jesus), St Matthew’s Passion Requiem of Bach, Requiem by Fauré at Saint Martin in the Fields, La Petite Messe solennelle by Rossini at the Operas of Caen and Massy, Requiem by Duruflé at St Albans Cathedral, Carmina Burana by Orff and Belshazzar’s feast by Walton for the Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra, Ein Deutsches Requiem by Brahms, Requiem by Fauré, Vivaldi’s Dixit Dominus, Theresa Mass by Haydn and the Mass in E flat Major by Schubert with the Orchestra of the West of France

Victor has won the First male prize, the Young singer prize and the Best French interpret prize at the 24th International Competition in Marmande (France). He has also won the First prize at the Mozart Singing Competition 2011, the First prize at the 23rd International Competition FLAME in Paris, the First prize at the 23rd International competition Paper de Musica in Barcelona with pianist Anna Cardona,…

Among his engagements for the 2019-2020 season there will be an international tour of Motets by Campra with the Concert d'Astrée and Emmanuelle Haïm, the role of Tempo in Handel's Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno with the Accents Orchestra at Tours Opera House, Il the Conte in Les Petites Noces, an adaptation of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro at Avignon Opera House, Duruflé's Requiem at Dijon Opera House, l'Italiana in Algeri (role of Hali) at Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris...

Victor Sicard has recently recorded a CD dedicated to Ravel's melodies with piainist Anna Cardona which will be released in Spring 2020.

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