Britten: Les Illuminations - Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne Mari Eriksmoen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Edward Gardner

• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976): Quatre Chansons françaises:
• 1 Britten: Quatre Chansons françaises: I. Nuits de juin 02:45
• 2 Britten: Quatre Chansons françaises: II. Sagesse 02:45
• 3 Britten: Quatre Chansons françaises: III. L'Enfance 04:19
• 4 Britten: Quatre Chansons françaises: IV. Chanson d'automne 02:25
• Joseph Canteloube (1879 - 1957): Chants d'Auvergne:
• 5 Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne: Pastourelle (Deuxiéme Série, No. 1) 03:43
• 6 Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne: Lo fiolairé (Troisiéme Série, No. 1) 02:30
• 7 Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne: La pastrouletta é lou chibalié (Deuxième Série, No. 3) 01:49
• 8 Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne: Chut, chut (Quatriéme Série, No. 4) 02:00
• 9 Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne: La delaīssádo (Deuxiéme Série, No. 4) 04:25
• 10 Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne: Oī ayaī (Quatriéme Série, No. 2) 02:49
• 11 Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne: Baīlèro (Première Série, No. 2) 05:59
• 12 Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne: Lou coucut (Quatrième Série, No. 6) 01:44
• 13 Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne: Pastorale (Quatriéme Série, No. 5) 03:42
• 14 Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne: Lá-haut, sur le rocher (Cinquiéme Série, No. 3) 03:25
• 15 Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne: Postouro, sé tu m'aymo (Cinquiéme Série, No. 5) 01:27
• 16 Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne: L'aīo dé rotso (Premiére Série, No. 3a) 01:10
• 17 Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne: Ound' onorén gorda? (Premiére Série, No. 3b) 02:51
• 18 Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne: Obal din lou Limouzi (Premiére Série, No. 3c) 02:32
• Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18:
• 19 Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18: I. Fanfare 02:01
• 20 Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18: II. Villes 02:21
• 21 Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18: IIIa. Phrase 01:01
• 22 Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18: IIIb. Antique 02:07
• 23 Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18: IV. Royauté 01:38
• 24 Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18: V. Marine 01:05
• 25 Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18: VI. Interlude 02:47
• 26 Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18: VII. Being Beauteous 03:44
• 27 Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18: VIII. Parade 02:49
• 28 Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18: IX. Départ 02:22
• Total Runtime 01:14:15

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Following successful appearances at the Opéra-comique, in Paris, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Oper Frankfurt, Komische Oper Berlin, and Teatro alla Scala, in Milan, the Norwegian soprano Mari Eriksmoen is undoubtedly a rising star. On the concert stage she has made important recent appearances with the Orchestre de Paris, Berliner Philharmoniker, Oslo Philharmonic, and Münchner Philharmoniker, among others. Here she joins the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Edward Gardner for a powerful album of orchestral songs, coupling Britten’s Les Illuminations and Four French Songs with a selection of Canteloube’s inimitable Songs of the Auvergne. Eriksmoen spent a year studying in Paris, and proves an effective and natural singer in the French language. As she mentions in her programme note: ‘It is highly demanding to sing in French when it is not one’s native tongue, but I have always felt at home when singing in French and nurture an emot ional attachment to the French language.’

Mari Eriksmoen, soprano
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner, conductor

Mari Eriksmoen
Almost immediately on completion of her vocal studies in Oslo (Norwegian Academy of Music), Paris (Conservatoire National Superieur) and then Copenhagen (Royal Danish Academy of Opera), young Norwegian soprano Mari Eriksmoen found herself with a dream offer to sing Zerbinetta in Theater an der Wien’s production of Ariadne auf Naxos which marked the start of a close relationship with this major theatre. Eriksmoen’s frequent return visits to Vienna have included Olympia (Les contes d’Hoffmann), Euridice (Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo), Teti (Rossini’s Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo) and Rosina (Paisiello’s Il barbiere di Siviglia), and she attracted wide attention and received universal praise for her portrayals of Susanna, Zerlina and Fiordiligi in a cycle of Mozart’s Da Ponte operas together with the late Nikolaus Harnoncourt in performances broadcast throughout Europe on both radio and television.

Other key appearances in recent seasons have included Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, The Norwegian Opera and last season at Opernhaus Zurich under General Music Director Fabio Luisi, Blondchen (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) at Oper Frankfurt, Glyndebourne Festival and at the 2015 BBC Proms, and in a display of repertoire versatility Eriksmoen has also appeared as Waldvogel in Wagner’s Siegfried as part of Daniel Barenboim’s epic Ring Cycles at Teatro alla Scala. Other roles include Fiakermilli (Arabella), Adele (Die Fledermaus), Amore and Euridice (Orfeo), Sandrina (L’infedelta delusa), Soeur Constance (Les Dialogues des Carmélites), and last season she had a major success as La Fée in Damiano Michieletto’s production of Cendrillon at Komische Oper Berlin under Henrik Nanasí.

A confident and versatile concert singer, Eriksmoen is often invited to sing Solveig in Grieg’s Peer Gynt while her wide concert repertoire includes Schumann’s Szenen aus Goethes Faust, Mozart’s Davide penitente and Mass in C minor, Poulenc’s Gloria, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Mass in B minor, Haydn’s Stabat Mater and Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem. Eriksmoen is a regular guest of the Orchestre de Paris, Münchner Philharmoniker, Oslo Philharmonic, Gothenburg Symphony, Freiburger Barockorchester, Bayerische Rundfunk Orchester and Mahler Chamber Orchestra to name but a few, and she works with many eminent Conductors including Daniel Barenboim, Jeremie Rhorer, Ivor Bolton, Pablo Heras Casado, René Jacobs, Fabio Luisi, Daniel Harding, Marc Minkowski, Bertrand de Billy, Louis Langrée, Paavo Järvi and Robin Ticciati.

Current season opera highlights include company debuts at both Bayerische Staatsoper and at Savonlinna Opera Festival as Blondchen, and she reprises the role of Zerlina at Theater an der Wien where she also appears this season in Carlus Padrissa‘s staged version of Haydn’s Die Schöpfung conducted by Laurence Equilbey. In concert she appears with Orchestre de Paris under Daniel Harding, with Trondheim Symfoniorkester under Dalia Stasevska and with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Andrew Davis.

Future highlights also include her debut with Simon Rattle/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, debut at the Baden-Baden Festspiele, her debut at Opera Vlaanderen and at The Dutch National Opera, a return to Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Philharmonie in Paris and she returns to Festival d’Aix en Provence.

Eriksmoen has recorded Szenen aus Goethes Faust with Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under Daniel Harding (available on Naxos), Blondchen (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) with the Akademie für alte Musik Berlin and René Jacobs (available on harmonia mundi), and she appears on DVD (Opus Arte) as Blondchen with Glyndebourne conducted by Robin Ticciati. Eriksmoen also released her first solo CD in 2016 to great acclaim.

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