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From:  "Colin Reed" <colin-reed@l...>
Date:  Sat Jan 25, 2003  11:16 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Tel jour telle nuit

Thanks for the reply Lloyd. I have the Gedda recording, and enjoy it,
although there are occasional non-french pronunciations. I love singing
french song, although I have to admit that I don't do it in a very french
way. Like Gedda (well, not quite) I sing them full voice.
I presume the recording you have is from the full set of Poulenc songs, sung
by Elly Ameling, Gedda, Gerard Souzay, Michel Senechal and William Parker.
I find that the singer I find least easy to listen to on this is Souzay,
although many french specialists claim him to be the best interpreter since
Bernac. I haven't heard Bernac myself, but many friends tell me that I
would probably find the same as with Souzay. Is this style of singing,
which I see as eccentric interpretation at the expense of musicality and
technique, solely common to french music? Does it occur with English
singers and, being English myself, I just don't notice it as much?

Just a thought

Colin Reed, tenor
Newark, UK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lloyd W. Hanson" <lloyd.hanson@n...>
To: <vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 25 January 2003 21:24
Subject: Re: [vocalist] Tel jour telle nuit


> Colin:
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> I might add that there is an excellent recording of "Tel Jour, Telle
> Nuit" by Nicoli Gedda. He sings it with a full voice unlike many
> french recordings.
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> Lloyd W. Hanson
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