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Fables de La Fontaine

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Fables de La Fontaine

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1991 Fables de La Fontaine. CD. Fables as songs by Lecocq, Offenbach, Gounod, Caplet, de Manziarly, Van Parys, and Trenet. EMI Classics. $17.95 from Gennady Smolyakov, Albuquerque, NM, through Amazon Marketplace, August, '15.

This CD was a revelation to me, through its 22 tracks, of the rich heritage of presentation of La Fontaine's fables as songs. I enjoyed them! Collaborators here are piano and four voices. Lecocq's WL is an excellent example of contrasting wolf and lamb voices. He also has a wonderfully dramatic finish to FC. I found Offenbach's "Shepherd and Sea" eminently understandable. The same goes for his GA. Gounod has several voices, not necessarily in unison, working at once. Caplet and de Manziarly are more "modern," that is, less predictable and "pretty." I enjoyed particularly Caplet's WL with its great closing line and de Manziarly's OF. I found Van Parys more easily comprehensible in his FC, including the inserted "coi, coi, coi." Trenet's GA, among the shortest offerings, seemed to me more playful than others. An auditory treat!

Source

$17.95 from Gennady Smolyakov, Albuquerque, NM, through Amazon Marketplace, August, '15.

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Collection

Carlson Fable Collection

Citation

“Fables de La Fontaine,” Creighton University Libraries: Archives & Special Collections, accessed January 16, 2025, https://creightonarchives.omeka.net/items/show/536.

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