Edourard Lalo The Complete Mélodies Tassis Christoyannis & Jeff Cohen

• Edourard Lalo (1823-1892)
• 1 L'Ombre de Dieu 04:50
• 2 L'Adieu au désert 06:57
• Six Romances populaires de Pierre-Jean de Béranger
• 3 I. La Pauvre Femme 10:07
• 4 II. Beaucoup d'amour 05:22
• 5 III. Le Suicide 10:28
• 6 IV. Si j'étais un petit oiseau 07:34
• 7 V. Les Petits Coups 02:41
• 8 VI. Le Vieux Vagabond 07:53
• 9 Le Novice, Op. 5 14:24
• Six Mélodies, op. 17
• 10 I. Guitare 01:52
• 11 II. Puisqu'ici-bas toute âme 02:48
• 12 III. L'Aube naît 03:13
• 13 IV. Dieu qui sourit et qui donne 01:39
• 14 V. Oh ! Quand je dors 03:24
• 15 VI. Amis, vive l'orgie 02:42
• 16 Chanson à boire 01:07
• 17 Ballade à la lune 02:44
• Trois Mélodies sur des poèmes d’Alfred de Musset
• 18 I. A une fleur 02:39
• 19 II. Chanson de Barberine 01:48
• 20 III. la Zuecca 01:03
• 21 Aubade 03:50
• Trois Mélodies
• 22 I. La Fenaison 02:00
• 23 II. Souvenir 02:48
• 24 III. L'Esclave 02:52
• Cinq Lieder
• 25 I. Prière de l'enfant à son reveil 04:14
• 26 II. A celle qui part 02:47
• 27 III. Tristesse 03:23
• 28 IV. Viens ! 03:08
• 29 V. La Chanson de l'alouette 01:41
• 30 Le Chant breton 02:51
• 31 Marine 03:59
• 32 Le Rouge-gorge 02:40
• Total Runtime 02:11:28

Info for Edourard Lalo The Complete Mélodies

Born in 1823 and dying in 1892, Édouard Lalo encompassed this period of Romanticism that witnessed the evolution of the romance de salon genre into the mélodie française or French art song. Injustice of posterity: only Fauré, Duparc and Debussy have acquired true fame in this genre, and yet, Lalo's compositions boast a profusion of ideas and perfect adaptability to aesthetic evolutions. The two scènes de salon for voice and piano (Le Novice and L’Adieu au désert) thus fall within a practice going back to the First Empire, whereas the seven romances (six of which are settings of texts by the excellent lyricist Béranger) stem from a mode that was at its height under the July Monarchy. As for the 23 mélodies written between 1855 and 1890 - some of them on texts by Victor Hugo - they perhaps owe their vocal inspiration to Lalo's marriage to the contralto Julie Bernier de Maligny. This would explain the particular care and quality brought to this corpus, not yet well enough known.

This album is the second in the series devoted to French song and coproduced with the Palazzetto Bru Zane.

“Both voice and instrument face a wide range, served well by both artists ... admirably sung” (John T. Hughes, International Record Review)

Tassis Christoyannis, baritone
Jeff Cohen, piano

Tassis Christoyannis
Born in Athens, baritone Tassis Christoyannis began piano lessons at the age of 9 and at 17 he joined the Athens Conservatory, where he studied singing conducting and composing. From 1995-1999 he was a member of the ensemble at the Greek National Opera in Athens.

Future engagements include Germont (La Traviata) at Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chorebe (Les Troyens) in Geneva, Posa (Don Carlo) in Strasbourg, Falstaff (Tour with BFO Ivan Fisher), Title part in Simon Boccanegra in Bordeaux, Titel role of Ali Baba by Lecocq in Rouen, Winterreise by Schubert in Athen...

He has recently been heard in Michele and Gianni Schicchi in Il Trittico in Tours and Duparquet (Ciboulette) in Paris Opéra Comique, Jeletski (La dame de Pique) in Strasbourg, Posa in Bordeaux...

Between 2012 and 2014, he sang Danaüs (Les Danaïdes by Salieri), Don Giovanni in Tours, Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) at the Vienna State Opera, Germont (La Traviata) in Genève and Nantes, Posa (Don Carlo) in Frankfurt, Renato (Un Ballo in Maschera) in Tours, Egée (Gossec’s Thésée) in Liege and Versailles and Macbeth in Athens, Germont (La Traviata) at the Glyndebourne Festival, Marcello (La Bohème) in Paris Bastille.

In February 2012, he sang a well-received Macbeth in Bordeaux. The following April, he sang Silvio (Pagliacci) and Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) in Paris and in Genève in September.

In March 2011, he sang Ford (Falstaff) in Nantes, and in May he was heard as Monfort (Les Vêpres Siciliennes) in Genève. The following September he sang Valentin (Faust) in Paris. In January 2010 he sang the leading role in a world premiere in Athens, then sang Don Giovanni in Budapest under the baton of Ivan Fischer. Also in 2010, he sang Oreste (Andromaque by Grétry) in Schwetzingen, Montpellier, and Nürnberg. He also sang Posa (Don Carlo) in Frankfurt, and Figaro (Il Barbiere) in Genève.

In January and February 2009, he sang the title roles in Ulisse and Pelléas et Mélisande in Düsseldorf, followed by Ford (Falstaff) (V.Jurowski / R.Jones) at the Glyndebourne Festival, Oreste (the revival of Andromaque by Grétry) in Paris and Bruxelles. In December 2009, he sang Figaro (Il Barbiere) in Rouen.

Between January and May 2007, he sang in Lucia in Düsseldorf, Fautszenen (Schumann) in Athens, Lucia in Tours, Hamlet and Don Giovanni in Düsseldorf. In September 2007 he was heard as Olivier (Capriccio) at the Paris National Opera. The following November he sang Enrico (Lucia) in Amsterdam, and Falke (Die Fledermaus) in Lausanne in December. In 2008, he sang Germont in Düsseldorf, Figaro (Il Barbiere) at the Berlin State Opera, Alfonso (La Favorita) in Montpellier, Posa (Don Carlos) in Düsseldorf. He also notably sang Guglielmo (Così) under Ivan Fischer in Las Palmas and Budapest.

In 2006, he sang the title role in Hamlet in Düsseldorf, then Ford (Falstaff) and Enrico (Lucia di Lammermoor).

In December he made his debut in Brussels at the Théâtre de la Monnaie as Germont (La Traviata). In 2005 he sang Il Ritorno di Ulisse in Patria in Düsseldorf, followed by Papageno, Posa (Don Carlos) and Bajazet (Tamerlano) in Athens. He ended the year with a critically acclaimed Figaro (Barbiere) at the Staatsoper Berlin.

Beginning in 2000, as a leading baritone at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, he sang: Posa (Don Carlos), Germont (La Traviata), Enrico (Lucia di Lammermoor), Conte (Le nozze di Figaro), Don Giovanni, Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Dandini (La Cenerentola), Taddeo (L´Italiana in Algeri), Silvio (I Pagliacci), Ulisse (Il ritorno d´Ulisse in patria), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Oreste (Iphigenie en Tauride) and Eugen Onegin.

As a member of Greek Opera house (1995-1999) he sang Belcore (L´elisir d´amore), Don Carlos (Ernani), Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), and the title role in Eugen Onegin.

In 1993 he studied Italian repertoire in Cremona under the Italian baritone Aldo Protti. In 1994 he was awarded the Aldo Protti Golden Medal and in 1995 won "First Honorary Mention" at the Maria Callas International Singing Competition.

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