Illuminations

Nicholas Phan, Myra Huang, Telegraph Quartet, The Knights Chamber Orchestra, Colin Jacobsen & Eric Jacobsen

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Cat No: AV2382

Release Date: 20 April 2018

Label: Avie

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 822252238228

Genres: Classical Tenor

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The poetry of Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud inspired composers FaurÃ©, Debussy and Britten, and in turn spurred Grammy Award-nominated tenor Nicholas Phan to combine their works on his new album, 'Illuminations'.

Following acclaimed albums devoted to Britten, baroque lute songs and German lieder, Grammy Award-nominated tenor Nicholas Phan continues to spread his wings with 'Illuminations', an album featuring compositions by Benjamin Britten, Claude Debussy and Gabriel FaurÃ© who were each inspired by the poetry of two 19th-century French literary titans, Paul Verlaine and his protÃ©gÃ© and eventual lover Arthur Rimbaud. The intertwined lives of the French poets and composers manifested themselves in FaurÃ©'s impassioned Verlaine-inspired La bonne chanson and Debussy's Ariettes oubliÃ©es drawn from Verlaine's Romances sans paroles. Just decades later Britten was inspired by Rimbaud's influential prose-poetry Les Illuminations.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR NICHOLAS PHAN
"one of the most beautiful young lyric voices around." â€“ Opera News

"The year has barely begun and already here's a disc to remember come all those end-of-year round-ups." â€“ Gramophone Editor's Choice (on A Painted Tale, AV 2325)

"so many strengths â€¦ a dapper, cultivated timbre, splendid enunciation, and keen intelligence and musicianship." â€“ WQXR (on Still Falls the Rain, AV 2258)

"There are so many jewels here â€¦ Phan's sheer sensitivity is a delight. An absorbing recital disc and an ideal introduction to the joys of lieder. Beautifully recorded" â€“ TheArtsDesk.com (on Gods & Monsters, AV 2368)
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