Laure Massard Passion

Japanese edition contains two bonus tracks not on original album, track 12 (English version of "J'Ai Une Chanson") and track 13 (English version of "Joue Moi Un Tango").

"Grand Prix de Rome for composition in 1923, Jeanne Leleu deserves a dazzling triumph that any other country apart from ours would have already brilliantly accorded her." (Le Monde, April 30, 1947) A child prodigy and virtuoso at the piano, Jeanne Leleu was chosen to premiere Ravel's famous piece "Ma mère l'Oye" at the age of eleven. A brilliant composer, she wrote many masterpieces, songs, chamber music, ballets and symphonic works. Her pieces were performed at the Paris Opera and by the most important orchestras of her time, and she was unanimously acclaimed by her peers and by the critics. This first volume, devoted to her youthful works, will allow listeners to rediscover a major, unjustly forgotten figure in 20th century music.

This CD's program celebrates an amazing French Spanish woman composer and singer from the 19th century, Pauline Viardot, as well as composers who were inspired by her vocal and compositional genius. Although she was a muse, mentor and hostess to all the great names of the French romantic music and arts, she is not a household name, and we think she needs to regain her rightful place as a woman composer and powerful influencer.

A no-holds-barred rags-to-riches story of finding your purpose and living a life of no regrets.