Susan Manoff

Patricia Petibon, Susan Manoff - L'amour, la mort, la mer (2020)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at Feb. 24, 2020
Patricia Petibon, Susan Manoff - L'amour, la mort, la mer (2020)

Patricia Petibon, Susan Manoff - L'amour, la mort, la mer (2020)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:10:15 | 399 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Sony Classical | Catalog: 19439719552

With her new programme "L'amour, la mort, la mer" Patricia Petibon flies freely from one register to another, from one language to another, and from one style to its exact opposite. However, she does base her repertoire around her own personal journey. This is what grants her seemingly eclectic style the consistency of an unparalleled performance. It is less a recital than a story that unfolds from one composer to the next—a secret story of grief, travel, and solitude. In this way, she echoes the idea underpinning Saint- John Perse’s poem, Amers: “The tragedians came down from the quarries.
Patricia Petibon & Susan Manoff - La Belle Excentrique (2014) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Patricia Petibon & Susan Manoff - La Belle Excentrique (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 64:35 minutes | 1.18 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

With her new record „La Belle Excentrique“, soprano Patricia Petibon makes a welcome return to French repertoire, exploring the fascinating world of French art song in this extraordinary new album. The album features all-time favorites by Satie, Fauré, Poulenc, Reynaldo Hahn, Manuel Rosenthal, but also popular hits by Léo Ferré.

Sandrine Piau & Susan Manoff - Chimère (2018)  Music

Posted by SuniR at Sept. 25, 2018
Sandrine Piau & Susan Manoff - Chimère (2018)

Sandrine Piau & Susan Manoff - Chimère (2018)
EAC | FLAC (log,tracks+cue) -> 191 Mb (5% Rec.)
Mp3 CBR320 Kbps -> 151 Mb (5% Rec.) | Covers + d.booklet included
Classical, Vocal | Label: Alpha Classics / Outhere Music, ALPHA 397 | 0:58:29

''One listen to Piau's absolutely exquisite rendition of Carl Loewe's "Ach neige, du Schmerzenreiche," which opens the program, will convince you of the soprano's impeccable phrasing, subtlety of nuance, and ability to convey the deepest of emotions while retaining the refined beauty of her vocal production. Here and throughout the recital, Piau's high notes are islands of beauty of savor over and over. Manoff, who never calls attention to herself, plays as one, breathing with Piau's every slight change of dynamics or tempo.''

Patricia Petibon, Susan Manoff - La Belle Excentrique (2014)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at Nov. 14, 2018
Patricia Petibon, Susan Manoff - La Belle Excentrique (2014)

Patricia Petibon, Susan Manoff - La Belle Excentrique (2014)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:04:52 | 291 MB
Genre: Classical, Vocal | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | Catalog: 479 2465

French soprano Patricia Petibon is known for recordings with ambitious, original programs, spaced several years apart. This is one of her most ambitious, and one of her best, even if some might find it a bit outrageous. Petibon approaches the French art song of the late 19th and 20th centuries from the perspective of popular song, suggesting that the boundary is blurry (noncontroversial in itself), and adding a few songs by Léo Ferré, the vastly underrated older contemporary of Jacques Brel. Where things start to get wild is not with the inclusion of popular songs, or even with the heavy emphasis on the music-hall rhythms of songs going back as far as Gabriel Fauré.

Sandrine Piau, Susan Manoff - Evocation (2007) (Repost)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at May 30, 2017
Sandrine Piau, Susan Manoff - Evocation (2007) (Repost)

Sandrine Piau, Susan Manoff - Evocation (2007)
EAC | APE (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 66:03 | 235 MB
Genre: Classical, Vocal | Label: Naive | Catalog: V5063

Soprano Sandrine Piau writes in the program notes that there is no narrative or theme unifying the songs on this album, only the quality they share of being evocative of something beyond themselves. The late Romantic songs are indeed understated and suggestive rather than emphatic, many written in elegiac moods of hushed happiness or subdued yearning. The centerpiece is Richard Strauss' four song cycle, Madchenblumen, written when the composer was 26, which provided Piau with the initial inspiration for this collection. It's immensely appealing, and its generous lyricism makes it a work that deserves to be widely sung and known.
Sandrine Piau & Susan Manoff - Chimère (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Sandrine Piau & Susan Manoff - Chimère (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 58:17 minutes | 914 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

After a number of appearances in Alpha productions, Sandrine Piau now joins the label for several recordings. With Chimère, she invites us on a voyage into the intimate and infinite territory of dreams. ‘Chimera: an illusory, unsatisfied quest, the graveyard of our illusions…’ She and her longstanding partner, the pianist Susan Manoff, have thought up a programme combining the German lied, Mélodies by Debussy and Poulenc (his Banalités), and Art Songs by Barber along with discoveries of more rarely heard composers like Ivor Gurney and the Dickinson Songs of André Previn – the celebrated American conductor is less well known for his compositions, which include this magnificent cycle written for Renée Fleming. Equally at home in French, German and English, Sandrine Piau is at the peak of her artistry.

Véronique Gens & Susan Manoff - Néère (2015)  Music

Posted by Pisulik at Jan. 2, 2019
Véronique Gens & Susan Manoff - Néère (2015)

Véronique Gens & Susan Manoff - Néère (2015)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) - 269 MB | Digital Booklet | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 159 MB | 01:06:24
Classical | Label: Alpha

Alpha is very proud to welcome this grande dame of lyric art. A great Mozartian, she also excels in Gluck, Berlioz and Offenbach and has sung with the greatest, from Claudio Abbado to Marc Minkowski or Frans Brüggens. Her rich discography features numerous repertoires but, up until now, it included only one recording of mélodies, whereas she is unanimously recognized as one of the world’s most eminent ambassadresses of the French art song. With her accomplice Susan Manoff, a connoisseur of vocal music and a tremendously sensitive pianist, she has assembled this programme devoted to songs she loves, mixing a few wellknown gems and others, quite rare, such as this superb Néère, from Reynaldo Hahn’s Muses latines.

Adèle Charvet & Susan Manoff - Long Time Ago (2019)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Nov. 7, 2019
Adèle Charvet & Susan Manoff - Long Time Ago (2019)

Adèle Charvet & Susan Manoff - Long Time Ago (2019)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 187 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 132 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:56:03
Classical, Vocal | Label: Alpha Classics, Outhere Music

The young mezzo-soprano Adèle Charvet joins Alpha for several projects. In 2017 she received the Prize of the Verbier Festival Academy. While she has already attracted attention in the opera house, Adèle Charvet is also passionately interested in the song repertory. For her first album, she has devised a very personal programme, deriving in part from her musical partnership and friendship with the pianist Susan Manoff. Both of them have drawn on their New York childhoods: ‘Long Time Ago’ weaves together the threads of our lives’ says Susan. Adèle continues: ‘The musical journey is immense, from the central repertory of American music – Barber, Copland, Ives – to cabaret songs (Heggie and Bolcom), with a detour by way of England: Britten, Vaughan Williams … For example, Jake Heggie’s Amor describes the journey across the city of faux-naif sex maniac. The police, the ice cream vendor, the gospel choir all shout “AMORI” when they see him. Samuel Barber’s Solitary Hotel is like an Edward Hopper painting in music, Aaron Copland’s At the River invites pilgrims to the church meeting: “Yes, we’ll gather at the river” … The programme unfolds like a wheel, a cycle that traverses the cardinal points of life.’

Sandrine Piau & Susan Manoff - Chimère (2018)  Music

Posted by delpotro at April 12, 2018
Sandrine Piau & Susan Manoff - Chimère (2018)

Sandrine Piau & Susan Manoff - Chimère (2018)
WEB FLAC (tracks) | 00:58:27 | 183 Mb
Classical, Vocal | Label: Alpha Classics, Outhere Music France

After a number of appearances in Alpha productions, Sandrine Piau now joins the label for several recordings. With Chimère, she invites us on a voyage into the intimate and infinite territory of dreams. ‘Chimera: an illusory, unsatisfied quest, the graveyard of our illusions…’ She and her long standing partner, the pianist Susan Manoff, have thought up a programme combining the German lied (Hugo Wolf, one of Schumann’s Mignon songs, a scene from Goethe’s Faust by Carl Loewe), Mélodies by Debussy and Poulenc (his Banalités), and Art Songs by Barber along with discoveries of more rarely heard composers like Ivor Gurney and the Dickinson Songs of André Previn – the celebrated American conductor is less well-known for his compositions, which include this magnificent cycle written for Renée Fleming. Equally at home in French, German and English, Sandrine Piau is at the peak of her artistry. Fantoches, Clair de Lune, Solitary Hotel, Will there really be a morning?: set out for the world of dreams following this unique poetic itinerary. ‘The land of chimeras is the only one in this world worth living in’

Patricia Petibon - Les Fantaisies de Patricia Petibon (2004)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at Nov. 29, 2019
Patricia Petibon - Les Fantaisies de Patricia Petibon (2004)

Patricia Petibon - Les Fantaisies de Patricia Petibon (2004)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:03:29 | 349 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Erato Disques | Catalog: 7243 62294 2 6

Patricia Petibon is equally at home in the music of Rameau and Caldara as she is in the humorous works of Bernstein. One of the more exciting singers of the day, this recording gives us a new insight into her huge talent. The recitals of this witty and talented French soprano have received great acclaim around the world. This new compilation serves as a great introduction to her unique talent and also demonstrates her great versatility. For versatility alone this collection is worth adding to the library - and that saying nothing about the aplomb she uses to carry off these pieces.