Pierre Bernac sings "Banalités"

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Here is the great French baritone singing Francis Poulenc's cycle "Banalités" with texts by Apollinaire. The composer is at the piano. I believe these were recorded February 8, 1950.
1. "Chanson d'Orkenise" 0:00
2. "Hôtel" 1:22
3. "Fagnes de Wallonie" 3:02
4. "Voyage à Paris" 4:30
5. "Sanglots" 5:25
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• Pierre Bernac (1899-1979)

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@thomasgrubb4126 7 лет назад

There is no other interpreter, alive or deceased, who can unlock the true beauty and artistry of these melodies of Poulenc than Pierre Bernac whose formula was simplicity, humility and pure genius.

@michiok.2081 2 года назад

It is hard to think about Poulenc's melodies without Pierre Bernac. Bravo! Thank you for posting.

@wayne2k33 13 лет назад

This is all-time FAVORITE song cycle... EVER!!! Thank you so much for posting this!!!!

@rimb68 9 лет назад

Bernac was the most marvelous interpreter of Poulenc....such style and clarity in his singing....c'est vraiment parfait...

@yuehchopin Год назад

Sehr glücklich zu zuhören, danke 3x

@cerenaseawell5753 Год назад

Thank you. Exquisite recording.

@jackhousman6637 10 лет назад

If you are a singing student, or an afficionado of the French "melodie" (art song), Bernac's book The Interpretation of French Song is indispensable.

@CODDE117 2 года назад

Absolutely love this book, helped me fall in love with Poulenc. Fantastic little thing.

@An-On_Ym 2 месяца назад

0:00 Chanson d‘Orkenise 1:22 Hotel 3:02 Fagnes de Vallonie 4:30 Voyage a Paris 5:25 Sanglots

@cynic150 10 лет назад

Real artistry at its finest!

@jackhousman6637 10 лет назад

One of the interesting things he touches upon, is how to tell where it is necessary to make a "liason" between the consonant that ends one word and the vowel that begins the next word, where not to, where it is optional. Fascinating.

@humbertoborboa6656 9 лет назад

Thank you so much for sharing this gem.. Breathtaking

@kadoguy 13 лет назад

@pianomags de rien. I recommend checking the playlist I made for Bernac. A lot can be learned from his singing and Poulenc's pianism. The Bernac/Casadesus Dichterliebe is a classic.

@jacklindahl 6 лет назад

Thanks so much for this upload. This is about as definitive a version of these songs as can be. Much is learned by hearing them.

@kadoguy 13 лет назад

@sophiemichaux I believe he ultimately feels the use of portamenti is a matter of personal taste and judgement. Bernac is such a gifted singer. I highly recommend looking at my playlist for Bernac and also the playlist for Charles Panzéra -- both may be found on my channel page. So much can be learned from these artists! You may also be interested in the very talented abritone Pierre Mollet who was a student of Panzéra. I have made a playlist of his art as well.

@malvacelestino2995 2 года назад

Hotel, magnífico!!

@laukunst 6 лет назад

Pure beauty

@licoricestic 14 лет назад

great upload, thanks!

@fourstrings48 9 лет назад

It may sound silly for me to say this...but in "Sanglots", the concluding song, the already potent mood of yearning and nostalgia inherent in Apollinaire's text and in Poulenc's setting is (at least for me) further heightened by the apparent frailty of Bernac's vocal resources (resources which he nonetheless exploits brilliantly), and even by the dated sound of the recording, which gives the sense of something far off and out of reach.

@thomasgrubb4126 7 лет назад

Such expertise comes only once in a generation, if at all. Here you have two performers in their prime who are offering you the definitive interpretations of these songs. Why search elsewhere or further? "Etre si pres de la verite, et ne pas la voir", as Magda Tagliaferro once said to me (at the dinner table in a villa on the Riviera).

@mahourarbabian759 4 года назад

thomas grubb I’m shocked to see your name here, Mr. Grubb! We’re studying your book for French diction these days!

@andreshadow2 7 лет назад

Complete score here : imslp.org/wiki/Banalit%C3%A9s,_FP_107_(Poulenc,_Francis)

@puishanchan9632 6 лет назад

Hello, Kadoguy. I enjoy so much this uploaded recording. I am doing a presentation about Poulenc's Banalites. I would be very thankful if you could tell me the source of this audio recording. Thank you very much. Anna

@user-wn3oy4mx8c 2 года назад

美しい

@pedherall 13 лет назад

Me gustaría saber la fecha de la grabación. A Bernac se le oye mayor, con mucho vibrato ancho y justo en el fiato.

@JSC1401 12 лет назад

With discernment: listen constantly to the effect. Don't use it too often. With taste: does it sound better to use upward or downward portamenti? In crescendo or diminuendo? Do we use it on consonants or vowels? It is an expressive device: know what you are expressing when using it!

@Operaandchant90 Месяц назад

Happy Pride, everyone 🏳️‍🌈

@piamorex 3 года назад

@riotdiva 11 лет назад

Here's the deal. If we listen with American ears, we can't hear the nuance, the inflection, the discernment, the meaning. This is French, and Bernac and Poulenc are expressing only as they can, and it won't sound the same as when Americans sing it. The songs not only express French style, but everything that was going on at the time the pieces were written, Poulenc's experiences professionally, personally, and socially. To say good pianist, man can't sing, is sad.

@sofiascattarreggia7007 6 лет назад

I beg to disagree. Singers need to put years into learning the very specific nuances of French diction. Someone with a good ear would be able to perform this to a level that is impossible to distinguish from a native speaker

@treesny 4 года назад

@@sofiascattarreggia7007 As witness the English soprano Felicity Lott's excellent Poulenc song and opera recordings. Also, more recently the German baritone Holger Falk has done three superb all-Poulenc CDs: beautiful voice, wonderful feel for the language and style -- highly recommended! Nonetheless, it's always a treat to hear native speakers singing in their first language, and of course Bernac not only sang Poulenc's songs incomparably, but inspired nearly all of them. :-)

@grantveebeejay535 2 года назад

By this stage Bernac's voice was well beyond its best years. Excellent musicality and sensitive empathy to the textual and music itself cannot cover a tight voice that can no longer cover In the upper range. This is an amazing musical composition but Poulencs ideal playing is not matched by the frayed voice yearning for its better days. Souzay while succumbing to a similar vocal fate did record a far better recording of this cycle with Dalton Baldwin.