Arnaud Marzorati and his singers, ‘Les Lunaisiens’, are unrivalled specialists in the popular French songs of the past centuries. Here they tackle two great monuments of 19th-century France: the writer Honoré de Balzac, and songwriter Pierre-Jean de Béranger, a poet and composer highly famed in his day for his genius in depicting society in all its social diversity, from the poorest to the very richest. During this period Balzac was also making his sharply drawn portrayals of more than 5,000 characters in the course of his great opus of around 90 novels bearing the overall title of The Human Comedy. Here the ‘Lunaisiens’ have recorded musical settings of a wide selection of witty and often satirical verse, reflecting all the Parisian themes that obsessed Balzac: social climbing, money and greed, corruption, love and betrayal. With the participation of Lucile Richardot and Cyrille Dubois, Arnaud Marzorati and his ensemble give an enthusiastic account of Balzac’s extraordinary human menagerie. As Marzorati concludes: ‘The Human Comedy was greatly inspired by song.’
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Works:
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• Marc Antoine Madeleine Desaugiers: "Tableau de Paris
• Marc Antoine Madeleine Desaugiers: Cadet buteux au Faubourg du Temple
• Pierre Dupont: Le Livre
• Pierre Dupont: Les Louis d'Or
• Emile Debraux: Les Relieurs
• Emile Debraux: Les Chapeaux
•Daniel Francois-Esprit Auber: Amour et Folie
•Pierre-Jean de Beranger: Le Corps et l'Ame
•Pierre-Jean de Beranger: Les Escargots
•Pierre-Jean de Beranger: L'Or
•Pierre-Jean de Beranger: Les Quatre Ages historiques
•Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savaris: Ne Poursuivons plus la Gloire
•Eugene Francois Vidocq: Chanson
•Alexandre Pierre Joseph Doche: Madame Barbe bleu