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Joseph Can

L'arada / Chants de France

Karen Coker Merritt

Label: Centaur Records, Inc.
Format: CD
Barcode: 0044747380421
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Catalog number: CRC 3804
Releasedate: 02-04-21
- Most of Canteloube's songs are far too seldom heard.  This album affords an opportunity to hear these beautiful songs in superb performances.
French composer Joseph Canteloube (1879-1957) made a life's work of collecting, transcribing, and arranging folksongs.   Accordingly, he is most widely celebrated for his popular folksong settings of the Chants d'Auvergne.  However, a vast repertoire of Canteloube's songs have remained largely overlooked. This album is focused upon songs from this repertoire