Ninon Vallin recital

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Gabriel Fauré, (Marie Eugène) Henri Duparc, Xavier Leroux, Traditional, Georges Bizet, Reynaldo Hahn, Gustave Charpentier, Enrique Granados (y Campiña), Blas de Laserna, Claude Debussy, (Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Charles-François Gounod, Giacomo Puccini, Manuel de Falla, (Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Herman Bemberg, Joaquín Nin (y Castellanos), (Amedée-)Ernest Chausson

Label: HMV Treasury

Magazine Review Date: 12/1986

Media Format: Vinyl

Media Runtime: 0

Catalogue Number: EX290946-3

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
(3) Songs, Movement: Automne (wds. A. Silvestre: 1878)	Gabriel Fauré, Composer Gabriel Fauré, Composer Maurice Fauré, Piano Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(4) Songs, Movement: No. 1, Aurore (wds. Silvestre)	Gabriel Fauré, Composer Gabriel Fauré, Composer Maurice Fauré, Piano Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(2) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Clair de lune (wds. Verlaine)	Gabriel Fauré, Composer Gabriel Fauré, Composer Maurice Fauré, Piano Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(4) Songs, Movement: No. 4, La Rose (wds. L. de Lisle: 1890)	Gabriel Fauré, Composer Gabriel Fauré, Composer Maurice Fauré, Piano Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(2) Songs, Movement: Soir (wds. A. Samain)	Gabriel Fauré, Composer Gabriel Fauré, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano Pierre Darck, Piano
(L') Heure exquise	Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Anonymous Pianist(s), Piano Ninon Vallin, Soprano Reynaldo Hahn, Composer
Si mes vers avaient des ailes	Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Anonymous Pianist(s), Piano Ninon Vallin, Soprano Reynaldo Hahn, Composer
Lydé	Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano Reynaldo Hahn, Piano Reynaldo Hahn, Composer
Tyndaris	Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano Reynaldo Hahn, Piano Reynaldo Hahn, Composer
D'une prison	Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano Reynaldo Hahn, Piano Reynaldo Hahn, Composer
(Le) Printemps	Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Reynaldo Hahn, Piano
(L') Air	Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano Reynaldo Hahn, Piano Reynaldo Hahn, Composer
Chanson triste	(Marie Eugène) Henri Duparc, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra (Marie Eugène) Henri Duparc, Composer Gustav Cloëz, Conductor Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(El) Amor Brujo, Movement: Song of Love's Sorrow	Manuel de Falla, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Gustav Cloëz, Conductor Manuel de Falla, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(El) Amor Brujo, Movement: Ritual Fire Dance	Manuel de Falla, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Gustav Cloëz, Conductor Manuel de Falla, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(El) Amor Brujo, Movement: Dance of the Game of Love	Manuel de Falla, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Gustav Cloëz, Conductor Manuel de Falla, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(15) Tonadillas al estilo antiguo, Movement: El majo discreto	Enrique Granados (y Campiña), Composer Anonymous Pianist(s), Piano Enrique Granados (y Campiña), Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(7) Canciones amatorias	Enrique Granados (y Campiña), Composer Enrique Granados (y Campiña), Composer
(20) Cantos populares españolas, Movement: Montañesa	Joaquín Nin (y Castellanos), Composer Joaquin Nin, Piano Joaquín Nin (y Castellanos), Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(20) Cantos populares españolas, Movement: Malagueña	Joaquín Nin (y Castellanos), Composer Joaquin Nin, Piano Joaquín Nin (y Castellanos), Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(20) Cantos populares españolas, Movement: Granadina	Joaquín Nin (y Castellanos), Composer Joaquin Nin, Piano Joaquín Nin (y Castellanos), Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(20) Cantos populares españolas, Movement: Polo	Joaquín Nin (y Castellanos), Composer Joaquin Nin, Piano Joaquín Nin (y Castellanos), Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano
Amantes chasqueaos	Blas de Laserna, Composer Blas de Laserna, Composer Joaquin Nin, Piano Ninon Vallin, Soprano
Violette doublera	Traditional, Composer Madaleine d' Alemand, Piano Ninon Vallin, Soprano Traditional, Composer
Tambourin	Traditional, Composer Madaleine d' Alemand, Piano Ninon Vallin, Soprano Traditional, Composer
Où voulez-vous aller?	Charles-François Gounod, Composer Charles-François Gounod, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano Pierre Darck, Piano
(L')île heureuse	(Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer (Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer Maurice Fauré, Piano Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(Le) Nil	Xavier Leroux, Composer Madaleine d' Alemand, Piano Ninon Vallin, Soprano Raoul Barthalay, Violin Xavier Leroux, Composer
Chant hindou	Herman Bemberg, Composer A. de Pierlas, Piano Herman Bemberg, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(7) Mélodies, Movement: No. 2, Le charme (wds. Silvestre)	(Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Composer (Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano Pierre Darck, Piano
(7) Mélodies, Movement: No. 3, Les papillons (wds. Gautier)	(Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Composer (Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano Pierre Darck, Piano
Mandoline	Claude Debussy, Composer Claude Debussy, Composer Lamoureux Concerts Orchestra Louis Beydts, Conductor Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(Les) Pêcheurs de Perles, '(The) Pearl Fishers', Movement: ~	Georges Bizet, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Georges Bizet, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano
Mignon, Movement: ~	(Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra (Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Composer Gustav Cloëz, Conductor Ninon Vallin, Soprano
Manon, Movement: ~	Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì	Giacomo Puccini, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Giacomo Puccini, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(Il) Segreto di Susanna, 'Susanna's Secret'	Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Composer
Louise, Movement: Depuis le jour	Gustave Charpentier, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Gustave Charpentier, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano

Label: HMV Treasury

Magazine Review Date: 12/1986

Media Format: Cassette

Media Runtime: 0

Catalogue Number: EX290946-5

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
(3) Songs, Movement: Automne (wds. A. Silvestre: 1878)	Gabriel Fauré, Composer Gabriel Fauré, Composer Maurice Fauré, Piano Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(4) Songs, Movement: No. 1, Aurore (wds. Silvestre)	Gabriel Fauré, Composer Gabriel Fauré, Composer Maurice Fauré, Piano Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(2) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Clair de lune (wds. Verlaine)	Gabriel Fauré, Composer Gabriel Fauré, Composer Maurice Fauré, Piano Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(4) Songs, Movement: No. 4, La Rose (wds. L. de Lisle: 1890)	Gabriel Fauré, Composer Gabriel Fauré, Composer Maurice Fauré, Piano Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(2) Songs, Movement: Soir (wds. A. Samain)	Gabriel Fauré, Composer Gabriel Fauré, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano Pierre Darck, Piano
(L') Heure exquise	Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Anonymous Pianist(s), Piano Ninon Vallin, Soprano Reynaldo Hahn, Composer
Si mes vers avaient des ailes	Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Anonymous Pianist(s), Piano Ninon Vallin, Soprano Reynaldo Hahn, Composer
Lydé	Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano Reynaldo Hahn, Piano Reynaldo Hahn, Composer
Tyndaris	Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Reynaldo Hahn, Piano
D'une prison	Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano Reynaldo Hahn, Piano Reynaldo Hahn, Composer
(Le) Printemps	Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Reynaldo Hahn, Piano
(L') Air	Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano Reynaldo Hahn, Composer Reynaldo Hahn, Piano
Chanson triste	(Marie Eugène) Henri Duparc, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra (Marie Eugène) Henri Duparc, Composer Gustav Cloëz, Conductor Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(El) Amor Brujo, Movement: Song of Love's Sorrow	Manuel de Falla, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Gustav Cloëz, Conductor Manuel de Falla, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(El) Amor Brujo, Movement: Ritual Fire Dance	Manuel de Falla, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Gustav Cloëz, Conductor Manuel de Falla, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(El) Amor Brujo, Movement: Dance of the Game of Love	Manuel de Falla, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Gustav Cloëz, Conductor Manuel de Falla, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(15) Tonadillas al estilo antiguo, Movement: El majo discreto	Enrique Granados (y Campiña), Composer Anonymous Pianist(s), Piano Enrique Granados (y Campiña), Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(7) Canciones amatorias	Enrique Granados (y Campiña), Composer Enrique Granados (y Campiña), Composer
(20) Cantos populares españolas, Movement: Montañesa	Joaquín Nin (y Castellanos), Composer Joaquin Nin, Piano Joaquín Nin (y Castellanos), Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(20) Cantos populares españolas, Movement: Malagueña	Joaquín Nin (y Castellanos), Composer Joaquin Nin, Piano Joaquín Nin (y Castellanos), Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(20) Cantos populares españolas, Movement: Granadina	Joaquín Nin (y Castellanos), Composer Joaquin Nin, Piano Joaquín Nin (y Castellanos), Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(20) Cantos populares españolas, Movement: Polo	Joaquín Nin (y Castellanos), Composer Joaquin Nin, Piano Joaquín Nin (y Castellanos), Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano
Amantes chasqueaos	Blas de Laserna, Composer Blas de Laserna, Composer Joaquin Nin, Piano Ninon Vallin, Soprano
Violette doublera	Traditional, Composer Madaleine d' Alemand, Piano Ninon Vallin, Soprano Traditional, Composer
Tambourin	Traditional, Composer Madaleine d' Alemand, Piano Ninon Vallin, Soprano Traditional, Composer
Où voulez-vous aller?	Charles-François Gounod, Composer Charles-François Gounod, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano Pierre Darck, Piano
(L')île heureuse	(Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer (Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer Maurice Fauré, Piano Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(Le) Nil	Xavier Leroux, Composer Madaleine d' Alemand, Piano Ninon Vallin, Soprano Raoul Barthalay, Violin Xavier Leroux, Composer
Chant hindou	Herman Bemberg, Composer A. de Pierlas, Piano Herman Bemberg, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(7) Mélodies, Movement: No. 2, Le charme (wds. Silvestre)	(Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Composer (Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano Pierre Darck, Piano
(7) Mélodies, Movement: No. 3, Les papillons (wds. Gautier)	(Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Composer (Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano Pierre Darck, Piano
Mandoline	Claude Debussy, Composer Claude Debussy, Composer Lamoureux Concerts Orchestra Louis Beydts, Conductor Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(Les) Pêcheurs de Perles, '(The) Pearl Fishers', Movement: ~	Georges Bizet, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Georges Bizet, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano
Mignon, Movement: ~	(Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra (Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Composer Gustav Cloëz, Conductor Ninon Vallin, Soprano
Manon, Movement: ~	Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì	Giacomo Puccini, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Giacomo Puccini, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano
(Il) Segreto di Susanna, 'Susanna's Secret'	Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Composer
Louise, Movement: Depuis le jour	Gustave Charpentier, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Gustave Charpentier, Composer Ninon Vallin, Soprano

Author: Alan Blyth

On that proverbial desert island, one would indubitably wish to have at least one record by Ninon Vallin, and what more suitable to choose than her account of that rapturous Chabrier song, L'ile heureuse, happily included in this long desired reissue. It shows her warm, absolutely steady voice and her wonderful identification with what she is singing at its very best. Even more important, perhaps, is her totally idiomatic style. Anyone listening to this, or to her performances of Faure, Duparc, Hahn and Chausson on this set, would know that some of us are right in believing that this represents a lost art, an art arising from an unemphatic yet natural declamation of the text and an even, warm yet light line. It is noticeable how often Vallin's speeds, and those of her lesser but still important contemporaries, are faster than those adopted today. The music is allowed to make its own points through clear enunciation and easy legato, never underlined. Yet there is more to Vallin even than that, a sensuousness and nostalgia in the voice that made her so ideally fitted to interpreting melodies.
Yet she could alter her tone to something quite different for the varying needs of her large repertory. Her records of the solos from Falla's L'amor brujo and Seven Popular Spanish Songs show how she could darken, almost coarsen it to their more earthy needs, while never compromising the essentials of good singing. Then, in opera, she could widen her range to encompass the sorrows of Manon and Mignon, or, as in her lovely and early 1914 Pathe of Mimi's First Act solo, suggest the smile of the coquettish lover, and what a pure and lovely voice Vallin had in her youth! An Achilles heel; she was loth to sing piano and in so long a survey as this one sometimes looks for more light and shade than is forthcoming.
With any artist who made so many records as she did in her extended career, from the early Pathe hill-and-dales of the First World War to a 1955 LP, one is bound to have a quibble or two about what has been included what has been left out. I could well have done without Nin's boring songs, perhaps even the Granados, and had instead more opera. The operatic items are squeezed on to the last side, which means there is only one Manon example—the ''Adieu'', then the Odeon rather than the superior Pathe version—and none of her wonderful duets from this opera. Nor is there a note of her Charlotte. Some of these might have been chosen in preference to her less than ideal ''Depuis le jour'' (Louise) and the untypical solo from Wolf-Ferrari's Il segreto di Susanna. On the song front, two of her best Faure readings, Apres un reve and Au bord de l'eau are excluded, and the lesser of her two versions of Duparc's Chanson triste picked—the Pathe with piano is preferable to the Odeon with orchestra included here. But what I seem to be saying is that we should have had three rather than just two records for a literally irreplaceable artist but I hear an imminent References issue will put this to rights.
As it is, l am certain that anyone turning to her singing for the first time will ask why they have had to wait so long to hear her cultivated, eloquent art. The sleeve-notewriter is strong on the soprano's career, very weak on an assessment of her virtues. A pity.'

Ninon Vallin recital

(3) Songs, Movement: Automne (wds. A. Silvestre: 1878)

(4) Songs, Movement: No. 1, Aurore (wds. Silvestre)

(2) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Clair de lune (wds. Verlaine)

(4) Songs, Movement: No. 4, La Rose (wds. L. de Lisle: 1890)

(2) Songs, Movement: Soir (wds. A. Samain)

(L') Heure exquise

Si mes vers avaient des ailes

Lydé

Tyndaris

D'une prison

(Le) Printemps

(L') Air

Chanson triste

(El) Amor Brujo, Movement: Song of Love's Sorrow

(El) Amor Brujo, Movement: Ritual Fire Dance

(El) Amor Brujo, Movement: Dance of the Game of Love

(15) Tonadillas al estilo antiguo, Movement: El majo discreto

(7) Canciones amatorias

(20) Cantos populares españolas, Movement: Montañesa

(20) Cantos populares españolas, Movement: Malagueña

(20) Cantos populares españolas, Movement: Granadina

(20) Cantos populares españolas, Movement: Polo

Amantes chasqueaos

Violette doublera

Tambourin

Où voulez-vous aller?

(L')île heureuse

(Le) Nil

Chant hindou

(7) Mélodies, Movement: No. 2, Le charme (wds. Silvestre)

(7) Mélodies, Movement: No. 3, Les papillons (wds. Gautier)

Mandoline

(Les) Pêcheurs de Perles, '(The) Pearl Fishers', Movement: ~

Mignon, Movement: ~

Manon, Movement: ~

(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì

(Il) Segreto di Susanna, 'Susanna's Secret'

Louise, Movement: Depuis le jour

Ninon Vallin recital

(3) Songs, Movement: Automne (wds. A. Silvestre: 1878)

(4) Songs, Movement: No. 1, Aurore (wds. Silvestre)

(2) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Clair de lune (wds. Verlaine)

(4) Songs, Movement: No. 4, La Rose (wds. L. de Lisle: 1890)

(2) Songs, Movement: Soir (wds. A. Samain)

(L') Heure exquise

Si mes vers avaient des ailes

Lydé

Tyndaris

D'une prison

(Le) Printemps

(L') Air

Chanson triste

(El) Amor Brujo, Movement: Song of Love's Sorrow

(El) Amor Brujo, Movement: Ritual Fire Dance

(El) Amor Brujo, Movement: Dance of the Game of Love

(15) Tonadillas al estilo antiguo, Movement: El majo discreto

(7) Canciones amatorias

(20) Cantos populares españolas, Movement: Montañesa

(20) Cantos populares españolas, Movement: Malagueña

(20) Cantos populares españolas, Movement: Granadina

(20) Cantos populares españolas, Movement: Polo

Amantes chasqueaos

Violette doublera

Tambourin

Où voulez-vous aller?

(L')île heureuse

(Le) Nil

Chant hindou

(7) Mélodies, Movement: No. 2, Le charme (wds. Silvestre)

(7) Mélodies, Movement: No. 3, Les papillons (wds. Gautier)

Mandoline

(Les) Pêcheurs de Perles, '(The) Pearl Fishers', Movement: ~

Mignon, Movement: ~

Manon, Movement: ~

(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì

(Il) Segreto di Susanna, 'Susanna's Secret'

Louise, Movement: Depuis le jour

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