Colorature Debussy • Fauré • Beydts • Ravel • Milhaud • Glière Marie-Eve Munger, soprano Louise-Andrée Baril, piano ACD2 2692 • With her pure voice, spectacular range, and dramatic flair, Québécoise coloratura soprano Marie-Eve Munger has rapidly built a solid reputation as a singer in high demand for prestige engagements around the world, including house debuts at La Scala di Milano and at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in a new production of Elektra by Patrice Chéreau. • For her first solo disc with ATMA Clasique, Munger has chosen a program of French songs that call upon all of the resources of her dazzling and sonorous voice.   Her selection ranges from Louis Beydts' rarely recorded song cycle Chanson pour les oiseaux (Song for the Birds) to early works by Claude Debussy, and includes several vocalizes (wordless songs) by Glière, Fauré, and Ravel.   Madame Munger is accompanied by pianist Louise-Andrée Baril. Marie-Eve Munger in concert • November 30, 2014 : CD Launch concert at Société d‘art vocal, Montréal, Salle du Conservatoire de musique de Montréal • Upcoming international engagements include Isabelle in Le Pré au Clercs by Hérold at the Opéra-Comique in Paris in 2015. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)   1. Romance     2:37   2. La Romance d‘Ariel     5:10   3. Coquetterie posthume     3:25   4. Regret     2:31   5. Les Elfes     7:37 Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)   6. Vocalise-Étude     3:32 Louis Beydts (1896-1953) Chansons pour les oiseaux   7. I. La colombe poignardée     3:00   8. II. Le petit pigeon bleu     2:10   9. III. L‘oiseau bleu     3:40 10. IV. Le petit serin en cage     1:51 Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) 11. Vocalise-Étude     3:30       [en forme de Habanera] Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) Chansons de Ronsard [Pierre de Ronsard] 12. I. À une fontaine     1:56 13. II. À Cupidon     3:00 14. III. Tais-toi, babillarde     1:33 15. IV. Dieu vous gard‘     2:11 Reinhold Glière (1875-1956) Concerto pour colorature Op. 82 [version voix et piano] 16. I. Andante     8:27 17. II. Allegro     5:27 ATMA Classique is distributed in Australia by Rockian Trading PO Box 44, Briar Hill, Vic, 3088, Australia Telephone +61 (0)3 9432 4149 ~ Facsimile +61 (0)3 9444 6879