Thou singest ye carol

André Caplet

(Le Havre, 23 November, 1878 — Neuilly-sur-Seine, 22 April 1925)

composer, violinist and conductor.

It has been 100 years this year since French composer André Caplet passed away. He succumbed to pneumonia in 1925 due to general debilitation from sustained injuries and a poison gas attack in World War I. He lived to be only 46. Among his 600 opus numbers, there are only about 30 songs, of which you will hear a few in this episode of ‘Thou singest ye carol’.

Playlist:

1. André Caplet – 1. ‘Quand reverrai-je, hélas!’ (Jean du Bellay) 2. Doux fut le trait’(Sonnet de Pierre de Ronsard).
   Soprano Annette Betanski and harpist Susan Miron.
2. André Caplet – ‘Le vieux coffret’ (Rémy de Gourmont) 1. Songe 2.Berceuse 3. In una selva oscura 4.
   Forêt Bariton Lionel Peintre and pianist Alain Jacquon.
3. André Caplet – ‘Ecoute mon coeur’ (‘Corbeille de fruits’) (Rabindranath Tagore, vert. Henri du Pasquier).
   Mezzo soprano Christianne Stotijn and Toon Fret flute.

André Caplet en Claude Debussy

4. André Caplet – ‘Viens! Une flûte invisible soupire’ (Victor Hugo)
   Bariton Florian Just, Julie Moulin flute, Stephan Heber cello and Jan-Paul Grijpink piano.
5. André Caplet – ‘Cinq ballades françaises’ (Paul Fort) 1. ‘Cloche d’aube’ 2. ‘La Ronde’ 3. ‘Notre chaumière en Yveline’ 4. ‘Songe d’une nuit d’été’ 5. ‘L’adieu en barque’ .
   Soprano Claudette Leblanc and Boaz Sharon on piano.
6. André Caplet – Drie fabels van De La Fontaine 1. ‘Le Corbeau et le Renard’ 2. ‘La Cigale et la Fourmi’ 3. ‘Le Loup et l’Agneau’.
   Bariton Lionel Peintre and Alain Jacquon on piano.

Source: https://www.andre-caplet.fr