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Sandrine Piau

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This is the first recital album for the ALPHA label by renowned soprano Sandrine Piau. The title "Chimera" refers to the Greek mythological "monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a viper's tail" (Chimera in English), but it is also a symbol of dreams that are sometimes incomprehensible, and of a woman who is a combination of various elements. It's a word that is very appropriate for this album. Her transformative songs by Lève, Wolff, Debussy, Poulenc, the rarely heard Gagny and Baxa, and Barber and Previn take the listener on a poetic and intimate dream journey, moving back and forth between German, French, and English. Manoff's piano accompaniment also accompanies Piau's songs perfectly, creating a unique world. Naxos Japan