Composers: Chausson, Elgar, Joncières
Compositions: Poème de l’amour et de la merSea PicturesLa Mer
Performers: Marie-Nicole Lemieux ms, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine/Paul Daniel
Catalogue Number: Erato 9029542433

Marie-Nicole Lemieux’s latest recording is a pleasure, seeing the Canadian contralto languidly make her way through a program of works inspired by the sea. The usual suspects are here – Elgar’s Sea Pictures and Chausson’s Poème de l’amour et de la mer – but their familiarity is offset by the world premiere recording of Victorin Joncières’ La Mer, a set of four evocative songs.