Iain Burnside introduces a recital given last month at London's Wigmore Hall by French soprano Veronique Gens accompanied by Roger Vignoles.
Berlioz Villanelle; Le Spectre de la Rose
Faure Le Papillon et la Fleur; Mandoline; Green
Hahn Trois Jours de Vendange; Le Printemps
Debussy Fetes Galantes, Book 1; Chansons de Bilitis
Poulenc Les Chemins de 'Amour; Montparnasse; Hyde Park; Banalites