The Composer Develops Lydia
Clair de lune (Fauré's first Verlaine setting, 1889)
Cinq chansons de Venise (Verlaine) (1890): Mandoline; En sourdine; Green; A Clymene: C'est I'extase
Song-cycle: La bonne chanson (Verlaine) (1891-2)
JEANNETTE SINCLAIR (Soprano) ERNEST LUSH (piano)
JOHN SHIRLEY-QUIRK (baritone) BRIAN LAMPORT (piano)
(Lydia and Chansons de Venise broadcast on 22 January)