Mélodie Passagère - Alice Canta Satie, Fauré & Ravel

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Mélodie Passagère - Alice Canta Satie, Fauré & Ravel
Mélodie Passagère - Alice Canta Satie, Fauré & Ravel cover
Studio album by Alice
Released 1988
Recorded 1988
Genre Classical, Vocal, Instrumental
Length 38:37
Label EMI
Producer Francesco Messina
Alice chronology
Kusamakura
(1988)		 Mélodie Passagère - Alice Canta Satie, Fauré & Ravel
(1988)		 Il Sole Nella Pioggia
(1989)

Mélodie Passagère - Alice Canta Satie, Fauré & Ravel is the tenth studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Alice, released in 1988 on EMI Music.

After the commercial success of the pop albums Park Hotel (1986) and Elisir (1987) the singer changed musical direction and set out on a tour in Italy and Switzerland performing works by fin de siècle composers Erik Satie, Gabriel Fauré and Maurice Ravel in classical auditoriums and concert halls, accompanied by pianist Michele Fedrigotti. The programme which saw Alice mainly performing lyrics in French but also Hebrew ("Kaddish") and Latin ("Pie Jesu") was entitled Mélodie Passagére which translates as Fleeting Melody or Passing Melody and later recorded in studio.

[edit] Track listing

Side A
  1. "Les Anges" (Erik Satie) - 1:40
  2. "Sylvie" (Satie) - 1:58
  3. "Élégie" (Satie) - 1:43
  4. "Chanson D'Amour" (Gabriel Fauré) - 2:32
  5. "Barcarolle" (Fauré) - 1:40
  6. "Après Un Rêve (Fauré) - 1:39
  7. "Adieu" (Fauré) - 1:58
  8. "Gnossienne Nr. 4" (instrumental) (Satie) - 2:39
  9. "Air Du Poète" (Satie) - 0:48
  10. "Spleen" (Satie) - 0:40
  11. "Daphénéo" (Satie) - 1:10
  12. "Air Du Rat" (Satie) - 0:40
  13. "Chanson Médiévale" (Satie) - 1:25
  14. "Chanson" (Satie) - 1:10
Side B
  1. "Kaddish" (Maurice Ravel) - 4:03
  2. "Gnossienne Nr. 1" (instrumental) (Satie) - 3:49
  3. "Hymne" (Satie) - 4:39
  4. "Pie Jesu" (Fauré) - 4:19

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

  • Francesco Messina - record producer
  • Tim Kramer - recording and mix at Logic Studio, Milan
  • Marco Guarnerio - musical collaboration
  • "Brian" Pino Pischetola - digital editing, AMS Audio File, Logic Studio
  • Polystudio - artisitc direction
  • Fulvio Ventura - photography