Mélodie passagère

Mélodie passagère - Alice canta Satie, Fauré & Ravel
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
(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 was later recorded in the studio and released by EMI that same year.

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

Personnel

Production


Alice
Albums
La mia poca grande età (as Alice Visconti - 1975)  • Cosa resta... Un fiore (as Alice Visconti - 1978) • Capo Nord (1980)  • Alice (1981)  • Azimut (1982)  • Falsi allarmi (1983)  • Alice (1984 compilation) (Alice Visconti - 1984)  • Gioielli rubati (1985)  • Park Hotel (1986)  • Alice (1986 compilation) (1986)  • Elisir (1987)  • Kusamakura (1988)  • Mélodie passagère (1988)  • Il sole nella pioggia (1989)  • Mezzogiorno sulle Alpi (1992)  • Viaggiatrice solitaria (1995)  • Charade (1995)  • Exit (1998)  • God Is My DJ (1999)  • Personal Jukebox (2000)  • Viaggio in Italia (2003)

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