Saint-Saens/Hahn: a La Lumiere

Eloise Bella Kohn (piano) & Accentus, Christophe Grapperon

Hahn, R:
 12 rondels: No. 1, Le jour: No. 11, La nuit
 À la lumière
 Aubade athénienne
 Chansons et madrigaux: No. 2, Vivons, mignarde!: No. 3, Pleurez avec moi!: No. 6, Les Fourriers d'été
 L'obscurité

Saint-Saëns:
 Calme des nuits, Op. 68 No. 1 & 2
 Des pas dans l'allée, Op. 141 No. 1
 Les Fleurs et les arbres, Op. 68 No. 2
 Romance du soir, Op. 118
 Saltarelle Op. 74

"The performances are lovely. Accentus are a remarkable choir, and everything is beautifully balanced and focused as Grapperon teases out harmonic and contrapuntal subtleties, all the while alert to consistencies of mood and points of verbal detail."
Gramophone Magazine - October 2022

"Mention SaintSaëns or Reynaldo Hahn and secular choral music is unlikely to spring to mind. As is clear, though, from this enchanting new collection, both composers are typically adroit...it is luxury casting to hear works that could grace many local choirs sung by Accentus under Christophe Grapperon and, a couple of minor imprecisions aside, the results are ravishing."
BBC Music Magazine - November 2022 ****