Champs Hill Records

La voix humaine

Poulenc La voix humaine opera to a libretto by Jean Cocteau. Recorded 2011 at the Music Room of Champs Hill Records. Soprano Felicity Lott and pianist Graham Johnson perform the piano version by special permission from the composer’s estate (normally the singer is backed by an orchestra). Producer and balance engineer was Alexander Van Ingen; director of photography was Steve Plant. Sung in French. The package has a DVD, a Blu-ray disc, and a very nice keepcase booklet with the complete libretto in French and English. The video was made at 24 frames per second. Released 2013, disc has stereo only. We normally exclude classical music Blu-rays that have only stereo sound. But we made an exception for this because surround sound might be overkill for music with only 2 sound sources and this recording is unique. Grade: B

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