Les Chemins de l'amour

Les Chemins de l’Amour (The Ways of Love) is a 1940 valse chantée, or sung waltz, by Francis Poulenc to lyrics by Jean Anouilh. It was written for soprano voice as part of Poulenc's incidental music for Anouilh's new play Léocadia and exists with two accompaniments: piano only (catalogue FP 106-Ia) and chamber ensemble (cat. FP 106-Ib). The rest of the incidental music is lost.

Genesis

Composed in October 1940,^[1] the song is dedicated to the comedian and singer Yvonne Printemps, who sang it at the premiere of the play Léocadia on 1 December 1940. The song was somewhat successful, and Printemps recorded it.

Max Eschig published the score in 1945.^[2]

Discography

• Yvonne Printemps and Marcel Cariven (conducting).
• André Schlesser [fr] and Georges Delerue (conducting). Grand Prix du disque.
• Felicity Lott (soprano) and Graham Johnson (piano) - Hyperion.
• Jessye Norman (soprano) and Dalton Baldwin (piano) - Philips.
• Véronique Gens (soprano) and Roger Vignoles (piano) - Erato.
• Patricia Petibon (soprano), Christian-Pierre La Marca (cello), Amandine Savary (piano) - Sony.
• Sophie Karthäuser (soprano), Eugène Asti (piano) - Harmonia Mundi
• Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Havora (piano) - Deutsche Grammophon

References

External links

• Yvonne Printemps - Les chemins de l'amour by Poulenc on YouTube
• Léocadia, FP 106 (Poulenc, Francis) on IMSLP
• French original lyrics and English translation
• Two interprétations

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Francis Poulenc

• List of compositions
  • List of works for piano

Operas

• Les mamelles de Tirésias (1947)
• Dialogues of the Carmelites (1957)
• La voix humaine (1959)

Ballets

• Les biches (1922)
• Aubade (1929)
• Les Animaux modèles (1941)

Orchestral music

• Sinfonietta (1947)

Concertos

• Concert champêtre (1927)
• Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1932)
• Organ Concerto (1938)
• Piano Concerto (1949)

Chamber music

• Rapsodie nègre (1917)
• Sonata for two clarinets (1918)
• Sonata for clarinet and bassoon (1922)
• Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone (1922)
• Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano (1926)
• Sextet (1932)
• Villanelle (1934)
• Suite française (1935)
• Violin Sonata (1942)
• Cello Sonata (1948)
• Élégie pour cor et piano (1957)
• Flute sonata (1957)
• Clarinet Sonata (1962)
• Oboe Sonata (1962)

Piano music

• Mouvements perpétuels (1919)
• Piano Suite (1920)
• Trois novelettes (1927)
• Soirées de Nazelles (1936)
• L'Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant (1940)
• La Courte Paille (1960)

Songs

• Chanson à boire (1922)
• Chansons gaillardes (1926)
• Fiançailles pour rire (1939)
• Les Chemins de l'amour (1940)
• Banalités (1940)

Choir (a cappella)

• Messe en sol majeur (1937)
• Sécheresses (1937)
• Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence (1939)
• Figure humaine (1943)

Choir and orchestra

• Litanies à la Vierge Noire (1936)
• Stabat Mater (1950)
• Gloria (1959)
• Sept répons des ténèbres (1963)

Collaborations

• L'Album des Six (1919)
• Les mariés de la tour Eiffel (1921)
• L'éventail de Jeanne (1927)
• Variations sur le nom de Marguerite Long (1956)

Incidental music

• Le Gendarme incompris (1920)
• Intermezzo (1933)
• Léocadia (1940)
• L'Invitation au château (1947)
• Amphitryon (1947)
• Renaud et Armide (1962)

Related

• Les Six
• Brigitte Manceaux
• Neoclassicism
• "L'adieu du cavalier" (Tailleferre)

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