Malcolm Martineau follows up his acclaimed complete song collections of Poulenc and Fauré with an album celebrating the solo songs of Henri Duparc, performed by an acclaimed roster of British singers – Dame Sarah Connolly, Huw Montague Rendall, Nicky Spence & William Thomas.
An iconic figure in the world of French music - his songs described as being "imperfect ... but works of genius’ by Ravel and "perfect" by Debussy - Duparc only composed a handful of works during the first half of his life: following a nervous disorder in 1885 at age 37 he lived for a further 48 years, orchestrating and tinkering with his songs, but publishing nothing new. © Signum Records