Chausson, Fauré

  1. Chanson Perpetuelle – Perpetual Song -:-- / 1:49
  2. Une sainte en son aureole – A Saint in her halo -:-- / 0:50
  3. Puisque l’aube grandit, – Since day is breaking -:-- / 0:41
  4. La lune blanche – The white moon -:-- / 0:51
  5. J’allais par les chemins perfidies – I walked along treacherous ways -:-- / 0:49
  6. J’ai presque peur, en verité – I’m almost afraid, in truth -:-- / 0:48
  7. Avant que tu ne t’en ailles – Before you fade -:-- / 1:24
  8. Donc, ce sera – So it will be -:-- / 1:00
  9. N’est-ce pas? – Is it not so? -:-- / 1:28
  10. L’hiver a cessé – Winter is finished -:-- / 1:28

Written in 1898 and one of Chausson’s most important vocal orchestral works, “Chanson Perpetuelle” is based on a poem by Charles Cros, and depicts the suffering of woman abandoned by her lover.

Based on the 9 poems by Paul Verlaine, the song cycle “La Bonne Chanson” was composed by Gabriel Fauré between 1892 – 1894. In 1898 Fauré published this arrangement for String Quartet, Piano and Voice.