“The charm of this disc shouldn’t mask its importance. Le Souvenir provides musical archaeology, digging out Canadian songs from the period that begins in the mid-19th century and ends after the First World War …. The repertoire is almost unbearably evocative and nostalgic, creating a vivid sense of past lives and domestic entertainments…. The singers have been astutely chosen to capture the richness of this past; they perform these songs with affection, sparkingly, and without a trace of irony or condescension.”
– Urjo Kareda, Classical Music Magazine
CHARLES W. SABATIER
1. Le Drapeau de Carillon
ANTOINE DESSANE
2. Le Grillon
EMMANUEL BAIN DE ST-AUBIN
3. Vir’ de bord mon ami Pierre
ACHILLE FORTIER
4. Mon bouquet
CALIXA LAVALLEE
5. Andalouse
6. The Widow: “Oh, Trust My Love”
GUILLAUME COUTURE
7. Le Souvenir
ERNEST LAVIGNE
8. Novembre
CLAUD GRAVES
9. Oh! What a Difference Since the Hydro Came
GEOFFREY O’HARA
10. Your Eyes Have Told Me
ERNEST SEITZ
11. The World is Waiting for the Sunrise
WILLIAM ECKSTEIN
12. Lest You Forget
13. S’Nice
STEPHEN CODMAN
14. The Fairy Song
J.P. CLARKE
15. Summer and Winter
S.P. WARREN
16. The Wings of Song
EDWIN GLEDHILL
17. I am Waiting for Thee
ERNEST MACMILLAN
18. Sonnet
19. Were I But Crazy for Love’s Sake
GENA BRANSCOMBE
20. Serenade
JOSEPH QUESNEL
21. Lucas et Cécile: “No, maman”
JOSEPH VEZINA
22. Le Fétiche: “J’ai pour maison”
OSCAR TELGMANN
23. Leo, the Royal Cadet: Scene
CHARLES A.E. HARRISS
24. Torquil: “The Happy Birds”
PERFORMERS:
Sally Dibblee, soprano
Russell Braun, baritone/baryton
Carolyn Maule, piano
