Word: parfums
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...colorings; and the four movements of this suite contain some of his most exquisite writing, such as the shimmering muted violins in "La Fileuse" and the tinges of modal harmony in "Mort de Melisande." Everything here is achieved through understatement, through minute shadings within a restrained gamut. The resulting "parfum imperissable," to borrow the title of one of Faure's songs, is perfectly suited to the evocative gentleness of Maeterlinck's great Symbolist play; it is, if I may indulge in oxymoron, music of cool warmth. Such music as this demands an extraordinarily nuanced performance from every player...
...month intervals. Written by Colette when she was 22 and published in 1900, Claudine at School was an instant and scandalous success. It went through innumerable editions and became so much a byword that manufacturers flooded Paris with a Lotion Claudine, a Chapeau Claudine, a Glace-Claudine and a Parfum de Claudine. Though lacking some of the rueful insight of Colette's later novels, the book remains a fresh and impressive piece of work, providing wit. penetrating observation, and a tolerable road map to the devious paths of a young girl's thinking. Most readers, as well...