''Mélodie passagère – Alice canta Satie, Fauré & Ravel'' is the tenth studio album by Italian singer-songwriter

Alice Alice may refer to: * Alice (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname Literature * Alice (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a character in books by Lewis Carroll * ''Alice'' series, children's and teen books by ...

, released in 1988 on

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. After the commercial success of the pop albums '' Park Hotel'' (1986) and '' Elisir'' (1987) the singer changed musical direction and set out on a tour in Italy and Switzerland performing works by fin de siècle composers

Erik Satie Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (, ; ; 17 May 18661 July 1925), who signed his name Erik Satie after 1884, was a French composer and pianist. He was the son of a French father and a British mother. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, but was an und ...

Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Urbain Fauré (; 12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers ...

and

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In ...

in classical auditoriums and concert halls, accompanied by pianist Michele Fedrigotti. The programme which saw Alice mainly performing lyrics in French but also Aramaic ("Kaddish") and Latin ("Pie Jesu") was entitled ''Mélodie Passagére'' which translates as ''Fleeting Melody'' or ''Passing Melody'' and was later recorded in the studio and released by EMI that same year.

Track listing

;Side A #"Les Anges" (

) – 1:40 #"Sylvie" (Satie) – 1:58 #"Élégie" (Satie) – 1:43 #"Chanson D'Amour" (

) – 2:32 #" Barcarolle" (Fauré) – 1:40 #"Après Un Rêve (Fauré) – 1:39 #"Adieu" (Fauré) – 1:58 #"

Gnossienne The ''Gnossiennes'' () are several piano compositions by the French composer Erik Satie in the late 19th century. The works are for the most part in free time (lacking time signatures or bar divisions) and highly experimental with form, rhythm a ...

Nr. 4" (instrumental) (Satie) – 2:39 #"Air Du Poète" (Satie) – 0:48 #"Spleen" (Satie) – 0:40 #"Daphénéo" (Satie) – 1:10 #"Air Du Rat" (Satie) – 0:40 #"Chanson Médiévale" (Satie) – 1:25 #"Chanson" (Satie) – 1:10 ;Side B #" Kaddish" (

) – 4:03 #"Gnossienne Nr. 1" (instrumental) (Satie) – 3:49 #"Hymne" (Satie) – 4:39 #"

Pie Jesu "Pie Jesu" ( ; original Latin: "Pie Iesu" ) is a text from the final couplet of the hymn " Dies irae", and is often included in musical settings of the Requiem Mass as a motet. The phrase means " pious Jesus" in the vocative. Popular settings The s ...

" (Fauré) – 4:19

Personnel

– vocals, keyboards * Michele Fedrigotti – piano, keyboards

Production

* Francesco Messina – record producer * Tim Kramer – recording and mix at Logic Studio, Milan * Marco Guarnerio – musical collaboration * "Brian" Pino Pischetola –

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, AMS Audio File, Logic Studio * Polystudio – artistic direction * Fulvio Ventura – photography

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Melodie Passagere 1988 albums Alice (singer) albums EMI Records albums French-language albums