Les Chemins de l'amour

Les Chemins de l’amour (The pathways of love), FP 106-Ia, is a song (mélodie) for voice and piano composed in 1940 by Francis Poulenc on lyrics by Jean Anouilh, based on a waltz sung from the incidental music of the play Léocadia.

Genesis[]

Composed in October 1940,^[1] the song is dedicated to the comedian and singer Yvonne Printemps, who sang it at the premiere of the play Léocadia on 1 December 1940. The song was somewhat successful, and Printemps recorded it.

Max Eschig published the score in 1945.

Discography[]

• Yvonne Printemps and Marcel Cariven (conducting).
•  [fr] and Georges Delerue (conducting). Grand Prix du disque.
• Felicity Lott (soprano) and Graham Johnson (piano) - Hyperion.
• Jessye Norman (soprano) and Dalton Baldwin (piano) - Philips.
• Véronique Gens (soprano) and Roger Vignoles (piano) - Erato.
• Patricia Petibon (soprano), Christian-Pierre La Marca (cello), Amandine Savary (piano) - Sony.
• Sophie Karthäuser (soprano), Eugène Asti (piano) - Harmonia Mundi
• Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Havora (piano) - Deutsche Grammophon

References[]

External links[]

• Yvonne Printemps - Les chemins de l'amour by Poulenc on YouTube
• Léocadia, FP 106 (Poulenc, Francis) on IMSLP
• French original lyrics and English translation
• Two interprétations