Credits:

Sandrine Piau

Description:

[A Beautiful Fairy Tale Sung by Pio: A Mothers Tenderness and the Abyss of Memory Cast in Dim Shadows]This is the concluding volume of a two-part series by French singer Sandrine Pio and pianist David Kadush, following their previous album, *A Private Journey*. While the theme of this album is fairy tales (stories), what is depicted here is not merely a dreamlike narrative for children. Behind the gentle, somewhat nostalgic music lurk shadows of childhood anxieties, humanitys primal fears, and a bittersweet nostalgia. The album features a wide-ranging selection, from masterpieces by giants such as Debussy, Ravel, and Poulenc to rare works by female composers lost to history, such as Jeanne Bernard and Louise Didier. From Zemlinskys terrifying yet beautiful lullaby to the prayerful melody left behind by Ilse Webera victim of the Holocaustfor her child, each piece speaks directly to the depths o