Pierrette Alarie sings “Quatrains“

The Québécois soprano performs “Quatrains“ (1947) * -- a cycle of seven songs by Jean Papineau-Couture (1916-2000) to poems by the French poet Francis Jammes (1868-1938). John Newmark is the pianist in this recording from 1958. I. “Pénitente“ 0:00 II. “La digitale“ 2:19 III. “La joueuse“ 3:34 IV. “Vol d’oiseau dans la matinée“ 4:06 V. “Espace“ 4:49 VI. “Partie liée“ 6:24 VII. “Discrétion“ 6:52 Here is a link to these artists performing the same cycle as part of a recital in 1967: And a link to my Pierrette Alarie playlist: Here is a link to my John Newmark playlist: * A quatrain is a stanza or complete poem of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes.