Ninon Vallin sings 2 Hahn songs: L'Heure exquise - Tyndaris video

The great French soprano sings two songs by Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947), with the composer at the piano. Audio with a few pictures...I'm rather surprised these exquisite, simple, charming and historically significant recordings are not available on CD! Correction! - AulicExclusiva reports that "All these Hahn-accompanied songs" are in a set by Romophone: Complete Recordings 1909-34 of Reynaldo Hahn go here to view Ninon Vallin sing "Les Berceaux" by Gabriel Fauré: www.youtube.com L'Heure exquise - Text by Paul Verlaine La lune blanche luit dans les bois. De chaque branche part une voix sous la ramée. Ô bien aimée... L'étang reflète, profond miroir, la silhouette du saule noir où le vent pleure. Rêvons, c'est l'heure. Un vaste et tendre apaisement semble descendre du firmament que l'astre irise. C'est l'heure exquise! The Time of Delight The white moon shines in the woods. From each branch springs a voice beneath the arbor. Oh my beloved... The pond reflects, like a deep mirror, the silhouette of the black willow where the wind weeps. Let us dream! It is the hour. A vast and tender calm seems to descend from a sky made iridescent by the moon. It is the exquisite hour! Translation by Grant A. Lewis recorded in Paris, 1929 (Odeon 188579), by Ninon Vallin with Reynaldo Hahn on piano Hahn composed this song while still a student at the the Paris Conservatoire, and first sang it (he had a fine light baritone voice) in the presence of Verlaine himself. ....... "Tyndaris" , from ...