"Beau Soir" (French for "Beautiful Evening") is a French art song written by Claude Debussy. It is a setting of a poem by Paul Bourget. Debussy was 15 or 16 when he wrote this song (ca. 1877/8), and his music was marked by the aesthetics of the period.

English translation of the lyrics:

When streams turn pink in the setting sun,
And a slight shudder rushes through the wheat fields,
A plea for happiness seems to rise out of all things
And it climbs up towards the troubled heart.

A plea to relish the charm of life
While there is youth and the evening is fair,
For we pass away, as the wave passes:
The wave to the sea, we to the grave.

(Wikipedia)

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Performance by: Rene Fleming (voice), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
(original audio: [ Ссылка ])

NB. There was an existing score video of the piece, though only the piano is played, as it was meant to be an accompaniment video. ([ Ссылка ])

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