C'est l'extase 1

C'est l'extase 1 (FR) This Is Ecstasy. Debussy's setting (1887 / 1903, Ariettes oubliées #1) for voice and piano of the first poem from the »Ariettes oubliées« section of Romances sans paroles (1874) by Verlaine. The poem first appeared in La Renaissance litteraire et artistique in May 1872. The poem is preceded by an epigram by Favart, which Debussy includes at the head of the song: »Le vent dans la plaine / Suspend son haleine« (The wind in the plain / holds its breath). The epigram comes…