Il est doux de se coucher

Il est doux de se coucher (FR) It Is Soft (or Soothing, or Sweet) to Lie Down. Ravel's setting (1925/26, Chansons madécasses #3) for voice, flute, cello, and piano of the eighth poem by Parny from Chansons madécasses (Madagascar Folksongs, 1787).

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