Benjamin Bernheim - Douce France: Mélodies & Chansons [CD]

Deutsche Grammophon

£13.16

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: 4866155
Barcode: 28948661558
Release Date: 30 Aug 2024
Genre: Classical

The first solo song album by the French tenor Benjamin Bernheim. He imaginatively couples famous melodies by three leading lights of 19th-century French Romanticism with famous chansons by three leading lights of 20th-century French popular music. Benjamin is accompanied by his long-standing recital partner Carrie-Ann Matheson. Included are Berlioz’s great cycle Les nuits d’été and Joseph Kosma’s haunting Les feuilles mortes(“Autumn Leaves”) as well as Charles Trenet’s famous Douce France (“Sweet France”).

TRACKLIST:
Hector Berlioz
Les nuits d'été, H81, Op. 7
1 I. Villanelle
2 II. Le spectre de la rose
3 III. Sur les lagunes
4 IV. Absence
5 V. Au cimetière (Clair de lune)
6 VI. L'île inconnue

Ernest Chausson
Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19
7 I. La fleur des eaux
8 Interlude
9 II. La mort de l'amour

Henri Duparc
10 L'invitation au voyage
11 Extase
12 Phidylé
13 La vie antérieure

Joseph Kosma
Les feuilles mortes

Charles Trenet
Douce France

Jacques Brel
Quand on n'a que l'amour