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Douce France

Mélodies & Chansons

Benjamin Bernheim (tenor), Carrie-Ann Matheson (piano)

Douce France

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The first is Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’été, to which Bernheim brings the fine clarity of enunciation one expects from a native French singer, though his singing keeps breaking into a bigger, operatic...

Financial Times, 28th August 20244 out of 5 stars

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Douce France

Mélodies & Chansons

Benjamin Bernheim (tenor), Carrie-Ann Matheson (piano)

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Awards:

The first is Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’été, to which Bernheim brings the fine clarity of enunciation one expects from a native French singer, though his singing keeps breaking into a bigger, operatic...

Financial Times, 28th August 20244 out of 5 stars

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French star tenor Benjamin Bernheim announces his first solo song album Douce France: Mélodies & Chansons. Inspired by his long study and experience of French song, Bernheim imaginatively couples the famous 19th-century melodies of Berlioz, Chausson and Duparc with the classic 20th-century chansons by Brel, Kosma and Trenet. While some of these cycles are nowadays associated with the female voice accompanied by orchestra, the tenor was determined to return to the deep intimacy that a keyboard accompaniment can conjure. Bernheim’s regular duo partner, pianist Carrie-Ann Matheson, transcribed the relevant orchestral scores into the more idiomatic versions heard on this album.

Contents and tracklist

Berlioz: Les nuits d'été, H. 81 (Transcr. Matheson for Tenor and Piano)
Work length27:04
I. Villanelle
Track length2:03
II. Le spectre de la rose
Track length5:46
III. Sur les lagunes
Track length6:04
IV. Absence
Track length4:47
V. Au cimetière (Clair de lune)
Track length4:41
VI. L'île inconnue
Track length3:43
Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19 (Transcr. Matheson for Tenor and Piano)
Work length25:43
I. La fleur des eaux
Track length10:27
II. Interlude
Track length2:42
III. La mort de l'amour
Track length12:34
Duparc: L'Invitation au voyage
Work length4:17
Duparc: Extase
Work length3:22
Duparc: Phidylé
Work length4:55
Duparc: La Vie antérieure
Work length4:17
Kosma: Les feuilles mortes (Arr. Leuenberger for Tenor and Piano)
Work length2:41
Charles Trenet, Léon Chauliac: Douce France (Arr. Leuenberger for Tenor and Piano)
Work length3:18
Brel, J: Quand on n'a que l'amour (Arr. Leuenberger for Tenor and Piano)
Work length3:14

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Awards and reviews

  • International Classical Music Awards
    2025
    Nominated - Vocal Music
  • Opus Klassik Awards
    2025
    Male Singer of the Year

28th August 2024

The first is Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’été, to which Bernheim brings the fine clarity of enunciation one expects from a native French singer, though his singing keeps breaking into a bigger, operatic scale...To end, he offers three popular encores. These 20th-century classics by Brel, Kosma and Trenet are always a delight and Bernheim sings them to the manner born. We could have done with more of those.
4 out of 5 stars
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