Douce France: Melodies and Chansons

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”).