Ben Heppner - Airs Francais / LSO, Myung-Whun Chung

Ben Heppner - Airs Francais / LSO, Myung-Whun Chung

Ben Heppner - Airs Francais / LSO, Myung-Whun Chung
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Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-11-13
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
  1. BERLIOZ: "Inutiles regrets"
  2. Nature immense
  3. Merci, doux crepuscule!
  4. Seul pour lutter
  5. Ah! je vais l'aimer
  6. HALEVY: "Rachel, quand du Seigneur"
  7. MASSENET: "Ah, qu'il est loin, mon pays"
  8. O Souverain, o juge, o pere
  9. O noble lame etincelante
  10. MEYERBEER: "O paradis"
  11. Plus blanche que la blanche hermine
  12. Roi du ciel
  13. ROUGET DE LISLE: "La Marseillaise" (arr. Berlioz)

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Free Music Review: Very nice recital of French arias
Hit: 4 Stars

Ben Heppner is a great tenor. Contrary to some reports, he is not a heldentenor. He is an unusually large-voiced lyric. His voice is very fine indeed. This recital contains some nice renditions of French arias. A few arias were not that great. He has the pronunciation down pat. I loved the aria from "La Juive". Heppner is perfect for the role of El?azar. The aria benefits greatly from having the chorus present and the inclusion of the rousing and tuneful cabaletta. The "Le Cid" arias also benefitted from the chorus being present. Some high notes of his are quite unpleasant. One such high note was the high D in the "Benvenuto Cellini" aria. His voice is really not light and high-placed enough for some of the arias he sings. One example is the "Les Huguenots" aria. Nicolai Gedda is perfect for that aria. Anyway, this recital is, on the most part, enjoyable.

PS. There is a serious problem in the booklet. Most of the arias have misaligned texts and translations. This makes following the singing very difficult.

Ben Heppner - Airs Francais / LSO, Myung-Whun Chung Poster

Ben Heppner is our leading dramatic tenor, but he's also a skilled recitalist; he triumphed in Colin Davis's concert recording of Berlioz's Les Troyens. His first solo recording for Deutsche Grammophon demonstrates his skill in the French repertory. Almost half the disc is given to Berlioz arias, done with power and stylistic comfort. His artistry differs from the traditional French tenor; the voice is beefier, some of the delicacy is lost. But the tradition ceased to exist by the 1970s, and Heppner compares favorably with anyone on the scene today. His voice is darker than those most often heard in these arias, so while it may surprise at first in "Nature immense," here, as elsewhere, there's a rightness about his singing that's compelling. His "O Souverain" is sensitively done, and the wonderful Hal?vy aria (the entire scene is given) is done without the verismo disfigurements of Alagna's on his French aria disc for EMI. Myung-Whun Chung's sympathetic conducting makes for a classy partnership. --Dan Davis

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