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Massenet: Songs With Orchestra – II

Julien Henric, Thomas Dolié (baritone), Hélène Guilmette, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Bertrand Dubos, Orchestre de l'Opéra Normandie Rouen, Pierre Dumoussaud

Massenet: Songs With Orchestra – II
All four singers - Bouchard-Lesieur, Hélène Guilmette, Julien Henric and Thomas Dolié - walk a line between extrovert operatic singing and the emotional intimacy that makes Massenet so lovable.

Gramophone Magazine, March 2026

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Massenet: Songs With Orchestra – II

Julien Henric, Thomas Dolié (baritone), Hélène Guilmette, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Bertrand Dubos, Orchestre de l'Opéra Normandie Rouen, Pierre Dumoussaud

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All four singers - Bouchard-Lesieur, Hélène Guilmette, Julien Henric and Thomas Dolié - walk a line between extrovert operatic singing and the emotional intimacy that makes Massenet so lovable.

Gramophone Magazine, March 2026

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If Massenet is best-known as the champion of French opera, his contribution to the genre of the mélodie merits reassessment – as is demonstrated by this programme of exquisitely orchestrated songs, all of which have remained in manuscript form. The Expressions lyriques form the pinnacle of these experiments, blending speech and song. The cycle Chansons des bois d’Amaranthe is also notable for the originality of its scoring: a quartet of singers in dialogue with an orchestra animated by a voluble piano part.

Contents and tracklist

Massenet: Noël païen
Work length3:12
Massenet: Larmes Maternelles
Work length5:00
Massenet: Elégie
Work length3:37
Massenet: Sainte Thérèse prie
Work length3:44
  • Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur
  • Orchestre de l'Opéra Normandie Rouen
  • Pierre Dumoussaud
Massenet: Don César de Bazan, Act III: Entracte-Sévillana
Work length2:21
Massenet: Chansons des bois d'Amaranthe
Work length10:05
I. Ô bon printemps
Track length2:14
II. Oiseau des bois
Track length1:53
III. Chères fleurs
Track length1:47
IV. Ô ruisseau
Track length2:26
V. Chantez !
Track length1:45
Massenet: Orphelines
Work length2:35
Massenet: Première danse
Work length2:09
Massenet: La rivière
Work length5:56
Massenet: Avril est amoureux
Work length2:23
Schubert: Schwanengesang, D. 957: No. 12, Am Meer (Transcr. for Horn and Orchestra by Jules Massenet)
Work length3:49
Massenet: Chanson pour elle
Work length2:06
Massenet: Depart
Work length3:15
Massenet: Expressions lyriques
Work length11:48
  • Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur
  • Orchestre de l'Opéra Normandie Rouen
  • Pierre Dumoussaud
I. Dialogue
Track length1:31
II. Les Nuages
Track length2:25
IV. Battements d’ailes
Track length2:33
VII. Nocturne
Track length3:21
VIII. Mélancolie
Track length1:58
Massenet: Le Petit Jésus
Work length2:31
Massenet: La nuit
Work length3:27

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March 2026

All four singers - Bouchard-Lesieur, Hélène Guilmette, Julien Henric and Thomas Dolié - walk a line between extrovert operatic singing and the emotional intimacy that makes Massenet so lovable.
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