Various Composers - Belle époque ! (Adèle Charvet; Florian Caroubi)

Information

1. Jules Massenet - Nuit d’Espagne
2. Charles Koechlin - 4 mélodies, Op. 22: No. 2, Novembre
3. Claude Debussy - Apparition, CD 57
4. Xavier Leroux - Les Frissons: Plainte d’Amour
5. Jules Massenet - Dix pièces de genre, Op. 10: No. 5, Mélodie in E Minor
6. Ernest Chausson - 7 mélodies, Op. 2: No. 7, Le Colibri
7. Madeleine Dubois - Spleen
8. Louis Aubert - Six poèmes arabes: No. 2, Le Vaincu
9. Gabriel Fauré - 2 Songs, Op. 4: No. 1, Chanson du pêcheur (Lamento)
10. Ernest Moret - Elle et moi: No. 1, Tu peux baisser la tête
11. George Enescu - Entsagen
12. Gabriel Fauré - 5 mélodies "de Venise", Op. 58: No. 2, En sourdine
13. Gabriel Fauré - Romance sans paroles, Op. 17: No. 3, Andante moderato in A-Flat Major
14. Claude Debussy - Trois Chansons de Bilitis, CD 97: No. 2, La Chevelure
15. Isaac Albéniz - Quatre mélodies, Op. 9: No. 2, Paradise regained
16. Reynaldo Hahn - L’énamourée
17. André Messager - La paix de blanc vêtue
18. Claude Debussy - Préludes, Livre 1: No. 8, La Fille aux cheveux de lin
19. André Caplet - 5 ballades françaises: No. 5, L’adieu en barque
20. Jules Massenet - Poème pastoral: No. 5, Deuxième Intermède. Crépuscule, DO 171
21. Alfred Bachelet - Chère nuit

Adèle Charvet, mezzo-soprano

Florian Caroubi, piano

Date: 2025

Label: Alpha Classics

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For her second recital, mezzo-soprano Adèle Charvet joins longtime duo partner Florian Caroubi to explore the belle époque through the works of French melodists and their successors. The program highlights celebrated composers such as Massenet, Debussy, and Fauré, alongside Chausson, Hahn, Koechlin, and others, while also reviving lesser-known voices like Xavier Leroux and Ernest Moret. Interwoven with texts by poets including Verlaine, Mallarmé, and Maeterlinck, the recital traces lines of musical heritage and poetic inspiration, offering a rich portrait of transmission and artistic continuity during a golden era of French song.

Adèle Charvet (b. 1993) is recognized as one of the leading French mezzos of her generation, praised for her velvety, expressive voice. She made her operatic debut as Mercedes in Carmen at the Royal Opera House and has since performed widely in opera, recital, and symphonic repertoire under conductors such as Marc Minkowski, Raphaël Pichon, and John Eliot Gardiner. Equally at ease in early, contemporary, and romantic music, she recorded her debut album Long Time Ago with pianist Susan Manoff. Her recent Vivaldi-inspired recording Teatro Sant’Angelo with Le Consort earned top distinctions from Opéra Magazine, Télérama, and BBC Music Magazine.