With a highly acclaimed debut recording, Nocturnes, the English baritone Rupert Charlesworth and the pianist Edwige Herchenroder invite us to continue their adventure on the stage: “the quintessence of the English school: clear tone, a tightly held line, impeccable taste …  Charlesworth clarifies everything he touches, bringing light to a programme where refinement juggles with voluptuousness,” according to Classica. “The enchanting piano of the young Frenchman provides all the magic and poetry you could ask,” Res Musica adds. The whole world is eager, and you will be, too, to dip into some of the most refined pages ever penned, both known and less known, in the form of an Ode to Night.

Rupert Charlesworth tenor
Edwige Herchenroder piano

Gabriel Fauré  (1845-1924)
Clair de lune

Ivor Gurney  (1890-1937)
Sleep (Five Elizabethan Songs)

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Der Jüngling und der Tod

Henri Duparc  (1848-1933)
Sérénade florentine

Lennox Berkeley (1903 -1989)
Carry her over the water (Five Poems)

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Der wanderer an den Mond

Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
The Comet at Yell’ham (A Young Man’s Exhortation)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Der Gang zum Liebchen

Benjamin Britten  (1913-1976)
Nigh covers up the rigid land

Lennox Berkeley (1903 -1989)
Eyes look into the well (Five Poems)

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Kling leise, mein Lied

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Ständchen  (Fünf Lieder, op. 106)

Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947)
L’Heure exquise

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
An die Laute

Lili Boulanger  (1893-1918)
Vous m’avez regardé avec toute votre âme (Clairières dans le ciel)

César Franck (1822-1890)
Nocturne

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
La Lune blanche luit dans les bois  (La Bonne Chanson)

Arnold Bax (1883-1953)
The White Peace (Album of Seven Songs)

Lennox Berkeley (1903 -1989)
Silver (Five Songs)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Nuit d’étoiles 

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
So schlaf in Ruh !