L'amour, l'amour, toujours l'amour: Juan Diego Flórez Release

"Marking a departure for the Peruvian bel canto superstar, this new recording offers a personal survey of the French operatic repertoire from Donizetti to the romantic outpourings of Gounod and Massenet, including Massenet’s ‘Pourquoi me Reveiller’ from Werther. This is a disc that not only plays to Flórez’s strengths – virtuosic and high-lying – but also shows a new side to the popular singer, featuring repertoire which he has rarely sung on stage. The first solo album in four years by one of the classical world’s biggest stars reveals a voice which has become richer, rounder and more mellow; the choice of repertoire draws further new colours from this ever-stylish tenor. [Source] Due out in March 2014, the complete track list is after the jump.

01. "A quel plaisir d'être soldat" (from La Dame blanche by Boieldieu) 04:45
02. "Elle est là...A la voix d'un amant fidèle" (from La jolie fille de Perth by Bizet) 05:46 03. "Parle, mon fils - Un ange, une femme inconnue, à genoux, priait" (from La Favorite by Donizetti) 09:33
04. "O blonde Cérès" (from Les Troyens by Berlioz) 04:30
05. "Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire d'un jeune et galant postillon" (from Le Postillon de Lonjumeau by Adam) 03:57
06. "Prendre le dessin d'un bijou...Fantaisie aux divins mensonges" (from Lakmé by Delibes) 05:32
07. "O Nature, pleine de grâce" (from Werther by Massenet) 04:53
08. "Toute mon âme est là! Pourquoi me réveiller, ô souffle de printemps?" (from Werther by Massenet) 03:06
09. "Oui je veux par le monde promener librement mon humeur vagabonde!" (from Mignon by Thomas) 04:45
10. "Maintenant, observons & Viens, gentille dame" (from La Dame blanche by Boieldieu) 08:37
11. "Au Mont Ida, trois déesses" (from La Belle Hélène by Offenbach) 03:52
12. "L'amour! L'amour!...Ah! lève-toi, soleil!" (from Roméo et Juliette by Gounod) 04:38