Notes and Editorial Reviews
Recorded in February 2013 before a live audience at the Salle Louis-Frechette in the Grad Theatre de Quebec, tenor Marc Hervieux charms listeners with a bouquet of popular French and Quebecois songs in arrangements by Simon Leclerc, performed by the Orchestre symphonique de Quebec. Hervieux has chosen 18 love songs, including “L’hymne a l’amour,” “Quand on aque l’amour,” “Ils s’aiment,” “Les plaisirs demodes,” and “Et maintenant.”
Recorded in February 2013 before a live audience at the Salle Louis-Frechette in the Grad Theatre de Quebec, tenor Marc Hervieux charms listeners with a bouquet of popular French and Quebecois songs in arrangements by Simon Leclerc, performed by the Orchestre symphonique de Quebec. Hervieux has chosen 18 love songs, including “L’hymne a l’amour,” “Quand on aque l’amour,” “Ils s’aiment,” “Les plaisirs demodes,” and “Et maintenant.” Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Il s'aiment, for voice & piano by Daniel Lavoie
Performer:
Marc Hervieux ()
Conductor:
Stéphane Laforest
Period: Contemporary
Length: 5 Minutes 3 Secs.
2.
Et maintenant by Gilbert Bécaud
Performer:
Marc Hervieux ()
Conductor:
Stéphane Laforest
Period: Modern
Length: 3 Minutes 53 Secs.
3.
Le blues du businessman, for voice & piano by Michel Berger
Performer:
Marc Hervieux ()
Conductor:
Stéphane Laforest
Period: Contemporary
Length: 4 Minutes 33 Secs.
4.
Non, je ne regrette rien by Charles Dumont
Performer:
Marc Hervieux ()
Conductor:
Stéphane Laforest
Period: 20th Century
Length: 2 Minutes 44 Secs.
5.
Perce les nuages, for voice & piano by Paul Daraîche
Performer:
Marc Hervieux ()
Conductor:
Stéphane Laforest
Period: Contemporary
Length: 3 Minutes 56 Secs.
6.
Ordinaire, for voice & piano by Robert Charlebois
Performer:
Marc Hervieux ()
Conductor:
Stéphane Laforest
Period: Contemporary
Length: 5 Minutes 50 Secs.
7.
Quand les hommes vivront d'amour, for voice & piano by Raymond Levesque
Performer:
Marc Hervieux ()
Conductor:
Stéphane Laforest
Period: Modern
Length: 4 Minutes 25 Secs.
8.
Le Vaisseau d'or, for voice & piano by Andre Gagnon
Performer:
Marc Hervieux ()
Conductor:
Stéphane Laforest
Period: Contemporary
Length: 4 Minutes 54 Secs.
9.
Hymne à l'amour by Marguerite Monnot
Performer:
Marc Hervieux ()
Conductor:
Stéphane Laforest
Period: 20th Century
Written: France
Length: 3 Minutes 55 Secs.
10.
La maison sous les arbres, for voice & piano by Gilbert Bécaud
Performer:
Marc Hervieux ()
Conductor:
Stéphane Laforest
Period: Contemporary
Length: 4 Minutes 55 Secs.
11.
Je ne suis qu'une chanson, for voice & piano by Diane Juster
Performer:
Marc Hervieux ()
Conductor:
Stéphane Laforest
Period: Contemporary
Length: 5 Minutes 31 Secs.
12.
The Impossible Dream, song (from "Man of La Mancha") by Mitch Leigh
Performer:
Marc Hervieux ()
Conductor:
Stéphane Laforest
Period: Modern
Length: 3 Minutes 0 Secs.
Sound Samples
Ils s'aiment (arr. S. Leclerc)
Et maintenant (arr. S. Leclerc)
Le blues du businessman (arr. S. Leclerc)
Non, je ne regrette rien (arr. S. Leclerc)
Perce les nuages (arr. S. Leclerc)
Ordinaire (arr. S. Leclerc)
Quand les hommes vivront d'amour (arr. S. Leclerc)
Le vaisseau d'or (arr. S. Leclerc)
La quete (Impossible Dream) (arr. S. Leclerc)
Hymne a l'amour (arr. S. Leclerc)
La Maison sous les arbres (arr. S. Leclerc)
Je ne suis qu'une chanson (arr. S. Leclerc)
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review: 
( 1 Customer Review )
For fans only June 21, 2013
By Dean Frey See All My Reviews
"Quebec lyric tenor Marc Hervieux has a strong, strong voice, and I admired his musicianship on two opera recital discs he's recorded for ATMA. The repertoire in this new disc "Mes plaisirs" isn't to my taste, but the voice is certainly still there, and is enthusiastically applauded by the audience at the Grand Theatre de Quebec. There's not a lot of variety in the arrangements of these "favourite" songs, by Simon Leclerc, and Hervieux is singing full-bore for much of the time. Beautiful tone, plenty of volume, holding power: Hervieux has those in abundance. But he doesn't have a chance to show his full range; of colour, of drama, of simple volume. This "cross-over" disc is for fans, or those who don't want too much taste or nuance to get in the way of dramatic cresendos and crashing climaxes."
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