Barbara Hendricks; Pori Sinfonietta; Jan Soderblom - Berlioz: Herminie, Les Nuits d'ete, Cleopatre

Throughout her fifty year career Barbara Hendricks has shown herself to be one of the greatest champions of French song. This has always held a special place in her repertory and in her heart, as have German lieder, Scandinavian and Spanish songs (not to mention jazz and blues); her musical world has no limits.
For this new recording made in 2016, the Swedish soprano pays homage both to her singing teacher and mentor, the great American mezzo-soprano Jennie Tourel, and to the creative genius of Hector Berlioz. If the Nuits d'ete have long formed part of her repertory, the two cantatas Herminie and Cleopatre are new.