John Kent:

>I would like to solicit some suggestions specifically
>on French songs from Berlioz down to the Six and Messiaen.

I have only a little knowledge of what I realise is a very specialised
area but for what it's worth, I was given a Sony CD of Reynaldo Hahn
songs, La Belle Epoque, with Susan Graham and Roger Vignoles.  Delightful!

Richard Pennycuick