My choice would be the exquisitely beautiful and deeply melancholy Poème de l'amour et de la mer by Chausson. The vast majority of recordings of this tour de force of melody and tragedy have been by women. It is certainly beautiful when performed by a female voice. But it does require ignoring the text, which was written by Chausson's friend Maurice Bouchor -- either that, or one must imagine the woman singing is a lesbian.
The piece was originally written for tenor, and it was a tenor who premiered the first performance accompanied by Chausson himself on piano. However, good luck searching for recordings by any male voice. I have heard one recording by baritone accompanied by piano.
There is only one recording that I'm aware of that is actually what Chausson intended, tenor with orchestra.
Turbulent Heart - Music of Vierne and Chausson by Steve Davislim, with the Queensland Orchestra conducted by Guillaume Tourniaire. Very good SACD audio on the Melba label, which has an exorbitant list price, but which can be found at half that amount if you look around. And of course, there are some excellent recordings by sopranos and mezzos out there.
