[ Erato Classics / LP ]
Release Date: Friday 10 November 2023
This item is only available to us via Special Import.
A concept album of laidback repertoire from popular film melodies to French chansons to classical pieces - including "La Foule" by Édith Piaf, the main theme from Summer of '42 by Michel Legrand, "Beau soir" by Debussy, Sicilienne by Fauré, and "Chi Mai" by Ennio Morricone.
Recorded with pianist Jérôme Ducros, the Maîtrise de Radio France, and the Orchestre de chambre de Paris under conductor Lionel Bringuier.
Jean Jacques Goldman, one of France's most popular songwriters and composers, wrote a new song for this album, "Pense à nous", for cello, children's choir and orchestra and made a special arrangement of his "Envole-moi"
The perfect soundtrack for the 2024 Olympic Games!
Cabral: La foule
Bizet: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen)
Deighan: Les Champs-Elysées
Kosma: Les feuilles mortes
Rameau: Les Sauvages
Lehár: Heure Exquise (from La Veuve Joyeuse)
Legrand: Summer of 42
Gounod: Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (from Roméo et Juliette)
Goldman, J-J: Pense à Nous
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Debussy: Beau Soir
Sarde: La chanson d'Hélène
Offenbach: Barcarolle (from Les Contes d'Hoffmann)
Brassens: Les Copains d'abord
Fauré: Sicilienne, Op. 78
Cosma, V: Reality (From 'La Boum')