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Florent Pagny

French Music - Released August 31, 2023 | Universal Music Division Capitol Music France

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Poulenc: La voix humaine

Véronique Gens

Classical - Released January 13, 2023 | Alpha Classics

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Francis Poulenc's La Voix Humaine ("The Human Voice") is a one-woman opera, less than an hour long, about a woman on the phone with her boyfriend as they break up. Set to a text by Jean Cocteau, it puts the woman through strong mood swings. (Country music fans may wish to compare it to As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone, although there, the boyfriend is present to deliver the final blow.) Soprano Véronique Gens is best known for music from the 17th century up to Mozart, but it is easy to believe the claim in the publicity materials for this release that she had always wanted to record this work; its direct, conversational quality, interspersed with occasional freakouts, fits her manner beautifully. It might seem that those freakouts require a bit more intensity than Gens gives them here, but that is not really in the Cocteau spirit and certainly not in the Poulenc spirit. Gens receives sensitive support from the Orchestre National de Lille under Alexandre Bloch, who also ring down the curtain with a lithe performance of the joyous Sinfonietta. There are other strong performances of Poulenc's little opera, which ought to be much more frequently heard and would be ideal for university voice programs, but this one is instantly appealing and quite memorable, and it is no surprise that it made classical best-seller charts in early 2023. © James Manheim /TiVo

Ici & là, en concert au Dôme de Paris (Live, 2022)

Alain Souchon

French Music - Released November 11, 2022 | Parlophone (France)

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Poulenc: La Voix humaine, Fiançailles pour rire

Julie Cherrier-Hoffmann

Opera - Released September 22, 2023 | Aparté

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Francis Poulenc's late opera La voix humaine (1958) seems ideally suited to the age of cellular telephony, and indeed, it is showing signs of revival with several new productions. This 2023 recording by soprano Julie Cherrier-Hoffmann and the Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice di Venezia should contribute to the trend. La voix humaine is an operatic monodrama, but of a modern kind; the single character is a woman, simply named Elle (She), talking on the phone, being dumped by her boyfriend, and hinting at suicide. The text was written by Jean Cocteau in 1930, when dropped phone calls were no doubt common, but it works perfectly in a contemporary setting; the phone conversation is interrupted by panicky "Allô allô" interjections. Poulenc's musical language for dealing with this text is remarkable, and it is not like that in any of his other compositions. The singer is unaccompanied when she is directly addressing her hearer, while the passages in which she narrates events are accompanied by the orchestra. This creates an uncanny impression of an actual phone conversation. Poulenc's harmonic language here is quite modern in comparison to his other works, not quite atonal but shorn of the popular tinge present in so much of his work. Cherrier-Hoffmann's performance is appropriately stressed out, and she is shown in the graphics with her hands splayed across a window as if trapped. Conductor Frédéric Chaslin emphasizes the orchestra's big, operatic sound, and this works; the engineering makes no attempt to disguise the opera house acoustic. Chaslin also contributes orchestrations of smaller Poulenc voice-and-piano works; these frame the opera and return the listener to the usual Poulenc world. This is an unusually satisfying Poulenc release and a fine performance of a work whose reputation is on the way up.© James Manheim /TiVo
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Milchbar Seaside Season 11

Blank & Jones

Electronic - Released April 26, 2019 | Soundcolours

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Chante Les Rita Mitsouko And More A La Cigale

Catherine Ringer

Rock - Released November 17, 2008 | SIX SARL

Recorded a year after the death of Fred Chichin, Chante les Rita Mitsouko and More a La Cigale Live is an emotionally stirring live album from the French duo's surviving member, Catherine Ringer. Featuring new interpretations of 16 of their most popular hits, the 2008 release includes renditions of tracks from their self-titled 1984 debut ("Marcia Baila") right up to their final studio album, Variety ("Ding Dang Dong"), alongside hit singles "Andy," "C'est Comme Ca," and a solo version of Sparks duet "Singing in the Shower." © Jon O'Brien /TiVo
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Et puis juin

Rose

French Music - Released February 18, 2013 | Columbia

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D'ici et d'ailleurs

Soha

R&B - Released May 10, 2007 | Parlophone (France)

Born in France of Algerian parents, Soha has a bit of a love affair with R&B and dancehall, but with just enough of a twist (apart from the fact that she sings in French) to make it obvious these aren't American productions. She can summon up sultry beats and emotion on "Ma Mélancolie" or "Mon Rêve à Moi" -- in fact it seems her forte -- but there are touches of reggae coloring "Heureuse," while "On Ne Saura Jamais" starts out as hip-hop-inflected R&B before taking a very odd left turn into dancehall midsong (and then going back). She has a gentle, teasing voice that's kittenish at times, but ultimately, like much of her material, not especially memorable. That, ultimately, is its problem. This is a pleasant enough album, and there's nothing wrong with it at all -- it's just forgettable.© Chris Nickson /TiVo
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L'ovni

Jul

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released December 2, 2016 | D'Or et de Platine

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BOF Anna

Serge Gainsbourg

French Music - Released January 1, 1967 | Universal Music Division Mercury Records

Claude François - 100% concert

Claude François

French Music - Released March 2, 2012 | Warner (France)

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Inédits 1968-1998

Julien Clerc

French Music - Released January 18, 2019 | Parlophone (France)

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Du coq à lâme

Lynda Lemay

Pop - Released October 1, 1999 | WM Canada

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Quelques balles de plus pour... le calibre qu'il te faut

Stomy Bugsy

Pop/Rock - Released March 23, 1998 | Columbia

D'ici Et D'ailleurs

Soha

R&B - Released May 10, 2007 | Parlophone (France)

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Born in France of Algerian parents, Soha has a bit of a love affair with R&B and dancehall, but with just enough of a twist (apart from the fact that she sings in French) to make it obvious these aren't American productions. She can summon up sultry beats and emotion on "Ma Mélancolie" or "Mon Rêve à Moi" -- in fact it seems her forte -- but there are touches of reggae coloring "Heureuse," while "On Ne Saura Jamais" starts out as hip-hop-inflected R&B before taking a very odd left turn into dancehall midsong (and then going back). She has a gentle, teasing voice that's kittenish at times, but ultimately, like much of her material, not especially memorable. That, ultimately, is its problem. This is a pleasant enough album, and there's nothing wrong with it at all -- it's just forgettable.© Chris Nickson /TiVo

Dis-lui

Mike Brant

French Music - Released February 5, 2024 | Parlophone (France)

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Florent Pagny

French Music - Released August 31, 2023 | Universal Music Division Capitol Music France

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Y'en a assez pour tout le monde !

Les Enfantastiques

Stories and Nursery Rhymes - Released October 12, 2009 | Bizou Muzic

Chanter

Pow Wow

Pop - Released September 24, 2006 | WM France Affiliated Labels - WM France

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Camera Silens

Punk / New Wave - Released January 1, 1985 | 4785850 Records DK