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Sans attendre

Céline Dion

French Music - Released November 2, 2012 | Columbia

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For her first album in five years, Céline Dion returns to her native French, cutting a moody collection called Sans Attendre. Perhaps it is the relatively diminished commercial expectations of a French-only album but there's an appealing small-scale aspect to Sans Attendre; certainly it is melodramatic but it is not garishly bombastic. The production is relatively restrained and, in turn, it gives plenty of space for Dion to grandstand on these tales of heartbreak, aging, and death. These aren't songs of love; they're songs of loss, and while there is certainly an affectation to Dion's performance, there's also genuine pathos and the small scale of Sans Attendre makes for one of her better albums of recent memory.© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Trésors cachés & perles rares

CharlElie Couture

French Music - Released October 30, 2020 | Rue bleue

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So Romantique !

Cyrille Dubois

Classical - Released March 10, 2023 | Alpha Classics

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Duos volatils

Véronique Sanson

French Music - Released September 14, 2018 | Columbia

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Journal intime

Aya Nakamura

R&B - Released August 25, 2017 | Rec. 118

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Les années américaines - Le live

Véronique Sanson

French Music - Released June 10, 2016 | Columbia

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L'oriental

Enrico Macias

Pop - Released March 8, 2001 | Parlophone (France)

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Romantique avec toi et autres succès

Alain Delorme

French Music - Released October 18, 2018 | Elver Records Int'l

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A L'Alhambra

Michel Fugain

French Music - Released September 3, 2010 | Shokaway

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L'homme que je suis

Julio Iglesias

International Pop - Released November 17, 2003 | Columbia

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Mille après mille

Willie Lamothe

Pop - Released January 1, 2005 | Disques Mérite

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Zénith 1984

Johnny Hallyday

French Music - Released October 24, 1984 | Universal Music Division Mercury Records

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Le Manteau de Pluie (Version Remasterisée)

Jean-Louis Murat

French Music - Released December 20, 2019 | [PIAS] Le Label

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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

Fans, je vous aime

Julien Clerc

French Music - Released November 18, 2016 | Parlophone (France)

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Lully: Acis et Galatée

Les Talens Lyriques

Opera - Released October 14, 2022 | Aparté

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Composed on 1686 as part of the festivities organised by the Duc de Vendôme in honour of the Grand Dauphin, during the latter’s visit to his estate at the Château d’Anet in September of that year, Acis et Galatée is Lully’s last complete opera. His faithful librettist Quinault having retired from writing for the stage, he collaborated this time with the poet Campistron on a work that tells the story of the love between the sea-nymph Galatea and the shepherd Acis – a love threatened by the violence of the jealous cyclops Polyphemus. This opera, an undoubted dramatic success, gives the orchestra an important part, expressively evoking, for example, the giant’s cries of anger, the terror of the chorus, and the lovers’ hasty flight in Act III. It includes some magnificent pieces, including the final Passacaille, as well as inventive treasures, such as duet for hautes-contre (high tenors) “Ah! je succombe au tourment qui m'accable”, or the burlesque march that accompanies the entry of Polyphemus and his fellow cyclopes, conveying their uncouthness. But the loveliest pieces in the score are for Galatea: “Enfin, j’ai dissipé la crainte”, for instance, or “Que ne puis-je expirer après ce coup funeste?”. Lully died in March 1687, a few months after the première, leaving Achille et Polyxène unfinished. © Aparté
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Dis-moi Vénus…

Marie Perbost

Classical - Released September 22, 2023 | Château de Versailles Spectacles

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Sanson comme ils l'imaginent... (Live aux Francofolies 1994)

Véronique Sanson

French Music - Released December 18, 2020 | Warner (France)

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Charles et Léo - Les fleurs du mal

Jean-Louis Murat

French Music - Released January 1, 2007 | [PIAS] Le Label

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Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable

Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine

Classical - Released September 23, 2022 | Bru Zane

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For his last season at the helm of the Opéra de Bordeaux, Marc Minkowski—always keen to conduct forgotten works which have, in some way, marked the history of music—sets his sights on Robert le Diable, Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera which was a true social phenomenon in 19th century France. The Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française has followed suit by officially publishing this concert version, which also features some excellent vocal soloists. Admired by Balzac, Sand and Dumas, this ‘grand opéra à la française’ (great French opera) faded into obscurity after the First World War. Its creator became a sort of pariah – one met with both condescension and mockery. With its ‘seductive and haunting melodies’ (Alexandre Dratwicki), it’s nevertheless a flamboyant work that greatly inspired his contemporaries, such as Verdi, who referred to it in La Traviata. The extraordinary impact of Robert le Diable was such that it was performed a great many times on every continent. A true one-man band, Marc Minkowski has invested himself entirely in this undertaking, learning this vast score practically by heart and conducting it with his usual power and conviction. The international cast is full of surprises thanks to their deep understanding of the work and the protagonists’ fantastic pronunciation. This new release, to the credit of the Bru Zane label, revitalises our knowledge of this work that’s scarcely mentioned in specialised dictionaries. © François Hudry/Qobuz