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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

L'album de sa vie

Alain Bashung

French Music - Released March 8, 2024 | Universal Music Division Barclay

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Je ne connais pas cet homme - Fontaine 4

Brigitte Fontaine

French Music - Released January 6, 1975 | Saravah

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Brigitte Fontaine, who started out sounding like a more adventurous version of Françoise Hardy, got steadily further out as the 1970s progressed. By the time of this recording, she was arguably too far out to even be categorized as a popular singer. Collaborating with songwriter Areski (who also takes some of the vocals, both alone and in partnership with Fontaine), this odd assortment of tracks includes pieces in which singsong lyrics are done a cappella or backed by nothing more than an instrument or two (not always guitar); dissonant avant-garde jazz miniatures that could serve as soundtrack material for suspense thrillers, occasionally overlaid with spoken poetry; and highly rhythmic cuts in which African drumming-like percussion patterns support Fontaine and Areski's experimental vocalizing, which can sound like bird noises or early New York "new music" exercises at times. It's not without its folky and melodic elements (particularly in some of Fontaine's singing), but it's tough listening, and not especially rewarding. This is due more to Areski's unattractively gruff and brusque vocals than Fontaine; to quote from the book of the jealous husband, he is not worthy of her. Confusingly, although the front of the sleeve bills this as a Fontaine album with the title Je Ne Connais Pas Cet Homme, the spine and back cover bill it to "Areski et Brigitte Fontaine," and the back cover gives the title Fontaine 4.© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Tout va très bien !

Le Grand Orchestre Du Splendid

Pop - Released November 25, 2016 | Jazz Village

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Climax

Alain Bashung

French Music - Released January 1, 2000 | Barclay

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Les chevaux du plaisir (Boulay chante Bashung)

Isabelle Boulay

French Music - Released March 17, 2023 | Columbia

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J'aime pas la chanson

Juliette

French Music - Released October 26, 2018 | Polydor

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Boesmans: On purge bébé ! Opera in One Act

La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra

Classical - Released September 8, 2023 | Fuga Libera

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Barzotti tout simplement

Claude Barzotti

Pop - Released December 2, 2022 | BMG Rights Mgmt France SARL

Et puis

Serge Reggiani

French Music - Released January 1, 1968 | Universal Music Division Label Panthéon

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Calypso : Winter Edition

Joé Dwèt Filé

Soul - Released February 21, 2022 | DF Empire

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C'était Therapie TAXI pour vous servir - Live à L'Olympia

Therapie TAXI

French Music - Released October 9, 2021 | Panenka Music

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Ses plus grands succès

Claude Barzotti

Pop - Released September 9, 1999 | BMG Rights Mgmt France SARL

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Avec le temps

Soso Maness

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released June 4, 2021 | RCA Group

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Et j'aime à la fureur (Bande originale du film)

Benjamin Biolay

French Music - Released April 20, 2022 | B Original

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Je reviens d'un voyage (Live à l'Olympia)

Claude Barzotti

French Music - Released June 2, 2009 | LGC

Au masculin

Amandine Bourgeois

French Music - Released May 5, 2014 | Warner (France)

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La Tournee Des Grands Espaces

Alain Bashung

French Music - Released January 1, 2004 | Universal Music Division Barclay

Alain Bashung's Tournée des Grands Espaces ("Tour of the Great Outdoors") is a late-period double-live album. Released in 2004, its greatest triumph is replicating the tension, pathos, and atmosphere of the previous two studio albums, Fantasie Militaire and L'Imprudence. There are many other Bashung hits on this set performed with the same intensity Bashung showed late in his career.© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Integrale Barclay

Michel Sardou

French Music - Released October 7, 2002 | Universal Music Division Mercury Records

Pulse au festival Heaven's Door

Monsieur & Madame K

Miscellaneous - Released December 12, 2011 | Premiere Partie Music

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