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Cœur parapluie

Hoshi

French Music - Released September 1, 2023 | Jo&Co

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Spontini: La vestale

Les Talens Lyriques

Classical - Released May 12, 2023 | Bru Zane

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Gaspare's Spontini's French-language La Vestale is probably the most often heard of his operas, but that is not saying much; the work was sung by Maria Callas in the 1950s, but performances are sparse. Here, it is revived in period style by Les Talens Lyriques and conductor Christophe Rousset, and a very good case is made for further attention. The story is action-packed; Julia, in the absence of her lover, General Licinius, becomes una Vestale, a Vestal Virgin and guards a sacred flame. When Licinius returns to town, the flame goes out, and Julia is sentenced to be buried alive. Licinius rallies his troops, vowing to kidnap Julia, and the flame is reignited later by a lightning strike. Spontini's orchestration of this tale is Beethovenian in its dimensions, and despite the difficulties of natural horns, it is exciting to hear this opera as Napoleon (thought to be the model for Licinius) and Josephine (who backed the opera) heard it. The singers are not Callas-level, but throughout, and especially in the choruses, there is a commitment to the text and its meaning that is rare in any kind of recording. Marina Rebeka, in the role of Julia, is fully involved in the character's plight, and the smoky-voiced Aude Extrémo as La Grande Vestale is worth the price of admission on her own. The singers are aided by clear, spacious studio sound engineering from the early opera specialist label Palazzetto Bru Zane, whose high standards are perhaps even exceeded here. © James Manheim /TiVo

Adjani, bande originale

Isabelle Adjani

French Music - Released November 10, 2023 | Parlophone (France)

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Étoile flippante

Hoshi

Pop - Released February 11, 2022 | Jo&Co

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Nous étions des humains

Mickey 3d

French Music - Released January 13, 2023 | Parlophone (France)

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Singulier 81 - 89

Jean-Jacques Goldman

French Music - Released July 23, 1996 | Columbia

Jean-Jacques Goldman's career as a French hitmaker is adequately detailed in this two-disc set, containing all of his singles -- both A-and-B sides -- as well as EP and live bonus cuts.© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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N'attendons pas

Vianney

French Music - Released October 30, 2020 | tôt Ou tard

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AR30

Axelle Red

French Music - Released December 1, 2023 | Music and Roses

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Tirer la nuit sur les étoiles - Only For You

Étienne Daho

French Music - Released December 8, 2023 | Universal Music Division Barclay

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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
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En noires et blanches (Parce que - La Collection)

Louis Chedid

French Music - Released March 11, 2022 | [PIAS] Le Label

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Planète Terre

Louise Attaque

French Music - Released November 4, 2022 | Universal Music Division Barclay

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Boom Boom

Pascal Comelade

Rock - Released November 2, 2023 | Pascal Comelade - Berreto Music

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Puta's Fever

Mano Negra

Rock - Released January 1, 1989 | Because Music

The highly influential Puta's Fever opened the door for a flood of young rock bands outside the English-speaking music world to fashion new hybrids that reflected their own musical cultures blended with popular worldwide sounds like rock and reggae. Manu Chao and company started from patchanka, a fast-paced French music hall style that sounds like speeded-up ragtime or hot jazz, and started singing songs in Spanish, French, and Arabic. The motor driving all the disparate elements on Puta's Fever is Santiago el Aguila Casariego's fierce drumming. And what an array of styles -- calliope-like keyboards, a Latin groove on "Patchanka," Tex-Mex on Joe "King" Carrasco's "Patchuko Hop," and dub reggae on "Peligro" -- pass through Mano Negra's manic mix. "Mano Negra" sounds like soundtrack music for a spaghetti western surf movie (really), while "Rebel Spell" marries a gospel chorus and hard rock guitar to a rapped street tale of shooting Brother Rasta dead. Puta's Fever is a triumph of eclecticism as a style where each song shifts into a different musical gear, and one key jumping-off point for the rock en español (or Latin alternative) school. Which doesn't mean that Mano Negra abandoned their original inspiration -- English lyrics dominate and there's a strong identification with a classic rock & roll outlaw stance in "Rock 'N' Roll Band" and the '50s-rooted "Devil's Call."© Don Snowden /TiVo
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Innamoramento

Mylène Farmer

French Music - Released April 7, 1999 | Stuffed Monkey

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Charlotte

Vitaa

French Music - Released October 6, 2023 | Indifférence Prod - Play Two

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Toï Toï II (Nouvelle édition)

Suzane

French Music - Released January 22, 2021 | Wagram Music - 3ème Bureau

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Dis-moi Vénus…

Marie Perbost

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

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Fans, je vous aime

Julien Clerc

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

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Sainte-Victoire (Super Edition)

Clara Luciani

French Music - Released April 6, 2018 | Universal Music Division Romance Musique

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