C'Etait Ici [Import]

Yann Tiersen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 7, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI France
• ASIN: B00006IW9Q
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,983 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Limited edition of 2002 live release includes 12 postcards. The slimline double jewel case & cards are housed together in a deluxe slipcase. Labels. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars C'Etait Ici --- "It was here" (the title says it all), February 15, 2003

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dragolin - See all my reviews

This review is from: C'Etait Ici (Audio CD)

C'Etait Ici is an amazing recording of a live show that I wish I could have seen. If your knowledge of Yann Tiersen is limited to Amelie, this is the best CD for you to test the waters. A great 2 disc collection featuring some of the best vocal and instrumental pieces that are scattered throughout his other works. Songs that whisk you off to Paris, songs with lyrics that hit home, and songs that just make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Such as the vocal tracks from the uplifting Le Meridien, the "do what you gotta do song" Les Jours Tristes. Not to mention the impeccable Monochrome from the Le Phare album (I personally prefer the live version). Then there's the piano pieces like, Rue Des Cascades and Le Moulin, songs so amazing I can't even fathom that a human composed them. So basically you get a grand mix, huge orchestra instrumentals, quiet solo piano pieces, songs in French, songs in English, female vocals, Yann vocals... all magic.

5.0 out of 5 stars Greal live performance, August 18, 2010

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Stefan (Paris, France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: C'Etait Ici (Audio CD)

How is it possible not to be taken away by the charm and power of this live by French composer Yann Tiersen. His unique style and sound, that some of you may have encountered on Amélie Poulain or Goodbye Lenin's soundtracks takes a whole new intensity when played live by the maestro and his guests.
This double live album, recorded in February of 2002 at La Cité de La Musique of Paris with the Synaxis Orchestra (directed by Guillaume Bourgogne) is the most poignant and heartfelt work in the whole of Tiersen's quality catalogue.
Of course, the guests, the "Tiersen Family" as many of them can also be found on his "Black Session" recording, bring a little extra grain of salt to Yann's music but, would all the tracks they're featured on be absent from this tracklist we have had the perfect display of the grace within Tiersen's music.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!, April 23, 2010

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A. Rucker (Austin TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: C'Etait Ici (Audio CD)

Beautiful music! Also very rocking and soulful. Enjoyed this composer in Amelie - however I feel in love w/ him for this album! Just saw him live last week. Even better.