Le Fou Chantant [IMPORT]

Charles Trenet

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 26, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Epm Musique
• ASIN: B000000GG4
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #511,543 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mer

2. Que Reste-T'Il de Nos Amours?

3. Temps des Cerises

4. Débit de l'Eau, Débit de Lait

5. Bonsoir Jolie Madame

6. Rien Me Fait Chanter

7. Swing Troubador

8. Romance de Paris

9. Verlaine

10. Jardin du Mois de Mai

11. Ménilmontant

12. Soleil et la Lune

13. Vous Oubliez Votre Cheval

14. J'Ai Ta Main

15. Boum!

16. Y'a d'La Joie

17. Fleur Bleue

18. Je Chante

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Charles Trenet captivated the French public as a very young man and, like Edith Piaf, buoyed his listeners through some of the darkest days of modern French history. A prolific and highly literate wordsmith, he was also ahead of his time musically, employing advanced harmonies in his dozens of compositions. Proud of his reputation as a singing fool, Trenet attacked every performance with a lighthearted intensity that conveyed a sense of wild abandon. "Le Soleil a Rendez-Vous Avec le Lune" on this disc is a characteristic example of this "swinging troubadour" approach. "Que Reste-t-il de Nos Amours," in contrast, shows his ability to employ modern chord progressions to evoke a more sentimental mood. Even here, however, Trenet's natural exuberance breaks into the pensive mood of his nostalgia over a lost love. "La Mer," "Bon Soir, Jolie Madame," and the other tunes on this single disc expose other facets of his wide-ranging repertoire. --Ed Killham