Performer: Gautier Capuçon, Jérôme Ducros, Maîtrise de Radio France
Orchestra: Orchestre de Chambre de Paris
Conductor: Lionel Bringuier
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Erato
Catalogue: 5419772146
Release: 2023
Size: 1.33 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Cabral: La foule
02. Bizet: L’amour est un oiseau rebelle ‘Habanera’ (from Carmen)
03. Deighan: Les Champs-Elysées
04. Lehár: Heure Exquise (from La Veuve Joyeuse)
05. Kosma: Les feuilles mortes
06. Rameau: Les Sauvages
07. Legrand: Summer of 42
08. Brassens: Les copains d’abord
09. Gounod: Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (from Roméo et Juliette)
10. Lai: Un homme et une femme
11. Goldman: Pense à Nous
12. Morricone: Chi Mai
13. Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
14. Aznavour: La Bohème
15. Debussy: Beau Soir
16. Cocciante: Belle
17. Goldman: Envole-moi
18. Sarde: La chanson d’Hélène
19. Offenbach: Barcarolle (from Les Contes d’Hoffmann )
20. Delerue: Le Mépris: Thème de Camille
21. Fauré: Sicilienne, Op. 78
22. Cosma: Reality (From ‘La Boum’)
Well-known lean-back repertoire from popular film melodies to French chansons to classical pieces – including “La Foule” by Édith Piaf, the main theme from Summer of ’42 by Michel Legrand, “Beau soir” by Debussy, Sicilienne by Fauré, and “Chi Mai” by Ennio Morricone
Recorded with pianist Jérôme Ducros, the Maîtrise de Radio France, and the Orchestre de chambre de Paris under conductor Lionel Bringuier
Jean Jacques Goldman, one of France’s most popular songwriters and composers, wrote a new song for this album, “Pense à nous”, for cello, children’s choir and orchestra and made a special arrangement of his “Envole-moi”
“My Paris is yours, spanning all eras.” From the very beginning of the liner notes for Destination Paris, cellist Gautier Capuçon makes a colorful declaration. A declaration of love for what is known as the City of Lights, the 22 tracks that make up this album are variations on Debussy, Brassens, and Rameau, among others. 22 tracks that have forged the musical identity of France over the past centuries, entrusted to the care of arranger Jérôme Ducros: “La Bohème” (Aznavour), “Un homme et une femme” (Francis Lai), “Belle” (Richard Cocciante)…up until “Pense à nous”, an unreleased song by Jean-Jacques Goldman, for whom Capuçon doesn’t try to hide his admiration. The showmanship of the selection can be a bit overwhelming at times, but this vibrant celebration of French music by one of the greatest cellists of our time is no less touching on account of its great sincerity.