Anthologie

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3 jewel cases (with individual cat# 197 043-2; 197 044-2; 197 045-2) in an open cardboard slip case (cat# 197 042-2)

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Tracklist

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1L’Angélus de la mer
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
L'Angélus de la mer
lyricist:
Léon Durocher (French poet, cabaret artist & humorist) (in 1894)
composer:
Gustave Goublier (French composer & conductor) (in 1894)
3:20
2La Voix des chênes
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
La Voix des chênes
lyricist:
François Borel (chansonnier français, vers 1900) and Stéphane Borel (chansonnier français, vers 1900)
composer:
Gustave Goublier (French composer & conductor)
3:09
3Le Crédo du paysan
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Le Crédo du paysan
lyricist:
François Borel (chansonnier français, vers 1900) and Stéphane Borel (chansonnier français, vers 1900)
composer:
Gustave Goublier (French composer & conductor)
3:11
4La Chanson des peupliers
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
La Chanson des peupliers
lyricist:
Camille Soubise
composer:
Frédéric Doria
3:16
5La Chanson des blés d’or
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
La Chanson des blés d’or
lyricist:
Camille Soubise (in 1882) and L. Lemaître (in 1882)
composer:
Frédéric Doria (in 1882)
3:03
6Les Semailles
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Les Semailles
lyricist:
Charles Moulin–Caligula (french 19th century lyricist)
composer:
Gustave Goublier (French composer & conductor)
2:42
7Le Cor
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Le Cor
lyricist:
Alfred de Vigny
composer:
Ange Flégier
is based on:
Le Cor (A. de Vigny"s poem)
4:22
8Les Rameaux
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Les Rameaux
lyricist:
Jules Bertrand
composer:
Jean‐Baptiste Faure
2:51
9Les Sapins
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Les Sapins
lyricist and composer:
Pierre Dupont (poète et chansonnier français)
3:27
10Minuit chrétien
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
conductor:
Marcel Cariven
recording of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
lyricist:
Placide Cappeau
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer) (in 1847)
is based on:
Minuit, chrétiens (Poem)
3:42
11Le Chant des partisans
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Le Chant des Partisans (Le Chant de la libération)
composer:
Anna Marly
translator:
Maurice Druon (in 1943-05) and Joseph Kessel (in 1943-05)
translated version of:
Песня партизан (Le Chant des partisans, russian lyrics)
3:08
12Le rêve passe
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral (in 1958)
orchestra:
Jacques-Henry Rys et son orchestre (in 1958)
recording of:
Le rêve passe (in 1958)
lyricist:
Armand Foucher (French lyricist) (in 1906)
composer:
Charles Helmer (in 1906) and Georges Krier (in 1906)
3:06
13Summertime
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Summertime (French lyrics)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
translator:
René Rouzaud (lyricist)
translated version of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
2:44
14Du haut du Sacré‐Cœur
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
orchestra:
Michel Legrand et son orchestre
recording of:
Du haut du Sacré–Cœur
lyricist:
Georges Bérard and Louis Gasté
composer:
Louis Gasté
3:18
15Le Galérien
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Le Galérien
lyricist:
Maurice Druon
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Léo Poll
3:22
16Noël en mer
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Noël sur la mer
lyricist and composer:
René-Louis Lafforgue
2:24
17Arbres
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Arbres
lyricist:
Joyce Kilmer (poet)
composer:
Oscar Rasbach (composer)
translator:
Louis Hennevé
translated version of:
Trees
3:12
18Mississippi (Old Man River)
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Ol’ Man River (french lyrics)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Jerome Kern
translator:
Lucien Boyer (French cabaret artist) (in 1927)
translated version of:
Ol’ Man River (Show Boat)
3:37
19Sambre et Meuse
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
orchestra:
Jacques-Henry Rys et son orchestre (in 1958)
recording of:
Le Régiment de Sambre et Meuse (in 1958)
lyricist:
Paul Cezano
composer:
Robert Planquette (composer)
2:22
20Ce que c’est qu’un drapeau
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
orchestra:
Jacques-Henry Rys et son orchestre (in 1958)
recording of:
Ce que c'est qu'un drapeau (in 1958)
lyricist:
Edgard Favart (french lyricist) (in 1900)
composer:
Xavier La Mareille (in 1900)
2:47
21Les Allobroges (Chant national de Savoie)
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Les Allobroges
anthem of:
Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
lyricist:
Joseph Dessaix
3:20
22Auprès de ma blonde
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Auprès de ma blonde
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:42
23Le Chant du départ
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral (in 1958)
orchestra:
Jacques-Henry Rys et son orchestre (in 1958)
recording of:
Le Chant du départ (in 1958)
lyricist:
Marie-Joseph Blaise de Chénier (in 1794)
composer:
Étienne Nicolas Méhul (Étienne Méhul) (in 1794)
2:25
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1La Plus Belle Chose au monde
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
La Plus Belle Chose au monde
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster
composer:
Sammy Fain
translator:
René Rouzaud (lyricist)
translated version of:
Love Is a Many‐Splendored Thing
3:28
2Les Âmes fières
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Les Âmes fières
composer:
Lionel Newman
translator:
Jacques Plante
3:03
3La Foule
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
La Foule
lyricist:
Michel Rivgauche
composer:
Ángel Cabral (singer, guitarist, composer) (in 1936)
publisher:
Éditions Métropolitaines and Warner Chappell Music France
version of:
Que nadie sepa mi sufrir
3:14
4Souvenez–vous mama (My yiddishe momme)
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Souvenez–vous mama (My Yiddishe Momme)
lyricist:
Jack Yellen
composer:
Lew Pollack and Jack Yellen
translator:
François Llenas (lyricist)
translated version of:
My Yiddishe Momme
3:15
5Les Yeux noirs
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
arranger:
Auguste-Jean Pesenti
recording of:
Les Yeux noirs
translated version of:
Очи чёрные (Dark Eyes, original version by Y. Hrebinka)
3:07
6Y avait Fanny qui chantait
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Y’avait Fanny qui chantait
lyricist:
Michelle Senlis (French lyricist)
composer:
Claude Delécluse
3:37
7Les Bateliers de la Volga
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Эй, ухнем! (Song of the Volga Boatmen)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Русские народные песни (Russian traditional songs)
3:36
8Envoi de fleurs
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Envoi de fleurs
lyricist:
Henri Bernard
composer:
Paul Delmet (French singer & composer, 1900s)
3:00
9Si tous les gars du monde
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
orchestra:
Jo Moutet et son orchestre
recording of:
Si tous les gars du monde
lyricist:
Marcel Achard
composer:
Georges van Parys (composer)
2:28
10Le Poseur de rails
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Le Poseur de rails
lyricist and composer:
René-Louis Lafforgue
2:32
11Seize Tonnes
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
orchestra:
Jo Moutet et son orchestre
recording of:
Seize tonnes
lyricist and composer:
Merle Travis
translator:
Jacques Larue (French lyricist)
is based on:
Sixteen Tons
2:42
12Tous les deux enchainés
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Tous les deux enchainés
lyricist:
Pierre Delanoë
composer:
Alex North (US composer)
2:36
13Ma cabane au Canada
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Ma cabane au Canada
lyricist:
Mireille Brocey
composer:
Louis Gasté
3:00
14Plaine, ma plaine
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Plaine, ma plaine
lyricist:
Francis Blanche
composer:
Lev Knipper
translated version of:
Полюшко-поле (Oh Fields, My Fields)
2:39
15La Fête des fleurs
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
orchestra:
Michel Legrand et son orchestre
recording of:
La Fête des fleurs (El humahuaqueno)
lyricist and composer:
Edmundo P. Zaldívar (Argentinian musician and songwriter)
translator:
Jacques Plante
translated version of:
El humahuaqueño
3:26
16O cangaceiro
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
orchestra:
Michel Legrand et son orchestre
recording of:
O cangaceiro (Mulher rendeira)
lyricist and composer:
Alfredo Ricardo do Nascimento
translator:
Marc Lanjean (French composer)
translated version of:
Mulher rendeira
3:21
17Si les enfants savaient
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral (in 1954)
recording of:
Si les enfants savaient (du film « Pas de coup dur pour Johnny ») (in 1954)
lyricist:
Henri Contet
composer:
Louiguy (French composer Louis Guglielmi)
3:11
18Les Anges noirs
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Les Anges noirs (French version, Angelitos negros)
lyricist:
Andrés Eloy Blanco
composer:
Manuel Álvarez Maciste (Mexican guitarist, singer, songwriter)
translator:
Jacques Larue (French lyricist)
translated version of:
Angelitos negros (original song)
3:31
19Chacun sa prière
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Chacun sa prière
2:45
20Dans le cœur des hommes
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Dans le cœur des hommes
2:53
21Géant
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Géant
lyricist:
J. Borel and Henri Contet
composer:
Dimitri Tiomkin
translated version of:
Giant (1956 film theme)
2:48
22Va mon ami, va
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
orchestra:
André Grassi et son orchestre
recording of:
Va mon ami, va
lyricist:
Jean Maurice
composer:
Raymond Legrand
3:33
23Jambalaya
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
orchestra:
Jo Boyer et son orchestre
recording of:
Jambalaya (French version)
composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
translator:
Fernand Bonifay
translated version of:
Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
2:44
24Au loin dans la plaine
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Au loin dans la plaine
lyricist:
Max François and Rolf Marbot (composer, lyricist & pianist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Stéphane Golmann (french 1950s singer, composer and lyricist)
translated version of:
On Top of Old Smoky
2:58
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1Le Barbier de Séville : Air de la calomnie
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Le Barbier de Séville (french lyrics)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
translated version of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Gioachino Rossini4:50
2Don Carlos : Air de Philippe
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Don Carlos : Acte IV, scène 1. Scène et cantabile « Elle ne m’aime pas ! » (Philippe)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry
part of:
Don Carlos: Acte IV
Giuseppe Verdi7:35
3Faust : La Ronde du veau d’or
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Faust : Acte II. No. 7 « Le veau d’or est toujours debout » (Méphistophélès, Chœur)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
part of:
Faust : Acte II
Charles‐François Gounod1:56
4Les Noces de Figaro : Air de Figaro
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Les Noces de Figaro : Air de Figaro « Bel enfant, amoureux et volage »
translated version of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto I, Scena VIII. (no. 10) Aria “Non più andrai, farfallone amoroso” (Figaro)
part of:
Les Noces de Figaro (French translation)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:30
5Ave Maria
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
conductor:
Marcel Cariven
recording of:
Ave Maria (Schubert; with french lyrics)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
translated version of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
Franz Schubert3:27
6Carmen : Air du toréador
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Carmen : Acte II. No. 14 Couplets « Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre » … « Toréador, en garde ! » (Escamillo, Mercédès, Frasquita, Carmen, Moralès, Zuniga, Lillas Pastia, chœur d’hommes) (“Chanson du toréador”)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (French librettist) and Henri Meilhac
part of:
Carmen : Acte II
Georges Bizet4:40
7Les Contes d’Hoffmann : Air de Coppélius
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann : Acte II. No 7 Récit et trio « C’est moi, Coppélius » … « J’ai des yeux, de vrais yeux » (Coppélius, Nicklausse, Hoffmann)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
part of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte II (Olympia)
Jacques Offenbach1:30
8La Jolie Fille de Perth : Air à boire
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
La Jolie Fille de Perth : Acte II. « Quand la flamme de l'amour » (Air de Ralph)
part of:
La Jolie Fille de Perth
Georges Bizet3:32
9Ave Maria
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
conductor:
Marcel Cariven
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
Charles‐François Gounod3:42
10La Flûte enchantée : Air de basse
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
La Flûte enchantée : Acte II. « La Haine et la Colère » (Sarastro)
translated version of:
Die Zauberflöte: Akt II. No. 15 Arie „In diesen heil’gen Hallen” (Sarastro)
part of:
La Flûte enchantée (French adaptation, Beaumont/Nuitter)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:48
11La Flûte enchantée : Invocation
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
La Flûte enchantée : Acte II. Invocation « Isis, c'est l'heure… » (Sarastro)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
translated version of:
Die Zauberflöte: Akt II. No. 10 Arie and Chor „O Isis und Osiris” (Sarastro, Priester)
part of:
La Flûte enchantée (French adaptation, Beaumont/Nuitter)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2:42
12La Damnation de Faust : Air de la puce
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
La Damnation de Faust : Deuxième Partie : Scène 6. Chanson de Méphistophélès « Une puce gentille » (Méphistophélès, Chœur) / « Assez ! Fuyons ces lieux » (Faust, Méphistophélès)
composer:
Hector Berlioz (French composer)
librettist:
Hector Berlioz (French composer) and Almire Gandonnière (librettiste français)
part of:
La Damnation de Faust, op. 24: Deuxième Partie
Hector Berlioz1:30
13La Damnation de Faust : Sérénade
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
La Damnation de Faust : Troisième Partie : Scène 12. Sérénade de Méphistophélès « Devant la maison » (Méphistophélès, Chœur)
composer:
Hector Berlioz (French composer)
part of:
La Damnation de Faust, op. 24: Troisième Partie
Hector Berlioz2:19
14La Jeune Fille et la mort
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
La Jeune Fille et la mort
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
translated version of:
Der Tod und das Mädchen, D. 531
Franz Schubert1:52
15Le Clair de lune
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Clair de lune, op. 46 no. 2
lyricist:
Paul Verlaine (French poet)
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer) (in 1887)
part of:
2 Mélodies, op. 46
Gabriel Fauré2:42
16Le Roi des aulnes
piano [au piano Pleyel]:
Irène Aïtoff
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Le Roi des aulnes
translated version of:
Erlkönig, D. 328
Franz Schubert4:05
17Les Deux Grenadiers
piano [au piano Pleyel]:
Irène Aïtoff
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Les Deux Grenadiers
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer)
translated version of:
Romanzen und Balladen, op. 49: Nr. 1. Die beiden Grenadiere
Robert Schumann3:46
18Les Berceaux
piano [au piano Pleyel]:
Irène Aïtoff
bass vocals:
Armand Mestral
recording of:
Les Berceaux, op. 23 no. 1
lyricist:
Sully Prudhomme
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer) (in 1879)
part of:
3 Songs, op. 23
Gabriel Fauré2:30