Thomas Oliemans & Amsterdam Sinfonietta - Formidable! (French Chansons) (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

Amsterdam Sinfonietta and their Director and Violinist Candida Thompson join baritone and pianist Thomas Oliemans and guest musicians Bert van den Brink, Ruben Drenth and Jens Meijer to bring our listeners Formidable! an album of French Chansons.

I have had French chansons in my head for as long as I can remember on a scratchy car radio or a cassette player, in the back seat for hours on end on the way to the Vendée or Dordogne, or softly issuing from a gramophone record in my father’s study below my bedroom, a compilation such as Vive La France or Jean Ferrat sings Aragon.

When I started to learn the piano and got into the habit of singing along, it was obviously French chansons that I picked up by ear and sang entirely phonetically. Julien Clerc with his franglais of This Melody, and Brel with his La chanson des vieux amants. The French teachers at my secondary school put me in for the Concours de la Chanson, which I promptly (and by accident) won. And all of a sudden, the path opened for me to become a professional singer or pianist, or at any rate a musician. It led me primarily into the world of classical singing, in opera, lied and oratorio, in which there was much to discover for my further development.

But the chanson was never far away. Indeed, at each stage of my musical development it appeared to grow with me. (…) – Thomas Oliemans, voice & piano

Tracklist:
1. Amsterdam Sinfonietta & Candida Thompson – Variations symphoniques (01:45)
2. Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Thomas Oliemans & Candida Thompson – Sous le ciel de Paris (Arr. by Wijnand van Klaveren) (03:23)
3. Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Thomas Oliemans & Candida Thompson – Boum! (Arr. Gérard Daguerre) (02:09)
4. Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Thomas Oliemans & Candida Thompson – La mer (Arr. by Wijnand van Klaveren) (03:48)
5. Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Thomas Oliemans & Candida Thompson – For Me Formidable & Formidable (Arr. Bob Zimmermann) (05:14)
6. Amsterdam Sinfonietta & Candida Thompson – String Quartet, Op. 10: III. Andantino (Version for String Orchestra) (07:24)
7. Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Thomas Oliemans & Candida Thompson – Les Parapluies de Cherbourg: Je ne pourrai jamais vivre sans toi (Arr. Bob Zimmermann) (05:22)
8. Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Thomas Oliemans & Candida Thompson – The Thomas Crown Affair: Les moulins de mon coeur (Arr. Bert van den Brink) (04:12)
9. Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Thomas Oliemans & Candida Thompson – L'Île aux mimosas (Arr. Gérard Daguerre) (04:23)
10. Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Thomas Oliemans & Candida Thompson – Dis, quand reviendras-tu? (Arr. Gérard Daguerre) (04:06)
11. Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Thomas Oliemans & Candida Thompson – Et maintenant (Arr. Leonard Evers) (05:05)
12. Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Thomas Oliemans & Candida Thompson – Mathilde (Arr. Leonard Evers) (02:33)
13. Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Thomas Oliemans & Candida Thompson – Mon enfance (Arr. Bert van den Brink) (05:15)
14. Amsterdam Sinfonietta & Candida Thompson – Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80: Prélude (Arr. for Piano & Strings by Wijnand van Klaveren) (05:01)
15. Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Thomas Oliemans & Candida Thompson – Les prénoms de Paris (Arr. Leonard Evers) (03:22)
16. Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Thomas Oliemans & Candida Thompson – Les feuilles mortes (Arr. Bob Zimmerman) (05:20)


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