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120753bk Trenet2 16/2/04 10:50 AM Page 2 13. Le soleil et la lune 2:26 18. Le retour des saisons 3:09 The Naxos Historical labels aim to make available the greatest recordings of the history of recorded (Charles Trenet) (Charles Trenet-Lasry) music, in the best and truest sound that contemporary technology can provide.To achieve this aim, With Wal-Berg's Orchestra Orchestra conducted by Albert Lasry Naxos has engaged a number of respected restorers who have the dedication, skill and experience Columbia DF 2667, mx CL 7144-1 Columbia BF 193, mx CL 8293-1 to produce restorations that have set new standards in the field of historical recordings. Recorded 27 October 1939 Recorded 7 January 1947 14. Mam'zelle Clio 2:43 19. Marie, Marie 2:51 (Charles Trenet) (Charles Trenet–Léo Chauliac) Also available from Naxos Nostalgia With Wal-Berg's Orchestra Orchestra conducted by Albert Lasry Columbia DF 2668, mx CL 7145-1 Columbia BF 107, mx CL 8295-1 Recorded 27 October 1939 Recorded 7 January 1947 15. Verlaine 3:23 20. Coquelicot 3:01 (Charles Trenet–Paul Verlaine) (Charles Trenet) Charles Trenet et Le Jazz de Paris Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Columbia DF 2800, mx CL 7399-1 Albert Lasry Recorded 31 January 1941 Columbia DF 3210, mx CL 8495-1ER 16. Terre 2:34 Recorded 19 January 1948 (Charles Trenet) All selections sung in French Charles Trenet et Le Jazz de Paris All titles recorded in Paris Columbia DF 2800, mx CL 7400-2 8.120523* 8.120553 8.120558 Recorded 31 January 1941 Transfers & Production: David Lennick 17. Tombé du ciel 2:50 Digital Noise Reduction: Graham Newton (Charles Trenet–Albert Lasry) Original monochrome photo of Charles Trenet Orchestra conducted by Albert Lasry in 1942 from Rue des Archives / Lebrecht Columbia BF 107, mx CL 8292-1 Music Collection Recorded 7 January 1947 8.120594 8.120630* 8.120641 * Not Available in the U.S. 5 8.120753 6 8.120753 120753bk Trenet2 16/2/04 10:50 AM Page 1 performers who, inspired by the recently 30 several enjoyed wide circulation and assured 1. Je chante 2:47 7. Biguine à bango 2:17 CHARLES TRENET Vol.2 imported transatlantic idiom, had re-channelled Trenet a circle of ardent admirers. By 1952 he (Charles Trenet–Paul Misraki) (Charles Trenet) “Je chante” Original 1937-1948 Recordings Jazz into Swing. His musical gifts were was again domiciled in his native France, but With Wal-Berg's Orchestra With Wal-Berg's Orchestra complemented from the outset by an inordinate, made regular return trips to the USA and Columbia DF 2270, mx CL 6463-3 Columbia DF 2572, mx CL 6766-1 The much-fêted composer of “La mer”(so far (former silent-screen set-designer Benno Vigny) if sometimes unequal, poetical instinct. The Canada. Energetic and dynamic at every public Recorded 10 December 1937 Recorded 2 July 1938 recorded, it is claimed, over 4,000 times world- in Berlin and there aspired, at least briefly,to author of three novels and copious reams of appearance (‘Je suis né poète, je mourrai athlète’ 2. En quittant une ville (J'entends) 8. Ah dis, ah dis, ah bonjour 2:26 wide) and nearly 1,000 other songs, Charles become a film-director! His father had hoped he verse (in style at first surréaliste, in emulation of was the oft-quoted motto which he joked would 2:35 (Charles Trenet, from film Je Chante) Trenet is the figurehead of present-day would become an architect, but the artistically- Max Jacob), the songs he penned from the late- one day be his epitaph), he continued a rigorous (Charles Trenet) With Wal-Berg's Orchestra chansonniers. A performing legend on a par inclined Charles devoted himself instead to 1930s onwards enshrined in some measure the performing schedule in France until his official Charles Trenet & His Orchestra Columbia DF 2492, mx CL 6829-1 with Piaf, Chevalier and Sablon, Charles Trenet, writing his first novel: Dodo Manières. spirit of the age. Like Prévert and few others, he retirement in 1975. Not yet content to withdraw Columbia DF 2313, mx CL 6514-1 Recorded 8 November 1938 the self-styled ‘clown’ of French cabaret, was also In 1930 Trenet moved to Paris where he skilfully distilled nostalgia both musically and from the limelight, however, by the end of the Recorded 18 January 1938 an entertainer whose larger-than-life antics worked as a graphic artist at Pathé’s Joinville film verbally with amazing economy. decade he had embarked on a series of farewell 9. La vie qui va 2:32 masked a broader polymathy and unflagging studios and, quickly settling in the capital Signed by Columbia, in 1937 Trenet made his tours in Canada. In 1978 he published his 3. Y a d'la joie 2:35 (Charles Trenet, from film Je Chante) professional dynamism. Born in Narbonne, in frequented the nightspots of Montmartre and first solo commercial recordings: Fleur bleue memoirs, jointly with his mother (who died (Charles Trenet) With Wal-Berg's Orchestra Aude, South-Western France, on 18 May 1913 he Montparnasse (notably Le Boeuf sur le Toit). coupled with Je chante (this last, one of several shortly afterwards) and until the late 1980s he Charles Trenet & His Orchestra Columbia DF 2492, mx CL 6830-2 always had, first and foremost, a talent for words. Billed as ‘Le fou chantant’ (= singing clown, or Trenet collaborations with Paul Misraki (born made further tours of Europe and Canada. In Columbia DF 2317, mx CL 6516-1 Recorded 8 November 1938 He was also given from an early age to vocal fool, à la Jolson) he soon rose to cabaret 1908), the virtual anthem which was to become 1993 he appeared in a BBC radio tribute, in Recorded 18 January 1938 10. Annie--Anna 2:44 improvising and at kindergarten, when asked by stardom, while his associates in intellectual the title of his first film Je chante (1938), which London. Awarded the Légion d’Honneur in 1989 4. Fleur bleue 2:38 (Charles Trenet) his nanny what he was singing about, is said to circles included fellow-writers Antonin Artaud, also featured La vie qui va). Written during his he was later variously created a commander of (Charles Trenet) With Charles Lavannes, piano have replied ‘Je chante ce que j’invente’. Jean Cocteau and his literary mentor and hero military service, Y a d’la joie became his the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and Président of With Wal-Berg's Orchestra Columbia DF 2572, mx CL 6914-1 In 1922, following his parents’ divorce, Max Jacob (1876-1944). During 1933 Trenet’s greatest hit to date and led to an invitation to the French Ministry of Culture’s Commission for Columbia DF 2270, mx CL 6488-1 Recorded 1 April 1939 Charles moved with his brother Antoine to song-writing and performing duo with his write and appear in two films, of which La route Song. Recorded 14 December 1937 Perpignan, where their father was a practising partner, the Swiss-born lyricist-composer Johnny enchantée (1938 – this included Grand Prix- Never wanting in creative energy,in 1992 11. Quand j'étais petit 3:08 lawyer, and at fifteen, spurred on by the Catalan Hess (1915-1983) took off – with a little help winning ‘Boum!’– see Naxos Nostalgia 8.120530: and 1995 Trenet published new collections of 5. Le grand café 2:27 (Charles Trenet) poet Bausil, he published his first verses. from Josephine Baker – and with Hess he went Charles Trenet Vol.1 La mer) was the most songs and during November 1999 gave three (Charles Trenet) With Bernard Hilda's Orchestra Through this genial but eccentric man-of-letters, on to co-write many successes, including successful. In 1943, with more limited success, concerts in Paris where, apparently undaunted in Charles Trenet & His Orchestra Columbia DF 2554, mx CL 6906-1 who also edited and published the sporting “Rendez-vous sous la pluie” (1935) and the 1936 he returned to the screen (as co-writer with spirit if weakened physically by a series of Columbia DF 2363, mx CL 6518-1 Recorded 1 March 1939 chronicle Le Coq Catalan,Trenet rubbed Grand Prix du Disque-winner “Vous qui passez Jacques Prévert) in Adieu, Léonard and spent strokes, he sang at a Charles Aznavour concert in Recorded 18 January 1938 12. Jardins du mois de mai 2:58 shoulders with such prominent avant-garde sans me voir”. As ‘Charles et Johnny’ the pair the rest of World War II in maintaining French 2000. On 18 February 2001, aged 87 years, he 6. La polka du roi 2:55 (Charles Trenet) figures as Giono, Giraudoux, Mauriac, Maurois, recorded for Pathé and made regular cabaret morale with his songs, most significantly “Douce died in a hospital near Paris and the following (Charles Trenet) With Wal-Berg's Orchestra Saint-Exupéry and the painter Fons Godail, a appearances until both were drafted into French France” (1943). day was hailed by French President Jacques Charles Trenet & His Orchestra Columbia DF 2668, mx CL 7143-1 noted cabaret set-designer under whose military service, in 1936. In 1945 Trenet moved to the USA where for Chirac as ‘a great artist, poet and national Columbia DF 2363, mx CL 6519-1 Recorded 27 October 1939 influence the young Charles was to exhibit, in Taking his lead from Mireille and Sablon and several years he worked mainly as a writer. institution.’ Recorded 18 January 1938 1927, various examples of his own work.