FRANCK POURCEL

Les feuilles mortes: Prévert/Cosma
One of the most famous french song around the world
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Les Feuilles Mortes

a selection of titles favorited by Francoise Pourcel, on this compilation available for legal download only

I'm Getting Sentimental Over You

Violin sensation Arabella Steinbacher began performing her first violin concerto (in G major) by Mozart when only eight years old, nearly as early on in life as the composer himself. And since then, the work has threaded its way throughout her successful career like a leitmotiv. Ms. Steinbacher has played the concerto at so many important moments of her life that she inevitably considers it an integral part of her. Yet her performance had never yet been recorded on CD – until now. 
Arabella's playful style mirrors Mozart's joyful approach to music and his unique manner of setting out deliciously pure, yet cheeky harmonies in these three concertos. Mozart's sense of humour and ideas are subtly conveyed by Arabella's delicate mastery of the music, with the support of the Festival Strings Lucerne at its finest.
This is the fulfilment of a long-cherished wish, and the opportunity to witness the culmination of an exquisite long-term love affair with the music.

You can order it here: http://www.pentatonemusic.com/mozart-violin-concertos-nos-3-4-5-steinbacher-lucerne-festival-strings

Arabella Steinbacher plays Mozart Violin Concerto No.3 In G, 1. Allegro

a medley of some famous songs created by Edith Piaf. This medley included among other tracks on Franck Pourcel's EDITH ET POURCEL

MEDLEY (la Goualante Du Pauvre Jean.Mon Manege A Moi..Milord)

From the album HiFi 77 20 TOPs Instrumentals
First release in 1977, and remastered in 2014 for a special 4 CDs box: Coffret 2014

Holiday for strings

from the CD HI FI 77 -20 TOP INSTRUMENTALS , remastered

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Pink Panther

Blue Danube -Paul Mauriat

french song originally created by Gerard Lenorman
For many years 'EL" was the theme for AeroMexico

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1. White Christmas
2. White Christmas (part II)
feauring Saori Yuki
3. Shchedryk (Ukrainian Bell Carol)
4. Santa Baby
5. Elohai, N’tzor
6. Little Drummer Boy
7. Congratulations – A Happy New Year Song
8. Do You Hear What I Hear?
9. La Vergine Degli Angeli
10. We Three Kings
11. A Snowglobe Christmas
12. Ocho Kandelikas (Eight Little Candles)
13. Silent Night
14. Auld Lang Syne

Joy To The World is a festive, nondenominational holiday album with music from around the globe. “There are 14 songs on Joy to the World,” says Thomas Lauderdale, “including well-known traditional holiday songs like Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas”…sung by China Forbes in English and by the incredible Saori Yuki… the Barbra Streisand of Japan… in Japanese. With the Pacific Youth Choir and the handbell choir Bells of the Cascades, we recorded “Shchedryk,” known in English-speaking countries as “Carol of the Bells,” with the original Ukrainian text which tells of a lark flying into the house at the start of a new year, thus bringing good fortune. We recorded a Hebrew prayer “Elohai N’tzor” with Ida Rae Cahana and Ari Shapiro and Patricia Costa Kim. (Ida Rae Cahana was for many years the canter at Central Synagogue in New York City and now lives in Portland… Ari Shapiro is the NPR White House correspondent… and accordionist Patricia Costa Kim was just named director of education at Experience Music Project in Seattle, but is also known by millions on YouTube as the keyboardist bandleader of Sonseed and their Christian ska song “Jesus is a friend of mine”). There’s a Chinese New Year song from 1946, a Felainspired version of “We Three kings,” a song in Ladino (the intersection of Spanish and Hebrew), “Silent Night” in the original German, as well as a verse in Arabic and another in English. The album ends with a samba parade of “Auld Lang Syne” with choruses in English, Arabic and French over the incredible percussion of the Lions of Batucada.” Lauderdale notes, “I love the holidays and all the music that goes with it. We strove to make an inclusive and non-denominational album that could be played anywhere in the world.”

Elohai, N'Tzor

1. Una Notte A Napoli (First Recording) *
2. Hang On Little Tomato
3. ¿Donde Estas Yolanda?
(China Forbes Vocals Version)*
4. Hey Eugene
5. La Soledad
6. Splendor In The Grass
7. Kikuchiyo To Mohshimasu
(The Hiroshi Wada Mix) *
8. Anna (El Negro Zumbon)
9. Ma Solitude (featuring Georges Moustaki)
10. Mas Que Nada (featuring Saori Yuki) *
11. Sympathique
12. Lilly
13. How Long Will It Last?
(featuring Michael Feinstein)
14. Tuca Tuca
15. Que Sera Sera
16. Moon River (featuring Gus Van Sant) *
17. Amado Mio
18. The Man With The Big Sombrero *
19. Aspettami (First Recording)*
20. Auld Lang Syne
21. Una Notte A Napoli
(DJ Johnny Dynell Remix) *

* previously unreleased

Nearly 75 minutes of music featuring a kaleidoscope of Pink Martini favorites studded with a bevy of unreleased gems, this album is a eye-opening exploration of Pink Martini’s 16-plus year history. This 21 track ‘best of’ album includes Pink Martini’s most acclaimed numbers alongside eight previously unreleased songs in a deluxe packaging that includes a 48 page photo book of rare Polaroids taken by bandleader Thomas M. Lauderdale. The album spans the band’s 16-plus year career and features appearances by Saori Yuki, Hiroshi Wada, Michael Feinstein, Georges Moustaki and Director Gus Van Sant making his recording debut.

16 Moon River (featuring Gus Van Sant)

Paul Mauriat - Serenade To Summertime

From the CD to be released in 2012: James Bond's greatest hits
Music by John Barry and Leslie Bricusse

Goldfinger

PAUL MAURIAT & ORCHESTRA - 1976 - Eastern love song (Arirang)

Tombe La Neige - Raymond Lefevre

0152  GOTAS DE LLUVIA CAEN - FRANCK POURCEL

Born in Marseilles August 11, 1913
His father, a musician in the navy in Marseilles, starts teaching him music at 6 years old
He learns violin at the Conservatoire in Marseilles but alsos drums because he loves jazz. Then he spends a year in Paris at the Conservatoire.
1931: he works as a violonist at the Théâtre des Variétés in marseilles
June 10, 1939 he marries Odette.
At that period he becomes the musical director of some singers, among them Yves Montand, and Lucienne Boyer, with whom he is going to tour the world.
1946: he has a baby- girl named Françoise.
1952: he emigrates to US, and get the Green card and the musician  Union card, because he wants to produce a big band orchestra.
1953, a french producer Maurice Tézé, calls him back in France to record his first record Blue Tango and the follow up Limelight
He gets his first success with this record, and from now, all french singers want to hire Franck, called ‘The American » to be their musical director.
1954 he records his first LP under the label Pathé-Marconi- he will record 9 LPs in 3 years. and will create the serie Amour Danse et Violons which will include 54 LPs
1956, he records his version of  Only You, the success created by yhe Platters ; he will sell over 3 millions copies in the US
Between 1956 and 1972 he is the regular conductor for France at the Eurovision song contest.
1958 he starts recording classical music ; with his serie Pages Célèbres he will record popular classical pieces with 80 musicians, so leading his « Varieties » public to the discovery and appreciation of classical music.
His Pages Célèbres give him the chance to direct famous classical orchestras like :

The London Symphony orchestra
The Society of Concerts for the Conservatoirte
The BBC orchestra ar the Royal Festival Hall
The Lamoureux Orchestra at the Salle Pleyel

His records are distributed in over 50 countries
1962: he composes together with Paul Mauriat and Raymond Lefèvre the famous hit « Chariot » created by Petula Clark and followed up by Little Peggy March as « I will follow Him ».
In 1992 the song will become the main theme of the motion picture Sister Act 1 & 2.

He will record until 1995 with EMI

He achieves, among many other distinctions:

1956: The Grand prix du disque Français
1957: The Grand prix du disque in Brazil
1963: The Golden disc in Venezuela
1965: Amsterdam: The Edison Price (The equivalent of the film Oscars) for his orchestrations of Pop music
1965: Award of the “DISQUE POPULAIRE”
1967: Back to the USA for an important promotion journey. He conducts in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Hollywood…
1968: Golden disc in Colombia for his popularity in this country-Disco Mundo
1969: Grand Prix du disque of the Charles Cros Academy in Paris
1970: Gold record in Japan, for the album “FOR YOUR LOVELY BABY”
1976:Gold record in Japan for “ADORO”

Franck has broken all the selling records of the European orchestras

He dies on November 12, 2000 in Neuilly-France, from Parkinson desease.

Active years: 50s,60s,70s,80s,90s.


Holiday for strings

Franck Pourcel

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