Rare live performances and historical moments from the french master of lounge and easy listening
Franck est considéré dans le monde entier comme le créateur de la musique d'ambiance. Il a enregistré plus de 2000 titres, variété et classiques dans les série Amour Danse et violons et Pages Célèbres avec son style inimitable. Pour la première fois un DVD nous raconte le monde musical en image.
Tous ses enregistrements sont (p) Warner Music France

Franck Pourcel : L'inimitable the DVD playlist

Amour Danse et Violons vol 39

Amour Danse et violons 42

Turbo Rhapsody

HIFI 77

boxset including the remastered albums recorded by Franck Pourcel in the 70s

Amour Danse etViolons vol 44/45/47/48

an original  playlist created with some of the songs written and interpreted by the french singer Gilbert Becaud, and arranged by the maestro Franck Pourcel

Pourcel joue Bécaud

a playlist with some songs from Charles Aznavour's repertoire interpreted by Franck Pourcel

Pourcel joue Aznavour

Mon coeur est un violon

Toi l'oiseau

I love you

First recording on the LP: IN A NOSTALGIA MOOD (1983)

Tweedle dee

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

remastered and included in the new COFFRET 2014 released June 2,2014

Brazil

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

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Pink Panther

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Guy Lafitte, famous french saxo tenor recorded this album with Pourcel in the 50s

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Viens Au Creux De Mon Épaule

Strauss: La chauve-souris

La chauve-souris, Act 2: Valse. "À son tour chacun ici" (Caroline, Arlette, Gaillardin, Duparquet, Tourillon, Orlofsky, Chœur, Flora) [feat. Andrine Forli, Chœurs René Duclos, Jacqueline Brumaire, Jacques Pruvost, Jean-Christophe Benoît, Liliane Berton, M

La chauve-souris, Act 3: Couplets. "Suis-je dans une opérette ?" (Arlette, Flora, Tourillon) [feat. Andrine Forli, Liliane Berton & Michel Roux]

La chauve-souris, Act 1: Introduction. "Ma colombe, entends-tu pas ma voix qui résonne ?" (Alfred, Arlette) [feat. Liliane Berton & Rémy Corazza]

La chauve-souris, Act 1: Couplets. "Eh quoi ! Monsieur, supposez-vous..." (Caroline, Alfred, Tourillon) [feat. Jacqueline Brumaire, Michel Roux & Rémy Corazza]

La chauve-souris, Act 2: Finale. "Ô douceur d'être frère et sœur" (Caroline, Arlette, Gaillardin, Duparquet, Tourillon, Orlofsky, Chœur) [feat. Chœurs René Duclos, Jacqueline Brumaire, Jacques Pruvost, Jean-Christophe Benoît, Liliane Berton, Michel Roux &

La chauve-souris, Act 2: Couplets. "Versez-nous le champagne" (Orlofsky, Arlette, Gaillardin, Chœur) [feat. Chœurs René Duclos, Jacques Pruvost, Liliane Berton & Pierre Fleta]

La chauve-souris, Act 2: Csárdás. "Ô lointain séjour" (Caroline) [feat. Jacqueline Brumaire]

La chauve-souris, Act 1: Terzetto. "Hélas, quelle est ma peine" (Caroline, Arlette, Gaillardin) [feat. Jacqueline Brumaire, Liliane Berton & Pierre Fleta]

La chauve-souris, Act 2: Duetto. "L'aventure est divine" (Caroline, Gaillardin) [feat. Jacqueline Brumaire & Pierre Fleta]

La chauve-souris, Act 1: Chanson. "Si je bois un peu, beaucoup" (Alfred, Caroline) [feat. Jacqueline Brumaire & Rémy Corazza]

from the CD "Turbo Rhapsody". This track was recorded in 1981, and remastered for the 4CD's Coffret 2014.
composed and created by ABBA

THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL (Bravo Tu As Gagné)

composed by Charles Aznavour this song was first released on the album Amour Danse et violons vol 17

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Il faut savoir

included in the compilation Originals vol 8
a great song composed by Gilbert Bécaud

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Et maintenant

Soundtrack of the unforgettable western directed by Sergio Leone in 1971. The music was composed by Ennio Morricone.
The whistler in that track is Franck Pourcel!
This track is released on the album AMOUR DANSE ET VIOLONS vol 39 (1972) and remastered for the Coffret 2015 published by Warner France in 2015

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IL ETAIT UNE FOIS LA REVOLUTION

Mourir d'aimer

From Amour Danse et violons vol 39.
This track remastered in 2015  from the original release in 1972.
From the Musical JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

GETHSEMANE (Jesus Christ Superstar)

en hommage a Claude Francois, qui était un ami de Franck, voici Clo Clo composé en 1983 et remaslerises en 2015 pour le coffret 2015
To honor his friend Claude Francois, Franck composed Clo Clo in 1973. This is part of the new release Coffret 2015

CLO CLO

from the CD, Amour Danse et violons vol 39
remastered and released by Warner Music France
composed by Franck Pourcel

BLUE CONCERTO

from Amour Danse et violons 42, just released in the Coffret 2015 by Warner Music
This song was an original hit song by DRUPI in 1973

VADO VIA

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

Kenny Rodgers hit, Pourcel's version for the boxset released by Warner, including 3 other albums: Latino Americano 78, New Sound tangos and Hifi 77

LADY

from the film Xanadu. This track is included in the album Turbo Rhapsody

XANADU

From Amour Danse et violons #42 first released in 1973 by Emi. Now remastered and included in the Boxset 2015 by Warner Music France

ANGIE

Hi-Fi 77 - 20 Top Instrumentals

Petite fleur (Remasterisé En 2014)

Amour, danse et violons n°37

Je t'appartiens (Remasterisé En 2011)

Blue Tango (Remasterisé En 2014)

100 All Time Greatest Hits

Avec

composed by Franck Pourcel in 1973
remastered in 2015

Vivaldi I love you

Amour, danse et violons n°47

Amour, danse et printemps (Remasterisé En 2016)

Et mon père (Remasterisé En 2016)

A quoi sert de vivre libre (Remasterisé En 2016)

The hit song composed by Claude-Michel Schönberg,
From the album Amour Danse et violons vol 48 remastered in 2016

ADV 48

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SLOW MOI

Titre rendu célèbre par la chanteuse française Sylvie Vartan
Remasterise en 2016 
Amour Danse et Vioons vol 47

Amour Danse etVioons 47 remast 2016

QU' EST-CE QUI FAIT PLEURER LES BLONDES

Gilbert Becaud was one of the most popular french singer

ORIGINALS vol 6

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L'absent

Chanson composée par Franck Pourcel
Paroles Charles Aznavour
Composed by Franck Pourcel/Lyrics Charles Aznavour

In Spanish: "Con"

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.


Playlists by Franck Pourcel