Since you are interested in Les Chansons D'amour, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
Diana Krall
The Girl In The Other Room [ Verve Records CD / CD - released 16/Apr/2004 ] Undoubtedly one of THE albums of 2004, 'The Girl In The Other Room' features fantastic covers of Tom Waits, Joni Mitchell, Mose Alison songs, plus originals co-written with her husband, Elvis Costello. |
Norah Jones
Feels Like Home [ Blue Note Records / CD - released 9/Feb/2004 ] Encore, Norah! The winner of eight Grammy awards returns with a beautiful follow-up to 'Come Away With Me'.Guests include Dolly Parton, Levon Helm and Garth Hudson of The Band |
Antony And The Johnsons
I Am A Bird Now [ Secretly Canadian / CD - released 4/May/2018 ] A remarkable recording! The 2nd full-length from this extraordinary New York artist, with cohorts Rufus Wainwright, Devendra Banhardt, Lou Reed & Boy George. |
Barbara Carlotti
Les Lys Brises [ Microbe / 4AD Records / CD - released 5/Sep/2006 ] This is the beautiful debut album from a young French chanteuse. "Delicate and sober, the songs of Barbara Carlotti release an elegance, a refinement of tone which go against the current... |
Carla Bruni
Quelqu'un M'a Dit [ Universal / CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] This is the debut album from French model/singer, Carla Bruni. Her breathy vocals are reminiscent of the early folkie days of Francoise Hardy - refreshingly different for today. |
Madeleine Peyroux
Half the Perfect World [ Universal Music / CD - released 31/Aug/2006 ] This 12-track album finds Peyroux lending her sublime vocals to songs by artists she has cherished throughout her lifetime, such as Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Fred Neil and Joni Mitchell ("River," on a duet with k.d. lang). |
Tord Gustavsen Trio
Changing Places [ ECM Records / CD - released 10/Dec/2003 ] The songs Gustavsen writes sound like standards-in-the-making - lyrical, immediately memorable songs, songs of an appealing freshness, yet sophisticated in their involvement with the melodic line. |
Tord Gustavsen Trio
The Ground [ ECM Records / CD - released 12/Nov/2004 ] The eagerly awaited follow-up to "Changing Places", the most successful ECM debut of the last decade! The improvising of Gustavsen's Trio is always restrained, subtle, tasteful. |
TRADITIONAL
Nigel Kennedy - East Meets East Nigel Kennedy (violin) and The Kroke Band [ EMI Music / Warner / CD - released 16/Jun/2003 ] Brimming with beautiful haunting melodies, lush harmonies and pulsating dance rhythms! Recorded in Krakow with Polish folk trio Kroke |
Laura Fygi
Rendez-Vous [ Universal Music / CD - released 4/Feb/2008 ] The world-famous tracks from Cole Porter, Kurt Weill, Glenn Miller and George Gershwin and others were adapted by Laura's own band. 'Rendez-Vous' is a wonderful CD of jazzy evergreens sung in French. |
Marianne Dissard
L'entredeux [ Trop Expres Music / CD - released 31/Aug/2009 ] Tucson-based, French-born singer and lyricist Marianne Dissard's debut, 'L'Entredeux', is a gorgeous Chanson meets Americana album, co-written & produced by Joey Burns of Calexico. |
Peter Cincotti
Peter Cincotti [ Concord Records / CD - released 9/Dec/2003 ] Charismatic vocalist and prodigious jazz pianist! "Going on legend" - NY Times. "Jazz sensation" - NY Daily, "the freshest old soul to come along in ages" - Phil Ramone |