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Music : At the Paris Olympia
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At the Paris Olympia by: Edith Piaf |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0077779446520 Format: Import, Live Label: Emd Int'l Manufacturer: Emd Int'l Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Emd Int'l Release Date: April 24, 2001 Studio: Emd Int'l Sales Rank: 91763 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: 20 track collection of performances recorded at the Olympia Theatre in Paris, Edith Piaf's venue of choice. EMI Gold. 2003. Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - SIMPLY THE BESTAt the Paris Olympia : Edith Piaf This is, quite simply, considered by many, in France and elsewhere, to be the greatest recording Piaf ever made. She was dying and did not have long to live.. She sang these last few concerts at the Olympia in Paris as a favor to the Manager of the theater, Bruno Coquatrix, who was in terrible financial trouble with the Olympia. Piaf's final concerts allowed the Olympia to continue thanks to her sacrifice. You will hear her make a mistake in the song 'Mon Vieux Lucien'. The song was relatively new to her, and in this recording she stops, explains what's going on to the audience, and starts again. Later when this recording came out, she insisted that it all be left in, since it was, ... Read More: Rating: - fabulousI'm not going to go into detail about the sound, choice of songs, etc. I'm just going to say if you are an Edith Piaf fan then you must own this cd. Period. Rating: - Olympic heightsIt is one thing to listen to old digitally remastered versions of Edith Piaf records, but quite another thing to hear live recordings of her actually performing. The songs on this CD are actually a collection of a variety of performances that Piaf gave at the famous Olympia Theatre. The songs on this CD are all very excellent and what really comes through is Piaf's sheer joy in performing. There are some amusing moments where Piaf struggles to remember a detail about a song which are charming as they doubtless were when she was performing. Her skill as an incomparable artist comes through at this CD. It is the overall excellence of this series of recordings and others that have contributed to the status of Piaf as a major artist of the 21st ... Read More: Rating: - The Finest of Her Late Live Recordings To the French, Edith Piaf is a source of great national pride, and continues to be an enduring icon nearly 50 years after her death. To Americans, she has unfairly been labeled by some as, "The French Judy Garland" more for the circumstances of their tragic life stories, their drug addiction, and the fact that both died at age 47, than because of any vocal similarity. Still, both were powerhouse singers of enormous strength and dramatic ability, especially for their uncanny ability to transform a song into heartfelt expressions of amazing intensity. When it comes to Piaf, there are many different camps of opinion on the subject of her best recordings. I find that many fans who are fluent in French prefer her 1940's studio ... Read More: Rating: - Inconsistent sound, but one of the very best Piaf discsEdith Piaf sang at the Olympia Theatre in Paris many times, making the venue so synonymous with her own name that eventually Jeff Buckely dreamed of playing there. EMI's AT THE PARIS OLYMPIA DISC contains material from five Piaf concerts from 1955, her first show there, until 1962, one of her last concerts, for a total of twenty tracks. These include truly stunning songs, such as the moving "Heureuse" and energetic "L'Accordeoniste", and fortunately there is only a few spots where Piaf sings in English, a style which alienates many fans. In contrast to the myriad budget Piaf compilations, it is clear that care has been taken with AT THE PARIS OLYMPIA. The sound quality is better than one would expect from 1950's live recordings. There ... Read More: |
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